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Andrew Ruck

12/26/2024 4:33 PM

I happened to see this article (https://hoodline.com/2024/05/san-francisco-jury-convicts-... /) stating Armon Bassett assaulted and robbed a man in San Francisco. Previously, the last we had heard from him was getting arrested for throwing bleach on his girlfriend back in his hometown of Terre Haute, IN. Sad to see him ending up in these troubles.

Rather than make the post solely about Armon, it has been awhile since we did a where are they now thread. Would be interested to hear of any updates on our former players over the last couple decades, hopefully more happy than the one I led with.

Obviously we all know Jason Preston is flourishing in the G League (though currently injured) and BVP is playing in Sweden. I believe DJ Cooper (Europe), Maurice Ndour (Italy), Leon Williams (Korea) & Jerome Tillman (Japan) are all still playing. I am sure I am missing others still playing. Walter Offutt is coaching at Illinois State, Tommy Freeman at Maine & Nick Kellogg at OSU. Steve Esterkamp was such a legend as a player in Germany, he never left and is now a head coach in the league he played 12 years in.

But also curious about non basketball careers, family, etc.

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shabamon

12/26/2024 5:22 PM

I believe Tillman hung it up and is selling real estate.

Ricardo Johnson is the varsity head coach at Holy Cross in Kentucky, where Tony Campbell went to HS.

Stevie Taylor is on the Iowa State staff. EDIT as of early December he is no longer there. Wonder what happened.

Bubba Walther is coaching his kid's rec league team in Cincinnati. I've seen him on the staff at Moeller and Lakota West in the past decade but not sure if he's on a high school staff now.

Justin Orr is a high school assistant somewhere in Illinois.

Last Edited: 12/26/2024 5:53:45 PM by shabamon

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FJC31

12/26/2024 6:35 PM

Walt was coaching at Illinois State as of two years ago, it it looks like he’s transitioned to a sales career according to his LinkedIn.

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GraffZ06

12/27/2024 12:20 PM

shabamon wrote:expand_more

I believe Tillman hung it up and is selling real estate.

This is correct. He had a heartfelt retirement last year after, what 14 years as a pro? Long career for Big Till.

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GraffZ06

12/27/2024 12:23 PM

FJC31 wrote:expand_more

Walt was coaching at Illinois State as of two years ago, it it looks like he’s transitioned to a sales career according to his LinkedIn.

Assistant coach has to be one of the most thankless jobs on the planet. Tons of time, hours and responsibilities. Lots of travel away from home. Horrible pay and no recognition. Can't blame anyone for eventually moving on.

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GraffZ06

12/27/2024 12:32 PM

Sanjay Adell played professionally overseas for 6 years from 2002-2009 then moved back to Milwaukee. He was a corrections officer until he had a run-in with an inmate. Since then appears he's gotten big in coaching and developing the Milwaukee AAU scene.

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JSF

12/27/2024 12:49 PM

GraffZ06 wrote:expand_more

FJC31 wrote:expand_more

Walt was coaching at Illinois State as of two years ago, it it looks like he’s transitioned to a sales career according to his LinkedIn.

Coaching in general seems to be a gig that only gets worse, not better.

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GraffZ06

12/27/2024 8:45 PM

JSF wrote:expand_more

GraffZ06 wrote:expand_more

FJC31 wrote:expand_more

Walt was coaching at Illinois State as of two years ago, it it looks like he’s transitioned to a sales career according to his LinkedIn.

Coaching in general seems to be a gig that only gets worse, not better.

Truth. And if we keep going the way it is with irate and demanding parents at youth level and then handlers/agents/NIL at college, let alone pros, we just might run all the good coaches off.

A lot of youth that need, or could benefit from role models and support systems might lose that opportunity.

Let alone the actual loss of basketball knowledge.

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Andrew Ruck

12/29/2024 10:36 AM

Some more recent ones...

Jaylin Hunter appears to be off to a very good start with his team in the UK, averaging about 15 a game and his team near the top of the league.

