Comments on: Lance Stephenson Unplugged

By: MDMAN

MDMAN — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:02:57 +0000

If Lance wants more exposure than anywhere else in the country, yes, even more than NY, then he will suit up in college park next year. In NY, UConn and Syracuse steal the headlines, with the Johnnies getting filler coverage at best. Yes, Lance will help that situation but probably not enough to push UConn and the Cuse off of the front page.
The bottom line is that DC is the media capital of the world (NY is the financial capital), and the Washington Post is the nations most prestigious newspaper, and Maryland, by far, gets more coverage from them than any other school — at least 3 times the space that they devote to Georgetown, who despite having a solid program doesn’t get much love locally. Bottom line, be a Terp and the Washington Post’s Kornheiser and Wilbon will talk about you every night on PTI.
Playing for Maryland in the ACC (the most prestigious basketball conference in America) with the DC media market and in front of those insane Terp fans (many of whom are from NY) at perpetually sold out Comcast is the smartest move Lance will ever make.

By: RadTerp52

RadTerp52 — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:24:18 +0000

Lance,

Maryland is the ideal place for you. The ACC is the best conference and everything a basketball player could want is right there for you: great facilities, great fans, great coach, and a huge Eastern/National TV market.

If Greivas leaves for the Pros, you will be able to take his place and join your teammate, Padge and Jordan Williams in the class. You will have two low post options to open things up for you on the outside.

Plus it’s close to home.

Good luck in your choice, Lance, even if you choose one of the other schools you’re looking at, I’ll still follow your career all the way to the NBA!

By: ImpatientGuy

ImpatientGuy — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:24:11 +0000

Yo, Adam. It’s thursday, how about you hook us up with some Stephenson video!

By: JTDeac

JTDeac — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:58:37 +0000

Come to Wake Lance! A back court of yourself and Jeff Teague would be nasty! Combine that with Aminu, Tony Woods, Ty Walker, and Ari Stewart in the front court and you could make a run at the national title! Also, the Wake coaches know how to develop talent. They have helped make James Johnson and Jeff Teague NBA first rounders and just look what they did with Chris Paul.

By: A-rob

A-rob — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:59:43 +0000

I really hope this kid comes to KU as well but I don’t think he leaves NY. He can be a star at St. Johns. At Kansas he could be as well but its also litter with other McDonalds All Americans.

By: DocBean

DocBean — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:12:20 +0000

Come to KU Lance, You’ve already seen what Self has done with the talent he has this year. He’ll make you better. He’s the best in the business.

Self sent 5 guys to the pros last year.
He lost 7 of the 8 players that got significant playing time.
Sherron is the only one that’s back that played real minutes last year.
(Cole didn’t see much game time last year)

None of them came in with the skills that Lance has, and now they’re getting paid big money.

With a team that most people said would struggle to make the tournament, Self has them all alone at the top of the Big XII, climbing up the rankings, and likely to get a 3 seed, or better.