Hey there, it's Gary Perish. It's Monday, July 17th. Welcome back to the Iron Colour

Basketball Podcast. I've met Norlander here with me and let me first apologize for

no podcast last week. Truth is, I was at the Peach Jam in North Augusta, South Carolina.

There's a tiny window each day during which we can record and those windows last week

clash with games that I needed to attend at Peach Jam. Plus, the Wi-Fi at my hotel was

awful. So, there are a lot of obstacles in front of us. Consequently, we punted on the

podcast last week and decided to just get together. As soon as I return home, right now I'm

home. I have returned, so we're here and I wanted to start with the biggest development

to come out of Peach Jam and that's my report from Friday afternoon about Marvin Bagley.

The consensus number one prospect in the class of 2018, who is considering reclassifying

graduating high school early, playing college basketball this season and being in next

years, the 2018 NBA draft. The father has issued a non-denial which essentially confirms

the report and I'll walk you through the details in just a moment. But first, Matt Norlander,

a simple question. If Marvin Bagley plays college basketball this season, how big of an

impact does he make? If he picks Duke Arizona or even USC or any or all of those teams

then the preseason number one.

Well, no, but serious consideration to, I mean, Arizona is a clear yes. Although Arizona

doesn't have a scholarship open at the moment. USC, that will be a problem, by the way.

I'm sure it won't be. USC has, you could argue USC can go toe-to-toe with Arizona in terms

of its talent, certainly in its starting five. It would be, I think it would be hard

for people to wrap their heads around. Marvin Bagley going to USC and USC being a preseason

number one team doesn't mean that they shouldn't be, but I don't think that would be a sure

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