Cool, can't wait for all of the woe is me, sky is falling posts when we once again don't land this dude who brings volume scoring and questionable athleticism to the table.
Eaglestaff De-Commits from South Carolina
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You’re underselling his potential fit in Pope’s offense. He was asked to be the primary ball handling option at his former school. He would have better looks here and one would think his percentage would improve.
The portal window changed from 45 to 30 days this year. It closes on April 22nd this year.
This may be slightly off topic, but it parallels the theme of this de-commitment.
At what time does a commitment become legally binding to the point damages could be incurred if either party breaks the commitment?
I know the good ol days of a man’s word is his bond, or a handshake actually means something….but what instrument is actually in place when a portal transfer “commits”?
At what time does a commitment become legally binding to the point damages could be incurred if either party breaks the commitment?
I know the good ol days of a man’s word is his bond, or a handshake actually means something….but what instrument is actually in place when a portal transfer “commits”?
Right. Folks are somewhat understandably lumping all "insiders" into the same bucket right now, but they aren't all the same. As of today, Trilly is batting 333 for 344, which is right at 96%. But he clearly doesn't have an in with UK (and in fact 2 of his misses were UK picks, making UK fans in particular skeptical of him). So his information - that he's likely headed to a different school - is coming from that school and not Kentucky.
My bet is he wanted Kentucky… we asked him to wait while we pursued some guys higher on our board (Pierre, Yates, Wilkerson) and he didn’t want to miss out on other opportunities while waiting and assumed we’d get one of those.
Wouldn’t surprise me at all if this isn’t a coincidence.
It would be portal suicide if a school used legal
powers to go after a player that decommits.
Yeah, that might be why he went to IU and said he wouldn’t get as many shots at UK. Pope might have told him he wouldn’t necessarily start.
Eaglestaff is in the same situation.
According to 247 sports, Kam Williams is better than both. Williams is #39, Wilkerson is #42, and Eaglestaff is #67.
I know.
That doesn’t change my point a single iota.
That’s a whole week. Which is an eternity.
40 on Bama is all I need to know. He can play in the league. Especially under Pope. Lamont went from a 30% shooter to a 39%. If you watch Eaglestaffs highlights dude takes some extremely tough shots (Which is what we lacked this year. A guy able to get his own when everything breaks down.) Under Pope's offense I guarantee he'd thrive. Defense is the only concern. But he's 6'6 so he has the tools.
That’s a pretty lame thing to say to a recruit who you’re offering 1.9 mil to. He went to iu because of what he said. He wants to be the man ie he wanted the man money. It was always about the $$$$ with Wilkerson. If it’s down to uk and iu I mean if a player is that far into iu and we want the guy. Be prepared to pay more
Defense is a major concern and getting to the rim. I’m fine taking this guy for depth but he puts a ceiling on our team for anything more
I’m excited about Kam! I think he’ll be really good for us.
We don’t know how much money was offered. It’s all speculative.
And I wonder how Pope (and other coaches) is handling the whole situation. Are coaches now promising starting spots because of how much NIL we are handing out?
So much for, “Come in and earn a spot.”
But I guess in this NIL/Portal Age with a paid/pro system you do kind of promise spots now.
We weren’t going to get defense with Wilkerson either.
agree
kind of funny people are saying the point guard from pitt will improve his shooting, but this kid wouldn't
wow, what double standards
If this doesn’t change, I’m gonna push my daughter to learn to be a lawyer and focus on NIL, these agents are gonna clean up. Making a ton of money.
There was an incident (or will be depending on your perspective) involving a time machine, a very small loan from a fastidious enlightenment era shipping clerk, a dot matrix printer obtained from a prior escapade, and a staggering amount of rather cheap Scotch that really wasn't worth the risks of cleaning up the timeline over because this weird little hiccup was the only impact.
I’ll admit I wasn’t thrilled when I first saw the news. He’s not Wilkerson, but beggars can’t be choosers and we need him.
If we don’t land a great shooter to start at SG then we can forget being a title contender.
I’m an attorney and I am looking to get into the field. It’s lucrative and you get a percentage of the NIL money as you rep them. I’m curious as to whether attorneys for these kids are pushing them to specific schools. But yes attorneys get a percentage of their contract.
have to agree, especially now that Oweh may go to the NBA
