Not Much Noise About Traore or Tadjo

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

Not much news on Traore and Tadjo out there. Both said a return to Iowa was a possibility. Would be huge.

 

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

not sure how many others have a return as a possibility.

 

[haydensly]

I would like to see Traore come back. He needs more playing time and to adjust to the speed of the Big 10. Tadjo seemed like a little bit too much of a project, IMO.

 

[Zstatman]

For S&Gs I decided to check up on the guys that we thought were coming and and decommited:

Joshua Lewis - committed to Louisiana, the one in Lafayette

Desmon Briscoe - visiting Kent St as I type this, has a visit to College of Charleston scheduled and may visit Duquesne

Chris Tadjo - nothing listed but says return to Iowa possible

Johnson-Arigu - no news

Badara Diakite - no news

 

[HuckFinn]

I would like to see Tadgo and Traori return.

 

[Zstatman]

Ladji Dembele has evidently committed to UNLV.

 

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

I would like to see Traore come back. He needs more playing time and to adjust to the speed of the Big 10. Tadjo seemed like a little bit too much of a project, IMO.

This exactly. There were flashes last year. Could tell he was trying to do too much at times and hadn’t adjusted fully. Felt he was going too fast, trying to force things instead of letting things come to him. But he could be real good.

 

[Grady]

Ladji Dembele has evidently committed to UNLV.

If so, I think that's unfortunate. If coached up, seemed to me that he has the skill set. Perhaps not the mindset Coach is looking for.

 

[Zstatman]

For S&Gs I decided to check up on the guys that we thought were coming and and decommited:

Joshua Lewis - committed to Louisiana, the one in Lafayette

Desmon Briscoe - visiting Kent St as I type this, has a visit to College of Charleston scheduled and may visit Duquesne

Chris Tadjo - nothing listed but says return to Iowa possible

Johnson-Arigu - no news

Badara Diakite - no news

Johnson-Arigu has signed with St Thomas of the Summit league.

St Thomas is somewhere in Minnesota, his home state.

 

[NorthKCHawk]

Traore would be a good depth guy and is probably about as good as Ben can find on the open market right now as at a very cheap price point. We need at least one more post player, probably two.

 

[trj]

Both are projects, but it is obvious that Tadjo is the bigger project. You see the raw athleticism in both guys, but it is 2025…you need ready made dudes. You only got room for about two or three guys to develop each year.

In the past, these guys would be an Olaseni or a Basabe type, and you would /could wait until year two or three for them to figure it out. Now, you need grown men who can play right away.

 

[BigD]

Both are projects, but it is obvious that Tadjo is the bigger project. You see the raw athleticism in both guys, but it is 2025…you need ready made dudes. You only got room for about two or three guys to develop each year.

In the past, these guys would be an Olaseni or a Basabe type, and you would /could wait until year two or three for them to figure it out. Now, you need grown men who can play right away.

............ and they may need to have small pockets.

 

[Hawkfnntn]

Traore has himself a nice list of suiters. Not sure if they've all offered him but he's listed them as schools that have reached out to him.

Memphis
KSU
Villanova
UNLV
LSU
WVU
Bama
PSU
Seton Hall
FAU
Colorado ST

I haven't heard a thing about Tadjo yet.