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He'd look nice in green and gold!

Why does he want out of Tennessee?

I would think he ends up in Chapel Hill... they're desperate to replace Bacot so I'm sure it's chasing NIL in his case.

Good player with potential to still unlock. Got benched in the final tourney game. Was a shell of himself. After learning Rick Barnes defense, he could learn Scott Drew offense and maybe become a more complete player.

boykin_spaniel said:

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Good player with potential to still unlock. Got benched in the final tourney game. Was a shell of himself. After learning Rick Barnes defense, he could learn Scott Drew offense and maybe become a more complete player.

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Reading some Tennessee fan's take most concerning thing I see is everyone hated his defense and thought it wasn't good. If that's the case he's just a poor man's version of what we've already got.

As a secondary Tennessee fan I will say that Aidoo won't solve all of our problems. He's wildly inconsistent. A good player but he did get benched for a 6'8" player who defended Edey better.

boykin_spaniel said:

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As a secondary Tennessee fan I will say that Aidoo won't solve all of our problems. He's wildly inconsistent. A good player but he did get benched for a 6'8" player who defended Edey better.

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If we are going to exclude Centers who couldn't shut down Edey, we will be playing without a center.

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As a secondary Tennessee fan I will say that Aidoo won't solve all of our problems. He's wildly inconsistent. A good player but he did get benched for a 6'8" player who defended Edey better.

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Wouldn't hurt though. Big upgrade v what we currently have. Rutgers big would be my top choice. Would really change up the dynamic on D with Roach in the backcourt.

Will need something big as KU is loading up. They've leapfrogged ISU and Houston with their recent signings and I expect one more wing. Need more firepower to keep up

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I'd take him in a heartbeat

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You had me curious (don't follow that closely) and looks like he's projected to sign with BU. Roach and Aidoo would be a really strong class. Not KU 90's Yankees strong, but easily the next best.

Think that puts us right there with ISU and Houston in actual projected performance.. and easily the second most talented team in conference after KU.

Still think we need an alpha wing to go with those two. What KU has done so far is incredible they'll be the favorite and rightfully so. But if we add these two and a wing to fill Bridges spot we will be in a great spot.
Someone like Abdul-Rahim from GA at wing and we're set

Agreed, I'm not sure how our rotation would support it, but I feel like we could use a development/upside project at wing as well. I know that risks chasing off one of our many guards, but it would be ideal to not get in to a cycle of having to plug the 4 with a transfer.

Please happen....

Billew from ISU. Kid is raw but his upside is through the roof. Definitely a project but he oozes potential

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Still think we need an alpha wing to go with those two. What KU has done so far is incredible they'll be the favorite and rightfully so. But if we add these two and a wing to fill Bridges spot we will be in a great spot.
Someone like Abdul-Rahim from GA at wing and we're set

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If the pull that off, would put Ku and us as probably the two best teams in the country.

Don't think they'll pull the trifecta. Think they target the wing from Charlotte or another mid major call up to round out the roster.

But can he dunk?

Jonas is extremely religious so I am not surprised Baylor would have a great shot at him with the JOY culture.

Charlotte wing is solid. Seen him a few time in AAC play. Just think a guy like Abdur-Rahim would better fill the void from a pure talent perspective in regards to replacing Bridges

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So are we out on the Rutgers guy then? If we're picking I'd still prefer him but I get if he's not coming this seems like the second best option.

How much more Benjamins do we have? According to Trilly Donovan and Norlander these two came at a mil each. Roach actually more. We still have enough for a wing?

He got benched for doing nothing. 6'8" Awaka came in and hustled and grinded. No on stops Edey but Aidoo looked like he didn't even try.

He did make solid improvement overall from last year. I'm definitely not against him coming to Baylor. Just stating what I've seen from his play. It's inconsistent but when he's on he's a very solid player.

boykin_spaniel said:

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He got benched for doing nothing. 6'8" Awaka came in and hustled and grinded. No on stops Edey but Aidoo looked like he didn't even try.

