what an insightful post

care to comment on the success of Gonzaga, who you said was a legit team to win the title?

3/24/2013 11:39:27 AM

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"Eventually top recruits will realize not to come here as this school is cursed with top talent. Wilkens, Sherrill, Costner, Leslie, Purvis."

True. But we haven't reached that stage yet. Recruits are still coming in. Lets hope Gott doesn't squander top talent.

[Edited on March 24, 2013 at 11:41 AM. Reason : ..]

3/24/2013 11:41:27 AM

If Clemson football keeps landing guys I don't think we have anything to worry about.

3/24/2013 11:51:31 AM

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"With his quickness and length, he has the ability to completely shut people down if he'd just lock in and play hard ... he just rarely does."

this. im sayin I would love to have him back for one more season. I know its a very long shot, but maybe he enjoys college so much he just wants to come back. I mean, his draft stock can't get MUCH worse that it is now, can it?!?

3/24/2013 12:38:04 PM

If he pulls that shit in the big boi league he's gonna be playing in europe

3/24/2013 1:44:12 PM

I'm gonna miss Leslie for sure. I hope he does well in whatever he wants to do...I'm not so sure being an exceptional pro player is really something he wants to do.

[Edited on March 24, 2013 at 1:55 PM. Reason : Not funny.]

3/24/2013 1:51:35 PM

^Has he came out and said he's leaving? Or are you and Face just speculating? I fully expect he's gone, just checking.

If he comes back, I'd love for us to go small next year and start CJ and Warren in the post. Rebounding would be an issue, but we'd be lethal in transition.

3/24/2013 2:45:18 PM

^he has made no official announcement.

3/24/2013 2:55:00 PM

I have been pulling for Leslie to become consistent and play non-selfish, mature basketball all year long, but this article makes me want to punch him in his mouth.

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/nc-state-punished-for-apathy-by-basketball-gods-032213?m_n=true

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" Even after their season ended, a season that seemed to be filled with lessons of how you do it right and how you don’t, the message didn’t seem to fully sink in. A couple stalls down from Lewis, Leslie, the most talented but enigmatic player on a talented but enigmatic team, said this team wasn’t always there mentally. In the next breath, he showed he wasn’t always there mentally, either. Moments after losing, he spoke about their turnaround in his three years in Raleigh. “We started from dirt,” Leslie said. His sophomore year they made the Sweet 16. This year they got on the national radar. Then he did something that would make the basketball gods weep. To show that this season’s team — a colossal disappointment nearly to the level of NIT loser Kentucky — was actually a partial success, Leslie mentioned the team’s No. 6 preseason AP ranking as his primary evidence. Which gives us one final sin against one more commandment from the basketball gods: Thou shalt never, ever, ever cite your national ranking from November as an example of success in March."

3/24/2013 4:31:17 PM

time to part ways and move on. Unless he wants to add a jump shot and convert to a team player this offseason, then let's move ahead

3/24/2013 4:52:41 PM

"Started from dirt"? Meaning in the Lowe era?? I don't get it

3/24/2013 5:43:36 PM

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" but we'd be lethal in transition."

When teams start to bail on defensive rebounds and get back to play defense instead this becomes a useless strength as we have to play half court basketball every possession.

3/24/2013 5:48:24 PM

^^I took it to mean, look where we were when CJL was a freshman and look where we're at now.

3/24/2013 6:27:35 PM

Please go pro and get the fuck out of raleigh

3/24/2013 6:56:02 PM

Please don't go pro and do not get the fuck out of Raleigh.

3/24/2013 6:56:48 PM

Please come back for your senior year and give more consistent effort

3/24/2013 6:57:10 PM

Please develop a jump shot or some semblance of defensive ability before coming back to Raleigh

3/24/2013 6:57:41 PM

please grow 5" and develop a deadly 3-point shot

3/24/2013 6:58:25 PM

^

He was 100% from beyond the arc against Temple. What more can you ask

3/24/2013 7:10:40 PM

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"With his quickness and length, he has the ability to completely shut people down if he'd just lock in and play hard ... he just rarely does."

3/25/2013 10:25:30 AM

what's this about him needing to add/develop a jump shot?

I can think of at least 5 other things to work on first

(hint: many of them are not b-ball skill related)

3/25/2013 10:52:19 AM

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"ugh. it was CJ http://www.wral.com/raleigh-police-seek-man-in-bojangles-robbery/12260892/"

I wouldn't believe it was CJ unless he dropped the bag six times on his way out the door

3/25/2013 11:28:09 PM

he'd get away with the robbery 20 times, but the one time he got caught, he'd be the worst robber ever

3/25/2013 11:36:16 PM

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"Please come back for your senior year and give more consistent effort in order to improve your draft position - you can be a 1st rounder or lottery pick, just put together a season slightly better than your sophomore year"

3/26/2013 9:36:24 AM

^^ hahahahaha. truth.

