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Miami extends offer to skyscraper C Marcis Ponder

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Jim Larranaga and his staff has officially extended an offer to 7-foot-1 25’ C Paulo Semedo and 7’0 26’ C Marcis Ponder both are going to be both highly recruited by the two coaches in this photo
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Looks like Coach L and staff read this board! :)

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TheRichtShow said:
What would this kid have to do with Boozer? They don't even play the same position.
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May not play the same position but they’re not a match neither. Ahmed is an undersized post. Cam Boozer is a hybrid forward, probably leaning towards a 4 at the next level and beyond. The kind of big you want to pair Boozer with is either one who will dominate the paint or one who will spread the floor. This Ahmed kid does neither. Just doesn’t make much sense to me to sign this kid to pair him with Boozer. Only way I see them going after a kid like this is, either Boozer ain’t coming or they got...
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HurikaneMarc said:
Looks like Coach L and staff read this board! :)

King of Allapattah

Post in thread 'Four-star C Ben Ahmed Crystal Ball to Miami'

TheRichtShow said:
What would this kid have to do with Boozer? They don't even play the same position.
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May not play the same position but they’re not a match neither. Ahmed is an undersized post. Cam Boozer is a hybrid forward, probably leaning towards a 4 at the next level and beyond. The kind of big you want to pair Boozer with is either one who will dominate the paint or one who will spread the floor. This Ahmed kid does neither. Just doesn’t make much sense to me to sign this kid to pair him with Boozer. Only way I see them going after a kid like this is, either Boozer ain’t coming or they got...
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I doubt Coach L reads this board, but it is always nice to see him making the rounds in state. Hopefully, it starts to pay dividends for us. Ponder is definitely a kid they should be all over, especially considering he is/was an Adidas sponsored athlete (signed an Adidas deal last year while in HS). Also doesn't hurt that he was born & raised in Miami.
 
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casualcane said:
On another note, this is interesting because I believe we are still recruiting another 2025 big, Tee Bartlett
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Ponder is a 2026 prospect. Not sure if we offered Semedo (WE SHOULD!), but he's more of a wing than a post player. With the Ben Ahmed commitment, I doubt we'll be seeing Tee in Miami. Just wouldn't make much sense to have 2 HS prospects with similar games and style in the same signing class. Maybe @Brooklyndee could shed some light on it for us
 
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King of Allapattah said:
Ponder is a 2026 prospect. Not sure if we offered Semedo (WE SHOULD!), but he's more of a wing than a post player. With the Ben Ahmed commitment, I doubt we'll be seeing Tee in Miami. Just wouldn't make much sense to have 2 HS prospects with similar games and style in the same signing class. Maybe @Brooklyndee could shed some light on it for us
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My bad. I thought it was clear Tee aint coming here. Only way we even entertained it was with the twins and the right nil package. The twins were the main ones behind trying to get him here & he was intrigued. But the budget allocated for basketball for the year basically would've been took up by the twins themselves. That's why we went and got Ahmed(who isn't horrible by any means. But he's soft)I don't mean to be that person but just go watch whenever Tee is in these big matchups even going back two years to with cooper flagg when Tee was at mater dei. Tee shines whenever he goes up against anyone hyped. Especially bigs. But anyways Ahmed was brought in at last second with the hope he'd make the twins happy. By them going to puke I guess we know their response.
 
Donny Donowitz said:
Don’t want to get my hopes up….but please for the love of god give me an athletic 7 footer to go with these guards.

Pick and roll, offensive rebounds galore!
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But what well rounded 7fter wants to be limited to pick and roll and being a rim runner? Not many.
 
Donny Donowitz said:
Fair assessment. An occasional offense move won’t hurt and some back to basket mixed in. Truthfully the spot up J will need to become the bread and butter of any big man we get.
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Main problem I feel like this fanbase doesn't grasp when it relates to bigs, is no one takes into account the kids skill set or more importantly how he may envision his own growth etc. every athlete wants to continue to evolve so he can play at his peak. Do y'all seriously feel that's possible for a big here when his main purpose in this system is ball movement and rebounding? Any offense is secondary.
 
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Brooklyndee said:
Main problem I feel like this fanbase doesn't grasp when it relates to bigs, is no one takes into account the kids skill set or more importantly how he may envision his own growth etc. every athlete wants to continue to evolve so he can play at his peak. Do y'all seriously feel that's possible for a big here when his main purpose in this system is ball movement and rebounding? Any offense is secondary.
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Good coaches take the players they have and build game plans to maximize team success. That is overwhelmingly what L has done at Miami.


We’ve never had a big who playing through gave us the biggest competitive advantage vs. opposing teams… because Miami had no real bag game in basketball and no real legacy before L (Ham’s sweet sixteen was nice but soon forgotten).

L has won with multiple styles of basketball and anyone who thinks he couldn’t/wouldn’t modify the system to use a dominant post presence to the team’s advantage has an agenda or hasn’t paid attention to his career.
 
AmherstCane said:
Good coaches take the players they have and build game plans to maximize team success. That is overwhelmingly what L has done at Miami.


We’ve never had a big who playing through gave us the biggest competitive advantage vs. opposing teams… because Miami had no real bag game in basketball and no real legacy before L (Ham’s sweet sixteen was nice but soon forgotten).

L has won with multiple styles of basketball and anyone who thinks he couldn’t/wouldn’t modify the system to use a dominant post presence to the team’s advantage has an agenda or hasn’t paid attention to his career.
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If I remember correctly you and I have already gone back and forth on this. No good can come from this conversation so I'm gonna stop there. You already(assuming it was you I had that conversation with)insulted me once with this agenda nonsense which is comical. I'm not gonna get into what this university has done for my life or what I've done for it. It's not relevant for right now. Sometimes you have to be able to separate an agenda from someone who simply has a separate viewpoint. It happens.
 
@Brooklyndee You’re the guy running around the internet posting about how L misuses bigs and you wouldn’t let your nephew go to Miami.

You’re doing a good job amplifying the negative recruiting against us… which is itself based on total BS.

Send your nephew where you want, no need to dump on the program you claim to support.

The truth is L has consistently exceeded expectations and won at an unprecedented level by modifying the system to fit the players. There’s no good reason to doubt that he would continue to do what he’s always done if/when he finally gets a true dominant post player.
 
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Brooklyndee said:
Main problem I feel like this fanbase doesn't grasp when it relates to bigs, is no one takes into account the kids skill set or more importantly how he may envision his own growth etc. every athlete wants to continue to evolve so he can play at his peak. Do y'all seriously feel that's possible for a big here when his main purpose in this system is ball movement and rebounding? Any offense is secondary.
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Why are you in your feelings about this?

Every center that comes here knows our play style.

We are guard oriented and always will be under Jim. It’s why we don’t usually get the big men.

If one already comes in with the skill set to do what I want and more then maybe he will change that. Kadji as an example.
 
AmherstCane said:
@Brooklyndee You’re the guy running around the internet posting about how L misuses bigs and you wouldn’t let your nephew go to Miami.

You’re doing a good job amplifying the negative recruiting against us… which is itself based on total BS.

Send your nephew where you want, no need to dump on the program you claim to support.

The truth is L has consistently exceeded expectations and won at an unprecedented level by modifying the system to fit the players. There’s no good reason to doubt that he would continue to do what he’s always done if/when he finally gets a true dominant post player.
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Yeah he’s being a bytch about it.

I’ll be at the Louisville game this weekend and would say it to your face @Brooklyndee
 
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