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Johnell Davis twitter buzz

Nice murder capital of the us. I bet hes a shooter 😉
Jackson Mississippi has the highest murder rate per capita I believe.

I had to go down there 2 weeks ago and restore power after severe weather. Hands down the worst place I’ve ever laid eyes on. But to your comment, gary Indiana was the worst place I’d ever seen before going to Jackson
 
At least do some research before you post so you don’t look silly.
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Michigan wouldn’t admit him academically.
I don’t care if this guy can’t add 2+2, the only math I care about is writing him the biggest number on an NIL check and getting him here. Lead guard of an FAU Final Four, guy knows how to win, Pope will let him know what the assignment is here.
 
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16 Houstonians are listed on Forbes magazine's World Billionaires. Total net worth $75.6 billion. Itt just takes one to write a check that would be like most folks buying a tank of gas for their vehicle.
Houston plays football in a 40,000 seat stadium.
Basketball in a 7000 seat arena built in 1967.
These Billionaires haven't opened wallets before.
And they got to pay for new football coach.
So if they did, Houston would be asking for that money to go somewhere else.
 
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Pretty sure you’re going to need a billionaire that went to the school not just lives near it. Could be wrong but I’d assume they’d donate to their own Alma maters first.
 
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I wanted Davis before he even entered the portal during the season after what I saw he did at FAU to go to the Final 4 and a big game against Texas A&M among others this past year. Landing him would be huge!!
 
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Houston plays football in a 40,000 seat stadium.
Basketball in a 7000 seat arena built in 1967.
These Billionaires haven't opened wallets before.
And they got to pay for new football coach.
So if they did, Houston would be asking for that money to go somewhere else.
Not completely accurate. Bball arena complete redo internal a few years back and fertitta opened the wallet… it’s named for him. As is new medical school. But he is the chairman of regents so not sure if he’s able to give to nil. Either way not sampsons style to get into bidding war.
 
Where was this said? And no I don't lol. Are we believing reports that Memphis/FedEx are offering 25mil? Are we even close to that amount? Are we even half?

There are just so many richer alumni bases and more lucrative cities and states, that if these schools WANTED to, they could put UK outside of the top25. And yes, Houston is one of them. With a snap of a finger any number of Houston based companies could outspend UK right now. If they wanted to.
Key words…if they wanted to
I have no allusions that we could outspend if these other schools wanted to do so
the big thing is we are willing to put in the money because we do want to
We’re not a football state really. We have no pro teams..Texas has both plus they have several big name schools in the state

So who knows. We have NIL, but we’re a name basketball school, and we get a lot of tv exposure
All we can do is hope
 
Only cares about football
Is that why the basketball arena is named after him? The Fertitta Center? 🙄

 
Where was this said? And no I don't lol. Are we believing reports that Memphis/FedEx are offering 25mil? Are we even close to that amount? Are we even half?

There are just so many richer alumni bases and more lucrative cities and states, that if these schools WANTED to, they could put UK outside of the top25. And yes, Houston is one of them. With a snap of a finger any number of Houston based companies could outspend UK right now. If they wanted to.
Memphis FedEx is offering 25 million / 5 years for All sports. That's 5 million a year for every sport combined from football to basketball to soccer to ladies badminton. Kentucky already has 4 million dollars a year pledged just for basketball alone, from one donor alone. The math is actually very clear on which one is better from a basketball standpoint. You really think that the majority of that 5 million a year that FedEx has pledged will not go to the football team? Even if 60% of that FedEx money goes to the football team, UK already has more pledges in nil money for the basketball program from one donor alone.
 
Memphis FedEx is offering 25 million / 5 years for All sports. That's 5 million a year for every sport combined from football to basketball to soccer to ladies badminton. Kentucky already has 4 million dollars a year pledged just for basketball alone, from one donor alone. The math is actually very clear on which one is better from a basketball standpoint. You really think that the majority of that 5 million a year that FedEx has pledged will not go to the football team? Even if 60% of that FedEx money goes to the football team, UK already has more pledges in nil money for the basketball program from one donor alone.

The 4 million doesn't even include money from the Craft's.
 
The 4 million doesn't even include money from the Craft's.
I just find it fascinating that some of our fans keep finding ways to assume why we will suck. No one wanted to come here, they said. We need to take a long look at the mirror, they said. Kentucky basketball will never be what it used to be, they said. And now places like Houston, that have absolutely no basketball tradition, are suddenly going to turn into NIL behemoths because some rich billionaires live in the suburbs around the school. I'm still trying to figure out why those same rich billionaires would even care about Houston basketball.
 
Memphis FedEx is offering 25 million / 5 years for All sports. That's 5 million a year for every sport combined from football to basketball to soccer to ladies badminton. Kentucky already has 4 million dollars a year pledged just for basketball alone, from one donor alone. The math is actually very clear on which one is better from a basketball standpoint. You really think that the majority of that 5 million a year that FedEx has pledged will not go to the football team? Even if 60% of that FedEx money goes to the football team, UK already has more pledges in nil money for the basketball program from one donor alone.
They can make more than that on a street corner.
 
That is the Case if if if the Nil is substantially better. But if it's close I think it does factor in.

If you're a vet transfer with 1 yesr left are you taking 500k Nil to play for a totally newly assembled team under a new coach or taking 400k to play for a top ranked team(not saying thats the numbers just a hypothetical), one of best thought of coaches, and a serious title shot. Not saying we won't get him but it will take a big money bag that dwarfs Houstons offer IMO..

Elite athletes think whatever team they are playing for will win it all. Just as likely he takes UK and the larger NIL. If in fact we are the larger NIL.
 
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I just find it fascinating that some of our fans keep finding ways to assume why we will suck. No one wanted to come here, they said. We need to take a long look at the mirror, they said. Kentucky basketball will never be what it used to be, they said. And now places like Houston, that have absolutely no basketball tradition, are suddenly going to turn into NIL behemoths because some rich billionaires live in the suburbs around the school. I'm still trying to figure out why those same rich billionaires would even care about Houston basketball.

Being rich in Houston, and wanting to give big sums of money to the universities college basketball team are 2 separate things entirely.
 
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