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Robot Santa
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re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/18/26 at 9:30 am to Diego Ricardo
I don't think he's nearly the athlete Grant is. Ideally we would put Freeman at that spot, but apparently Kentucky has dropped a massive bag to compensate for how mediocre they are.
I think a lot of our success, or lack thereof, next season is really going to come down to whether Davis-Fleming makes the second year jump bigs have had a tendency to do. He's going to be the only pure 5 on the roster next season unless we sign another one. After watching all I could find on him I think it's possible. He's got the build and mobility of a defensive anchor at least. Just wish he was a couple of inches taller. I was hoping we'd be involved with the Machot kid, but that doesn't seem to have materialized.
I think a lot of our success, or lack thereof, next season is really going to come down to whether Davis-Fleming makes the second year jump bigs have had a tendency to do. He's going to be the only pure 5 on the roster next season unless we sign another one. After watching all I could find on him I think it's possible. He's got the build and mobility of a defensive anchor at least. Just wish he was a couple of inches taller. I was hoping we'd be involved with the Machot kid, but that doesn't seem to have materialized.
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re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/18/26 at 8:41 am to Bryant91092
I think there is some merit to the exciting whites theory. They have to be American though. Europeans are too soft and indoctrinated in soccer style frickery for the most part. The need for American white guys to prove themselves every step of the way tends to produce players who are pretty resilient and good teammates though.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/17/26 at 5:01 pm to TideCPA
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He's pretty much a drop-in Sherrell replacement
I see this as more of a response to Kentucky dropping a massive, desperation bag for Freeman. Fielder is more of a 4.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/17/26 at 10:15 am to VaBamaMan
Assuming Allen, Jemison, and Holloway are all back, adding Garrison, Davis-Fleming, Cloer, Wilkins, and Freeman + some high ceiling freshmen would be nice on paper. I too would like us to bring in some 7'1" rim protector though.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/17/26 at 8:07 am to Sandkhan
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What I THINK is happening in a lot of these instances though is this: Out of high school Oats and Murphy are telling kids “We can give you say…200k in rev share. But we also are the most followed athletics department on all of social media and the biggest brand in college sports. We are the pro team of our state. So you CAN make up to a million and we’ll develop you and you’ll play fun and winning basketball”
Then some other school comes in and says “we’ll give you a million guaranteed that our billionaire booster made from sex trafficking”.
Then the kid gets to that school and that “guaranteed” money still ends up being them doing random NiL things or it being a struggle to collect
I think so too. Personally I find it really unusual that there have only been a handful of instances where a school even attempted to enforce those contracts and only the one (Reshada?) I'm aware of where a player tried to enforce them against an individual booster or a collective. Makes me think a lot of these kids are signing NFL style contracts, albeit valid and legally enforceable ones, where the face value and what you're actually going to end up earning are two very different numbers, but no one in their "camp" has the brains to recognize it for what it is. Then with all the go-betweens, i.e. agents, parents, handlers, collective representatives, booster reps (Mark Cuban isn't personally negotiating with Snakerell for example), coaches, etc. who all have something to lose you're going to be wading into a quagmire trying to allege fraud. Just like the Reshada kid.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/16/26 at 7:22 pm to BigBird09
Just looked at Wilkins a bit. I can see why the staff likes him. He plays a lot like Philon.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/16/26 at 11:33 am to BigBird09
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Could be wrong but I thought he was just a 2026 kid who signed which makes him a portal prospect.
2026 kid who was a partial reclass, enrolled in January, and redshirted. We did that with a guy a few years back too. He should have full eligibility left.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/16/26 at 7:32 am to TideSwamper
I took it as he and his fellow ADs are the ones being pressured to find more money.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/15/26 at 2:35 pm to Bryant91092
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I’m not on board with trying to say thank you and I love you guys all while transferring out after having been a starter and important piece of a really good team. Just leave
Yep. Unless you're going pro early there's just no need. A situation like Hurts being the rare exception. This bag chasing bitch though? No. frick off.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/14/26 at 8:13 pm to ChauvinisticPigAttit
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Y'all need to calm down. Oats wouldn't have signed an extension without knowing we'd have better NIL.
Just because we offered him more money doesn't mean we offered him enough more to keep up with the increase in the "market" this offseason. If we increase payroll by 50%, which is a lot, and the cost of doing business increases by 65% we are actually worse off despite a 50% increase in payroll.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/14/26 at 1:47 pm to TideCPA
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We don't need the 5s to stretch the defense. We need them to protect the rim and catch lobs.
