You still want them to be as good as possible for you while you have them, some will leave and some will stay, and we'll also add transfers in from other schools along the way. Just like always.
Tyrese Hunter Entering the Transfer Portal - NIL Speculation
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It will be interesting to see how something like Emoni Bates's situation plays out. He basically just had a two month period he just didn't play. I'd imagine some of these people who put up big money will not be real thrilled with this scenario which will put Coaches and ADs in some tough spots.
He was 37th. Sixth rated PG. Great recruit. Ranked behind Craig Brackens and Lindell Wiggington on list of All Time Highest Ranked Cyclone Recruits.
No argument that he is a great player……..especially for his youth. POTENTIAL is why his loss hurts so much. Work Ethic and Talent. Tyrese has been dealt a tough hand in Life so far. Appreciative of what he gave us. Wish he would have handled this differently. IMO Tyrese has some handlers who are hoping to get money themselves right now. When Tyrese eventually tries for NBA those handlers are likely to get nothing. Hope he considers that when taking their advice.
He was 1 of 15 players on the Naismith defensive players of the year watchlist. Only 5 on that list were guards. Only 2 of the guards were freshmen. 3 of the 15 were freshmen overall.
Hunter is a top 3 defensive player in his class, and top 2 at his position.
He was 5th in steals and 6th in assists all time for big 12 freshman. Freshman record holder for assists and steals for ISU.
He set a freshman assist record on a team that routinely couldn't score 60 points.
Yes. He was a great defensive player. Offensively inconsistent. Blows up against LSU in the NCAA with 7 Three Pointers. Visibility of that game underscoring his potential if he becomes offensively consistent are what is driving this. He has a chance to parlay things to get NIL money short term. Enter the Portal. Let the bidding begin. The Grass is always Greener. Hope it works out for him. Lipsey will likely get more PT this next year. Don’t expect him to start at PG. Williams or a PG transfer most likely. TJ will be on the hunt.
Yeah injury plus rumors he didn't want to play for them anymore. Also, turns out he just isn't very good after being hyped up to be elite when he was younger.
I’m pretty sure he’s pretty good isn’t he? Thought I’ve been seeing him in the lottery in recent NBA mock drafts?
FWIW, I saw an Indiana U message board post that has Emoni Bates visiting IU on Thursday. Indiana having a huge spring so far.
No. Have you seen his Memphis combine measurements? Negative wingspan. Only a 25 inch vertical and really slow times in the sprint drills. Like barely faster than Garza. Not a good defender at all. I think some have him as a late first pick next year but I would be shocked if that actually happens. Memphis was better without him on the floor.
It would appear to me the most valuable asset of any program right now is a fanbase full of basketball-enthused dip****s willing to waste their money on the whims of a 19 year old with an attitude problem. I think Indiana is prepared to excel in this space.
Mathing that out... that's $100-300k per player, annually, depending a bit on stars and position. So a typical recruiting class of 25 will cost you $2-10M per year. So maybe $10-40M annually in player "salaries". Coaching staffs now make what, $10-20M? So I am kinda OK with that; the players deserve to get some of the $$$ being thrown around. At least until there is a AAA professional league for 18-20 yo like the G-League.
So Texas' payroll will be $50M and ours will probably be more like $10M because we will have more 2 star and walk on types making $10k. I mean, that's not too much worse than it is now, in terms of financial ammunition and disparity. But my concern remains that when a low-payroll team finds a gem (Breece, Brock, Will McD, Isheem) and pays them $100k annual, Texas swoops in and offers 3-5x for a proven commodity. Buying players.
He was good for a freshman. Overall he got Big 12 FOY because of volume, also a big reason as to why our offense was inefficient.
The UNC guy didn’t think so. From Eric The Red, on WI board:
“As for Hunter ... about all he can say is "scoreboard." He's got a brick of a jump shot and turns the ball over too much. 100-out-of-100 coaches (including TJ) would take Chucky (or a healthy Bowman) over him. Frankly, I'll be shocked if he doesn't transfer from ISU after being recruited over. TJ will find someone better.”
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My impression from watching him a few times was: very talented player, did not play within the system at all. He has some maturing to do.
That has always been how he has played. He just goes one on one and shoots tough jumpers.
Won’t hardly need scholarships anymore. If the Arkansas kids all get NIL money they can have 7 walk-ons and no one has to leave.
I said this the from the beginning of the NIL stuff and was told "No No that won't happen".
