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#Post#: 18240--------------------------------------------------
Nyama not returning to Stony Brook
DIR By: iBOsbu
Date: March 21, 2017, 4:30 pm
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Wish you all the best Ronald!
HTML https://twitter.com/RolandLAmour/status/844297647989166082
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"Albeit with mixed feelings, I have decided to not return to
Stony Brook upon graduation in may and pursue a professional
Basketball career. I wanna thank everybody that has helped me
along the way and especially coach Pikiell for giving me the
chance to play collegiate basketball, and coach boals who
believed in me this year. Stony Brook will forever hold a
special place in my heart and the friendships, memories and
personal growth this place allowed me to have are irreplaceable
and forever valued. Love you guys. 24."
We gonna miss him. He was going to get significant minutes in
the wing/slasher G/F position. I hope Boals can find a Juco or
transfer who play minutes and can provide experience and
production right away to the rebuilding team.
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Re: Nyama not returning to Stony Brook
DIR By: Wolfie_MD
Date: March 21, 2017, 4:47 pm
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Wow tough news. Roland was a special player and its not
unreasonable that he start looking for a means to establish
himself in Europe. He's an incredibly bright and talented kid-
I'm proud of how he developed over the course of his career and
how well he carried himself off the court. He will have a
successful career overseas without a doubt.
This opens up a scholarship- what I hope Boals gets is a solid
JuCo big of which I'm sure there are some that would love to get
instant playing time at a mid-major.
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Re: Nyama not returning to Stony Brook
DIR By: Hammertime
Date: March 21, 2017, 6:06 pm
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--- Quote from: iBOsbu link ---
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> Wish you all the best Ronald!
>
>
HTML https://twitter.com/RolandLAmour/status/844297647989166082
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>
HTML https://www.instagram.com/p/BR6j-zXDGncuwoNn5Y4JKTBKJZW-iVbqWIi_I40/
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> "Albeit with mixed feelings, I have decided to not return to
Stony Brook upon graduation in may and pursue a professional
Basketball career. I wanna thank everybody that has helped me
along the way and especially coach Pikiell for giving me the
chance to play collegiate basketball, and coach boals who
believed in me this year. Stony Brook will forever hold a
special place in my heart and the friendships, memories and
personal growth this place allowed me to have are irreplaceable
and forever valued. Love you guys. 24."
>
> We gonna miss him. He was going to get significant minutes in
the wing/slasher G/F position. I hope Boals can find a Juco or
transfer who play minutes and can provide experience and
production right away to the rebuilding team.
>
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Brutal.. Roland will be missed.. Boals will have a new team next
season. I am sure he will be bringing in a Juco transfer..
Hopefully he finds a Center who can rebound and not afraid to
shoot the ball.
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Re: Nyama not returning to Stony Brook
DIR By: sbugold
Date: March 21, 2017, 6:38 pm
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--- Quote from: Wolfie_MD link ---
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> Wow tough news. Roland was a special player and its not
unreasonable that he start looking for a means to establish
himself in Europe. He's an incredibly bright and talented kid-
I'm proud of how he developed over the course of his career and
how well he carried himself off the court. He will have a
successful career overseas without a doubt.
>
> This opens up a scholarship- what I hope Boals gets is a solid
JuCo big of which I'm sure there are some that would love to get
instant playing time at a mid-major.
>
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Sorry, Hammer, this does not open up a scholarship. We were one
over for next year, and it was always known that someone was
going to have to leave. It's unfortunate that it turned out to
be Nyama.
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Re: Nyama not returning to Stony Brook
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: March 22, 2017, 5:53 am
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Wow, totally shocked. Although I thought there was a chance
that he might leave to pursue an academic transfer to further
along his academic career, I never thought it would be to pursue
professional basketball. For those who know him personally,
does he have an offer to play somewhere already? If not,
wouldn't it behoove him to play 1 more year and be a starter and
main contributor on SBU? Of course, I wish the kid well, as
he's a class act, but I'm somewhat baffled by this decision.
Please fill in the cracks here, if anyone has firsthand
knowledge of the situation.
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Re: Nyama not returning to Stony Brook
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: March 22, 2017, 11:18 am
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Has his degree and he can go get paid overseas. I thought he'd
go play his final year elsewhere – even for Pikiell – but this
makes sense too. I liked to call him Swaggy P – you took the
good with the bad, and there was a lot more good than bad.
Whether his shot was on or not, we knew he would always bring
his incredible athleticism and energy, and he was one of only a
couple guys who could play above the rim and really get to the
rack.
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Re: Nyama not returning to Stony Brook
DIR By: OFhoops
Date: March 22, 2017, 3:03 pm
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He is going to be able to make a nice living playing pro ball as
he has a German Passport and is an European National. He will be
missed was a real good kid and was a great representative of the
program and the school.
Good for him, but we better hope the freshman are ready to go as
there is a lot of mins to be filled on next year squad. I think
the only two players to guarantee to get major mins next year
would be Yeboah and Tyrell.
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Re: Nyama not returning to Stony Brook
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: March 22, 2017, 7:03 pm
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--- Quote from: OFhoops link ---
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> He is going to be able to make a nice living playing pro ball
as he has a German Passport and is an European National. He will
be missed was a real good kid and was a great representative of
the program and the school.
>
> Good for him, but we better hope the freshman are ready to go
as there is a lot of mins to be filled on next year squad. I
think the only two players to guarantee to get major mins next
year would be Yeboah and Tyrell.
>
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Welcome to the board, OF.
Agree on the two pegged for major minutes, with Yeboah at the
top of the list. I'm looking forward to seeing what Garcia and
the noobs bring the table.
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Re: Nyama not returning to Stony Brook
DIR By: iBOsbu
Date: March 23, 2017, 10:54 am
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Welcome OF!
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Re: Nyama not returning to Stony Brook
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: March 23, 2017, 7:56 pm
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Wish him all the best! Can't fault a kid for wanting to get
paid, especially if he has his degree.
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