Quote from: tower912 on Today at 11:18:17 AMWhat was once the norm is now an act of rebellion.

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I like the inspiration to get greed out of Christmas.  To stop spoiling kids and teach them to be happy with the hand stitched rag doll from Etsy.  A reminder that Christmas is about Christ.  Born to a single mom.  Forced to flee into exile.  An immigrant.  Who thought us to love our neighbors as ourselves.

I doubt it leads to a sound investment strategy, as the American economy is consumer driven.  But I applaud the idea to stop being so greedy.  Dovetails nicely with my own minimalism and a good lesson for the kids.

Quote from: CountryRoads on Today at 11:19:44 AMI don't see the value in a redshirt for a player who can help the team even a little this year. First, there's a chance 4 year eligibility won't even be a thing by the time he's an upperclassmen the way things are headed. Second, if he's the real deal, he's not here 4 years anyway. Though, maybe it's easier to keep his morale up if he knows he's not going to be getting a lot of minutes. In any case, would be an awesome get.

Strongly disagree in this instance.  Sounds like the reason Marquette might be getting the commitment in this instance is because they encouraged him to reclassify and redshirt when he would otherwise spend his senior year in high school/prep school. 

As a 17 year-old that's going to need to add strength, the chances of any meaningful contributions this season are probably pretty small and the player and his family seems to agree. 

With Ben gone next season and a full year in the program under his belt he'll be in a much better place to contribute and play meaningful minutes.  And maybe he doesn't end up staying another 4 years after his redshirt but you can't predict the future so you don't make any kind of decision based on that. 

Quote from: CountryRoads on Today at 11:19:44 AMI don't see the value in a redshirt for a player who can help the team even a little this year. First, there's a chance 4 year eligibility won't even be a thing by the time he's an upperclassmen the way things are headed. Second, if he's the real deal, he's not here 4 years anyway. Though, maybe it's easier to keep his morale up if he knows he's not going to be getting a lot of minutes. In any case, would be an awesome get.

You don't see the value in potentially getting a year of 22 year old Sheek in exchange for a year of 17 year old Sheek? Not to mention a redshirt allows a focus on physical development that wouldn't be possible if they were playing.

Now if the five year thing passes, maybe redshirts go away... but Id guess that any player that already took a redshirt would be given a waiver to get that year back. So we might get a year of 23 year old Sheek instead.

Quote from: MU82 on Today at 11:10:16 AMLeBron averaged 24.4 ppg on 51% shooting, 8.2 apg and 7.8 rpg this season. Nobody out there can replace that, even if he were the worst defensive player in the league (which he isn't).

So I don't get "He should be done." Especially the matter-of-fact, shoulder-shrugging way some are delivering that opinion - as if LeBron has become the NBA version of Willie Mays on the '73 Mets.

There are two things you can't count on from forgetful come playoff time:

1. Complaining about the refs, and

2. Underselling Lebron

He can obviously still play basketball at a high level. Obviously not as dominant as he used to be, but putting a younger scorer with him in Luka, and getting some size as you point out, and they are going to be a high level team next year. So my guess is that he rolls it back for one more.

6'11, 200.  That makes Roman Mueller look heavy.  Josh was 7'1, 215.  Getting paid to sit, lift, grow, develop for a season seems to me a much better option than prep school or another year in high school.  Would love to see Shaka land him.

Quote from: NCMUFan on April 30, 2025, 08:50:34 PMBack in the 1920s,30s, 40s when majority of products were made in America, did people have as many pairs of shoes, cars, clothes, conveniences?

During the Great Depression, if clothes or shoes got holes in 'em, you'd patch 'em up. And then, when necessary, patch up the patches. But hey, they were America-made patches! And hardly anybody could afford "conveniences." An extravagance was putting one chicken wing in with the broth. But hey, it was an America-raised chicken wing, and the broth came from one of the few American factories that didn't go bankrupt!

And then came World War II, when corporations willingly stopped producing most of their own items so they could make bombs and tanks and bandages and hardware and other items vital to the war effort. America-made guns and ammo were the best, and they still are!

Ah, the 1930s and '40s. If only we could make America great like that again. Especially for women and people of color. They didn't need DEI to really have it great back then!

Quote from: CountryRoads on Today at 11:19:44 AMI don't see the value in a redshirt for a player who can help the team even a little this year. First, there's a chance 4 year eligibility won't even be a thing by the time he's an upperclassmen the way things are headed. Second, if he's the real deal, he's not here 4 years anyway. Though, maybe it's easier to keep his morale up if he knows he's not going to be getting a lot of minutes. In any case, would be an awesome get.

It doesn't matter if you see value( respectfully) it matters if Sheek and Shaka see value.

Some can just think of Sheek as a portal addition in 2026 with 4 years of eligibility.

The world headquarters for Meijer is 5 miles from where I type this.  Shopping at Meijer is shopping local for me.   Woot.