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superjohn said:
Okay, who are the players we are trying to get?
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I believe guys we’ve been reported as having interest in are the guys we have interest in. The Stanford kid and Marlot. And I said reported, not rumored by a guy on a message board.
 
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jibsey said:
If that is near correct there is no money left for additional players? Maybe the others aren’t getting those numbers.
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Color me confused. Going on 24/7 and On3, players NILs are published, at least for a number of guys. I don’t any transfers getting 2.5, 3 or 4 million. Where are the estimates for our guys coming from. If we only have $14M total, I read on KY fan site they have $22M. And I’m sure Michigan has a truck full of cash as they are pursuing Thiam and other higher priced talent. If all this is true, we’ll be priced out of a competitive team despite having the best coach and staff. This said, it doesn’t explain KY failures despite spending obscene money and still not fielding a deep run tourney team.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Who’s your pick for backup center? And don’t say a guy who’s clearly going to have offers to start at high end high majors.
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I don't know but a new bunch of players just entered the portal today. Think I’ll have a look. 2 Centers from Georgetown, Baba Miller Cincinnati, Isaiah Miranda. I’m not including Diop or Thiam. The longer we wait, the better ones will be gone.
 
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FearThePups said:
I don't know but a new bunch of players just entered the portal today. Think I’ll have a look.
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I'll be interested to hear what you come up with because these options are very good ones, especially Machot
 
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FearThePups said:
Please no
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Machot seems like a great fit to be the other center. Great lob finisher, great shot blocker with untapped potential. There's no way the other guy should be the guy.
 
Ben Defty or Chol Machot for me. Former is a 7-footer with the 2nd highest FGP in the nation. Went to HS in CT

Giltay won’t be our backup center lol
 
Hey Adrien! said:
IF this ends up being true: I love you.

A 6'5 ACC transfer who can score in a variety of ways AND finished last season with the 40th best offensive rating in the nation.

Honestly, if we get a guy who averaged 14 ppg, hit 43% of his threes and started basically every game for NC State, that's a hell of a get as a backup 2/3. This would basically mean County is the backup PG and then you can add a Millender as a 'break if needed' emergency 3rd PG.
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Is a Millender on a par with a Hilton? What we need is a Sean Miller.
 
DRBackup said:
different day. Amazing that after Ball announces his wrist is so bad that he's skipping an entire year to get fully healthy. And you're still here with this "sOLo'S iNeFFiCieNt sCoriNg" B S Give it a flippin' rest. The rest of your asinine opinion is irrelevant


Man why so butt hurt? Grow up little guy 😂 , if you read my post I said Junior year Solo who was hurt badly enough to miss a season was an inefficient scorer unlike Sophmore Solo…Don’t worry he will be back in 27 28 and I hope as all of us that he will be better than ever
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upstater said:
Ball spaced the floor. Defenders were on him, he was never ignored. This matters. You need a scoring threat.
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And we have 5 shooters on this squad that can all provide floor spacing, don’t need a sixth, need another big and PG is all I’m saying
 
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RuffRuff said:
Laid this out before - Hurley mentioned they have a budget, which I’d guess is around 14mm. By going what we’ve heard with market minus maybe some small discount, would have to think it’s around:

Silas - 3
Mullins - 4
Khamenia - 2.5
Hines - 2.5
Ross - <1
Landrew - <1
Country <1

Those are estimates and the budget is hearsay but probably not that far off.

Can’t imagine we got a lot left for a big time player. Maybe splurge on the backup 5 and then save some beans for all the rosters spots.

This guys is out there

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I am curious how you came up with these numbers. The revenue stream for D1 athletes comes in two form forms - NIL (3rd parties) and revenue sharing (20.5 mil). Revenue sharing is guaranteed to the athletes while NIL is not (there have been lawsuits filed by athletes).
We don't know how revenue sharing $ is distributed amongst all the sports offered at Uconn.
My point is that this madness has to stop! I am ok with these athletes being compensated but if rules/laws are not established then it will spiral out of controll.
 
