Work harder then. If you deserve to be on the floor you will be.

Mar 30, 2025
3:53:27pm

zerigke All-American

If you find yourself not getting minutes, then you gotta earn them by working harder. These players and their families need to look inward. Too often they point fingers at the coach for not playing the kid. There is a reason.

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The challenge with recruiting players who have nba aspirations

boorad

Mar 30, 3:41pm

The whole college basketball landscape right now makes me wonder if BYU will

thewaterboy

Mar 30, 3:45pm

On the surface, sure…but I don’t think Demin and AJ are like that. KY might be

BYUHgrad

Mar 30, 3:46pm

So you’re saying the church needs to come out with a youth NBA feeder program?

babycarrot

Mar 30, 3:46pm

Need to find those rare athletes that work incessantly on their own game to

Mitty

Mar 30, 3:49pm

Dybantsa wants to win the championship.

Plantagenet

Mar 30, 4:20pm

Work harder then. If you deserve to be on the floor you will be.

zerigke

Mar 30, 3:53pm

Exactly right. If you're really an NBA guy, you should be able to earn some PT.

Christopsomo

Mar 30, 6:29pm

We misunderstood who catchings was or rather

bald man

Mar 30, 3:55pm

There are some good freshmen playing in the nCAA tourney including Demin. But,

GMGlenn

Mar 30, 4:21pm

I agree. There is no doubt about Catching's physical traits

bald man

Mar 31, 7:09am

This ignores the obvious aspect of what winning does for your career.

Lance71

Mar 30, 3:56pm

The

GoBYCougsGo

Mar 30, 6:53pm

Justplayer is set on going to the NBA doesn’t mean he doesn’t love th

GoBYCougsGo

Mar 30, 6:54pm

A player can really want the nba and still love the college he plays for, Demin

GoBYCougsGo

Mar 30, 6:55pm

Still think it depends on the player to some degree you’ll get both but overall

franklyvulgar

Mar 30, 4:00pm

BYU does well with athletes that love BYU and want to win. Most of them do.

Plantagenet

Mar 30, 4:21pm

This is true, but I think most people that are gonna be one and done to the

Resurgens

Mar 30, 5:07pm

Duke, Kansas, Arizona, Baylor and

MofunZ

Mar 30, 5:11pm

And then there's Rutgers...

Les IsMore

Mar 30, 5:34pm

As AJ said in a recent interview...it takes great coaches + great talent. So perhaps Rutgers could afford great talent

BackPacker

Mar 30, 5:36pm

Odd to not mention the player that was expected to be lottery pick most of year

NYC and Japan

Mar 31, 12:32pm

Just because you are a stepping stone doesn't mean you can't be a great stepping

LSUcougar92

Mar 30, 5:31pm

It can matter. To them AND they can want a program where he

niqmadu

Mar 30, 6:30pm

His entitled attitude ain’t going to get him to the NBA

DreamerCoug

Mar 30, 6:45pm

If they are on a team that loses then they will not get recognition and it will

ThundaDan

Mar 30, 6:51pm

A player can be set on the nba and still love his school he’s playing for. Demin

GoBYCougsGo

Mar 30, 6:58pm

These guys want to win more than you can imagine. They are more competitive and

ChiCityCoug

Mar 30, 9:48pm

But you can understand that they may put that desire to win behind their

Mitty

Mar 30, 10:15pm

Losing teams don’t get attention. These guys that operate at this level don’t

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