FWIW, I think his inconsistencies were primarily matchup related. The bigger the opponent the worse he performed. (Excepting Florida, who had the personnel, but then I think they didn't effectively use their size advantage v. Iowa.)
I was a dumba$$ thing to do by both players. I saw a nearly identical play in the Tenn/Mich game.
Wasn't there a play earlier in the season when Alvaro kind of did something similar -- refusing to let go of the ball well after the whistle had blown? I can appreciate the tenacity, but not when you end up at risk of getting T'd up or ejected.
He was and yes we do. But this is no different than baseball free agency as a small market team. We have an elite coach but not an elite roster that the coach was able to get to work together at the right time. Do you pay a guy based on a recent hot streak or is it time to move on? We need an elite pt guard as we are losing by far our most important player. We need the most money for that position. Then it depends on what is left. He can help us and can certainly help someone in the right situation. But he has some growing up to do as well.
I'd bet our sources are not the same.
Then please tell us. Because otherwise it’s just hearsay as most things on here.
I told you what he said to me. That's enough.
Would not surprise me at all. He raised his stock in the tourney and he is a 6'10" who can shoot. Those guys don't grow on trees.
My guess is its not a lowball offer, but will be what they value him at - which is lower than this year. Here is the thing, he was the most dynamic player we had on the floor and he showed up in some big games. What is odd is he can hold his own against Florida but struggles against Illinois (he looked lost). Whether its scheme or specific players that are matchup issues for him - he has to improve his consistency. I hope he comes back.
Idk why but his confidence varies dramatically from game to game. He was mostly terrible on road and good at home. I really like his skillset when he's good. Can space the floor, great passer and moves his feet well defensively albeit not a great rebounder. I think there's a good chance after a year in a better league he's more consistent next year but I do get the worry to committ a big chunk of the budget on him also. I assume another team loved what they saw out of him in the tournament and is willing to commit more money to him than Iowa and he probably takes it.
My opinion on that ^^, FWIW, is that Florida screwed up by not posting Alvaro up and backing him down to the rim like Illinois did. I would consider it a coaching/strategy mistake. I do think too that McCollum may deserve some credit too for, if you will, "luring" the big Florida dudes away from the basket. But the Illinois coaches went right at Alvaros just about every trip down the floor.
I don't see how that trio gets up to $5MM. More like 1/2'ish of that.
We payed just under $6 million this year in NIL. We have around $9 million for next season.
Word problem time...Well if AF was at $1.2MM and Stirtz was at $800K, that's $2MM. And AF was the highest paid, then Hausen had to be less than $1.2MM. That all totals at a max of $3.2MM. I think the reality is closer, or under, $3MM for those three.
I think that Illinois guards were much better than Floridas. They were a handful and opened things for their bigs. Horrible match up for us.
He will be offered 50% or less of what he got this season.
I don't know where Chad gets that but it is wrong from what I've heard.
If those numbers are true, we really missed the mark with Al and Hausen especially
Remember... last spring schools were spending before the courts settled on the compensation numbers. That drove up the market values.
Although Alvaro was not consistent and put up 0fers many games this year, his shots in the Florida and Nebraska games flipped those games. It's true that someone else may have helped us win those games by more and gotten past Illinois, but it's hard to be sure of that.
This is just nuts talking about college athletes getting "millions"! Who would have thunk!
Not to mention a free education
Do these guys even go to class anymore?
When the majority are on their 3rd and 4th school the answer is no. Certainly not in the traditional sense. Online classes with a lot of help? Sure.
Al was offered HALF as much as he would get on the open market to stay at Iowa. (As I mentioned, he was lowballed)
