Class of 2021 forward Arthur Kaluma is ranked #43 in the SI-99. Kaluma originally signed with UNLV, but was released from his National Letter of Intent as he reopened his recruitment. Arizona is in the mix to land the big man.
"The pitch was stay in Arizona. The same type of thing to get him out, show his strength, that he can put it on the floor, lead the break or be a power guy inside. He's really a matchup nightmare the way he handles the ball and his quickness. That's their pitch that they'd use him as a point forward and he's in the rotation of six right now. New staff, bringing Gonzaga guys over, they've done great with those kind of guys is their pitch."
More on Kaluma in the link below
https://twitter.com/SyracuseOnSI/status/1390637537442603008
Quote from: WILD on May 07, 2021, 07:59:59 AM
... he's in the rotation of six right now"
I would assume the six players he would be competing against for playing time RIGHT NOW would be, Kerr, Benn, Terry, Tubes, Koloko, and Ballo. Which leaves the status of Nowell as unknown and Lil Tubes not part of the rotation....or am I thinking too much into that comment. lol. I hate the off-season
At the same time you could scratch Koloko and ballo and take nowell and larsson. Who knows how it was meant.
Would be a perfect addition to finalize the front court (with Brown's recent departure).
He could jump in at PF when Tubelis needs a break...and Kalimantan would be the heir apparent if/when Tubelis jumps to the league.
I assume he could also fill in at SF if Lloyd opts you play a big lineup (ala Gonzaga).
Swoop in and keep this kid in the desert!
Not sure about "finalizing the front court".
You sure 4 bigs are enough? Last year we had 5.
I think that's sufficient. Last year, Tubelis, Brown, Koloko and Lee were the entire frontcourt.
Tubelis will likely get 33 MPG, Koloko will get 25, Ballo would get 15 and Kaluma (nice auto correct below) would get 7...plus another 3-4 at SF.
If somebody gets hurt, Terry, Mathurin or Tautvilas could temporarily slide to the 4 for a smaller lineup.
Quote from: KansasCityCats on May 07, 2021, 12:56:31 PM
I think that's sufficient. Last year, Tubelis, Brown, Koloko and Lee were the entire frontcourt.
Tubelis will likely get 33 MPG, Koloko will get 25, Ballo would get 15 and Kaluma (nice auto correct below) would get 7...plus another 3-4 at SF.
If somebody gets hurt, Terry, Mathurin or Tautvilas could temporarily slide to the 4 for a smaller lineup.
I'm thinking we play Tubelis at the 5. I got Kaluma starting at the 4 (if we get him). I think Koloko & Ballo are in competition for the backup 5 minutes. We'll see what Lloyd does but Kaluma looks like a starter and if we really wanna play better defense we need an athletic 4 man. Tubelis isn't great defensively but he'd do better and be sufficient at the 5 especially because he is a big time rebounder.
I really want kaluma, I think he will challenge the players to be one of the starting 5.
I like his defensive potential an his athleticism .
I hope he commits .
Hearing Kaluma had a very good zoom call today with coach Lloyd.
Friday
Thanks wild for the update.
If he comes here he should really help our defense to match up on the perimeter. I really like his athleticism
I think he would give us something we did not have last year.
An watching footage of him for a 4 he can also hit the 3 which is good.
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Kaluma recruitment must be a hard one for analyst to figure out because there has been no predictions from anyone unless he is not announcing tommorw.
They still have unlv on 247.
Kaluma has delayed his announcement. He was going to announce today. Looks like it'll be some time next week.
Hmmm. Feels like a bad sign....
It definitely causes some concern on the delay I hope he still comes here.
Creighton scares me a bit if his girl lives close to there.
Throw her a scholarship too then lol
Wtf is she doing in Nebraska anyway??
If McDermott didn't make that stupid comment, he'd be rolling right now with Kaluma AND TyTy.
Quote from: KansasCityCats on May 15, 2021, 05:37:26 AM
If McDermott didn't make that stupid comment, he'd be rolling right now with Kaluma AND TyTy.
The biggest thing that bothered me about this situation is in this climate, how did you think that was NOT going to be an issue?
Say what you want about former coach Miller, he was very calculated every time he would speak to the media.
You are a Division I basketball coach where at least 80% of your players are going to be African-American.
You turn around and make a reference about a plantation?
He was setup to have Creighton ROLLING this season, but now he is going to be out of a job at least for the 2021-22 season
Announcement time is 130PM
https://twitter.com/RealBearDownU/status/1394000250033958912
If you didn't know already, Arthur's girlfriend plays for the University of Nebraska basketball team. Not looking good.
Arizona had the last Zoom meeting with Kaluma of all the teams involved last night.
Just got word that he's picking Creighton.
This sucks first ty ty. Now kaluma.
Creighton it is.
https://twitter.com/CreighTakes/status/1394029060729212943
Now it's officially Creighton. The girlfriend wins.
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I figured his girlfriend would win out.
We will have to see where Lloyd turns now.
He must find a another talented big,pg are major priorities. I would love if he could convince J. Brown to come back.
It would have been a nice addition but Tubelis is going to play a LOT of minutes at PF.
We really need a true PG to play behind/alongside Kerr.
Not surprised. Good luck to him at creighton.