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upstater said:
Clingan was a lottery pick, top 10. I don't know how accurate these mocks are, but if you're a top 10 guy, or if you're a lottery guy, you go. If you're end of the first round, you might want to stay. There's a huge difference between top 10 and end of 1st. In fact, I bet Donovan would've been taken end of 1st if he left after his freshman year.
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You go anywhere with guaranteed money. C'mon now. The 30th pick is still getting 4.2 million guaranteed and the best training on the planet with 0 practice time restrictions.
 
upstater said:
Clingan was a lottery pick, top 10. I don't know how accurate these mocks are, but if you're a top 10 guy, or if you're a lottery guy, you go. If you're end of the first round, you might want to stay. There's a huge difference between top 10 and end of 1st. In fact, I bet Donovan would've been taken end of 1st if he left after his freshman year.
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Liam's a top 20 guy. He leaves and his absolute worst-case scenario is he makes 9m guaranteed across the next two years. Much more likely is he makes $23m (or so) across four years before signing his second contract.

There's no scenario in which it makes sense for him to return.
 
Matrim55 said:
Liam's a top 20 guy. He leaves and his absolute worst-case scenario is he makes 9m guaranteed across the next two years. Much more likely is he makes $23m (or so) across four years before signing his second contract.

There's no scenario in which it makes sense for him to return.
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Aaah a post that actually based on factual info
Thank you!!!’
 
BlueJayFan said:
He received an ‘unvitation’ from Mac.

I also think it’s more likely than not Dix shows, he’s from Council Bluffs and wants to play at or near home.
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Jays got Freeman but not Dix.
 
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lateralous said:
Not sure if he'll just end up at another SEC school for more money but IMO it's still good to see a big bad SEC team losing a valuable player to the portal.
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Georgia was more of a "mid bad" SEC team.
 
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navery12 said:
This was one of the more predictable outcomes. Seeing as all threads seem to take about 30 minutes to show up I'll save the rest of my comments for the 25 threads that will show up with this tweet in a few minutes
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No major surprise here. I’ll be curious to see what conference/team he gets recruited to and what he looks like as a player by junior/senior year. Bit of a log jam to get him on the floor and to expect him to be a big contributor next year was likely a stretch.
 
Fatroony5 said:
And so it begins…

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Been wondering about him getting no play last season. Never saw enough of him to evaluate. Do we guess that Hurley did not promise him playing time? PT is what these kids want even more than anything.
 
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jibsey said:
Been wondering about him getting no play last season. Never saw enough of him to evaluate. Do we guess that Hurley did not promise him playing time? PT is what these kids want even more than anything.
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Hurley promises no one playing time.
 
jibsey said:
Been wondering about him getting no play last season. Never saw enough of him to evaluate. Do we guess that Hurley did not promise him playing time? PT is what these kids want even more than anything.
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Dude looked ok whenever he got a chance. Im not sure what happened in between the end of November when he scored 6 points to never playing again in a game till March. Maybe he always had a foot out the door
 
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How Sway?! said:
Liam is gone. We went through the same process with DC last year. The plan has always been to be a one and done.
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You may be right. You maybe know the family. When you say "we went through the same thing with DC last year", maybe you are an insider. I am not. And I do not know the family. But here's what I do know: On January 1st, the kid was projected 10 to San Antonio. He is now on the fringe of falling out of the first round. Things changed. And I do not think its crazy to think that he would do exactly what DC did and return for a second year.
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
Dude looked ok whenever he got a chance. Im not sure what happened in between the end of November when he scored 6 points to never playing again in a game till March. Maybe he always had a foot out the door
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The schedule happened, those 6 points came in a 54 point win over one of the worst teams in the country. All but 1 of his minutes up to that point was against cupcakes
 
Fatroony5 said:
And so it begins…

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Not a surprise here. He was a high recruit comming out of high school. Showed some flashes of goodness with the limited time he got in the beginning of the season. Not sure what kept him on the bench. Regardless, best of luck to him.
 
mauconnfan said:
Ross was awful mostly but Dan Hurley does have loyalty as well. I’m thinking Abraham could’ve given us a little something more but who knows, only the staff knows.
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It’s often tough for top 75 type recruits to break into the rotation right away on a good team. Think it’s telling that in a season where toughness, defense, athleticism, & physicality was needed, he couldn’t even get spot minutes. Just wasn’t ready for it. Staff is going to play who they think will help them win games, they didn’t think that.
 
Iluvsuebird said:
You may be right. You maybe know the family. When you say "we went through the same thing with DC last year", maybe you are an insider. I am not. And I do not know the family. But here's what I do know: On January 1st, the kid was projected 10 to San Antonio. He is now on the fringe of falling out of the first round. Things changed. And I do not think its crazy to think that he would do exactly what DC did and return for a second year.
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Not an insider, just common sense. Best case if Liam comes back, he makes a million or so? He'll make at least 4 times that in the NBA, while not having to deal with classes or practice limitations

He's also not even close to falling out of the first round lmao. He might not be a top 10 pick like it was projected at the start of the season but he'll be gone before pick 20. For the NBA, potential trumps college production, not to mention the older you get, the less appealing you get.
 
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navery12 said:
The schedule happened, those 6 points came in a 54 point win over one of the worst teams in the country. All but 1 of his minutes up to that point was against cupcakes
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That's fine. And obviously I'm not coach Hurley or in practice to know what he looked like but he had the length and stroke to do well. It's not like we were getting quality production from anyone on the bench not named Tarris Reed
 
In 2024-2025...IA was 5th string wing...behind AK, LM, JS, and JR.

I'm not going to speculate as to may or may not return...but biggest issue for him may ended up being timing...

if he waits to portal and 'they' return...he risks being out of the rotation again...

if he waits to portal...he risks having few attractive programs to transfer too...

head home to VCU/Richmond...have a great season...then parlay that into a power program for junior and senior year
 
I’d bet Rick Pitinos budget that where the dust settles will not be with non p4 schools having a competitive advantage in hoops
 
Fatroony5 said:
It’s often tough for top 75 type recruits to break into the rotation right away on a good team. Think it’s telling that in a season where toughness, defense, athleticism, & physicality was needed, he couldn’t even get spot minutes. Just wasn’t ready for it. Staff is going to play who they think will help them win games, they didn’t think that.
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Well they played Ross and that wasn’t a great look. Kid was tough in HS and played Flagg well in the nationals he deserved a look when Liam was down but that’s just me. Hope someone makes out real well with Isaiah.
 
FreeKlaiber said:
I'm afraid of the football league $ out there taking players we dont want to lose. Said it about 15 pages ago. The nil offers Im hearing are bonkers
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Not sure it all the football dollars luring good players to those teams. I think that’s a part of it, but having a billionaire benefactor like St John’s has, or Arkansas has and now BYU has magnify the landscape.
 
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