Well, Vader got 1 right RE: Meleek
- Thread starter BballinsiderfromPitt
- Start date
Sounds like that is the plan unless he goes to Montverde.
I agreed with Vader here. I think he said he turns 18 this summer, making him only 12 months younger than Bub Carrington but separated by 2 class years. I saw a Mock which has Meleek at #6 in 2026 so you figure he'd be lottery in 2025. Makes absolutely no sense to play at Lincoln Park or Montverde for free next year when you figure he could make around $1 million in college and get the NBA payday sooner.
It wont happen but can you imagine a Big 3 of Lowe, Bub, Thomas plus a good supporting cast? That would be a Final Four contender. But A412 is committed to ensuring our football team can reach 6 wins to lock-up a Fenway Bowl bid.
Indiana???? WTF
If I hear we were outbid, I am cancelling A412. Its a local lottery pick. If he wants to play at Kentucky because of Cal or because its a blue blood, fine. But I better not hear we were outbid so we can pay $500K total to Gavin Bartholomew and Nate Yarnell so we can reach the Fenway Bowl.
Again, this is where you hope get a Tepper or Tull or Croce or Cuban or someone to put up a one time only $1 million check for Maleek. I think Bubs is going to go the NBA because I think he will be a lottery pick. That kind of shotmaking ability at such a young age at that size is a rarity.
500k? That’s not even getting you in the door here
Yeah, Indiana, WTF?
I mean it's not like they are a historical blue blood in the middle of a basketball mad state like Pitt is. WTF?
If we can get some big donors involved and then Pitt fans donate to Alliance 412, then we can raise the money. You can get on board for $19.76 per month donation and that is a drop in the bucket.
www.alliance412.com
Alliance 412
www.alliance412.com
Nor did they just have his friend who was a 1 and done from Pittsburgh and a kid from Moon on staff… and 1.5 million dollars. WTF!
Indiana blows. And IU fans are mad as hell that Woodson is back. They want Dusty May. If we can't outbid IU, shut down A412
I mean why pay those guys? Football is going to suck. We can go 5-7 next year really cheap
Indiana has a lot of financial backing, but Woodson is going to be 66 years old and is trending down. They should have gone after Dusty May. They’ve made a myriad of bad coaching decisions over the last 25 years.
I could be mistake but I didn’t think Blair was recruited by the Duke, UNC, Kentucky Kansas types and that is why he ended up at Pitt?
I agree, we shouldn’t be paying those guys 500k isnt my point. No football player is worth more than 100k on our roster. I’m saying you better at least double that to get in the door
There are a lot more Indiana fans, and they invest a lot more money in their program than Pitt fans do in theirs.
If the only two choices are outbid Indiana for a player they really want or shut down the whole shebang, it's going to be that second one.
Seriously, you can't really think that Pitt has as much money to potentially spend on basketball than Indiana does. Football? Yeah, sure, absolutely. Basketball? Good god, no.
And I agree. I'm saying that A412 should have told Narduzzi we have a once in a generation lotto pick up the street so we cant pay football this year so he has to go 3-9 cheap so we can pay Meleek then when he leaves we can break the bank on football so they can go 6-6. I swear I better not here we were outbid.
Pitt had a player around 1975, Melvin Bennett, he was very highly rated, w/be a 5 star today. He played one year and was drafter by the Virginia Cavs, I believe. Clancy w/be a high 4 star in todays world, Billy Kight a 5 star
If we have to chose between 1.8 million to keep our talented guards for two or three years vs. Meleek for one, I hope we keep our guards.
Why would Cuban, even if he wasn’t an Indiana grad, put up money so he can come to Pitt? I get he’s from Pittsburgh but people keep throwing his name around and I have no clue why.
He was missing two knees that’s why he wasn’t recruited highly.
I don't know how many blue bloods recruited Blair. However, I once heard Bruce Pearl claim he had DeJuan... Had DeJuan locked up with the parents on board & they were all overruled by Grandma at the last minute.
What was his offer sheet like?
I'm not sure a blue blood with several good options would prioritize a 6'7" 260 lb Forward with questionable knees.
Obviously was a huge get though.
Cincy, Florida, Indy, KSU, WVU, Tennessee, St John’s, Wake Forest.
The fact he was this lowly rated indicates how imperfect the process is.
Similar threads
