I say, if the money is sitting there, ya gotta use it, right? That's what it's for. Price and value are matters of perspective and necessity.
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If this is the case, then UK needs to restrategize on their NIL offerings. With the massive amounts of NIL funds at our disposal, teams like BYU should not be beating us at our own strengths.
Yes and no. It’s there to spend but if you spend that amount on players like Robinson the market goes crazy. Robinson is not worth that at all if the rumor is true. If we’re being honest Robinson isn’t even worth a mill.
The model right now for all college teams isn’t sustainable at all.
I'm sure there are adults on here too that are just the same. Some people have lived their whole lives spending other people's earned money. So they have no concept of it being finite. Pope has to manage what he had to pay an entire roster. Can't just blow your entire wad on one or two players.
So don't add anything and have a bad season?
I think you're likely just another Butters account. You both show up at the same time, defend each other. And use the same excuses for the low count.
If teams won't pay the big bucks they will be left behind. You don't have to like it(I don't) but it's what college basketball is right now.
Yep this is it right here… I definitely don’t like it either but want to field a competitive team you better $$$$$
I don’t envy coaches navigating NIL. I’m sure after that Osboro guy got 2 million, other portal players started asking for more than that; especially these last handful of draft holdouts.
Correct. The “he’s not worth it” crowd needs to see this. We have two roster spots left. We are going to have to spend money to get good players and compete. If BYU offers two million, Kentucky needs to match. If we don’t, it’s going to be a long season.
I have always felt like BYU was going to be our main competition for him. I’ve read and heard from the time he entered his name in the draft that if he returned it would be hard for him to come to UK. His family came with him to Utah when he transferred their last year and with BYU hiring one of the latest big time NBA assistants that is supposedly an offensive guru, the incentive to stay at BYU could be stronger than coming to Lexington with his former coach.
Hope he decides to break away, but the $2 million on top of all of the other things going against him coming here, could be hard to overcome.
Would you spend 2 million dollars on Robinson. And everybody who liked tracks post, would you spend 2 million on Robinson? To answer your question I absolutely want them to add somebody. And they will, but it’s gotta make sense with NIL. Riley, coward, and poplar should be a lot cheaper than that price of Robinson if it’s true. Of course this could be a useless argument and that number isn’t factual
If guys like Robinson are commanding 2 mill then the system is broken.
What makes you think we have a great shot at Poplar and Riley or that they will be cheap?
If poplar is trying to schedule a visit and Riley already has a visit so Kentucky must have a shot.
Doesnt anyone find it strange that every player mentioned is wanting 2 million. call like it is..... they only want 2 mil when they dont go to the school that wanted them and went somewhere else translation BS
Riley has had a visit with Zona plus will visit Bama,Arkansas and Arizona State. Poplar has about 5 visits.
If zona gets love back then I don’t see Riley going there. Poplar if Kentucky is getting a visit and the reports are that they are, then they have as good a shot as anybody to get him.
Nobody, I repeat nobody should be re-tweeting or posting anything from the Joe Adams guy. He knows absolutely nothing.
He is a random dude that has fooled a few thousand people into thinking he knows something.
Again, he knows nothing.
He is a random dude that has fooled a few thousand people into thinking he knows something.
Again, he knows nothing.
We will see. I kept hearing the same thing about Lanier.
You don’t give him 2million because he is the only one left.
You offer him a fair deal based on what everyone else on the team is getting. Just paying people to come to UK because the money is there and they expect it sets the wrong precedence and honest makes you look desperate.
Some of you sound like the guy that takes home bar scraps at the end of the night because “they are available and someone else will if i dont” or the kind of people who like spending other people’s money.
You offer him a fair deal based on what everyone else on the team is getting. Just paying people to come to UK because the money is there and they expect it sets the wrong precedence and honest makes you look desperate.
Some of you sound like the guy that takes home bar scraps at the end of the night because “they are available and someone else will if i dont” or the kind of people who like spending other people’s money.
True, it’s all a guessing game. I do think Kentucky will get somebody though.
Dude, Bronny was getting 4.5 mil. Of course it's broken! It's new, it's the wild west right now. Later, there'll be salary caps. Hide and watch
The same as with sex, you don't get it.
While I assume they’ll spend good money on another player, they don’t have to overpay.
There are already 6 players on the roster guaranteed to not be here in 2025. Pope is trying to compete for highly ranked prospects in 25-that’ll cost him. He’ll also have to budget for retention of guys like Garrison and others. Then he’ll need a war chest for next spring still as we’ve seen prices only continue to go up for these transfers!
He could really use a big splash but I believe he has already spent a whole lot this spring, even if the differentiation among players wasn’t 7 figures.
It's bizarre to me that you think this is an effective insult when you know jack **** about how much I get laid. You're just confessing your idiocy to anyone with a modicum of intelligence.
True. We might just have to accept a poor season and hope for better the season after...
this guy seems to be doing pretty well on the recruiting front to have just come from the NBA. why wasn't he even on UK's radar? I never heard of him til he took the BYU job, but then again, I don't watch NBA
Lol, have you all not figured out this excuse is just a baked in lie for when we don't get a recruit we want,?
Allegedly, a lot of these dudes have been UKs to lose until they inevitably don't come to UK. Then the narrative immediately shifts to they wanted too much money. Although, the supposed narrative is also that we are flush with NIL cash after getting rid of Cal.
Allegedly, a lot of these dudes have been UKs to lose until they inevitably don't come to UK. Then the narrative immediately shifts to they wanted too much money. Although, the supposed narrative is also that we are flush with NIL cash after getting rid of Cal.
That seems like the road to bankruptcy to me. Surely there's some kind of rational criteria involved that doesn't give in to panic spending.
A bad season? The team just had 4 players pull back from the draft. Robinson isn't some superstar. A bit of perspective, please.
If you kept up you would know Laniers agent told every team before a visit the fee is over a million . So you can actually do sone math if you kept up
A fantastic season full of highly entertaining, competitive basketball.