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Carol Swanson's avatar

John, what's your take on all the players who have transferred out of the Duck Women's basketball program? Paopao has hit the portal, and Rogers hasn't announced what she'll do, but she spent the weekend with Angel Reese. Now Prince is hitting the transfer portal as well. The new ducks coming in look good, but the last few years have seen a lot of transfers. I miss the Sab, Ruthy and Satou days. Sigh........

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Brian M's avatar

I have seen this clown show around a celebrated player, before, it does not end well for the team who takes the player who is in the spotlight. U of MN got Kris Humphries to reverse his commit to Duke in 2003. Humphries was a Parade and McDonalds All American and 5 Star recruit. He was from Minnesota, the son of former Chargers and Vikings player Stan Humphries. He had been fed his importance all his life and was a real prima donna by the end of HS, where he won state championships for Hopkins. He reversed his Duke commit based on the promise by Gophers coaches he would be the centerpiece and the offense would be built around him. It was. He scored almost 22 pts a game and was named to the Big 10 Freshman First Team. And then he jumped to the NBA for a mediocre career (and married Kim Kardashian for a few months; my wife helped with the divorce). The team was not advantaged by their All Big 10 freshman as they finished the year 12-18, they were so unbalanced by one star player. It is not worth it to take on a big show like Bronny. And you know LeBron will have plenty to say about how his son is handled.

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