Out for Embiid

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Joel Hans Embiid ‏@jojo_embiid
Finally down to 3 Florida, kansas and Texas

Can't blame him... that's a nice list to have.

Should be fine in 2013... 2014 starting spot open at the C... I guess right now it would be McKay by default.

[NersEllenson]

Well damn...

[KenoshaWarrior]

WELL FAWKKKKKK

[🏀]

Good luck to Embiid. Hope he chooses Kansas.

[jsglow]

Best wishes Joel.

[brewcity77]

This is one of the toughest recruiting losses I can remember. With the last visit, Mbah a Moute, and the other schools focused on Julius Randle and Dakari Johnson, I really felt we had a decent shot with this guy. I can't remember wanting a recruit more than Embiid that I felt we had a real shot with (Quincy Miller was always a bit of a pipe dream) in the past few years. I really hope this doesn't hurt our odds with Diamond Stone. Buzz had a chance to show what he could do with an elite center prospect, now it will still be a crapshoot.

[JakeBarnes]

He was probably told about Buzz-cutting

[mr.MUskie]

DAMMIT!!

[nyg]

I guess Florida, since he goes to school in Gainesville. 

Looney is now the all out effort and a perfect fit for J. Wilson's spot. 

[brewcity77]

I've already written off Looney. We may have an outside shot at Alexander, but Paul White and Keita Bates-Diop are the two realistic guys at the top of my 2014 wish list.

[AirPunches]

Really crushed on this one. Can't blame him though. If he wants to play in the NBA, MU isn't his best option (at least compared to the others). MU hasn't put a big in the NBA in at least 20 years. It'd be asking a lot of the kid to come here and be a guinea pig as to how Buzz would use an elite big when he can pretty much be guaranteed a first rounder in 2-3 years with a little work at one of the other schools. I'll be an Embiid fan wherever he goes but that doesn't mean this isn't soul crushing news (for me anyway )that we just got less than 48 hours before tip off when we should be getting excited for the first game.

[brewcity77]

Really crushed on this one. Can't blame him though. If he wants to play in the NBA, MU isn't his best option (at least compared to the others). MU hasn't put a big in the NBA in at least 20 years. It'd be asking a lot of the kid to come here and be a guinea pig as to how Buzz would use an elite big when he can pretty much be guaranteed a first rounder in 2-3 years with a little work at one of the other schools. I'll be an Embiid fan wherever he goes but that doesn't mean this isn't soul crushing news (for me anyway )that we just got less than 48 hours before tip off when we should be getting excited for the first game.

For what it's worth, Amal McCaskill was drafted to the NBA 16 years ago. Granted, he didn't have the most prolific career, and the rest of your point is spot on, but yeah...really wish he had waited until after the Carrier Classic, as I feel that is the type of event to showcase us nicely. Oh well...at least this should end all the oversigning complaints 

[Lennys Tap]

For some reason I thought we had a real shot. Obviously I was wrong, but it still stings.

[Silkk the Shaka]

The only things keeping me off the ledge are

a.) We just got Jajuan Johnson

and

b.) After losing out on Dieng we got Gardner in the spring (iirc)

<starts hyperventilating>

Thinkhappythoughtsgotoyourhappyplacethinkhappythoughtsgotoyourhappyplace

[MU82]

Really crushed on this one. Can't blame him though. If he wants to play in the NBA, MU isn't his best option (at least compared to the others). MU hasn't put a big in the NBA in at least 20 years. It'd be asking a lot of the kid to come here and be a guinea pig as to how Buzz would use an elite big when he can pretty much be guaranteed a first rounder in 2-3 years with a little work at one of the other schools. I'll be an Embiid fan wherever he goes but that doesn't mean this isn't soul crushing news (for me anyway )that we just got less than 48 hours before tip off when we should be getting excited for the first game.

Crushed? Soul-crushing? Really?

