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Somewhere, a Big Ten official was watching that from his couch and T-eeing up JPJ for looking at the opponent.  

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Justin Patton and "cash consideration." Sounds like the Creighton recruiting pitch.

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Visiting locker room for the Nets. Nee was sitting courtside

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1 hour ago, Chuck Taylor said:

Is this his contract year? If so, excellent timing!

 

Bryce had a 4-year contract with Charlotte that was set to expire after this season. But he's currently on a two-way contract with the Blazers. So yes in that no team is contractually obligated to him next year.

 

This year is EXTREMELY important for Bryce. A player can only be designated as a two-way guy during his first four seasons, so he will not be eligible for that going forward. Very much a make-or-break year for him in the league.

 

His performance got him called-up to the Blazers again, but last night he was back with Rip City (where he dropped 37 points). A two-way player is eligible for the active roster no more than 50 NBA games per season. I'm not sure how many games he's been on the active roster this season (there were a handful earlier in the year, probably < 10) but the Blazers have 58 games remaining. Hopefully that means he will be on the active roster a decent amount for the rest of the year. Blazers get blown-out a lot, so should be some chances for him to show-off in garbage minutes and hopefully land a contract somewhere.

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hskr4life

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Though Bryce's year here went down the pooper rather quickly (losing to Western Illinois hurt), I still think he provided the spark we needed to be successful.

 

I think Bryce's year her showed Fred that we weren't going to be able to compete on talent alone. I think it showed Fred that we're really going to have to recruit to a system. The following year we get Sammy G, we start playing hard nosed ball, beat CU at CU for the first of at least two consecutive trips, and finish 16-16. Then we make the dance last year and are on pace to make it again this year.

 

Bryce's year here stunk, he was a really good player, but just a freshman who had to be "the man". The guys around him struggled to gel together. However, his year here, IMO, wasn't for naught. I believe his year changed the trajectory of our program BECAUSE of the struggles we saw with him here. We really had to change our philosophy after that.

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1 hour ago, hskr4life said:

Though Bryce's year here went down the pooper rather quickly (losing to Western Illinois hurt), I still think he provided the spark we needed to be successful.

 

I think Bryce's year her showed Fred that we weren't going to be able to compete on talent alone. I think it showed Fred that we're really going to have to recruit to a system. The following year we get Sammy G, we start playing hard nosed ball, beat CU at CU for the first of at least two consecutive trips, and finish 16-16. Then we make the dance last year and are on pace to make it again this year.

 

Bryce's year here stunk, he was a really good player, but just a freshman who had to be "the man". The guys around him struggled to gel together. However, his year here, IMO, wasn't for naught. I believe his year changed the trajectory of our program BECAUSE of the struggles we saw with him here. We really had to change our philosophy after that.

I know we changed some coaches after that too but I agree it really showed Fred that we need a group of guys who buy in and fits what we want to do. 
it is also more fun to watch effort and ability of the guys who have been here the last two years. 

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4 hours ago, hskr4life said:

Though Bryce's year here went down the pooper rather quickly (losing to Western Illinois hurt), I still think he provided the spark we needed to be successful.

 

I think Bryce's year her showed Fred that we weren't going to be able to compete on talent alone. I think it showed Fred that we're really going to have to recruit to a system. The following year we get Sammy G, we start playing hard nosed ball, beat CU at CU for the first of at least two consecutive trips, and finish 16-16. Then we make the dance last year and are on pace to make it again this year.

 

Bryce's year here stunk, he was a really good player, but just a freshman who had to be "the man". The guys around him struggled to gel together. However, his year here, IMO, wasn't for naught. I believe his year changed the trajectory of our program BECAUSE of the struggles we saw with him here. We really had to change our philosophy after that.

Good points.   Would also say that it reinforced the need to have players willing to play defense and with great effort and not just rely on athletic "talent". 

 

Also - not trying to take anything away from Sam G. but I think the real additions that year that flipped the culture were Emanuel Bandoumel and Juwan Gary.   We need to give them credit too.

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