What happened to the big German?

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He was visiting: what now?
stu
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He's probably spending most of his time growing bigger.
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According to Golden Blogs - Thiemann is visiting Cal on Friday, June 7
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Well, after the war Otto Skorzeny did some contract wet work for the Mossad and in 1975 died of lung cancer in Spain.


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He must have had an accident or a mysterious disease. He's now down to 6.8.5. i'm anxious to see the medical report. listed heights should be taken with a healthy dose of salt.
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So he visits today, and will commit by the end of the visit. Hey I'm optimistic since Fox is lights out on his overseas recruiting.
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helltopay1 said:

He must have had an accident or a mysterious disease. He's now down to 6.8.5. i'm anxious to see the medical report. listed heights should be taken with a healthy dose of salt.

Dehydration, my friend. Travel can do that to you. The Lad will be 6'-10" by end of day.
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joe amos yaks said:

helltopay1 said:

He must have had an accident or a mysterious disease. He's now down to 6.8.5. i'm anxious to see the medical report. listed heights should be taken with a healthy dose of salt.

Dehydration, my friend. Travel can do that to you. The Lad will be 6'-10" by end of day.
Hopefully he's only had really bad posture lately. Or will he still be 6"8 1/2 if he chooses CAL and
6" 10 if he goes elsewhere?


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Lars has solid skills, a nice move to the basket, and a soft touch. He would be a great get for the program. And we can certainly use his size - whatever exactly it is. . .
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Anyone know what the deadline is? Not for this guy in particular but for all recruits looking to play in 2019.
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helltopay1 said:

He must have had an accident or a mysterious disease. He's now down to 6.8.5. i'm anxious to see the medical report. listed heights should be taken with a healthy dose of salt.
Now fully hydrated with cool spring waters and committed to Cal C Thiemann is 7-'0" / 250# again.

Same weight and only 1" shorter than Wilt. He will grow.

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joe amos yaks said:

Now fully hydrated with cool spring waters and committed to Cal C Thiemann is 7-'0" / 250# again.
Excellent news! Whether he's 6-9 barefoot of 7-0 in shoes.

ESPN story
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I'm sold early on Coach Fox's philosophy. If you don't want to get mixed in the muck of the paid circuit(AAU) , go get guys that are coachable(intl)
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sheki said:

I'm sold early on Coach Fox's philosophy.
I'm amazed we were able to get 4 decent-looking players this late.

Now with 2019 recruiting probably done and the Warriors nearly done what are we going to talk about until November?
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easy, list and debate and defend your opinion of the depth chart and the game time minutes the player will achieve.

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Great News!

Per ESPN, Lars Thiemann just committed to Cal.

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Intuit said:

easy, list and debate and defend your opinion of the depth chart and the game time minutes the player will achieve.


I'm excited that we now have several bigs. Heck, we even have enough to where they can go up against each other in practice! (Anticevich, Kelly, Thorpe, Kuany, Thiemann)

Right now, I'd have to say our biggest challenges appear to be (in clear order of importance):
1. shooting (South will help, but still...)
2. front court experience
3. lack of a star player
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Great strategy to go after international players for whom our academic brand still has significant value.


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Big C said:

Right now, I'd have to say our biggest challenges appear to be (in clear order of importance):
1. shooting (South will help, but still...)
2. front court experience
3. lack of a star player
4. health/conditioning issues (Harris-Dyson, Gordon, Kelly, Thorpe)

Regarding shooting, I'd make that a top priority for 2020 recruiting. And I'm hoping one or two of the international freshies will be able to hit a respectable percentage of threes.
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Now if we can parlay this into another German commit from 2020 Walker Kessler, it would nullify the Dirk could-have-been. Fox coached Kesslers older brother so it's not completely out of the question.
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The international approach may be the answer to losing local talent to Fucla and The Bear Down keep Sean Miller crowd that steals every good recruit.
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stu said:

sheki said:

I'm sold early on Coach Fox's philosophy.
I'm amazed we were able to get 4 decent-looking players this late.

Now with 2019 recruiting probably done and the Warriors nearly done what are we going to talk about until November?
And I'm amazed that for the first time I can remember, Cal actually signed all the players we were rumored to be interested in. Fox's late recruiting has been impressive.
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SFCityBear said:

stu said:

sheki said:

I'm sold early on Coach Fox's philosophy.
I'm amazed we were able to get 4 decent-looking players this late.

