I've been called that a time or 5.
I saw him. Gave him tips on his jumper. Critiqued the way he walks.
HUGE recruiting news coming..?
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I saw him. Gave him tips on his jumper. Critiqued the way he walks.
He plays meaningful minutes for a top team in Europe and is getting paid to do it. Makes no sense for him to play college ball.
Do you know what Fran does? He covers all euro guys, that's it...to think he had some scoop on 5 star US recruit doing something over pretty much everyone else out there is crazy.
Barrett is a Nike kid...... and his top 3 are UK, Duke and Oregon.... ..
Reddish is a Nike kid........and his top 2 are Duke and UK
K Johnson is a Nike kid
Shittu was on the Nike circuit this past summer
Bol Bol is a Nike kid but unfortunately getting cut soured him on us.
We struggled with Adidas guys for so long but then again it turned around when we got 2 last year and we're pretty much a lock for Quickley.... so maybe someone on our staff developed a great relationship with someone from Adidas or maybe their handlers have both adidas and nike ties or maybe those were just 3 guys who didnt get in deep with the shoe company enough to feel loyal..... who knows.
Only on Rupps Rafters would an obscure and possibly baiting tweet by a jerk like Fran Fraschilla generate four pages of speculation, the sum of which would leave readers knowing less than they did before the initial tweet.
I guess that's a good thing. Maybe.
I guess that's a good thing. Maybe.
I do however think if this had anything to do with positive news for UK.. Matt Jones would of heard about it and of been hinting about it already
What you are saying kind of fits in the timeline. I think that story broke about 2 hours after Fran tweeted.
But I was thinking maybe Fran was at some event with coaches. He doesn't seem like Dallas, TX material.
It all depends on the player. I doubt AAU teams/coaches have much effect on certain guys. They have a circle of family, friends, HS coaches, etc., that are the main factors in their recruitment. Other guys probably are hugely influenced by the AAU people around them.
There's no real pattern. When a kid like Kevon Looney ends up at UCLA out of Milwaukee, that seems like a case where a shoe company had some pull (but who knows? maybe he just wanted to spend a year in LA). However, you also see UK pull Bam away from NC State, Kansas getting Kelly Oubre and Cliff Alexander off Nike AAU teams, and so on.
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The sky is falling. WTF is up with everyone. I have a source saying that it is PukeBoy Slater to BumHole U.
Assuming he's a fairly legit prospect, going to Virginia is fine with me. Louisville, UNC and Duke will have to deal with him.. Sky's not falling here.
Exactly my point earlier... At the end of the day it's about the $$$$..
Lets say you have a top 10 recruit. Plays high school and AAU circuit with Adidas. Gets gear, shoes, bags, invites to elite games with travel, meets top CEO's and marketing individuals during that time. Then decides to even go to an Adidas school or not. When that player gets drafted that's when he gets paid. Adidas comes to him and says we have known you for awhile, great relationship, and now we are willing to pay you 18mil for a 4 year contract. Nike has the same kid fly out to Oregon and offers 26Mil for a 4 year contract... What do you think most people would do? This can also happen with a NIKE kid. I know the AAU is tainted with Shoe deals , I get that. At the end of the day it's still about the $$$.
Different kids have different loyalties.
Usually the kid isn't loyal, it's their handlers.
Adidas does a great job of getting money in the pockets of loyal handlers and they usually deliver.
Adidas also has less schools to spread around.
Nike does it a little different way and isn't as proactive.
I'd still rather be Nike if I was a bluebood like UK and Duke.
Wall signed with Reebok not adidas.
Since it's Fraschilla and he's openly biased about his favorites:
1. Under Armour
2. Big XII
3. International Basketball
I'll say his news falls under that umbrella. A school is leaving their contract to join UA, UA is about to get some top AAU programs, a recruit is going to one of his Big XII schools, or an International Star is about to come overseas.
1. Under Armour
2. Big XII
3. International Basketball
I'll say his news falls under that umbrella. A school is leaving their contract to join UA, UA is about to get some top AAU programs, a recruit is going to one of his Big XII schools, or an International Star is about to come overseas.
Cal did not cut him. The decision to keep or cut a kid was by committe. Various college coaches did the choosing. For example Arizona's Miller voted to cut Bol Bol and he is recruiting him very hard.
When we start losing recruits to the Keds schools, I'll start worrying. ![[roll]](http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/img/emoticons/classic/roll.r191677.gif "roll [roll]")
It's a subsidiary of Adidas.
He signed with Reebok. His shoes said Reebok, not Adidas.
When we start losing recruits to the Keds schools, I'll start worrying.
Ole Buster Brown... you got beat up if you wore those...
...and they were; Fran fake writing....
(Sung to the tune of, they were Kung Fu fighting...)
While true... there has to be a reason we went from perceived favorite to no buzz at all and many saying we wont get him now ....which started after he got cut... I mean something changed... either butt hurt feelings or Cal decided Bol wasnt the right fit.....
well even though it wasnt adidas....... its still only because Nike didnt come close to matching Reebok's deal.
Well if Mr. Washington can run Findlay with UNLV boosters paying his salary and saying no to them to send his son to UK.... I suppose Mr. Willamson could do the same for his player/son in Zion. But do you really trust KU and Adidas?
From KSR today:
Matt Jones "Ryan, if Shittu plays for UK, will you dare do pre and post game shows?"
Ryan Lemond "Agree 110%, Matt"
Matt Jones "Ryan, if Shittu plays for UK, will you dare do pre and post game shows?"
Ryan Lemond "Agree 110%, Matt"
Sad that coaches have to resort to footwear made half way around the world to bolster their recruiting.
"hey we suck in the tournament and our players are all criminals and we'll nuke your draft day chances, but check out these sweet Adidas shoes you get!"
"hey we suck in the tournament and our players are all criminals and we'll nuke your draft day chances, but check out these sweet Adidas shoes you get!"
I figured it out... the news is that UL found a way to bring hookers to the players home in their brand new bang bus
P.S. you would of thought with that new adidas money, they could afford a better vehicle.... but I guess busted up ho's get a busted up party wagon
P.S. you would of thought with that new adidas money, they could afford a better vehicle.... but I guess busted up ho's get a busted up party wagon
Fake news just like the ESPN 2019 top 10 where UK is not listed on any of the players list's! It doesn't get much more fake then that!!
