Mac is transferring from Georgetown and he would look nice in our back court. I think that would be a fantastic use of the last scholarship.
Get mac mcclung a virtual visit set up.
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It’d only be for one year. Who knows how good Horton really is. This kid is explosive.
He averaged 15.7/3/2 this past year while shooting 39 percent from the floor.
He averaged 15.7/3/2 this past year while shooting 39 percent from the floor.
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Exactly. Not sure what the point is to get another guy with Trey’s offensive skillset but can’t defend as well.
He's a good player and I'd be happy to have him for a year but he should go somewhere where he'd have the ball in his hands more.
I would assume that his camp floated UNC. I can't see why a team bringing in Caleb Love, R.J. Davis, and Kerwin Walton and returning Anthony Harris from injury would possibly want to add McClung to that locker room.
Huggins already addressed this issue down here.He said McClung couldn't guard his own shadow ,off the record of course!
We have posters talking smack about why he’d be no good for this sub-.500 program, he’d hurt us more than he’d help, etc,; meanwhile he will likely choose between Maryland and UNC, programs that wipe their a$$es with Pitt.
Gotta love the Lair.
When you’re rebuilding a program, you need to avoid internal strife at all cost. There are a lot of guys with boatloads of talent, but aren’t worth the headache that they bring with them.
McClung is a fun, talented player but he wants to run the show. If you bring him in, you’re going to need to be OK with winning or losing based on how he looks on any given night. Now if you’re talking about a top 10 talent then sure, let him roll for a year, wish him well and then recruit like heck off that buzz but McClung is not that type of guy. Capel isn’t without his missteps but he’s got this thing pointing in the right direction. No need to deviate from that to serve as a one year vanity project
There are various reasons why McClung himself wouldn't be interested in coming to Pitt. He obviously wants to be on a team expected to make the NCAA tourney and make a deep run. Pitt isn't that team.
Secondarily, IMHO, except if he went to a blue -blood he will want to start and play significant minutes. Capel won't guarantee that to anyone plus Capel seems to be very very high on Horton and is also trending toward rarely having 3-guards on the floor together in order to make room for PT minutes for the incoming big men.
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We fans may not know know what Horton will bring; but, Capel is extraordinarily high on Horton so, IMHO, we should trust his judgment on that one until proven otherwise.
Also because, like Trey, he wants to be a point guard, and he wants to be The Guy who always has the ball in his hands. He’s not going anywhere where he’s going to play off the ball.
This is a move completely facilitated to get him more burn on a better team. I personally don’t see it as far as a lottery type talent, but who knows. Ewing is a good guy, but he’s really having issues getting it going at GTown. At some point someone is going to get them rolling again, but not sure it’s going to be him.
I'm with you on him not being a Lottery Type player and not even a 1st rounder that's why he was told to go back to college from the NBA. He needs a little more seasoning so that's why he wants to go somewhere to be the PG so he can shine.
Side note: recruiting is hilarious. These kids get attention for 3 years about this process, get sucked off by every school and their fans then go somewhere for a year or two and go through the process again. It’s tough to get excited about basketball prospects until they’re on campus imo. Just ridiculous business
I totally agree especially these coaches put all their time and energy into you. These young men these day are so pampered they don't know how to go through anything to toughen them up so any problem comes up they want to run and go somewhere else and not stick it out. IMO their mental is so weak compared to guys years ago.
I wouldn't be surprised actually if Georgetown exceeds expectations next year after underachieving this year (and really until Yurtseven got hurt that team was on the bubble in spite of being held together by duct tape) just based on addition by subtraction.
That class of Akinjo, LeBlanc, McClung, and Yurtseven was supposed to be big time for them but Akinjo and McClung hated each other and couldn't share a basketball, LeBlanc and Alexander were kicked off for sexual assault and burglary (also how crazy is it that LSU was totally happy to sign LeBlanc? I think that program is going down hard real soon in a Baylor type scandal), and literally everyone got hurt. Next year they're adding Jamari Sibley and Tyler Beard who I really like, bringing back a couple of solid seniors in Jahvon Blair and Jamorko Pickett, and have a center rotation of Wahab and Ighoefe which I think can be really, really good. I wouldn't be surprised if they went dancing next year at all because when you have an attitude problem that bad sometimes it's best just to clear the whole deck and start over.
Ewing seems more engaged than a Mullen or even a Stackhouse who I think is on the verge of quitting at Vandy and understands the recruiting part of college basketball more than most legends it seems strange they can’t put it together.
That class was a total mess you are speaking of. Agreed on LSU they’re going to come down HARD.
The McClung thing doesn’t really make sense. He NEVER played PG in AAU. He was team loaded VA’s 3rd best PG so he played off ball. I think it was the kid at Princeton and the kid at Iowa State over him. So it doesn’t make sense if people never saw him play PG that he thinks he is one. He’s an undersized 2 who can jump. Should just finish his career and figure out where he can play overseas.
Tennessee is another McClung camp rumor I should think. His parents are donors and his sister played soccer there but they're another team that's loaded in the backcourt and don't have open roster space, they're adding two top 20 guards, have their starting freshman point guard returning and have a top 100 transfer guard coming in from Oregon. I'm not saying that McClung won't land pretty much wherever he wants to, I'm just really dubious that it will be UNC or Tennessee.
Maybe I am the McClung camp and I think the Pantherlair free board is the place to float these rumors.
I'd gather that because a solid ~50% of us that post on here are actual Pitt fans and want what is best of the program? You're just some Big10 dude that randomly has chosen to hang out on a Pitt board.
Just say no to Mac McClung. 109 assists vs 96 turnovers in 2 years just screams point guard to me. Definitely someone that I want with the ball in his hands.
People are obsessed with him because he's a dorky white kid who looks good in highlights, that's all.
People are obsessed with him because he's a dorky white kid who looks good in highlights, that's all.
I'm not sure I'm convinced about this. Georgetown has never done anything without a Thompson at the helm. The BE is tough, and deep, especially with UConn coming back. I know the Hoyas had a great run under JT Jr., and JT III, but they would be far from the first good program to fall off the face of the earth. (Pitt football?) What's DePaul done lately? Indiana should be an easier place to win, seen much of them lately? How about St. John's? If Ewing fails, it might be hard times ahead for the Hoyas. They don't have their own arena, and crowds will soon get thin at the Wizards' place if the losing continues. St. John's ain't exactly filling the Garden lately, but at least they have Carnesecca to play the games not likely to draw well at. This hiring of former stars never seems to work. Kids don't care about some guy who played 30 years ago. Some of their parents weren't even born when Ewing came out of Georgetown. Hiring the old star excites the fossils in the fan base, but unfortunately, none of those fossils are 4 and 5 star prospects.
Just a thought but since the 5 stars expect a payday -- that makes the fo$$ils even more important.
All of the top programs have that though. You need that just to keep up. Not saying Georgetown can't come back, just that it's not the sure thing many people think it is. The list of schools, especially Catholic schools in basketball, that used to be powerhouses, and are now irrelevant, is long, starting with the school two miles down Forbes Ave.
Great player. Privilege to watch he and Deuce go at it.
He was smart enough to go to the best possible situation, really. He's still a bad defender and an inconsistent shooter but Tech covers up most of that and he's vastly improved his ability to finish at the rim this year which was a big hole in his game. He has definitely done much better than I expected and he's fun to watch so good on him.
I know that this is going to come as a shock to you but sometimes it's okay to be wrong on the internet.
Ethan Morton's 0 points and 1 rebound in 16 minutes the other day was very impressive!
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