AJ Green Leaves the Portal - Staying in Draft

[Ayagi]

Its Irrelevant at this point. He isnt coming and TJ will have to find a guy.

At this point, he's just a former UNI player. Good luck to him. How bout we close the ******* thread and discuss players who might be willing to play at ISU.

Persona non grata. Next.

 

[Proton]

At this point, he's just a former UNI player. Good luck to him. How bout we close the ******* thread and discuss players who might be willing to play at ISU.

Persona non grata. Next.

And a coach’s son. Best of luck to him.
We’ll be all right.

 

[MugNight]

Cylights on Twitter should never tweet again....he looks like an absolute fool rn

Someone putting bench press, height, & weight in a bio who isn’t a power lifter or aspiring recruit seems like a red flag.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Lol.

Is giving the advice to stop the little whiny ***** routine bad advice?

 

[JP4CY]

At this point, he's just a former UNI player. Good luck to him. How bout we close the ******* thread and discuss players who might be willing to play at ISU.

Persona non grata. Next.

Or, and hear me out.......people can just not open a thread.

 

[CapnCy]

I have heard of recruits using visits for a free trip and to get wined and dined......clearly he was looking for an all expense paid trip to Ames, lol

 

[clonedude]

This site has been really quiet on this so far.

Not one story yet by CW, Stanz, etc.

 

[qwerty]

Can’t be too upset over something we never had in the first place.

It does suck if there aren’t contingency plans and we’re sort of “stuck” but also I’d like to think our staff was smart enough to know this could happen.

Still, it’s hard to tell a transfer recruit, “hey we like you but only enough if this other SG goes pro so hang around and wait to see if he does by June 1st. K thx”

That is a little easier sell when Plan A has a parent on the basketball staff.

 

[madguy30]

This site has been really quiet on this so far.

Not one story yet by CW, Stanz, etc.

Were they pushing on premium that ISU was the deal?

 

[CyclonesRock]

who in the world that has watched us play would have suggested him at point?? Of course I wouldnt know much about his handle, because I don't remember the guy dribbling more than once at a time or once a game.

I agree, he would be a perfect fit for the former 6 on 6 Iowa HS girl's game that limited you to 2 dribbles.

 

[isuno1fan]

Whar' Petey Pablo?

You mean Twins. He is a fool.

 

[CoachHines3]

That is a little easier sell when Plan A has a parent on the basketball staff.

maybe a little bit.

Still pretty late in the game to get a solid guard, imo (mosley)

 

[NoCreativity]

OMG you're insufferable.

Just disappointed and feel like I've been scammed. All the experts on this board seemed 99% sure he was coming here.

Of the options, going to play in the G-league in front of tens of fans who got free corporate tickets was the least likely scenario in my mind.

 

[CoachHines3]

i went to bed and woke up.

still dont understand AJs decision.

 

[CyJack13]

I’m still miffed by the decision… I think we can almost all agree that AJ will NOT get drafted. Can you make it in the NBA without getting drafted? Of course. We’ve heard of Ben Wallace, Fred Van Fleet, Udonis Haslem, and those old enough to remember—John Starks. All of whom had somewhat lengthy stays in the league. But those odds aren’t great. Most that go undrafted, have a cup of coffee in the league and disappear. His dream was the NBA and not an overseas journeyman correct?

How does coming to ISU change any of that? He would still be very unlikely to get drafted next year regardless of what he did had he come here.

 

[madguy30]

Just disappointed and feel like I've been scammed. All the experts on this board seemed 99% sure he was coming here.

Of the options, going to play in the G-league in front of tens of fans who got free corporate tickets was the least likely scenario in my mind.

How did you get scammed?

 

[Stormin]

Accept his decision to go pro. We have no choice but to accept his decision. He obviously wants to move on from college and find out where he lands professionally. Hope it works out. He is a great young man. Good luck.

 

[mynameisjonas]

What if Hunter comes back and Green commits? That would be a doozy.

You forgot we are Iowa State

 

[CoachHines3]

Accept his decision to go pro. We have no choice but to accept his decision. He obviously wants to move on from college and find out where he lands professionally. Hope it works out. He is a great young man. Good luck.

oh ive accepted it.

i just dont understand it from a pure basketball perspective.

maybe it'll come out that he has a guarantee or that he just wants to play over seas, which is totally fine.

 

[NoCreativity]

How did you get scammed?

One thing being overlooked, hes exactly the kind of player who could have gotten Hilton rocking when he got hot. Last year people were bored out of their minds most of the home games because we'd play really good defense but couldn't make a basket for 6 minutes.

We only went 5-4 and easily could have been 4-5 from the West Virginia game. A large part of that is because Hilton wasn't very intimidating. I guess defense travels though so we'll have to get used to 5-4, 4-5 splits instead of dominating at home.