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Will have to be paired with a stretch 4 who can play.
I'm starting to think this is the biggest key to the system. A 4 who is a multi-level scorer and also does a bunch of dirty work (guard multiple positions, rebound at a high level, and help protect the rim). Our most efficient KenPom teams under Oats all had those guys: 1) #4, 2022-23 (Clowney/Gurley); 2) #6, 2024-25 (Nelson/Dioubate); 3) #9, 2020-21 (Herb Jones)
Note that during those years, the guys who spent the most time at the 5 were Bediako, Pringle, Omoruyi, Bruner, and Rojas. Not exactly a superstar list. The 5 spot just doesn't require an NBA prospect. Catch lobs, rebound, affect the rim.
I tend to agree. I really don't think we need bigs who are particularly dynamic on offense. As long as they're able to set screens, catch lobs, and make putbacks our offense will be fine. Having wings who you trust to dribble and shoot is what makes the engine go.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/14/26 at 9:41 am to VaBamaMan
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Pope really didnt seem to give his guys any confidence in themselves. They all seemed to play kinda scared.
Pope just isn't that good of a coach. He's not a bad coach. He's just not a good coach. They'll spend their way to a tournament quality roster every year, but they'll only rarely be in the hunt for conference championships, much less national championships, with him. It'll be interesting to see how long of a leash he gets as a former player.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/13/26 at 4:51 pm to VaBamaMan
Just from reading the tea leaves it sounds like the money being thrown around this offseason has ticked up considerably from just the last few years. I can see a scenario where our basketball NIL scheme is designed to tick up with "inflation", but if they presume a year over year increase of 5-10% and one year it shoots up 25-30%, which is going to leave us totally fricked.
re: Official Spring Camp Thread - A-Day - April 11th at 1 p.m. CT - Roster in OP
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/13/26 at 10:20 am to TideSaint
His running style reminds me a bit of Ingram.
re: Official Spring Camp Thread - A-Day - April 11th at 1 p.m. CT - Roster in OP
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/13/26 at 8:01 am to Night Vision
It's also spelled 1.4nette. I smell corndogs...
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/12/26 at 8:49 pm to Bryant91092
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Don’t hate it and don’t love it. I can certainly see the upside potential.
Kinda what we have to do with bigs unfortunately. We're never going to have the money to sign any kind of sure thing out of the portal. Gotta sign upside guys and/or mid-major guys and hope we get it right. Like I said the other day, Mara did frick all in 2 years at UCLA before anchoring a dominant, title winning defense at Michigan. Sometimes it's just a matter of having the right voice in your ear, and Garrison has had Mike Boynton and Mark Pope. It may not click with Oats either, but I'd trust him a hell of a lot more than those two.
re: Official Spring Camp Thread - A-Day - April 11th at 1 p.m. CT - Roster in OP
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/12/26 at 2:14 pm to Diego Ricardo
Saban defenses routinely shut down great run games so it was to be expected. I'm firmly in the wait and see camp, but Seattle's run game immediately getting fixed after moving on from Grubb doesn't give me a good feeling.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/11/26 at 1:53 pm to antibarner
I don't blame them either. I just don't think they should have the option to pull shite like that every year in an environment where it will never, ever bite them in the arse. How many other lines of work can you keep not only getting hired in, but have prospective employers bidding for your services, once your resume starts reflecting 3 employers in 3 years or even 4 in 4 years? It's all a joke. Either implement a salary cap or limit the ability of these guys to transfer. You can't treat this like a fricking free employment market because it doesn't experience the same kind of market forces other jobs do.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/11/26 at 8:51 am to Diego Ricardo
The starting 5 for the last two #1 overall seeds came from a mid-major and had a limited backup role at a P-4, respectively.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/10/26 at 1:46 pm to VaBamaMan
Maybe. I mean I like the idea if the price is right. It's also why I like Dak and Machot. If you're going to play all the drop coverage we do you have to have long, disruptive wings and bigs and the best place to start is an athletic 7 footer with a big wingspan. The trouble is just that those guys usually cost a lot and convincing them that they can show off for scouts in a system that never runs the offense through them isn't always going to be easy even though it's true.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by Robot Santa on 4/10/26 at 12:58 pm to Roll3sRoll
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Chol Macot
I have no idea what kind of price tag he's going to command, but I really like this kid. Very athletic for a 7 footer, averaged almost 3 stocks last season, and his shot is surprisingly natural looking. I wish we could afford him, Freeman, and Dak. That's a long, extremely disruptive front court rotation.
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