Your very soul has been crushed because a teenager decided to play basketball elsewhere? Wow.

[Ellenson Guerrero]

Disappointed, but I'm glad it happened this week rather than being let down next week at the last second (remember Tarik Black).

Can't begin to imagine what it will feel like if we miss out on both Looney and Stone...

[AirPunches]

Crushed? Soul-crushing? Really?

Your very soul has been crushed because a teenager decided to play basketball elsewhere? Wow.

Well, I was speaking relative to MU basketball but I guess when you put it in perspective it really isn't all that "crushing" in the greater scheme of things. The reason it's such a disappointment though is because of how hard the staff worked to get Embiid and what it would have meant to the program to sign him. I honestly think Embiid could have been a program elevator and he could have help set the foundation for future top big man recruits to come to MU. MU will have another chance at getting one of the bigs from Illinois in 2014 and Stone in 15 but I felt Buzz was so close to the top of the hill with this one only to fall all the way down to the bottom.

On the positive side though, I think this looks good for Otule returning for a 6th year.

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Can't begin to imagine what it will feel like if we miss out on both Looney and Stone...

Prepare yourself now for the butthurt.

[Dawson Rental]

Crushed? Soul-crushing? Really?

Your very soul has been crushed because a teenager decided to play basketball elsewhere? Wow.

Buddhists consider the soul to be illusory... illusions are easy to crush.

I wasn't sure we'd get him, but I was convinced we'd be in the final five.  I was wrong.  He's gone for the three biggest names, its what almost all of us would do in the same situation.  Texas was a real surprise for me.  That's where playing time will be toughest as they will have too highly rated centers a year ahead of him.  Kansas is a very long and tough tradition to recruit against.  Florida needs him the most, and its from the area he's had an opportunity to get comfortable in.  I'm betting on them.

Good luck Joel.  Develop fast and get to the NBA before we have to meet you in the NCAA tournament.

[Silkk the Shaka]

Well, I was speaking relative to MU basketball but I guess when you put it in perspective it really isn't all that "crushing" in the greater scheme of things. The reason it's such a disappointment though is because of how hard the staff worked to get Embiid and what it would have meant to the program to sign him. I honestly think Embiid could have been a program elevator and he could have help set the foundation for future top big man recruits to come to MU. MU will have another chance at getting one of the bigs from Illinois in 2014 and Stone in 15 but I felt Buzz was so close to the top of the hill with one only to fall all the way down to the bottom.

Yup. Dude's got lotto potential and I'd be shocked if he was still in college after 2 years. Would have thrived in Buzz' system but then again that's a given wherever he goes. Just wish he would have waited til after the summer to blow up so that we were his best offer. That's what we have to bank on to get the big man train rolling. Oh well, I don't doubt Buzz has some under the radar rabbit he'll pull out of the hat. Just feel bad for him after all the work he clearly put into this recruitment. Hope this isn't another Shumpert that broke the camel's back.

[Dawson Rental]

Yup. Dude's got lotto potential and I'd be shocked if he was still in college after 2 years. Would have thrived in Buzz' system but then again that's a given wherever he goes. Just wish he would have waited til after the summer to blow up so that we were his best offer. That's what we have to bank on to get the big man train rolling. Oh well, I don't doubt Buzz has some under the radar rabbit he'll pull out of the hat. Just feel bad for him after all the work he clearly put into this recruitment. Hope this isn't another Shumpert that broke the camel's back.

Really?

[brewcity77]

Can't begin to imagine what it will feel like if we miss out on both Looney and Stone...

...and Ellenson. My biggest worry is that losing Embiid may inadvertently cost us out shot with either Stone or Ellenson.

[4everwarriors]

Correction:

That's a jackass, not a camel.

[MerrittsMustache]

Bummer. I wish Joel the best. Buzz will find someone else.

[MUCrew]

Lame...any targets we may be in on for 2013?  Does anyone think we're done for '13?