Transfer: Kim Aiken (EWU)

[jourdand]

If I had to take a very preliminary stab at a starting line up / depth chart it would be

1 Flowers, Jefferson, Rapp, Roberts

2 Noah, Rapp/ Bamba

3 Aj, Rodman, Bamba,

4 Efe, Aiken, AJ, Rosario

5 Jackson, Efe, Volvo, Walk-on

Very preliminary considering we don’t even know for sure who will be in the team. It wouldn’t surprise me if Robinson is looking at other options.

 

[mikalalas]

Arizona offered him when the Coach was Miller, who knew that 1-3 years of probation was forthcoming. The new coach quickly cut ties with him and thus we got him as a nice defensive specialist. If you can't score on this team you won't play. It is also highly likely that he will be a backup player at the 4 which is where Jaz played, not at the 3 spot. There you have to defend and board.

The ONLY REASON why Lloyd cut ties with Kim is THIS:

Arizona, Sean Miller, offered Kim along with the rest of the 4,5 stars, when he coukd have just offered another 4,5 star, instead of offering Kim.

That says that Arizona, Miller wanted Kim, and means Kim is good, otherwise Arizona, Kim woukdnt have offered Kim.

Now when Miller got fired for shady recruiting, etc.

Kim started looking elsewhere when Miller was fired.

When Lloyd was hired, he noticed Kim looking elsewhere, so Lloyd started looking elsewhere to protect Arizona in case Kim decommited.

When Lloyd did that, he found got Ballo, a 7-1 Center transfer from Gonzaga, that one of best centers in USA. Lloyd getting Ballo took Kim's spot, making Kim have to go looking elsewhere, where he then either chose, had to goto WSU.

If Kim had not looked elsewhere when Miller was fired, and had Kim stayed FIRMLY committed to Arizona, then Lloyd would not have started looking elsewhere to replace Kim, should Kim decide to decommit, and would not have found and gotten Ballo, and Kim would thus have likely still be with Arizona.

Its kind of like the Bamba situation.

By Bamba tweeting he likely sealed his fate.

By Kim deciding to look elsewhere after Miller was fired, he sealed his fate of going to WSU.

 

[jourdand]

Aiken basically pleaded with Lloyd and Lloyd said no. He then wanted Aiken to be on a Waiting list and Aiken said goodbye and good for him.


“I was like, ‘Hey, man, I can provide the same services for you and I’m already committed,’ ” Aiken said of his conversation with Lloyd. “But they’re trying to put me on a waiting list. They were trying to achieve other players and it didn’t seem like I was that great of an asset to him.”

 

[mikalalas]

If I had to take a very preliminary stab at a starting line up / depth chart it would be

1 Flowers, Jefferson, Rapp, Roberts

2 Noah, Rapp/ Bamba

3 Aj, Rodman, Bamba,

4 Efe, Aiken, AJ, Rosario

5 Jackson, Efe, Volvo, Walk-on

Very preliminary considering we don’t even know for sure who will be in the team. It wouldn’t surprise me if Robinson is looking at other options.

1. Flowers, 1B. Roberts, 1C. Koulibaly, 1D. Rapp, 1 E. Rice

2. Noah. 2b. Koulibaly, 2 c. Flowers, 2d.Bamba, 2e. Kim, 2f. Rapp

3. Rodman. 3b. Kim. 3c. Rosario or Bamba. 3d. AJ, 3e. Rapp.

4. Efe. 4b. AJ. 4c. Kim

5. Dischon Jackson. 5b. Vova. 5c. Efe

 

[Observer11]

Aiken basically pleaded with Lloyd and Lloyd said no. He then wanted Aiken to be on a Waiting list and Aiken said goodbye and good for him.


“I was like, ‘Hey, man, I can provide the same services for you and I’m already committed,’ ” Aiken said of his conversation with Lloyd. “But they’re trying to put me on a waiting list. They were trying to achieve other players and it didn’t seem like I was that great of an asset to him.”

It will be delicious when Aiken takes the last shot and knocks off U of A this winter.

 

[mikalalas]

Aiken basically pleaded with Lloyd and Lloyd said no. He then wanted Aiken to be on a Waiting list and Aiken said goodbye and good for him.


“I was like, ‘Hey, man, I can provide the same services for you and I’m already committed,’ ” Aiken said of his conversation with Lloyd. “But they’re trying to put me on a waiting list. They were trying to achieve other players and it didn’t seem like I was that great of an asset to him.”

I have to say that this makes my opinion of Tommy Lloyd go way down. I know that he doesnt care less about what anybody else thinks. But since Sean Miller offered Kim, Tommy boy should have HONORED that. I mean Kim could have gone elsewhere but stayed committed til the very end. That should have been rewarded, honored, not kicked to the curb at the very last second, after all the programs, gotten all their spots filled, with almost no musical chairs left, except WSU, etc. Thats a pretty low blow.

I think WSU should use that against Arizona and Tommy boy. "Dont take a offer from Arizona, and Commit to Arizona. Kim here took a offer from Arizona, committed, and got kicked to the curb by Tommy boy at Arizona at the last second. Do you want that to happen to you? Do you want to accept a offer from Arizona, Tommy boy, commit to Arizona, and then get kicked to the curb also at the last second?"