Damion Lee gives his finalists .... MU is one of them

[willie warrior]

Geez Willie, you've had some great fresh takes this week.  We get it.  Try some new talking points or maybe the mods can put you on time out.

Don't read it then. Or become the thought police yourself.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Don't read it then. Or become the thought police yourself.

And.........ignore.

[wadesworld]

KenoshaWarrior aka "who's Ron Paul?"

Haha yes you are right, that's the 1.

[Tugg Speedman]

Pitino will be getting him back room table service at Porcini's. Rick's favorite slime pit.

Jason Anderson ‏@J680Anderson 41m41 minutes ago
Just saw Rick Pitino and Kenny Johnson leaving a local restaurant with Mangok Mathiang and Damion Lee and his family

Wonder what that local restaurant was?

[keefe]

Jason Anderson ‏@J680Anderson 41m41 minutes ago
Just saw Rick Pitino and Kenny Johnson leaving a local restaurant with Mangok Mathiang and Damion Lee and his family

Wonder what that local restaurant was?

[4everwarriors]

What was for desert?

[Ardmore Mug]

Who??

[Tugg Speedman]

See the highlighted part.  I have not seen this written before, has anyone else?  I guess is the difference between a 1 and done high school kid and a kid that is about to graduate with a college degree.

Question, is it an NCAA violation to hack his laptop and manipulate his analysis?  

Just asking.

Transfer Damion Lee Finishes Two Visits, Returns Home
Jeff Ermann - 7 hours ago

http://247sports.com/Bolt/Transfer-Damion-Lee-Finishes-Two-Visits-Returns-Home-36905825

Highly sought Drexel transfer Damion Lee wrapped up his second visit and returned home from consecutive trips to Arizona and Louisville -- a couple of programs with coaches known for closing on recruits during visit -- still uncommitted last night.

Lee, a 6-foot-6, immediately-eligible shooting guard from Baltimore who might be college basketball's most prized available transfer, is scheduled receive an in-home visit Wednesday from Gonzaga. Maryland has remained in contact and per sources with knowledge of his recruitment, he could visit College Park this month but no visit has been scheduled yet.

“I’m still going to coordinate that with my mom with her work schedule,” Lee told Scout's Evan Daniels last weekend. “I got to make sure that, that coordinates together. We’ll start setting up those other visits.”

Marquette is the fifth school on his final list for Lee, who last week told the Louisville Courier-Journal he's using advanced scouting and statistical analysis to help him pick a school. The process is also happening under an intense spotlight; the fourth-leading scorer in the nation last year at 21.4 points per game, Lee's recruitment became a national story line quickly after he announced his decision to transfer three weeks ago.

"It's been crazy," Lee told the Courier-Journal. "Just these last couple weeks, with all the schools calling, trying to see what I wanted to narrow my list down to -- and not even just coaches, but media outlets, friends, family. Everyone's just trying to get the scoop."

Lee, who also averaged 6.1 rebounds while shooting 38.5 percent from 3-point range and 88.7 percent on free throws last season, visited Arizona over the weekend. The Wildcats are well-stocked at his position, highlighted by incoming McDonald's All-American Allonzo Trier, and likely pushing the idea of moving to small forward and replacing freshman Stanley Johnson should Johnson declare for the NBA Draft. There's more playing time available at Louisville, which lost several guards immediately after the season. But the Cardinals didn't get a commitment -- at least, not publicly -- during his visit and will reportedly host another prospect at his position Wednesday when Coppin State graduate transfer Sterling Smith arrives for a visit.

Maryland, meanwhile, has established standouts at point guard (Melo Trimble), small forward (Jake Layman) and power forward (Robert Carter), and they signed the nation's No. 2 center, Diamond Stone, last week. The Terps return a pair of promising sophomore wing guards in Jared Nickens and Dion Wiley, but they don't have an ironclad starter at the position after losing seniors Dez Wells and Richaud Pack to graduation.

Lee's high school coach at Baltimore's Calvert Hall, John Bauersfeld said last week Lee's decision won't be a simple matter of where he'll get the most shots or minutes.

“If you know Damion as a kid, he’s not hung up on the fact that he’s not going to have an opportunity to score 20 a game or get this many shots. He’s not that kind of kid. He filled that role at Drexel because he needed to,” he said. “He’s really just looking for where he feels most comfortable as a school. Any of those five schools, they aren’t going to recruit him if he’s not going to play ... He’s going to take his visits and see where he feels the most comfortable and he’s going to go from there. I think every school has different appeals to it.”

Whether it's Lee or another addition, Maryland coach Mark Turgeon appears sure to add another perimeter player to next year's roster. The Terps lost a combined 55 minutes per game between Wells and Pack, and while some of that playing time will go to Stone, Carter, Wiley and Nickens , they've added only junior college point guard Jaylen Brantley in the backcourt.

[brewcity77]

Interesting, as MU has access to excellent statistical analysis through the Bucks. Maybe they can get Lee down into the Bucks' computer lab and show him just how efficiently he can plot his way to the NBA.

[JakeBarnes]

Interesting, as MU has access to excellent statistical analysis through the Bucks. Maybe they can get Lee down into the Bucks' computer lab and show him just how efficiently he can plot his way to the NBA.

This could be a good way to help convince him. I mean this genuinely. I think Wojo can give him a really good picture of how he would be used and how our efficiency numbers could increase with him in a lineup.


...someone get Bama into Milwaukee, stat.

[Tugg Speedman]

This could be a good way to help convince him. I mean this genuinely. I think Wojo can give him a really good picture of how he would be used and how our efficiency numbers could increase with him in a lineup.


...someone get Bama into Milwaukee, stat.

Great minds think alike .... I just PM'ed him about 5 minutes ago!

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

It sounds like Damion really values "fit" and feeling at home more than what a lot of average recruits do. If this is true, he is a very wise young man. I hope he feels that fit at Marquette.

[JakeBarnes]

It sounds like Damion really values "fit" and feeling at home more than what a lot of average recruits do. If this is true, he is a very wise young man. I hope he feels that fit at Marquette.

That's something I am confident Wojo csn sell. Fit is always his first goal.

[Pakuni]

Well, crap.

Jeff Goodman @GoodmanESPN
Drexel transfer Damion Lee headed to Louisville. HUGE pickup for Cardinals

[WarriorPride68]

Quick everyone change their user names!

[Dawson Rental]

[brewcity77]

Damn...Louisville was always the school to beat.

[Eldon]

New avatar, ayn'a?  "Agree with me, or Jean Claude Van Damme's half-brother gets it"

[jsglow]

No worries.  Next man up.  Good luck Mr. Lee.  Best wishes from all us scoopers.

[Dawson Rental]

New avatar, ayn'a?  "Agree with me, or Jean Claude Van Damme's half-brother gets it"

Ahh, memories!

[MattyWarrior]

Whos left out there, still don't get Stj leaving to sit out, had a much better chance to get reps here

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Gross, why Louisville?

[brewcity77]

Gross, why Louisville?

Lots of available minutes. Probably more to give than we have.

[RushmoreAcademy]

Gross, why Louisville?

Slick Rick does it again.

[chapman]

Gross, why Louisville?

Better Italian eateries.