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Nick Timberlake to Kansas

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.
 
Fishy said:
Getting Timberlake was not going to make or break us.

It happens….go get someone else.
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Correct. But also delusional to think as some seem to, that you can lose excellent veteran possible returnees like Sanogo, Hawkins, Alleyne, and potentially Jackson and/or Newton plus Calcaterra, kinda the veteran guts of the NC team and replace them with untested freshmen, even if talented, play against very good competition and waltz to the front of the class the next year . Easy to say “next” when several of the better “next” are already committed elsewhere. As we all know, for better or worse, the new major college sports world is pretty much free agency run amok. I don’t know Timberlake from Adam, but if “next” isn‘t close to equal or better when UConn needs a pretty decent veteran transfer, sloppy seconds only fills a vacancy. And kinda silly to monitor who follows who on social media.
 
AntG168 said:
We can do better
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Agreed. Not particularly concerned, but that’s a significant downgrade from Timberlake.

Truthfully if Newton returns I’m fine with standing pat until we know what Andre is officially doing. There will still be talent in the portal by the time his decision needs to be made.
 
Did the AJ news tip the scales to KU?

I also meant to add, it's like when you interview someone for a job and they say, "I need a few days to think about it." That's a red-flag that they're either not interested or shopping for a better offer. I knew he wasn't coming when he didn't commit over the weekend.
 
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aburks41 said:
Maybe for the Hawkins role, but as a bench piece this guy would be a sniper
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Ehhh I want to keep most of our bench minutes for the young guys OR a stud. I don’t think we need any marginal vets
 
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 was the next level down, but unfortunately Kansas is smart and mostly swims in the pool of guys that actually wins games/titles and doesn't just look good on a resume.
 
who needs outside shooting when Clingan will rain 3s next season ;)
 
Good for him, would rather have a player with heart instead of playing for money
auror said:
He's 25 years old with no NBA aspirations, his options were the last 2 national champions both with great coaches with plenty of playing time available, and he and his family decided to make the most money.
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MJKI said:
Yes they definitely do. You can see how it hurt us last year with all of our transfer misses. Can you imagine if Hurley and co were good at NIL? We could have won TWO NCAA Championships!
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Where is my emoji?
 
kansashusky said:
Stop. This is a Syracuse level response. We are not the, "they picked another school for the money" program. No one here has any idea why he picked Kansas.
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Lol no we are not. But he did. And I said that 3 days ago. I don’t blame him at all. He’s a 5th year senior who will make more at Kansas next year than any season in his future hoops career. Good luck and godspeed.

We all know the weight of a Kansas bag. Long before nil. What does that get you? One less natty than us.
 
Maybe if we get this thread to 2000 posts , he'll change his mind..
 
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Zionn said:
My comment wasn’t towards staff but towards Yard. Some acting as if this was done deal days ago. Never the case. $ without question was the tipping factor. Good for him. We move on. We will get ours.
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Absolutely. Long memory with Bill Curry.
 
auror said:
This was the next level down, but unfortunately Kansas is smart and mostly swims in the pool of guys that actually wins games/titles and doesn't just look good on a resume.
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Idk UConn/UNC/Kansas is a pretty major Final 3. Usually we’re fighting with lesser programs.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Idk UConn/UNC/Kansas is a pretty major Final 3. Usually we’re fighting with lesser programs.
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Guess what I meant is that he wasn't a conference player of the year or a promising major conference guy. He's a premium role player, if that makes sense. This was the Celtics/Warriors/Lakers fighting over the same taxpayer midlevel exception guy. But Kansas offered him actual cap space $.
 
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Had not heard of him prior to transfer portal but 41% over last two years on 3"s is impressive, we will have to pivot and I'm sure there are more players to enter the portal still. Between our returning players and our incoming recruiting class we have a good squad. Let Dan Hurley fine tune things in the portal and we will be even better. I still think Ross can take the Joey role if he gets the chance.
 
uconnblueinky said:
Maybe if we get this thread to 2000 posts , he'll change his mind..
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Nah .hard pass. Nice kid. Nice player, great shooter. For him $>winning. Don’t blame that in todays world. Would love him on squad but we didn’t win 5 nattys by paying players more than the next guy. We won by having the right players.
 
August_West said:
Nah .hard pass. Nice kid. Nice player, great shooter. For him $>winning. Don’t blame that in todays world. Would love him on squad but we didn’t win 5 nattys by paying players more than the next guy. We won by having the right players.
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I was completely joking
 
troopers GIF
 
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