Would You Take Him?

by **ponydawg** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:08 pm

now, I am not saying we are interested in him or that he would
come here if we were, we all know that is for the WDNWHA to decide. BUT, would you take him, or if you were Doh would you take him, even though other schools are backing off and trouble seems to follow him?

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball ... aab,167162

Do teams still want Lance Stephenson?
By Chris Chase

His stock has fallen farther than GM. Once the most-hyped recruit in the country, Lance Stephenson enters June without a school, without much hype and with many in recruiting circles saying he's not worth the trouble. This begs the question: Does anybody still want Lance Stephenson?
Steve Yanda asked as much in The Washington Post this morning. It's partial hyperbole -- of course somebody will still take Stephenson, but for a guy whose college choice commanded national attention two months ago, Yanda argues that the suitors are far less in number than they once were. It's not as much where Stephenson wants to go, but which program will take him.
The questions aren't about Stephenson's game, but about the off-court issues. He seems to be the guy that every coach would rather be somebody else's problem. Between the pending criminal charge, questions about amateur status and the general sense that where Stephen goes drama follows, he just might not be worth it. Gary Williams, for instance, is desperate to sign a big-time national recruit. Will putting up with a possible Stephenson-headache be worth it for next season?
Probably not, when you consider quotes like this from a USA Basketball official. Speaking about Stephenson not making the under-18 men's national team last June:
"[Lance] was worhty of being on [the under-18 men's national team in 2008], but what you deal with is it would have taken too much energy for the coaches to maintain Lance playing less minutes and being on the bench, and it would have diverted [them] from working with the top five to seven guys to win a gold medal."
Translation: Stephenson is a chemistry killer. Taking one-and-done guys (as Stephenson is likely to be) is always a crapshoot, but there always seem to be more danger with the ones whose feet are already out the door before they step foot on campus. That doesn't lead to Final Fours, it leads to first-round NCAA tournament exits and a difficult recruiting situation in the fall.
Headed into the off-season, there were three main recruiting questions to be solved. Xavier Henry committed to Kansas back in April and John Wall signed with Kentuckybefore Memorial Day. The other dominoes have fallen and it's now up to Stephenson to finish off the major '09 signings. Or, more appropriately, it's up to whichever team decides to welcome him and his circus to town.

by **White Helmet** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:19 pm

Of course not, hes foreign.

by **ponydawg** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:11 pm

White Helmet wrote:Of course not, hes foreign.

When you say foreign, I assume you mean he is outside of DFW.

by **White Helmet** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:47 pm

of course, its all a foreign country

by **davidpaul123** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:58 pm

I saw the article and was wondering the same thing.

If youre Doh, I guess why not, he needs some Ws this season...

by **PonyDoh** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:49 pm

He's going to Maryland or overseas, but probably Maryland. Only hold up is his court case. He's an absolute monster of a player, and there is no way Doh could handle him, none.

by **RednBlue11** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:55 am

he should go to europe

by **ready4abowl** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:00 am

take a stud like this and ruin the marvelous chemistry doh has created?!?!?!!? are you crazy?

by **RednBlue11** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:01 am

he cant get in any more trouble than the average student at smu get in on an annual basis...av's, stealing, dui's, hard drugs, etc...

by **PonyPride** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:35 pm

PonyDoh wrote:He's going to Maryland or overseas, but probably Maryland. Only hold up is his court case. He's an absolute monster of a player, and there is no way Doh could handle him, none.

Washington Post said this week Maryland has backed off its recruiting of the guy.

Saw him play when his team came down and beat Duncanville. He was absolutely unstoppable.

by **PonyDoh** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:11 pm

PonyPride wrote:
PonyDoh wrote:He's going to Maryland or overseas, but probably Maryland. Only hold up is his court case. He's an absolute monster of a player, and there is no way Doh could handle him, none.
Washington Post said this week Maryland has backed off its recruiting of the guy.

Saw him play when his team came down and beat Duncanville. He was absolutely unstoppable.

They haven't stopped recruiting Lance, the Post news is false, as is much of what they report about Maryland. They've been iced from the program since the Prisbell articles about Maryland, AAU, Lance and Under Armour.

There are a slew of questions about his eligibility, amateur status, qualifying etc. That said, if he passes through the clearinghouse, some believe that he'll be suspended for the first 3 or 4 games next year, just based on the financing of his website, the ad space they've sold, and whose pockets it lined

by **CA Mustang** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:44 am

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entr ... 4/15586334

by **PonyDoh** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:35 pm

word around the Terps is that Maryland hasn't backed out, as much as off, until his trial for groping is over. They ran into trouble w/Tyree Evans last year, and need to make sure he's not convicted. I was also told he tried to verbal weeks ago, and they couldn't accept it, but that could change.

I wishh him well, great player, but his father gives a bad name to slimy handlers. He's truly a cliche and killing the kid's marketability, possibly future

by **EastStang** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:11 pm

Maryland still is smarting from Len Bias.

by **davidpaul123** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:56 pm

bid him!

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