GHSWolverines said:
I am curious how you came up with these numbers. The revenue stream for D1 athletes comes in two form forms - NIL (3rd parties) and revenue sharing (20.5 mil). Revenue sharing is guaranteed to the athletes while NIL is not (there have been lawsuits filed by athletes).
We don't know how revenue sharing $ is distributed amongst all the sports offered at Uconn.
My point is that this madness has to stop! I am ok with these athletes being compensated but if rules/laws are not established then it will spiral out of controll.
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RuffRuff’s accounting isn’t accurate. For example, Mullins total number can be anywhere from 4-6 all in. But with name and image merchandise, 1.5- 2+ can come from commercials and merchandise UConn doesn’t pay him for. Mullins came back in large part because he will be the most marketable player maybe in the country next year. That factors in. UConn probably is in for 2.5-3. Just a guess.
 
RuffRuff said:
Laid this out before - Hurley mentioned they have a budget, which I’d guess is around 14mm. By going what we’ve heard with market minus maybe some small discount, would have to think it’s around:

Silas - 3
Mullins - 4
Khamenia - 2.5
Hines - 2.5
Ross - <1
Landrew - <1
Country <1

Those are estimates and the budget is hearsay but probably not that far off.

Can’t imagine we got a lot left for a big time player. Maybe splurge on the backup 5 and then save some beans for all the rosters spots.

This guys is out there

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That headache is not what we need
 
FearThePups said:
I don't know but a new bunch of players just entered the portal today. Think I’ll have a look. 2 Centers from Georgetown, Baba Miller Cincinnati, Isaiah Miranda. I’m not including Diop or Thiam. The longer we wait, the better ones will be gone.
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Those guys are better than Miranda. Halaifonua, Baba, and Iwuchuku fall into "obvious starters at high end high majors", I think Nova is trying to get Hala to be their starter. Baba needs the 5 in 5 or a waiver (not likely to get it). Iwuchukwu needs a prayer waiver (has already used 5 years post-HS so not eligible for 5 in 5 if it passes), and played in 14 games his least season.
 
GHSWolverines said:
I am curious how you came up with these numbers. The revenue stream for D1 athletes comes in two form forms - NIL (3rd parties) and revenue sharing (20.5 mil). Revenue sharing is guaranteed to the athletes while NIL is not (there have been lawsuits filed by athletes).
We don't know how revenue sharing $ is distributed amongst all the sports offered at Uconn.
My point is that this madness has to stop! I am ok with these athletes being compensated but if rules/laws are not established then it will spiral out of controll.
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You think lack of facts or even understanding will stop RuffRuff from posting a horrendous take?
 
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RuffRuff said:
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I rarely agree with legit UConn hater Greg Big 10 Wardell, but he is correct that for this year it makes sense for him to sit and let Mullins play the 2 and not play out of position at the 3…However his conspiracy on Solo transferring is way off mark IMO, because healthy Solo a year older with time to work in his overall game and have his shot back, would be front runner for Jerry West award and All American caliber SG and be the AK defacto team leader….Hurley will recruit around Solo and keep plenty of of $$ to keep him
 
djct1999 said:
RuffRuff’s accounting isn’t accurate. For example, Mullins total number can be anywhere from 4-6 all in. But with name and image merchandise, 1.5- 2+ can come from commercials and merchandise UConn doesn’t pay him for. Mullins came back in large part because he will be the most marketable player maybe in the country next year. That factors in. UConn probably is in for 2.5-3. Just a guess.
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I agree with you. My main point is that this has to be regulated. The majority of fans are not in the same income bracket as Warren Buffet. What is also part of NIL are donations Fans will suffer with jacked up prices to watch a game live or God forbid may have to purchase a seperate package just to watch their favorite college team on television. I am ok with these athletes being compensated but some sort of cap has to be established. Al McGuire who coached Marquette in the mid 70's once said that maybe we should pay the athletes and get rid of the word "student".
 
This guy wasn't on my radar but you've all talked me into him, seems like a great fit. Sign em!
 
I’d like to thank all the boneyard trolls for motivating me to sign up for SC. We all should since It support’s NIL. And also the boneyard has become like AI generated spew.
 
Bigbrad1029 said:
And we have 5 shooters on this squad that can all provide floor spacing, don’t need a sixth, need another big and PG is all I’m saying
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Last year we shot poorly. We had all the same shooters except for Khamenia instead of Alex, and Alex shot 39%. If we get 39% from Khamenia this year, it will be a great year.

This is not to mention that we will miss solo Ball and Tarris Reed's offensive output.

The coaches see the problems here.
 
Curious why the OP would do this? I mean most of his posts are UConn oriented. So what’s the point?
 
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