[Edited on March 26, 2013 at 10:21 AM. Reason : ]

3/26/2013 10:20:25 AM

^^ He would have to play like Lebron next year to get back into lottery territory. Next year's draft can't possibly be weaker than this one either so he is fighting that battle too. I'm afraid that ship as sailed.

3/26/2013 10:24:53 AM

@AdamZagoria: N.C. State's CJ Leslie will also declare for the NBA Draft, source tells @SNYtv

[Edited on March 26, 2013 at 1:36 PM. Reason : Slow day at work lol]

3/26/2013 1:36:25 PM

just saw that Zo is leaving too, shit

3/26/2013 1:39:04 PM

Wow, we're losing 5 guys Howell, Wood, Zo, CJ and Calvin.

3/26/2013 1:41:25 PM

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"RT @jgravleyWRAL Spoke to CJ Leslie's mom. "It has not been decided" whether he will go to #NBA. Sitting down tonight as a family to (talk)"

fwiw

3/26/2013 3:12:29 PM

(talk)

3/26/2013 3:15:57 PM

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"cj leslie ?@ncsu_cleslie 36s Who said I was leaving"

3/26/2013 3:22:44 PM

^

3/26/2013 3:23:46 PM

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"cj leslie ?@ncsu_cleslie 2m Who said I was leaving"

el oh el

3/26/2013 3:24:10 PM

twitter said so!

3/26/2013 3:25:13 PM

Calvin vs. CJ showdown

[Edited on March 26, 2013 at 3:32 PM. Reason : #stay]

3/26/2013 3:32:21 PM

Still fully expecting CJL to leave. But I'd gladly take him back for another year.

[Edited on March 26, 2013 at 3:34 PM. Reason : d]

3/26/2013 3:34:22 PM

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"just saw that Zo is leaving too, shit"

you say that like that wasn't a given. i would have been shocked if brown didn't go pro.

3/26/2013 3:36:00 PM

^


I like how all this "news" gets started by one schmuck posting his opinion on a blog and then tweeting it and people using that as a #source.

[Edited on March 26, 2013 at 3:45 PM. Reason : ..]

3/26/2013 3:44:25 PM

#sources

3/26/2013 3:45:39 PM

Is wdprice like 65 or something

3/26/2013 3:47:57 PM

i think he's closer to 250

3/26/2013 3:50:04 PM

My guess is he's gone, but he wanted to announce it formally opposed to have it tweeted across the intrawebs. Hence the "who said I was gone" comment instead of a "I'm not going."

I'd love to be wrong.

3/26/2013 4:02:29 PM

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"My guess is he's gone, but he wanted to announce it formally opposed to have it tweeted across the intrawebs. Hence the "who said I was gone" comment instead of a "I'm not going." I'd love to be wrong."

3/26/2013 4:07:38 PM

Quote :

"Calvin vs. CJ showdown"

3/26/2013 4:26:29 PM

so how did we miss CJ being courtside for John Wall's epic game last night in DC?

3/26/2013 4:37:50 PM

Howell, Zo and Warren are all projected higher than CJ. I think he would benefit greatly if he stayed. As has been said before, look at how much Howell improved his senior year - I would like to see the same for CJ.

If Zo stays, I think Cat will decommit or Lewis will transfer, the latter of which being less likely because I doubt he would want to sit out - but he may also benefit from a year putting weight on.

[Edited on March 26, 2013 at 4:58 PM. Reason : CJ projected at #52 ]

3/26/2013 4:57:43 PM

^ Barber is signed. He's not going anywhere.

Lewis is a four year player. Why would he transfer. Please continue to bring the dumb and assume the worst.

3/26/2013 5:01:24 PM

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"CJ projected at #52"

meh, there are lots of mock drafts, and he's projected all over the place

#33 http://www.hoopsworld.com/2013-full-nba-mock-draft-31013/
#35 http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/2013/
#35 http://www.thehoopsreport.com/draft.aspx
#36 http://nbadraftguru.blogspot.com/2013/03/2013-nba-mock-draft_19.html
#37 http://nbadraft.net/2013mock_draft
#40 http://walterfootball.com/nbadraft2013mock_2.php
#50 http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/21912830/nba-mock-draft-march-reset

but yeah, most of these sites don't think he's gonna be drafted in the 1st round, ie no guaranteed contract

3/26/2013 6:01:38 PM

He needs to come back, win ACC Player of the Year, and have Bojangles add the CJ Leslie as a combo on their menu.

3/26/2013 8:57:13 PM