AJ Dybantsa

[Stinger92860]

I’ll be rooting against him and byu

 

[HooperScooper]

If you want to know a little more about how NIL works and how BYU got Dybantsa over Alabama and UNC, you can read Matt Norlander's deeper dive into this. He's saying BYU gave Dybantsa $5 million. The $7 million number might include other NIL deals outside their NIL collective. UNC and Alabama couldn't come up with the $5 million from their NIL collectives and tried to structure the money the Dybantsas wanted in other ways. See "Dybantsa's commitment shows changes in CBB power dynamic"

The Court Report: How Bill Belichick's hiring at North Carolina could potentially impact Tar Heels basketball

Matt Norlander's insider notebook has more on AJ Dybantsa, plus some revealing nuggets on under-the-radar teams and players

www.cbssports.com

I was reading this article the other day about Ryan Young, BYU's biggest athletic donor.

When the mission calls for a big sports upgrade, Utah enlists a billionaire

Major recruitment for BYU basketball is just one of several deals bearing the billionaire's fingerprints.

www.espn.com

He said he met with the Dybantsas but did not offer them any money and he didn't contribute any money to BYU's NIL Collective to get Dybantsa. And BYU didn't ask him for any money. Does anyone believe this BS? Then why did he meet with the Dybanstas? To tell them how pretty the BYU campus is?

Btw, rumor is BYU will be opening their season next year against Villanova.

O.K. enough about Dybansta. But I do find it very interesting how this whole NIL thing is working for recruiting. Carry on with more UConn specific topics.

 

[RuffRuff]

If you want to know a little more about how NIL works and how BYU got Dybantsa over Alabama and UNC, you can read Matt Norlander's deeper dive into this. He's saying BYU gave Dybantsa $5 million. The $7 million number might include other NIL deals outside their NIL collective. UNC and Alabama couldn't come up with the $5 million from their NIL collectives and tried to structure the money the Dybantsas wanted in other ways. See "Dybantsa's commitment shows changes in CBB power dynamic"

The Court Report: How Bill Belichick's hiring at North Carolina could potentially impact Tar Heels basketball

Matt Norlander's insider notebook has more on AJ Dybantsa, plus some revealing nuggets on under-the-radar teams and players

www.cbssports.com

I was reading this article the other day about Ryan Young, BYU's biggest athletic donor.

When the mission calls for a big sports upgrade, Utah enlists a billionaire

Major recruitment for BYU basketball is just one of several deals bearing the billionaire's fingerprints.

www.espn.com

He said he met with the Dybantsas but did not offer them any money and he didn't contribute any money to BYU's NIL Collective to get Dybantsa. And BYU didn't ask him for any money. Does anyone believe this BS? Then why did he meet with the Dybanstas? To tell them how pretty the BYU campus is?

Btw, rumor is BYU will be opening their season next year against Villanova.

O.K. enough about Dybansta. But I do find it very interesting how this whole NIL thing is working for recruiting. Carry on with more UConn specific topics.

Super interesting indeed. It’s basically cold hard donor cash collectives vs marketing “potential”. I wonder how it’s paid out - lump sum, upon signing? Upon enrolling? The transaction dynamic would be interesting to know.

Another question - is Michael Jordan and his billions contributing at all to the UNC collective or just his gambling addiction? Did MJ do more for UNC than UNC did for MJ? It’s a depressing thought to think a blue blood school would reroute their focus on FB at the sake of watering down their hoops. But perhaps a long term play to where they could have both. UNC FB is must watch TV next season.

Still question the value of a OAD. They’re very exciting but do they win? You look at Rutgers this year, which has two of these studs and it’s not really amounting to anything that looks like a deep tourney team. I honestly don’t know if you’ll ever win the big one with these freshman unless you have the right types of more senior players around them.

 

[superjohn]

Another question - is Michael Jordan and his billions contributing at all to the UNC collective or just his gambling addiction? Did MJ do more for UNC than UNC did for MJ? It’s a depressing thought to think a blue blood school would reroute their focus on FB at the sake of watering down their hoops.

 

[Mandoo]

If you want to know a little more about how NIL works and how BYU got Dybantsa over Alabama and UNC, you can read Matt Norlander's deeper dive into this. He's saying BYU gave Dybantsa $5 million. The $7 million number might include other NIL deals outside their NIL collective. UNC and Alabama couldn't come up with the $5 million from their NIL collectives and tried to structure the money the Dybantsas wanted in other ways. See "Dybantsa's commitment shows changes in CBB power dynamic"

The Court Report: How Bill Belichick's hiring at North Carolina could potentially impact Tar Heels basketball

Matt Norlander's insider notebook has more on AJ Dybantsa, plus some revealing nuggets on under-the-radar teams and players

www.cbssports.com

I was reading this article the other day about Ryan Young, BYU's biggest athletic donor.

