How Kevin Ollie’s new gig at Overtime Elite may change NCAA basketball (Paul Doyle)

[freescooter]

The glamor is being featured on the Overtime Elite Snapchat highlights. Sounds incredibly stupid because it is but that’s what drives kids these days.

You kids get off my lawn! Darned kids! Fanged interweb

 

[freescooter]

And Bilas proves once again that he is an idiot

 

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[tcf15]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Psolo12]

Wait is this a team or a league? I thought the whole point was it being a league, if it's a team with Kevin Ollie as the coach who do they play without putting other teams' players' college eligibility into question?

 

[tcf15]

Wait is this a team or a league? I thought the whole point was it being a league, if it's a team with Kevin Ollie as the coach who do they play without putting other teams' players' college eligibility into question?

Apparently a league of 4 teams:

 

[Dogdeacon]

Wait is this a team or a league? I thought the whole point was it being a league, if it's a team with Kevin Ollie as the coach who do they play without putting other teams' players' college eligibility into question?

I think I saw something where a player/parent that rejected, after pushing OTE & learning they'd be playing high school AAU squads. Their website says a combo of an internal league and international foes. There's also been a 'pending' choice amongst two city finalists for months. My guess is the twins signing means that OhTee Elite agreed to play in Ft Lauderdale. Should be some great one-on-one games.

EDIT - Oops I guessed wrong, espn story mentions they announced 100,000sf facility in ATL.

 

[HooperScooper]

Seven figures over 2 years? For each or together? If they're paying at least $500,000 a year to each player they will get lots of kids.

 

[Skiblets]

This plus ESPN breaking a story today about a number of juniors signing onto the G League.

The college basketball world is changing right in front of our eyes today.. Like the great Sam Cooke told us...'It's been a long time coming but I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will'

 

[Husky25]

This plus Woj breaking a story today about a number of juniors signing onto the G League.

The college basketball world is changing right in front of our eyes today.. Like the great Sam Cooke told us...'It's been a long time coming but I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will'

I can understand creating a professional alternative to college. Realistically a college degree is no longer necessary to play professional sports, and long gone are the days of having an offseason day job. There is always the GED route, but this is a slippery slope if it doesn't work out. Dropping out of high school is not the same as it was in the 1940s.

 

[Husky25]

Evidently, Scoot reclassified and finished high school with a 3.5 GPA.

OTOH, why not say that instead of the misleading, "skipping his senior year?"

 

[the Q]

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Evidently, Scoot reclassified and finished high school with a 3.5 GPA.

OTOH, why not say that instead of the misleading, "skipping his senior year?"

yes, that is incredibly misleading.

and I have to ask, his real senior year or his 5th year senior year?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Like the great Sam Cooke told us...'It's been a long time coming but I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will'

This may have been what he was talking about.

 

[Umami Zen]

Sounds about what LSU/Kentucky/Duke/Auburn/Arizona/NC/Oregon/Louisville pay their player's family and friends

 

[Jbirdp5]

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Evidently, Scoot reclassified and finished high school with a 3.5 GPA.

OTOH, why not say that instead of the misleading, "skipping his senior year?"

I’m good friends with one of scoots uncles and this has been his plan for quite some time. Very good kid and student. Got a great pitch from brian shaw and working with the g league staff.

 

[CL82]

Anyone else think that their “proprietary assessment system” consists of two checkboxes “are they willing to sign with us yes or no?”

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

View attachment 67561 Anyone else think that their “proprietary assessment system” consists of two checkboxes are they dumb enough to sign with us yes or no?

What does it say about a proprietary assessment system when it ranks as "off the charts" its very first two signees?

 

[Jbirdp5]

What does it say about a proprietary assessment system when it ranks as "off the charts" its very first two signees?

Lol good point their system may need a little recalibration already

 

[Dogdeacon]

Lol good point their system may need a little recalibration already

Obviously no actual system beyond will you accept our $. Very easy for them to rank off non-existent charts. Giving benefit of the doubt its possible the charts predicted a yes within 5 minutes and not 2 seconds of the bag drop.