Nope .
"When March Madness spills into April.... that's the gravy!" - Homer Simpson
No way that is the reason.....if it were why would Buzz have tried so hard to get him? Why would he have just won a difficult recruiting battle for JJ?
Think about it....if any school had a coach who would do that he would be fired on the spot and for good reason.
No, it was a tongue in cheek comment about Buzz since the real information clearly wasn't about to be leaked here. Interesting thought about Embiid though, but I can't imagine we would have spent all of the time and resources on him if Buzz truly felt Jojo wasn't prepared to work to be a part of the program. Unfortunate we couldn't land him, but Buzz is getting closer and closer to landing a true blue chip style recruit.
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