Wiz is on the worst team in the league in the Czech Republic but appears to be playing at least the role he did with us if not a little more.

Not sure why I thought Miles wasn't pursuing a prop career, but it looks like he did sign in the North Macedonia league. Yup, a balkan country with less than 2 mil people has their own league. I haven't been able to figure out how he is doing (or if it has even started?)

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Cellis033

1/8/2025 9:48 PM

Jaylin is doing very well in Britain, haven't been able to catch up with him lately. Gave me a thumbs up at graduation. BVP still in Europe. Not sure where Miles Brown is. BRod works in Columbus, I see he attends CBJ games all the time.

I've still been wondering where Lunden McDay is now and if he's doing alright.

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bobcat28

1/9/2025 11:00 AM

I need a stevie fresh update. Has the new album dropped?

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oupaw

1/9/2025 12:00 PM

Does anyone know why Stevie Taylor left Iowa State?

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shabamon

4/22/2025 12:00 PM

oupaw wrote:expand_more

Does anyone know why Stevie Taylor left Iowa State?

Still have no idea, but he is now apparently an assistant at Georgia State.

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BillyTheCat

4/22/2025 10:32 PM

oupaw wrote:expand_more

Does anyone know why Stevie Taylor left Iowa State?

For someone with 25 post, ain’t about to say. Take your agenda elsewhere. Stevie is doing well and will continue to do well. It’s a matter of simple math, the more commas in a check the harder you are to touch.

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shabamon

4/30/2025 10:58 AM

Jaaron Simmons is an assistant coach at Wright State.

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OhioCatFan

4/30/2025 11:02 AM

shabamon wrote:expand_more

Jaaron Simmons is an assistant coach at Wright State.

Is he their dribbling coach?

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Cats5

4/30/2025 11:03 AM

OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more

shabamon wrote:expand_more

Jaaron Simmons is an assistant coach at Wright State.

Is he their dribbling coach?

He works on clock management for them

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bobcatsquared

4/30/2025 8:26 PM

Recent Bobcat grad Jason Preston will be on a Family Feud episode on May 13. Preston joins his wife's family from New Albany as detailed in a Columbus Dispatch article:

https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/college/basketball/... /

Naturally, the Dispatch buried the lede (Bobcat and NBA player Preston), instead focusing on An o$u walkon, Jason's brother-in-law.

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BobcatBurner

5/1/2025 10:10 AM

oupaw wrote:expand_more

Does anyone know why Stevie Taylor left Iowa State?

He got fired for not going to work

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M.D.W.S.T

5/1/2025 10:14 AM

bobcatsquared wrote:expand_more

Love me some Family Fued.

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BillyTheCat

5/1/2025 10:16 PM

BobcatBurner wrote:expand_more

oupaw wrote:expand_more

Does anyone know why Stevie Taylor left Iowa State?

He got fired for not going to work

You believe what you want. He didn’t rise to that level in that short of time by not showing up. If you want to defame people have facts.

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OhioCatFan

5/2/2025 3:20 PM

bobcatsquared wrote:expand_more

Of course. that's par for the course in the Cowtown media. OHIO play sets NCAA record by scoring 8 TDs in a game; O$U player stubs his toe. Which leads? No question, it's the latter.

[Usage note: Do you think that now that we no longer have lead metal strips separating lines of print on Linotype machines, which confused the two meanings and pronunciations of "lead" in newsrooms, that we journalists could go back to spelling "lede" the way the rest of the world does as "lead." From my days in beginning reporting in the basement of Copeland Hall, I've never liked that idiosyncratic "lede" spelling. Probably swimming upstream here, but I can be a little idiosyncratic myself! ;-)]

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oldkatz

5/2/2025 4:06 PM

BobcatBurner wrote:expand_more

oupaw wrote:expand_more

Does anyone know why Stevie Taylor left Iowa State?

He got fired for not going to work

Nope.

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