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Paige Signs New NIL Deal

CL82 said:
She probably will be athletic by any reasonable standard, but it is often hard for kids of pro athletes to repeat their parents success. That's a reminder of just how difficult it is to be an elite athlete and another reason why we should appreciate the astounding number of them we have seen as a part of the program.
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Ken Griffey, Sr. and Joe Bryant were pretty good ball players.
 
HuskylnSC said:
The single greatest move by any general manger anywhere anytime. What a time to be a Celtic Fan. I'm all the way in on the New York Yankees and the New York Football Giants and despise Boston in those sports. But Celtic green warms my heart for Beantown.
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Luckily I was a huge Celtic fan in that era. They also got Dennis Johnson.
 
Alydar said:
It's called independence. I don't think your reasons mean that much to her.

There was a Twilight Zone episode in which a man died and found himself in a place where his every whim is made real. he thinks he's in heaven but he isn't. :rolleyes:
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And?
 
Meanwhile, back on the NIL deal, wouldn't Nika be a natural for Nike? If she can't earn money here because of her visa, maybe Nike could "limit" (wink, wink) this to Croatia and deposit money there.
 
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Alydar said:
Bueckers will make serious dough wherever she plays, UConn or the W. I don't think $$$ will be a deciding factor.
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How does that comment have anything whatsoever to do with what I said?
 
Huskee11 said:
If I am guilty of wishful thinking, so is Geno Auriemma. I have not seen her play recently except for short video clips, but he obviously has.

Here is his interview from June 20, 2023, the infamous "shut the **** up and win games" interview. He starts talking about Paige at around the two minute mark. Some illustrative quotes:

"best she`s ever been"

"never seen her better"

So the player who was once the NCAA player of the year has never looked better, per Geno.

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We can only HOPE!
 
Gordo said:
How does that comment have anything whatsoever to do with what I said?
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Here's what:

Right now she's making big NIL money and yet has plenty of question marks as to if she can return to greatness. We all hope and pray that she can, and that the knee problems are a thing of the past. At UConn she is protected. Her health is kept top secret. It's won't be that way in the W, and if she can't play, she won't earn. So, there are many reasons why she might desire to stay at UConn.
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Did you or did you not mention money as a reason for staying?
 
Alydar said:
Here's what:



Did you or did you not mention money as a reason for staying?
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No not really, it was a small portion of what I said that you have taken out of context. Read the entirety of what I said please.
 
Skeets said:
You wouldn't know it from reading the other posts. Did you read the other posts? No problem with them, just with Nika? At least I posted about NIL and Nike, and yes Nika.
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Yes, I did. Yours was the last. I guess I could have responded to all of them, but most people going off topic recently have been bringing up Nika. So, Nika again?

I see you gave me an angry emoji. I’ve never done that to anyone, so I decided to do that to your post to see how it felt. As it turns out, I didn’t feel anything.

So many threads on the BY devolve into a discussion of Nika, even when she has nothing to do with the topic.

To respond to your post, maybe you’re not being serious. Nika with Nike. Similar spellings. Or maybe you’re serious. Nika has 50k followers on Instagram, Paige 1 million. I have not seen Nike work with relatively low profile players, even ones as talented, likable, and charismatic as Nika.

The topic of this thread is Paige getting a deal with Nike. Presumably Nike believes in Paige’s future, including with UConn.
 
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Receiving this Nike endorsement must be such a relief for Paige because she missed out on the 1st round of Nike endorsements last year when they signed Juju Watson while in high school & Caitlin Clark.
Paige being injured stunted her NIL growth somewhat because she was left behind.
I imagine that caused her some consternation & provided much incentive for her to rehab even harder to get her mojo back.
It's pretty clear when she speaks that she has become more mature and is no longer young Paige but rather the mature Paige that will become not only a national star but a future international spokesperson.
IMO this may be a defining year for Paige's career with all eyes watching how much that she impacts UConn & the world of WCBB.
She said that she wants to get back to having fun & you know that for Paige that includes winning it all.
We're all hoping that Paige can not only "just do it" for herself but also get it done for UConn too.
UConn fans & now even Nike want Paige to have the most fun ever & to "Go knock them out!"
 
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Gordo said:
How do you know she's WNBA ready?

When was the last time you saw her play? She's coming back after losing an entire season due to a serious knee surgery operation. The season before, she missed roughly half due to another knee problem. We all hope the returning Paige is the same player she was, with the same skills and abilities, BUT that remains an unknown at this point.

I do like your (wishful) thinking regarding where she might land in the draft, but until she proves herself again her value is also an unknown.
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Well, you just touched the 3rd rail Gordo... Gordo...Gordo?
 
Gordo said:
Sorry, I don't understand nonsensical questions?
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It's not a question, so there is that. The Gordo? is short for where are you. Ranking on Paige is like touching the third rail.
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
It's not a question, so there is that. The Gordo? is short for where are you. Ranking on Paige is like touching the third rail.
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RockyMTblue2 said:
Well, you just touched the 3rd rail Gordo... Gordo...Gordo?

Last time I checked, when you use a question mark at the end of a sentence ... it's a QUESTION. You (and some others here) take things out of context which changes the overall meaning of what I was implying. It was not a rank, but an accurate statement of fact. There is no one on this site that wants more success for Paige than I do. Go back and try reading what I said in its entirety!
 
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Every time I see an Army recruitment ad I think of Country Joe and the Fish. :rolleyes:
 
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