He did make solid improvement overall from last year. I'm definitely not against him coming to Baylor. Just stating what I've seen from his play. It's inconsistent but when he's on he's a very solid player.

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Fair point. Would have loved to see a healthy Missi matchup against Edey. Fronting him, trying to deny him the ball with the Purdue guards having to toss it over a Missi without hitting light fixtures... guess we'll have to wait for NBA on that one.

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He got benched for doing nothing. 6'8" Awaka came in and hustled and grinded. No on stops Edey but Aidoo looked like he didn't even try.

He did make solid improvement overall from last year. I'm definitely not against him coming to Baylor. Just stating what I've seen from his play. It's inconsistent but when he's on he's a very solid player.

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Yeah the Aidoo defense doesn't excite me, his upside does though.

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boykin_spaniel said:

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He got benched for doing nothing. 6'8" Awaka came in and hustled and grinded. No on stops Edey but Aidoo looked like he didn't even try.

He did make solid improvement overall from last year. I'm definitely not against him coming to Baylor. Just stating what I've seen from his play. It's inconsistent but when he's on he's a very solid player.

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Yeah the Aidoo defense doesn't excite me, his upside does though.

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Aidoo's defense doesn't excite me as much as Omoruyi's would have. But he was an SEC all-defense pick, so he couldn't have been bad on that end of the floor.

As much as I love Yves Missi and think he'll be a really good pro, a senior-junior post combo of Aidoo and Ojianwuna will clear this past season's tandem by a substantial margin IMO.

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He got benched for doing nothing. 6'8" Awaka came in and hustled and grinded. No on stops Edey but Aidoo looked like he didn't even try.

He did make solid improvement overall from last year. I'm definitely not against him coming to Baylor. Just stating what I've seen from his play. It's inconsistent but when he's on he's a very solid player.

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Yeah the Aidoo defense doesn't excite me, his upside does though.

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Aidoo's defense doesn't excite me as much as Omoruyi's would have. But he was an SEC all-defense pick, so he couldn't have been bad on that end of the floor.

As much as I love Yves Missi and think he'll be a really good pro, a senior-junior post combo of Aidoo and Ojianwuna will clear this past season's tandem by a substantial margin IMO.

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Oh no doubt, if we land Aidoo that's a huge boon for us, experience over freshmen every day. Hard to argue this front court isn't looking significantly better than last year regardless of who we land between Omoruyi or Aidoo.

Aidoo's progression is about what you should see from Josh. Aidoo started off playing sparingly the first year, then a bit more the 2nd year and then last year in his 3rd year he put up some decent numbers. Josh O has the chance to basically replicate that although probably not the double figures since he won't be needed to score. I would take Josh's defense already over Aidoo who was awful at times against big bigs. He made 2nd team because of work mainly against the undersized bigs in the SEC. There aren't a lot of undersized bigs in the Big 12. But with Aidoo you can play an in-out game on O because he's a pretty good passer. It would be nice to have both.

Aidoo also has a 15-18 foot jumper which looks like he can expand out to three point range. Changes the look of our pick-and-roll game having a big who can pick and pop. We haven't had that offensive skill from the 5 position since Motley.

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Aidoo also has a 15-18 foot jumper which looks like he can expand out to three point range. Changes the look of our pick-and-roll game having a big who can pick and pop. We haven't had that offensive skill from the 5 position since Motley.

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I don't want him expanding it out to 3 because he was only a 39 percent catch-and-shoot guy on mid-range shots. And despite what the NBA will try to tell you, 7-footers shooting 30-32 percent from 3 is not a good thing for any team's offense.

But his ability to roll off a screen and knock down a 15-footer is a really nice skill to have. It gives us pick-and-roll/pick-and-pop possibilities we haven't had since Freddie Gillespie, whose mid-range game was a weapon as well.

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't want him jacking up threes either. But all college bigs who have the ability to shoot and want to play in the NBA or overseas are working to expand their range.