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****Official 2018-19 Missouri Tigers Basketball Thread**** (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=314956)

If we are able to keep Jontay for next year it's basically like getting a surprise top 10 recruit. He's gonna be damn good next year.

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Originally Posted by OKchiefs (Post 13574846)

Well I saw a tweet saying Porter has cancelled a visit with a team and is planning on returning. Let's hope that's true!

If you are talking about Michael Porter, he signed with an agent. He can't come back.

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...5206946ce.html

^ obviously he is talking about Jontay

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Originally Posted by Rudy tossed tigger's salad (Post 13574919)

^ obviously he is talking about Jontay

Yeah, realized after I posted that I didn't specify which Porter, but I think it's pretty clear which one I was talking about.

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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla (Post 13575171)

He's back.

Well that raises the ceiling of next year's team from about 14 to 22 wins, IMO.

We're still lacking at PG and with proven scoring options, but our front court should be a strength. I think 20 wins and a return to the NCAA tournament are reasonable expectations. Let's just hope we don't have any more knuckleheads transferring right before the season, or any more of players letting down their teammates by driving drunk right before the tournament.

That's great. I hope he improves his NBA appeal as a reward for this.

That's good. Good for Mizzou, good for the kid. Win Win.

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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla (Post 13519676)

Jontay isn’t gone, yet.

Good call, Pitt!

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Originally Posted by OKchiefs (Post 13575224)

Don’t forget consistently harassing and assaulting women...

Big return for Mizzou. Hope they find a way to get Jordan Lathon - 6-4 combo guard - on board. That would give them enough depth at the G position to really take advantage of the great interior combo.

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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 13575604)

Not sure they’re even recruiting him, which I don’t get.

This is interesting:

Braun a late addition for Mizzou

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Parker Braun has seen his recruitment take off this spring. The 6-foot-8 forward (Blue Valley Northwest/MoKan) has added offers from Arizona, Illinois, LSU, Ole Miss and Nebraska. But in the end, the pull of following family tradition was too strong.

Braun has committed to Missouri as a preferred walk-on for 2018. Braun’s mother, Lisa Sandbothe, is a former Miss Show-Me basketball winner and played for the Tigers from 1988-91. Lori and Mike Sandbothe, Braun’s aunt and uncle also played hoops for the Tigers.

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The decision came after visits to Illinois and Nebraska and interest from Vanderbilt and Ohio State. Missouri has told Braun he will go on scholarship after one year as a walk on.

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Rivals.com analyst Eric Bossi wrote recently: “Braun has good size, is a good athlete and has an expanding skill set and range as a jump shooter. He plays hard and he has won big on the high school level -- two time state champ at Blue Valley Northwest -- while also playing for one of top summer teams in MoKan Elite. He does need to add strength and continue to build on his overall skill level, but his biggest asset right now is is energy and activity. Schools feel like he can come in and play some minutes early because of that energy and that they can develop him into a reliable upperclassman.”

I'm shocked about Porter - but I think it's the right move - he needs to develop more - I'm shocked due to his vulnerability to injury. I'd go get that money while I can.