Nate Ament latest news "rumors are swirling he will be in lexington tuesday night for the Tennessee game " last visit

[BIG BLUE GURU]

Based upon the fact he is a high school kid and is an unknown at this point I say spend $500,000 on Max Green and start there first. Get Max and then see if Nate wants to join for 1 Million to 1.5 Million but dont drop a bag as some have suggested and put all your NIL in on one unproven player. We still have to put together a whole team who will also need to be paid.

 

[Padsfs07]

Based upon the fact he is a high school kid and is an unknown at this point I say spend $500,000 on Max Green and start there first. Get Max and then see if Nate wants to join for 1 Million to 1.5 Million but dont drop a bag as some have suggested and put all your NIL in on one unproven player. We still have to put together a whole team who will also need to be paid.

They should pay Green $1M and Ament $4M, then pay a Portal PF $2M and a portal PG $2M. That is as realistic as the numbers you are throwing around.

 

[bucsrule8872]

Based upon the fact he is a high school kid and is an unknown at this point I say spend $500,000 on Max Green and start there first. Get Max and then see if Nate wants to join for 1 Million to 1.5 Million but dont drop a bag as some have suggested and put all your NIL in on one unproven player. We still have to put together a whole team who will also need to be paid.

Agreed.

 

[true blue1]

I haven’t seen Green play. What kind of player is he?

 

[NerlensCat]

Who does Green play for? Why would we pay him $500k-$1m? Let’s slow down please. Just because he is from Ky doesn’ mean he is worth that. I doubt the 2 current Ky kids will get anywhere near that and they are proving they can play at this level right now. With a 15 man roster, there will probably be room for him. But that doesn’t mean we throw tons of cash at him when we have way more pressing needs.

 

[NociHTTP]

This is an odd thing to say. Do you want Kentucky to get left behind ?

I'm supportive of whatever Pope does regarding building teams. He's clearly not going to sell out college basketball or UK just to get a top recruiting class ranking, and he wants kids that aren't going to have one foot out the door.

 

[jeffky]

Wish Pope would have offered Green. A big guard that is said to have a very high basketball IQ and can play the one, two and three. He hit 23-31 shots against the Indiana all stars. Another high level fundamentally skilled player that is also a team player. Dribbling, shooting, handle and passing, he would be excellent in Pope's system. Grandfather played football at UK.

I have watched max several times this year for holy cross . Real good player and is up for freshman of the year in the patiot league . Very team oriented plays all phases of the game well I think he needs to shoot more . Great addition if he decides to enter the portal

 

[jeffky]

I haven’t seen Green play. What kind of player is he?

6 Ft 7 pt guard from oldham Co up for freshman of the year in the patriot league. Espn+ plays alot of holy cross games check him out

 

[NerlensCat]

I have watched max several times this year for holy cross . Real good player and is up for freshman of the year in the patiot league . Very team oriented plays all phases of the game well I think he needs to shoot more . Great addition if he decides to enter the portal

Has he gained some muscle? When I saw some of his HS vids, his strength and defense, especially against college level players, were his weakness.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Based upon the fact he is a high school kid and is an unknown at this point I say spend $500,000 on Max Green and start there first. Get Max and then see if Nate wants to join for 1 Million to 1.5 Million but dont drop a bag as some have suggested and put all your NIL in on one unproven player. We still have to put together a whole team who will also need to be paid.

Would green cost that much? I don’t think he would even cost that much.

 

[NerlensCat]

Would green cost that much? I don’t think he would even cost that much.

That is my point. I am thinking an initial offer of $100-$200. If he plays well, he will make way more than that for local add ons.

 

[Bigblueamdyou]

didn’t realize he was 6’7’’

 

[Rockfly78]

I'm supportive of whatever Pope does regarding building teams. He's clearly not going to sell out college basketball or UK just to get a top recruiting class ranking, and he wants kids that aren't going to have one foot out the door.

He’s recruiting these one and dones pretty hard. So he clearly wants them. Look, if we aren’t willing to pay a couple milly then I know that Duke and UL are. It’s an arms race. Don’t get stuck in the past

 

[BIG BLUE GURU]

Would green cost that much? I don’t think he would even cost that much.

May not. But I would a lot rather we pay him what he is worth over a high school kid who supposedly is asking anywhere from 2 million to 5 million depending upon who you listen too. There is nothing to indicate with Ament that he would be anymore effective at the college level than a Green would. Nothing. Some people just get caught up in star rankings and Pope proving he can recruit with the big dawgs.

 

[bucsrule8872]

I’ll take a Kentucky boy that has averaged double digits at the D1 level (even low major). He will at the very least be a nice rotation player for us. Someone mentioned him being a perfect replacement for Almonor. I tend to agree. He’s 6’7 and probably 200 right now. A little more college level weight training this offseason and he could be pushing a respectable 210. And he has three more years of eligibility after this year. What’s not to like about this kid?