Tre King - 6'9 F, Georgetown, EKU transfer

[wichshock65]

https://twitter.com/tayloreldridge/status/1458081190485835781?t=c0Hu0YlOT7g8SH7BuSstgA&s=19

[Shockm]

Tre King isn’t even at 1-1.5 blocks per game for his career. He has one season in three where he hit that range when he averaged 1.2.

Jaime Echinique is the last Shocker to average more than one block per game with 1.6. The site doesn’t break out his blocks by shooter height so no telling if they were all legit. Echinique not what I would call an explosive athlete.

I agree that King isn't similar to Jamie who is only a 5, where King is a combo 4/5. The last season for King has shown how much he has improved in his bpg. I don't disagree at all that a past Shocker player who showed superior blocking one year (probably as a Junior) would be comparing apples to apples. My main point to all of this is that King (who last year had 1.2 bpg) would be a really good get, and we don't have another player with these (1.2 bpg) shot blocking skills on the team. I hope we get him. If he doesn't play until next year, we would no longer need to be recruiting another Juco big guy, but King would be able to learn our systems during 2nd Semester, as a transfer. If he can play this year, all the better.

[Stickboy46]

https://twitter.com/tayloreldridge/s...H7BuSstgA&s=19

Let's make this happen.

[WstateU]

[WstateU]

Thank goodness these old fuddy-duddies know about our old school centers and their blocked shots.

Disclaimer alert... this isn't a political statement...

[shoxlax]

We need anything that involves the NCAA to break our way for once.

[pogo]

I'm not going to say anything about the recruiting of this young man but just let me say that for whatever reason anytime Shoxlas has more than a couple of things to say about a guy the next thing I see is he is now a Shocker. Coincidence? I hope not.

[Stickboy46]

Theoretical transfer rule situation here.

If say he decides next week he wants to come to WSU and we get a waiver for him and the scholarship 2nd semester, then he can practice with the team until then right? I'm guessing if we don't get the scholarship back until 2nd semester he would need to enroll and pay his own way until then.

Even just having him as someone to practice against feels like a huge win.

[AZ Shocker]

What, when, where, why and how is there not a ruling yet on the scholarship??? The season started already. Geez...

[WuDrWu]

McFarlane is enrolled at LaSalle and on their roster but apparently not eligible yet. If he's on the roster, it's difficult to comprehend how the NCAA can justify him occupying essentially 2 scholarships, one here and one there. We essentially get punished for a kid who wants to go home.

Wait....being told a kid at KU got 3 games for a DUI. Now us losing a scholly for an entire year makes perfect sense. Moving on.

[B&Gpassion]

Offering another theoretical long term view, should he start playing as a Shocker 1/1/22 with two years of eligibility, then on 12/31/23 he’s done. I can certainly see a scenario where that would be very unfortunate. We’ve experienced that before around here, many of you will remember. Not suggesting it would bear the same weight but you never know what our circumstances might be at the time! For now, for sure, I see all kinds of upside.

[SubGod22]

Offering another theoretical long term view, should he start playing as a Shocker 1/1/22 with two years of eligibility, then on 12/31/23 he’s done. I can certainly see a scenario where that would be very unfortunate. We’ve experienced that before around here, many of you will remember. Not suggesting it would bear the same weight but you never know what our circumstances might be at the time! For now, for sure, I see all kinds of upside.

It doesn't work that way anymore. If he has two years eligibility and played this season, next year would be his final year.

[B&Gpassion]

It doesn't work that way anymore. If he has two years eligibility and played this season, next year would be his final year.

If true, excellent. The upside is better that I thought. Make his visit unforgettable, sell it, sign him. Christmas starts earlier every year so they say!

[Kel Varnsen]

Take him to Pogo's or the Lancers Club and he'll be sold.

[WstateU]

What, when, where, why and how is there not a ruling yet on the scholarship??? The season started already. Geez...

C’mon man! You know they’re too occupied with K-who lawyers and we’re just a pimple on an elephants a$$.