She is an absolute perfect fit @6-3 for what we need. Its remarkable to me the level of talent transferring away from too notch coaches and programs. We must be pretty fortunate as a program
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Yarden Garzon in transfer portal..
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What is going on in Indiana, six transfers in the past week? Sorry if I am the only one in the dark.
She should come to Iowa so we can win a national championship.
"She wouldn't help us win a national championship."
I think with her shooting ability she may have a future in the WNBA. I wonder if players like her have the ability to defer their Israeli military obligation
Me also…she has incredible height for a guard, great shooting range. The last couple years playing Indiana, I was always watching where she was at on the court. I was always telling my wife and kids during games that I wished she played for the Hawkeyes.
I hope there is a chance, don’t care what anybody else says. Hope we are talking to her.
same for me. that said, I've never seen a more joyless player playing for a good team. No judgement, I don't know what's happening in her world, or her personality. She plays with the complete opposite disposition that Lucy O plays with.
Basketball wise she would be a perfect fit, maybe Callie Levin can get her to loosen up and smile.
Not necessarily. This could mean her agent is doing all the talking for her.
Being from Israel might be stressful given geo politics?
Agreed. Always looked like she was out to snipe someone. She's the talent we need.
She's a great talent and IMO the MVP of that Indiana squad this year. Would love to see her on the Iowa team.
Not hard to imagine how playing for Indiana & Moren specifically, while not being a favored native Indianan(sp?), could lend itself to a less-than-joyful experience. I remember those students were particularly hostile/aggressive to CC her senior year- relative to other student crowds. Might be indicative.
The beauty of Iowa basketball lies in the joy with which they play the game and the way they play for eachother.
No one player is worth sacrificing that.
No one player is worth sacrificing that.
Joyless? Maybe Garzon is one of those unfortunate people that suffers from "RBF", but is actually a good teammate. I think it is worth investigating.
I'll take basketball ability over game demeanor every time. Can't believe the type of scrutiny some of these players get.
Speculation on IU board is that a men's b-ball player made anti-semitic comments directly to Garzon.
Youngest daughter is an Indiana alum and we went to several games at Bloomington, including Caitlin's last 2 IA@IN where Hawks lost both. Garzon is a sharpshooter and would love to see her finish her career in Iowa City. Sadly there has been more than their "fair share" of anti-Israel protests in Bloomington.
Full transparency - my wife and I always wore Iowa gear to Bloomington and never had a problem with the fans there.
I lived in Indy for 21 years and attended numerous Iowa games, Like you I wore Iowa gear and never had any issues, Likewise for games attended at Purdue.
Basketball or football? They both have real basketball fans. Until this last year NO one cared about their football teams in their 2/3 empty stadiums....
I imagine the basketball experience was first rate. You could probably have picked your seat at the football games.....
Would love to have her but JJ's approach is more level pay for everyone. Not sure that will work for her with what she will get offered elsewhere.
She would absolutely be my #1 target right now if I am JJ. Length and really good shooter. Hopefully we have reached out to her.
I worked at a large corporation so I got hooked up for tix pretty easily, Must say that in regard to BB tix I got much better seats at Purdue BB games then IU games. IU football was a joke, Purdue had some nice turnouts in the Joe Tiller years.
That sucks, lots of ignorant folks out there
I thought non-US citizens aren't eligible for NIL due to student visa regulations (Tory Taylor)....I'm sure there's a bunch of ways to get around it however
She is not a US citizen, so cannot take NIL money under current law. Who knows if that will change in the future. I suppose someone can pay her to run a camp in Israel.
They can take all the NIL that they are offered, just have to do the work for the NIL outside the US.
