Since we are having this conversation, here is my super interesting thoughts....
- It was just an exhibition
- With that said, the comments after on why Thompson and Harris didn't play were shocking
- Playing his freshman son and tarded Joey more minutes than two highly sought after 4* players is alarming given the comments
- If Thompson has been in his program over a year and Harris has been for months and both are highly rated 4* players then that's a troubling sign that A) McCollum missed on his evaluation or B) McCollum has done a really shitty job coaching and motivating his players.
- Same but lesser thing with Cam ManYOWWWW. If you have to bench your 4th year multi-year starter and then call him out in the media to motivate him to be a leader after this long, another yikes on your ability as a coach and staff so far.
- If for whatever reason you did mis-evaluate Thompson and Harris so badly that you're playing the equivalent of 2 walk-on level players including a nepo-baby son, then you might have just as well brought back Tavion Banks.
I hope this is all just early season exhibition game nonsense, but if McCollum thinks he's going to be a top level Big Ten team and get back to the Elite 8 or better and is planning on doing it with his nepo-baby and Joey the Tard, then he spent all offseason sniffing his own farts and press clippings.