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“BAD DAY-AZTECS HOOPS”
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Loyalty has been replaced by greed.
Team has been replaced by me
Welcome to the real world for Brian Dutcher and San Diego State. For the first time his program has really been stung by defections, mass defections. Players leaving for reasons that seem to be like throwing the dice on their careers.
They turn their back on the known, good coach, great culture, special era in SDSU basketball. They are heading into the unknown, hoping for a program that makes them a star, launches them into the NBA, going to work for a strange coach, maybe a different system, surely more cash.
His roster has been wiped out by five players’ decisions to enter the Transfer Portal.
Are they doing anything wrong? No. They are part of (1,650) players who entered the Portal on the first day.
Chasing dreams? Maybe some.
Chasing money? Probably more
A quick look at who is heading out the door.
MAGOON GWATH…In search of health more than anything else. Seems further away from being an NBA player. How does he fit in a new system? Is his career destined to be star-crossed by injury? Thought staying here was a better option.
MILES BYRD..Gave the school the best he had. Disappointed after all the time working out with NBA players last year, his offensive game regressed. Of course his defensive game was great. 1-year somewhere else, maybe they find the consistency to polish his offensive skill set. Don’t be fooled though. You know how many leapers and athletes in the NBA who are better than him? You think he is anywhere close to making an NBA roster?
MILES HEIDE..Thought he grew alot this past year with two and a half years experience under his belt. Had thought he’d be solid next year in the newly launched Pac 12. Who knows where he winds up, with his limitations. Dutcher helped grow him.
BJ DAVIS..Tough loss, good player, looks to be clone of Lamont Butler. Assume he winds up at a Power Four school. Probably got tired of being in and out of the starting lineup.
PHARAOH COMPTON..so much upside to him, so someone will pay the price and get a player with the arrow pointing up. Think it is a huge loss.
End of the day, alot of this is about dollars and that’s too bad. They leave behind a good program, a nice track record, and a good coach.
College basketball, despite the epic March Madness tourney we have seen, not what it used to be, not what it should be.
Like I said, loyalty no longer important. Me over team now the ideology. Money tool
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