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Notre Dame coach: Harangody should test NBA value

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With 42 seconds left in it, Luke Harangody's junior season at Notre Dame ended. Between free throws near the end of an NIT semifinal Tuesday, Irish coach Mike Brey pulled his star forward, stopping Harangody before he hit the bench to emphasize how proud he was of how Harangody dealt with constant, unrelenting attention from other teams. Suffice to say their next discussion will carry much more weight. After a week of decompression, Brey, Harangody and the player's family will discuss his options for the NBA future -- and Brey, for one, thinks his All-Big East stalwart should dip his toe in the professional pool. "I just think he's a young man that needs to examine his stock," Brey said following a season-ending loss to Penn State. "He owes that to himself to do that. I've had three guys test the waters. I feel good that all three have made the right decision." As he left Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night clutching an orange, Harangody did not divert from the usual ho-hum, we'll-see approach that he's maintained all year, even as he became the lone player in the national top 10 in both scoring and rebounding. "I talked to coach about it a little bit on and off during the season," Harangody said. "You don't want to put a big emphasis on it. I think now I'm just going to take a week, sit down with coach, sit down with my parents and my family and friends and just discuss it. I'll probably make a decision coming up here in a week. "We really haven't talked about it that much. I definitely need to sit down with him, look at my options. We still have a great group coming back next year, too, so it's not a bad situation to be in. But definitely we need to sit down and discuss the options." The fact that there are options is precisely why Brey feels Harangody should move forward. Harangody can declare for the draft and go through the evaluation process without losing eligibility, so long as he does not sign with an agent.

Chicago Tribune

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April 2, 2009  08:09 AM ET
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Step up to the next level, 'Gody! Your stock won't get any higher next year.

April 2, 2009  08:18 AM ET
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Brian Scalabrine......Matt Bonner.....Robert Swift.......Luke Harangody.......check.

Yep, can never have to many pasty, white, great role players in the league.......HOORAYYYYY BEER!!!!!!

April 2, 2009  09:08 AM ET
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Originally posted 08:18 AM ET  04.02 by nahlij1

Brian Scalabrine......Matt Bonner.....Robert Swift.......Luke Harangody.......check.Yep, can never have to many pasty, white, great role players in the league.......HOORAYYYYY BEER!!!!!!

Look honey - chalk people

April 2, 2009  09:28 AM ET
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Originally posted 08:18 AM ET  04.02 by nahlij1

Brian Scalabrine......Matt Bonner.....Robert Swift.......Luke Harangody.......check.Yep, can never have to many pasty, white, great role players in the league.......HOORAYYYYY BEER!!!!!!

SOMEONE has to play defense.....

April 2, 2009  09:57 AM ET
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Originally posted 09:28 AM ET  04.02 by Dr. B-f-G

SOMEONE has to play defense.....

and bleed easily

April 2, 2009  10:03 AM ET
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Decisions.....decisions.....decisions.....
1. Stay in school, where every team you play will focus on beating you up.
2. Go NBA, where your focus will be to beat up the other team's biggest player.
3. Become the spokesperson for ProCuts.

April 2, 2009  10:14 AM ET
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Originally posted 10:03 AM ET  04.02 by Dr. B-f-G

Decisions.....decisions.....decisions.....1. Stay in school, where every team you play will focus on beating you up.2. Go NBA, where your focus will be to beat up the other team's biggest player.3. Become the spokesperson for ProCuts.

4. Use your pasty white skin as a sun reflector for the new solar/thermal power plant in arizona.

April 2, 2009  10:42 AM ET
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Originally posted 10:03 AM ET  04.02 by Dr. B-f-G

Decisions.....decisions.....decisions.....1. Stay in school, where every team you play will focus on beating you up.2. Go NBA, where your focus will be to beat up the other team's biggest player.3. Become the spokesperson for ProCuts.

5. Spend a few years on the 2nd string then become an ESPN SportsCenter anchor.

April 2, 2009  10:56 AM ET
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Originally posted 08:18 AM ET  04.02 by nahlij1

Brian Scalabrine......Matt Bonner.....Robert Swift.......Luke Harangody.......check.Yep, can never have to many pasty, white, great role players in the league.......HOORAYYYYY BEER!!!!!!

Don't forget Tyler Hansbrough...! He may be the pastiest of all...!

April 2, 2009  10:59 AM ET
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Originally posted 10:56 AM ET  04.02 by Gariboy

Don't forget Tyler Hansbrough...! He may be the pastiest of all...!

and the freeist bleeder - he gives vampires a hard on.

April 2, 2009  11:13 AM ET
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this guy remind me of Eric Montrose......

April 2, 2009  11:24 AM ET
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Originally posted 11:13 AM ET  04.02 by UofM_man

this guy remind me of Eric Montrose......

That would be NBA Hall of Famer, Eric Montose.

April 2, 2009  12:05 PM ET
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I peed my pants laughing at this one.......I slobbered also....

April 2, 2009  12:05 PM ET
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Originally posted 10:14 AM ET  04.02 by GatorBaitor

4. Use your pasty white skin as a sun reflector for the new solar/thermal power plant in arizona.

Oh **** this is funny stuff....

April 2, 2009  12:07 PM ET
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Originally posted 09:08 AM ET  04.02 by GatorBaitor

Look honey - chalk people

This is TOO funny....for real!

April 2, 2009  01:31 PM ET
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i do think that it's cool that his coach is encouraging him to do this, rather than hoping that he sticks around for his own sake.

Beyond that...yes, he will be another chalky role player that someone will draft in the first round b/c his hard work in college overshadowed his lack of athleticism. You can't get away with that in the pros. IMO - he's the next Mark Madsen.

Just picture this guy trying to guard Dwight Howard...

April 2, 2009  01:40 PM ET
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Originally posted 09:57 AM ET  04.02 by GatorBaitor

and bleed easily

and move slowly...

April 2, 2009  01:56 PM ET
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Originally posted 01:31 PM ET  04.02 by HurricaneFootball

i do think that it's cool that his coach is encouraging him to do this, rather than hoping that he sticks around for his own sake.Beyond that...yes, he will be another chalky role player that someone will draft in the first round b/c his hard work in college overshadowed his lack of athleticism. You can't get away with that in the pros. IMO - he's the next Mark Madsen.Just picture this guy trying to guard Dwight Howard...

Easy to spot a foul by the chalk like he would leave on Howard.

April 2, 2009  03:20 PM ET
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Originally posted 10:14 AM ET  04.02 by GatorBaitor

4. Use your pasty white skin as a sun reflector for the new solar/thermal power plant in arizona.

I share the same affliction.

The skin has two quantum states. Pasty white and Lobster red.

These states occur in the airport and in the car in the airport parking lot.

I hope they the cream with lidocaine waiting for him.

 
April 2, 2009  03:20 PM ET
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Originally posted 12:05 PM ET  04.02 by nahlij1

I peed my pants laughing at this one.......I slobbered also....

The Gator effect.

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