Stokes post pones decosion

MaysviileKY

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Trying to up the $ from UK! If UK throws out a crazy number (which is totally stupid but probably will happen) then he will consider.

He knows he’s only in college for a few months and it won’t really matter where he plays. IMO he’s going to be ball dominant and it will all be about his stats over team success. And if the team just totally sucks, he will just shut it down.
 
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Kind of a lose lose situation here. If we land him, half the fan base will say we overpaid. If we don't, the other half will say Pope doesn't want to pay up.
I think Self may seriously thanking about retiring,So that's what he's waiting to see ,plus the assistants we hire
 

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What if he’s like a JQ or Peterson and we waste all that money on him. Just pay it to bring 2 of the top portal transfers
Why Peterson? He played in games, singlehandedly won a few, and gave it his all in the tournament. I would say Kansas outperformed their talent level in getting a 4 seed -- and their loss came down to the last shot vs another good team.
 
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Self: "I'm only coming back if you come. I want to coach you that bad."

Stokes: "Wow, I'm coming!"
 
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*Fox2Monk*

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I agree with using that money to get a couple of really really good portal targets. I would drop the offer just a bit and tell him he had till the end of the day or the offer no longer stands.
Can’t be jerked around like this and have any integrity.
Sadly Pope doesn’t have the recruiting ability, cache, or time to be able to turn down a talent like him. It’s all or nothing for Pope now and he can’t land a better player at this time.
 

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We really need to just go in and throw another 500k at him. Or make him some backdoor promises that the NCAA will never be able to contend. I don't like paying a lot for these guys.. but Kentucky basketball REALLY needs a shot in the arm.. a good bump on a Friday night if you know what I'm saying. We need to go into next year with a guy who is good enough to carry the team, and who fans will want to tune in and see. Even if he only gets us a Sweet16.. whatever.. But we have to assert some dominance soon.
 

BlueSince92

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Trying to up the $ from UK! If UK throws out a crazy number (which is totally stupid but probably will happen) then he will consider.

He knows he’s only in college for a few months and it won’t really matter where he plays. IMO he’s going to be ball dominant and it will all be about his stats over team success. And if the team just totally sucks, he will just shut it down.
May be stupid but as for me I'd probably rather watch team of Stokes at $8 million and $4 million worth of other kids around him than the team we will probably wind up watching instead.
 
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