Bryce Thompson Transferring

[Max Power]

so not on results??

I mean now all of the sudden we are in the results business after people getting mad when reaves shooting 28% from 3 his 2 years here was called out?

 

[OULad]

He shot 31% from 3 last year. 34-38% this year doesnt seem like a stretch.

 

[WTSooner]

so not on results??

Can you show me a full collection of his HS and AAU stats?

If not, I'm not really all that interested in a few AAU games and his freshman year of college where he was injured and unhappy.

He obviously shot it well enough in HS/AAU that shooting was listed as a strength in every scouting report I've read.

 

[BoulderSooner]

I mean now all of the sudden we are in the results business after people getting mad when reaves shooting 28% from 3 his 2 years here was called out?

not that we want to go down that road .. but that is not how that discussion really went .. in either direction ..

 

[NorthCarolinaSooner]

considering BT picked OSU officially....why are we even still discussing him?

Good luck to him.....lets move on and talk about possible other pickups.

 

[hoopsaustin]

If only Porter had listened to me from the beginning.

He knows how to reach me in the future though.

Dont compete for highly ranked players bc you might lose sometimes... oh ok.

 

[BoulderSooner]

He shot 31% from 3 last year. 34-38% this year doesnt seem like a stretch.

he shot 22% from 3 last season

 

[SoonerBounce13]

https://twitter.com/B3thompson__/status/1392887464319193092?s=20

It's official. Hope he has fun at a program whose record is one tournament every four years. Good luck on getting usage among all those perimeter players.

Time to move on from his name and concentrate on our program. We'll be fine without him for 1-2 years. As Gene Hackman said in Hoosiers, "Our team is on the floor". Let's go get it and kick their arse. More excitement surrounds our program than in years, even without him, let's get more behind it.

That pic looks like he is on an herbal essence commercial

He’ll fit it well with lsu and the farm animals

 

[WichitaSooner]

he shot 22% from 3 last season

Pesky facts.

 

[thebigabd]

Dont compete for highly ranked players bc you might lose sometimes... oh ok.

Silly, silly hoopsaustin.

 

[Abe]

Completely agree. Some of our posters have a bad habit of trashing players we do not get or trashing players that choose to leave. Wish them the best and move on.

 

[mict085]

BT seems like a good kid. I wish he had chosen OU. I hope he loses every game while at osu and then has a nice pro career. Good luck to him, except when he’s wearing orange and black.

 

[skyvue]

I've seen lots of allusions to what BT "was looking for," what his goals were in choosing a school this time around.

In the last decade, oswho is not nearly as accomplished a program as OU is, and if my research is accurate, they have just one player in the NBA to OU's three. They are also more loaded at BT's position than OU is.

I'm guessing here, but I assume what BT was looking for was a clear path to the NBA, and if that's correct, that he saw oswho offering a wide open offense where he would get to be the main man (I'm not convinced he will be, but Boynton probably told him he would be).

If that's correct, it plays into a concern I expressed both before and for a time after Coach Moser was hired: That he is a system coach who might have trouble attracting 4- and 5-star players who think they have it in them to be the next Trae Young. (Would TY have come to OU with Moser at the helm?)

I'm not taking a stand here, I'm asking a sincere question: Is Coach Moser's style of play the reason BT chose oswho? I recall that Coach Kruger was thought to have him wrapped up the first time around until KU entered the mix at the (relative) last minute, so why would he have been willing to come to Norman under Lon but not under Porter?

 

[MJSooner]

I've seen lots of allusions to what BT "was looking for," what his goals were in choosing a school this time around.

In the last decade, oswho is not nearly as accomplished a program as OU is, and if my research is accurate, they have just one player in the NBA to OU's three. They are also more loaded at BT's position than OU is.

I'm guessing here, but I assume what BT was looking for was a clear path to the NBA, and if that's correct, that he saw oswho offering a wide open offense where he would get to be the main man (I'm not convinced he will be, but Boynton probably told him he would be).

If that's correct, it plays into a concern I expressed both before and for a time after Coach Moser was hired: That he is a system coach who might have trouble attracting 4- and 5-star players who think they have it in them to be the next Trae Young. (Would TY have come to OU with Moser at the helm?)

I'm not taking a stand here, I'm asking a sincere question: Is Coach Moser's style of play the reason BT chose oswho? I recall that Coach Kruger was thought to have him wrapped up the first time around until KU entered the mix at the (relative) last minute, so why would he have been willing to come to Norman under Lon but not under Porter?

I don’t know if your thinking is wrong overall, but as it relates to BT I don’t think Moser and is style was the issue at all. He also turned down LK at his offense too. Even though he chose KU, it’s not like Self’s system allows for a ball dominant superstar either. If that was the main factor, he would have picked us last year. But he passed on us both times. It tells me, and most everyone thought the same, he made his pick based on Self. The

At the end of the day, he had a longer relationship with Boynton, probably buys into his cool vibe (like Capel tried to do with recruits), and bought into his hype, spin, and salesmanship of something OSU is not. I mean Cunningham only averaged 20 PPG with all his talent and ball dominance, so Boynton really sold him.

That tells me it wasn’t an objective apples-apples comparison, it was more about the relationship and hype with Boynton. Just like he did with Self.

 

[CMSOONER]

I'm sure he saw Cade got the keys to the offense and that he feels he will step in and take over that role. He was not going to get that at OU. It will be interesting to see how this season plays out. He can talk relationship all day long, but at the end of the day kids want to play. He's not going to OSU and sit on the bench because he has a good relationship with Boynton. Wish him the best except 2 times a year.

