Bingo and most if not all of these guys are coming here because of the money including portal guys .
Tried and true portal guys especially. Not Knowing what these freshmen will do when the competition is better than what they are playing against now is another story all together. We have seen bust over the years once they get into college. I too think we should spend lower amounts on transfers that have shown they can play than pay one and not have a backup.
While I have never looked up the impact of all of the wanted 5 stars in the past, I am willing to bet a large number of them have not met the expectations of their hype simply because they are now playing against better talent than they were playing in HS.
Garrison is another I would also like to have back as well. We will need some more height to go with Moreno. Plus, Garrison will get better. Our front court needs to get stronger though so Ament would help. But is he worth 3-5 million?
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If we want to up the talent level that what it will take. I could see close to 3 million but 5 is out of the question.
We do have all the money we had for Wilson though and we still planned to get transfers. I think it could work.
That is true. T A&M needs 8 guys for next year alone. I think Ament is worth the gamble. If we whiff we have all that money for the portal.
I'm not scoffing at the idea of bringing in an elite talent, but I am leary of going into the SEC w/ a 185 lb. PF
Can not shoot or pass, doubt Pope will recruit him
He had 26 points and 28 rebounds against a rival that to my understanding had a pretty decent post player (6'7") themselves. I saw a video interview of his team's PG after the game, and when they asked him about Hines he got the biggest smile on his face and shook his head and said he's the best post player to ever play here.
Wolf is rare example, you are more likely to get Tre Mitchell or Toppin or even Lance Ware than Wolf from portal. And former three are definitely worse players than freshman Ament.
Have you seen him play? If so, I would love to hear about it. Seems he has good stats with blocks, steals and assists for any high school Big. Was a high major football recruit (TE prospect, and now at 6'10" 255). Also has a great FG% - but I admittedly know nothing about his perimeter shooting. Still the skills sound kind of Nazr Mohammad like don't they? By the way, let's not forget that currently Auburn is the #1 team in CBB. And seems Self thinks he is a good enough prospect for Kansas.
It wouldn't hurt my feelings for UK to dump nike. I feel like they were instrumental in dooks dominance over us in recruiting the last 7/8 yrs
And go to who? Nike is the biggest circuit by far, and where most these kids want to play at
He's not a PF-he's a wing. He will be in college and NBA too
we found those 2 in the portal, we can replace them and find maybe guys who defend also in the portal dont you think?
he will have to be paired with somebody physical on the front court for sure. But his offensive talent and ability is something uk has to try and get
I'm not contesting this because I know nothing about it. But if this is true this is VERY stupid. The entire reason those lawsuits were brought in the first place was that the schools themselves were making money and big money off those kids' "names, images, and likenesses" by selling huge TV contracts to ESPN and CBS for tons of money that went directly to the schools without the kids seeing a penny. If they're making the schools give some of that money to the kids, then that's at least somewhat fair and definitely an improvement in terms of fairness. Maybe even totally fair because the kids could never make money like that on their own at that age without the schools. It's a cooperative venture.
I would rather pay $3-$5 mil for a single transfer than a single high schooler, assuming he’s not a Flagg/Zion/AD type.
Supposedly Pope wouldn’t go any higher than a little over a million for Wilson and we lost him when we supposedly lead for months. It’s said that Ament was $2M. I just don’t see Pope doing that if he would barely go over a million with Wilson. Wish I were wrong though.
He’s gonna have to make a major jump to be a starter. We will be in trouble if the current BG is our starter next year.
