The two players I mentioned are expected to be the #1 picks in the next two drafts and potentially generational talents.
I used "available" to imply we don't have the players to compete with Duke.Yea cause the 3 guys out have really been lighting it up.
I think we need a coaching change.
Rumor, just rumor, is that MBB has a $3 million NIL budget. Paster had $0.
It's purely pay for play. NIL is irrelevant or just a ploy.
Cool.
This would be a middle of the pack NIL budget across the country. Maybe upper middle.
You obviously follow this - do you think $3M is maybe enough to get two very good players plus a handful of role players? Of course keeping them is a challenge. Not much room for injuries or academic problems.
I understand and I totally agree. I was just responding to a comment about Cooper Flagg getting NIL plus additional outside endorsement deals. Who would give a crap if Cooper Flagg endorses anything. No one cares about Cooper Flagg other than playing basketball at Duke for all of 3 months or so before he is forgotten entirely.
Flagg getting outside endorsements wouldn’t have much to do with Duke at all. Potential top NBA draft picks have influence all on their own for certain types of products and markets. Wemby was a big name for a long time too (a bigger one, of course, but a similar thing).
Duke as always has many more better players than GT. Scheyer seems decent as a coach, he can get great players but has not had the high level success Duke fans expect.
Just imagine you were one of the guys that helped plunk down $3M. Must feel like sending that alimony check off every month.
Man, I really hope their bet pays off but it seems like they threw their money on green at the roulette table. Next year will be crucial.
It was a concession by the NCAA as the talk of “slave like treatment” of college athletes grew. Media whores that wanted to maintain their access with both the NCAA and the athletes pushed the narrative and their mindless minions followed as they lacked the grey matter to identify the cliff they were walking off.
They’re called role players for a reason. You don’t think missing three starters, then you don’t have a clue.Yea cause the 3 guys out have really been lighting it up.
Those role players also need to be a fit with different combinations when they rotate in to match against opponent’ starters and their own rotations. Injuries set back players far longer than just a healing period, if & when they return. The uninjured get gassed early in games without relief. But let’s fire coaches, have our freshmen & sophomores go portal, the 2025 & 2026 classes decommit & all present recruits remove GT from their final lists. That will make so many of the clueless happy around here. We’ll never get a rebuild & griping about Tech basketball can remain a lifetime endeavor. Don’t like CDS & the guys playing for Tech? Ok, don’t watch any more. Go watch & support the undefeated, 17th ranked, #1 Lady Jackets or are they too successful, leaving y’all with nothing to ***** about?
