NIL money flying around, its going to be hard for any team to keep players. College basketball is not like it used to be.
Adou is entering the portal
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He would have been the most experienced possible returnee. Guess there's still a chance he comes back, but Cal's last dance ain't off to a good start so far
The combination NIL money and ending transfer restrictions is making a mockery of the entire sport.
Everyone’s a free agent for sale every year now. What a mess.
Everyone’s a free agent for sale every year now. What a mess.
I don't think he ever fully recovered from his back injury. Anytime they showed him on the sideline he had something wrapped around him. I feel that really hurt his playing time down the stretch.
I don't blame him a bit, I blame the coach
The only physicallity we really had. *Poof* Gone.
Wonder who screwed him over on an NIL deal?
Loved the way this kid plaayed, never was the most taken kid on the court, but always was the most active and hardest playing kid.
Hopefully he dips his toes in the portal and returns, but whoever gets him is getting a great player imo.
Hopefully he dips his toes in the portal and returns, but whoever gets him is getting a great player imo.
I'm guessing Thiero wants some guarantees instead of empty promises.
Sounds like our basketball NIL person (people) have really dropped the ball the last couple of years. We can debate all day how much the Reeves, Wheelers, Toppins, Thiero's, should get in NIL. The bigger issue is them not receiving what they were promised.
I do NOT want to lose Thiero! But, the bigger issue is that I want NIL to be fixed! It's the only way to remain a top program moving ahead.
Yeah, we're only a major P5 program in one of the most respected conferences with access to money from bourbon and horse farms. We aint even got a pot to piss in.
This sucks but Im sure he is tired of sitting behind kids that Cal needs to help financially and end generational poverty.🙄
Cal is done. He will never get back to a level that is our standard. We are just going to have to suffer through the mess he and Mitch have made for 3-4 more years.
Cal is done. He will never get back to a level that is our standard. We are just going to have to suffer through the mess he and Mitch have made for 3-4 more years.
Bingo.
This sucks. Love Thiero and what he brings. A JR and SR Thiero is a national title type piece. Dude willing to do all the hard stuff night in and night out
He'll go somewhere that a coach actually TEACHES PLAYS and he'll have wide open looks, and not have to deal with this pack-it-in defense while the guards stand around the perimeter.
He injured his shoulder. Seems to be injury prone. Missed a lot.
Hate to see anyone leave but he wasn’t an offensive threat.
Played hard. But if he doesn’t want to compete for a spot I hope he lands somewhere with guaranteed minutes.
Fully agree.
Hope it is a NIL play, not closing the door for good.
Even worse than NBA free agency, at least there are some rules around that. Free for all in NCAA.
I agree with you. But, our bigger problem is not what is or is not allowed. Our biggest problem is that we're not doing NIL well and it will be impossible to remain a top program without succeeding with NIL.
UK basketball should be able to do NIL the way Ala football does NIL. We don't have to offer the most money. The program attracts good players. However, NIL CANNOT be a clown show! Players not receiving what they were promised is a sure way to lose the trust of players and parents/guardians.
UK basketball needs to get NIL fixed and get it fixed fast!
You have to read what he says carefully. Most of it says nothing. Saying we'd be shocked by who comes back could just as well mean we'd be shocked when nobody comes back.
Effort. That’s what this kid brought everytime he stepped onto the court. Hopefully he comes back, but I love the way he plays.
This X1000. All college athletes are now is hired mercenaries that will jump from team to team until they either graduate or get drafted. When you have guys who have played for 4 or 5 teams by the time they graduate something is wrong. I get being able to transfer but it shouldn't be an unlimited number of times.
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His dad has been getting into it with fans and media on twitter. Got into a war with a ksr guy. This was obviously coming
Where are the Cal defenders on this one?
"Oh,, we didn't need him anyway."
"He wasnt that good"
"We have better players coming."
"Oh,, we didn't need him anyway."
"He wasnt that good"
"We have better players coming."
That would be great. In my book the kid has earned a starting role. Would love to see him change his mind and come back.
Edit: I know he started but he didn’t really play traditional starters minutes. That’s what I’m getting at.
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Except those that should be—the coaching staff.
Go ahead and pull the band aid off and make em paid employees with contracts... Lock em in. It's gonna go that way before long anyway. They'll collectively bargain for a portion of that billion dollars they bring in for the NCAAT. NIL is nice, but it doesn't solve the problem of the amount of profit the athletes bring to the schools/conferences.
And so it begins, I thought Cal promised changes this looks just like any other year for Cal, players who could make an impact next year are transferring.
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Adou never allowed to play through mistakes and get comfortable in the rotatuon. Let him go to St. John’s or UConn see him flourish. He sure won’t at Kalipara.U.
You mean guaranteed minutes like 5 ⭐️ favorites at UK? There is no competing for minutes when Cal has his favorites.
The coaching staff seems to be screwing players over when it comes to NIL, by not doing their jobs. Cal and this staff have to be one of the dumbest D-1 staffs ever.
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