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Nick Timberlake to Kansas

Bummer but life goes on. Danny hopefully has a few more tricks up his sleeve but my hope is the freshman coming in are as good as advertised otherwise it could be a long season.

Anyway, back to the NIL site to buy some more National Championship gear for my kids.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Welp.

Develop the freshmen!!! Castle, Newton, Ross, Karaban, DC.

Ball, Stewart, Samson.

Let’s run!!!

still wouldn’t mind a true point or shooter tho
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Let’s go, I’m good with our pieces.

I personally expect Ball and Stewart to be quicker contributors than Ross, though I love all of their potential.

I also think there’s still a decent chance Jackson returns.
 
I wouldn’t be surprised if the staff was and now really is recruiting a kid not in the portal yet.
 
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temery said:
This he was bought crap is embarrassing. He chose Kansas. Get over it.
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Yep. We know that every school that loses recruits to UConn is going to cry about how they were bought. It’s a lame attitude. There are legit reasons to choose other schools. Maybe it was the live music scene @BigErnMcCracken mockingly mentioned. Now if he chose UMass we can wonder.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Yep. We know that every school that loses recruits to UConn is going to cry about how they were bought. It’s a lame attitude. There are legit reasons to choose other schools. Maybe it was the live music scene @BigErnMcCracken mockingly mentioned. Now if he chose UMass we can wonder.
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I think you guys have an ancient idea of bought. Of course he was bought. We tried to buy him lol. We were just outbid
 
HuskyHawk said:
Yep. We know that every school that loses recruits to UConn is going to cry about how they were bought. It’s a lame attitude. There are legit reasons to choose other schools. Maybe it was the live music scene @BigErnMcCracken mockingly mentioned. Now if he chose UMass we can wonder.
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Lol . Stop. Real bad look. You know what happened.
 
AntG168 said:
I think you guys have an ancient idea of bought. Of course he was bought. We tried to buy him lol. We were just outbid
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Yes, it's not sour grapes and it isn't an embarrassing look.

I'm happy for Timberlake. Dude is going to be 25 in a few months and isn't going to the NBA. Cash in as much as you possibly can and play for a great basketball school.
 
Just my two cents.

If Newton and/or Jackson are back UConn will be in a great place. In that situation Timberlake would have been a fantastic piece.

If they aren’t back, I’d rather roll with the freshmen. May be a few more losses but I think it will be better long term.

I don’t think Timberlake is a huge difference maker for the program without Jackson/Newton.
 
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superjohn said:
Yes, it's not sour grapes and it isn't an embarrassing look.

I'm happy for Timberlake. Dude is going to be 25 in a few months and isn't going to the NBA. Cash in as much as you possibly can and play for a great basketball school.
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All day.
 
Storrs South said:
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Who would pay for the image/likeness of real life Toy Story psycho kid?
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August_West said:
Lol . Stop. Real bad look. You know what happened.
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I don’t. You don’t. None of us do. It’s silly to suggest other wise. Half the people I’ve met from other Big East schools never shut up about how dirty Calhoun was. It’s petty. As your post in the other thread pointed out, and I’ve been saying, he has more available PT at Kansas. I hoped he’d come here, but no great loss because I want someone who can defend at a UConn level and I‘m not sure he can.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Sucks but this is the reality we face recruiting against blue bloods. They have much deeper pockets than us. This feels very much like the Justin Edwards recruitment. We gotta target the next tier down of guys.
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This is such a defeatist take. UConn has the most national championships of any team in the last 25 years. UConn is also a blue blood and has deep pockets. Because one kid doesn’t want to go here we should target a tier down??? Cmon - after winning a national championship we have and will continue to recruit and win top talent. We also have a top 5 class coming in. We are graduating 2-3 NBA draft picks. Have some faith
 
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HuskyHawk said:
I don’t. You don’t. None of us do. It’s silly to suggest other wise. Half the people I’ve met from other Big East schools never shut up about how dirty Calhoun was. It’s petty. As your post in the other thread pointed out, and I’ve been saying, he has more available PT at Kansas. I hoped he’d come here, but no great loss because I want someone who can defend at a UConn level and I‘m not sure he can.
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Just because you don't know why doesn't mean August and other people don't know why.

Who cares, it's a good thing for Timberlake and for Kansas.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I don’t. You don’t. None of us do. It’s silly to suggest other wise. Half the people I’ve met from other Big East schools never shut up about how dirty Calhoun was. It’s petty. As your post in the other thread pointed out, and I’ve been saying, he has more available PT at Kansas. I hoped he’d come here, but no great loss because I want someone who can defend at a UConn level and I‘m not sure he can.
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Dude you are the only person in America trying to convince others that a six figure NIL deal wasn’t a major reason why he chose Kansas. It just was. It’s ok. It’s the game when it comes to transfers who have no NBA futures but are major college contributors. They’re going to get the bag. A few of our main guys are making good money to play basketball at UConn. It’s not cheating anymore. It’s the price of admission to the party. No one is claiming Kansas did anything dirty. They got the guy they wanted by outbidding the other competitors. It’s ok.

Good for Kansas and especially for Timberlake. A guard from Towson is going to make life changing money while playing at an historically great school. Many of us would’ve made the same decision
 
Askgreek said:
Well they do have more playing time available than we did at his position assuming Newman returns...I know they are not apple for apple as Newman is more combo than SG, but a lot less competition to get on the court. Still a bit surprising given his home in Mass.
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What if Newman takes his talents to the Hawaii post office though?
 
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Fan1978 said:
Good for him, would rather have a player with heart instead of playing for money
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You can have both. Pretty sure the guys in the NBA don't play for free. Emmitt Smith held out for more money. Then he played in the playoffs with a seperated shoulder.
 
Maybe money was the same but Kansas guaranteed playing time. We don’t do that at UConn.
 
I’m not sure why anyone cares if KU threw a bag at him. That’s the game now. It’s out in the open and even if it isn’t all legal, we all know it isn’t being enforced. Pay for play is the new normal.
 
husky99 said:
Next...NIL was a huge part of this...
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Hurley said he's old school and didn't win the title because of NIL. Boeheim accused Larranaga of buying his Final Four team with NIL. This kid was clearly looking for a payday. If that's the case, all for the better.

However, I have probably sounded like a broken record here lately, but I'm very interested in Hurley's Plans B, C and D
 
caw said:
Just my two cents.

If Newton and/or Jackson are back UConn will be in a great place. In that situation Timberlake would have been a fantastic piece.

If they aren’t back, I’d rather roll with the freshmen. May be a few more losses but I think it will be better long term.

I don’t think Timberlake is a huge difference maker for the program without Jackson/Newton.
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Perfect way to look at it - if Newton and Jackson aren't both back, Timberlake wasn't going to put us over the top. If they are back, I still am pretty confident even without him.

It's definitely not devastating, just stings.
 
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