Now with 2019 recruiting probably done and the Warriors nearly done what are we going to talk about until November?
And I'm amazed that for the first time I can remember, Cal actually signed all the players we were rumored to be interested in. Fox's late recruiting has been impressive.


I am looking forward to this coming season after years of embarrassing coaching ineptness.
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stu said:

sheki said:

I'm sold early on Coach Fox's philosophy.
I'm amazed we were able to get 4 decent-looking players this late.

Now with 2019 recruiting probably done and the Warriors nearly done what are we going to talk about until November?
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bearister said:

SFCityBear said:

stu said:

sheki said:

I'm sold early on Coach Fox's philosophy.
I'm amazed we were able to get 4 decent-looking players this late.

Now with 2019 recruiting probably done and the Warriors nearly done what are we going to talk about until November?
And I'm amazed that for the first time I can remember, Cal actually signed all the players we were rumored to be interested in. Fox's late recruiting has been impressive.


I am looking forward to this coming season after years of embarrassing coaching ineptness.
Hold on a minute there, big fella. We've seen the recruiting, which sure looks organized and effective, but we haven't seen the coaching yet. But if Fox is half as good a coach as he is a recruiter, we'll be just fine. Can't hardly wait to find out.
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The catastrophic fires.
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SFCityBear said:

bearister said:

SFCityBear said:

stu said:

sheki said:

I'm sold early on Coach Fox's philosophy.
I'm amazed we were able to get 4 decent-looking players this late.

Now with 2019 recruiting probably done and the Warriors nearly done what are we going to talk about until November?
And I'm amazed that for the first time I can remember, Cal actually signed all the players we were rumored to be interested in. Fox's late recruiting has been impressive.


I am looking forward to this coming season after years of embarrassing coaching ineptness.
Hold on a minute there, big fella. We've seen the recruiting, which sure looks organized and effective, but we haven't seen the coaching yet. But if Fox is half as good a coach as he is a recruiter, we'll be just fine. Can't hardly wait to find out.


If Fox can fog a mirror.....
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sheki said:

Now if we can parlay this into another German commit from 2020 Walker Kessler, it would nullify the Dirk could-have-been. Fox coached Kesslers older brother so it's not completely out of the question.
Certainly would be a great get, but not much could nullify the " Dirk might have been". That might have been, with the team they had along with the addition of Dirk, it would have assured Cal of a National Championship.
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willtalk said:

sheki said:

Now if we can parlay this into another German commit from 2020 Walker Kessler, it would nullify the Dirk could-have-been. Fox coached Kesslers older brother so it's not completely out of the question.
Certainly would be a great get, but not much could nullify the " Dirk might have been". That might have been, with the team they had along with the addition of Dirk, it would have assured Cal of a National Championship.
Not necessarily, just like Rabb and Brown did not assure us of the final four, as some fans wrote here. And Zion Williamson did not assure Duke of a national championship. Or Wilt Chamberlain, the greatest player in my lifetime, assure Kansas of same. If a great basketball player is added to an already very good team, sometimes there are not enough basketballs to go around and give every one their shot attempts. And there is no guarantee the team will be as good defensively with the great player in the lineup. Just sayin'.
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SFCityBear said:

willtalk said:

sheki said:

Now if we can parlay this into another German commit from 2020 Walker Kessler, it would nullify the Dirk could-have-been. Fox coached Kesslers older brother so it's not completely out of the question.
Certainly would be a great get, but not much could nullify the " Dirk might have been". That might have been, with the team they had along with the addition of Dirk, it would have assured Cal of a National Championship.
Not necessarily, just like Rabb and Brown did not assure us of the final four, as some fans wrote here. And Zion Williamson did not assure Duke of a national championship. Or Wilt Chamberlain, the greatest player in my lifetime, assure Kansas of same. If a great basketball player is added to an already very good team, sometimes there are not enough basketballs to go around and give every one their shot attempts. And there is no guarantee the team will be as good defensively with the great player in the lineup. Just sayin'.
True, the but the big name players do make the team a contender and a great chance of at least making the big dance. (In the last two years we haven't even been to one of the small virtually meaningless dances.)
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