When the mission calls for a big sports upgrade, Utah enlists a billionaire

Major recruitment for BYU basketball is just one of several deals bearing the billionaire's fingerprints.

www.espn.com

He said he met with the Dybantsas but did not offer them any money and he didn't contribute any money to BYU's NIL Collective to get Dybantsa. And BYU didn't ask him for any money. Does anyone believe this BS? Then why did he meet with the Dybanstas? To tell them how pretty the BYU campus is?

Btw, rumor is BYU will be opening their season next year against Villanova.

O.K. enough about Dybansta. But I do find it very interesting how this whole NIL thing is working for recruiting. Carry on with more UConn specific topics.

If Dybantsa gets 5 mil for his first year, would/could he make another 15 mil if he stays at BYU for the next 3 years?

 

[HooperScooper]

If Dybantsa gets 5 mil for his first year, would/could he make another 15 mil if he stays at BYU for the next 3 years?

Not sure. I guess that's possible. He could also transfer every year and assuming he is as good as he's expected to be, I'm sure there would be schools every year who would pony up. He could be a free agent every year and go to the highest bidder each time.

 

[formerlurker]

Hard to shoot your shot through a hole in the sheets.

 

[bfs3]

I find this oddly reassuring. I only care about UConn doing well. If a school like Duke or Arkansas was going to stack the roster, it’s nice to know that other schools will go all in on top players to pick a few off the board. I was a little worried they would play free agency like the Pirates and spread their money around.

 

[NJHusky]

You look at Rutgers this year, which has two of these studs and it’s not really amounting to anything that looks like a deep tourney team. I honestly don’t know if you’ll ever win the big one with these freshman unless you have the right types of more senior players around them.

Didn’t Rutgers just lose to Princeton??

 

[UCONNOLOGIST]

Dybantsa isn't a Flagg level talent, 10M is crazy

He's better

 

[RuffRuff]

He's better

Better pure scorer, not sure about all the other stuff. Flagg is going to be an interesting eval in the upcoming draft with guys like Harper behind him. Where Harper is easily a better pure on ball scorer, Flagg does all the other stuff so well that contribute to winning.

 

[Zonepress]

He's better

Yea he is and nba thinks so

 

[mussels]

There was an article in the Athletic yesterday about him, but I can’t figure out how to link it.

He won Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year as a high school freshman, which came with a $1,000 prize. He donated it to the local Boys & Girls club instead of keeping it. Decision was apparently influenced by a trip to his fathers home town in Congo.

Another part talks about how his father drove him six hours to New Jersey for a tournament and then had his coaches bench him because he didn’t make sixth grade honor roll.

I’ll be rooting for AJ.

 

[auror]

Another part talks about how his father drove him six hours to New Jersey for a tournament and then had his coaches bench him because he didn’t make sixth grade honor roll.

This is one of those things that as a parent I'm like "Oh man, what a legend." And if I was a kid I'd be like yo wtf.

 

[mussels]

This is one of those things that as a parent I'm like "Oh man, what a legend." And if I was a kid I'd be like yo wtf.

They let him warm up as if everything was normal, and then informed him he wouldn’t be playing after warm ups. Ouch.

The coach did let him play the second game figuring the point had been made, but his father informed him on the ride home, that next time they wouldn‘t make the trip. Honor roll ever since.

 

[ctchamps]

There was an article in the Athletic yesterday about him, but I can’t figure out how to link it.

He won Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year as a high school freshman, which came with a $1,000 prize. He donated it to the local Boys & Girls club instead of keeping it. Decision was apparently influenced by a trip to his fathers home town in the Congo.

Another part talks about how his father drove him six hours to New Jersey for a tournament and then had his coaches bench him because he didn’t make sixth grade honor roll.

I’ll be rooting for AJ.

Athletic Article about AJ Dybantsa

 

[Mazhude]

Athletic Article about AJ Dybantsa

“People just gonna talk, but I (didn’t) even know how much I’m getting. They just tell my dad all of that,” Dybantsa said. “I’m trying to make it to the NBA, so wherever they can get me the fastest there with the best development, there’s a whole lot of pillars that come with it. Money’s going to come if I do the work, so I’m not worried about the money in a year.”

 

[gsmooth]

There was an article in the Athletic yesterday about him, but I can’t figure out how to link it.

He won Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year as a high school freshman, which came with a $1,000 prize. He donated it to the local Boys & Girls club instead of keeping it. Decision was apparently influenced by a trip to his fathers home town in Congo.

Another part talks about how his father drove him six hours to New Jersey for a tournament and then had his coaches bench him because he didn’t make sixth grade honor roll.

I’ll be rooting for AJ.

I believe his father is a police officer. Those types tend to be tough disciplinarians with their kids, so I don't know if the bolded part is true for sure, but it's believable.

 

[HooperScooper]

I believe his father is a police officer. Those types tend to be tough disciplinarians with their kids, so I don't know if the bolded part is true for sure, but it's believable.

Keystone cop - Boston University police officer