 

[MJSooner]

I'm sure he saw Cade got the keys to the offense and that he feels he will step in and take over that role. He was not going to get that at OU. It will be interesting to see how this season plays out. He can talk relationship all day long, but at the end of the day kids want to play. He's not going to OSU and sit on the bench because he has a good relationship with Boynton. Wish him the best except 2 times a year.

He’s not getting that at OSU either. Cade ran the point and probably had the ball in his hands, I’m guessing, 60-70% of the time. I doubt BT will be running point and even if he does, between Anderson, Likelee, MAM, and Walker all at G, I don’t see him getting near the same usage or shots as CC.

No he didn’t choose OSU to sit the bench but I’m sure Boynton hyped what his role will be compared to what it actually will be. Yes he went there to play but he would have at any of the 3 finalists.

His relationship with Boynton and his hype and overselling what he actually delivers sealed his choice to OSU. And I hope it works for him personally, but I hope they struggle more than twice a year.

 

[BCSooners]

I don’t know if your thinking is wrong overall, but as it relates to BT I don’t think Moser and is style was the issue at all. He also turned down LK at his offense too. Even though he chose KU, it’s not like Self’s system allows for a ball dominant superstar either. If that was the main factor, he would have picked us last year. But he passed on us both times. It tells me, and most everyone thought the same, he made his pick based on Self. The

At the end of the day, he had a longer relationship with Boynton, probably buys into his cool vibe (like Capel tried to do with recruits), and bought into his hype, spin, and salesmanship of something OSU is not. I mean Cunningham only averaged 20 PPG with all his talent and ball dominance, so Boynton really sold him.

That tells me it wasn’t an objective apples-apples comparison, it was more about the relationship and hype with Boynton. Just like he did with Self.

KU did have Mason, Graham, & Dotson back to back to show PGs can run his system. I think Moser will get negatively recruited early on bc of his system. But I believe he adapts his system to his players & high profile players will see that in time. Luckily the transfer portal, being as terrible as it is, provides the opportunity to to fill out a good team each year without high schoolers.

 

[CMSOONER]

He’s not getting that at OSU either. Cade ran the point and probably had the ball in his hands, I’m guessing, 60-70% of the time. I doubt BT will be running point and even if he does, between Anderson, Likelee, MAM, and Walker all at G, I don’t see him getting near the same usage or shots as CC.

No he didn’t choose OSU to sit the bench but I’m sure Boynton hyped what his role will be compared to what it actually will be. Yes he went there to play but he would have at any of the 3 finalists.

His relationship with Boynton and his hype and overselling what he actually delivers sealed his choice to OSU. And I hope it works for him personally, but I hope they struggle more than twice a year.

I completely agree. I think his vision of what he's stepping into and the the reality of the situation will end up being completely different. Maybe I'm wrong and he understands that the backcourt is crowded and he's got to earn it. In that case, I can't fault him for choosing where he felt most comfortable.

 

[TINY]

I've seen lots of allusions to what BT "was looking for," what his goals were in choosing a school this time around.

In the last decade, oswho is not nearly as accomplished a program as OU is, and if my research is accurate, they have just one player in the NBA to OU's three. They are also more loaded at BT's position than OU is.

I'm guessing here, but I assume what BT was looking for was a clear path to the NBA, and if that's correct, that he saw oswho offering a wide open offense where he would get to be the main man (I'm not convinced he will be, but Boynton probably told him he would be).

If that's correct, it plays into a concern I expressed both before and for a time after Coach Moser was hired: That he is a system coach who might have trouble attracting 4- and 5-star players who think they have it in them to be the next Trae Young. (Would TY have come to OU with Moser at the helm?)

I'm not taking a stand here, I'm asking a sincere question: Is Coach Moser's style of play the reason BT chose oswho? I recall that Coach Kruger was thought to have him wrapped up the first time around until KU entered the mix at the (relative) last minute, so why would he have been willing to come to Norman under Lon but not under Porter?

Coach made it pretty clear that the prior relationships were too hard to overcome. There didn’t seem to be a lot of anything else to his decision. Anyone who thinks they can’t star on the basketball court in any offense is a clown. Look at what suggs did at Gonzaga. He was a part of the offense but not close the whole offense and will be a top 5 pick. You don’t have to be Trae for the nba to notice you.

 

[skyvue]

I think Moser will get negatively recruited early on bc of his system.

It's that period of adjustment -- and how long it might be -- that concerns me.

I'm not wondering why we lost him to KU -- that wasn't a surprise, once they were in the mix. But from all reports, we were in line to sign him up until that point. So I'm wondering what turned him off from coming to OU this time, since we were in a solid runner-up position when he chose KU. I can only assume it was that Kruger had retired and we'd signed Moser, which speaks to my concern that high-end recruits will think of him (with opposing coaches cementing that thought) as someone whose system doesn't allow offensive standouts (which, let's face it, is what most 4 and 5-star players are -- or think they are) to shine their brightest.

Can Moser overcome that perception and the negative recruiting that will perpetuate it within a year? Two years? If it takes longer than that, my concerns will have been well founded.

I'm not trying to be Chicken Little here -- I'm trying to make sense of BT going to oswho. And the only explanation that rings true for me doesn't make me hopeful for our prospects of attracting high-end recruits in the near future (that said, I know full well we're talking a single recruit here, not a string of them, not a trend -- but something turned BT off OU compared to how he felt about us a year+ ago).