Matt Jones says Stokes could announce today or tomorrow
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Yup.
Tells Oregon and KU what he is being offered by UK, then UK ups it and he returns with the news to Oregon and KU to see if they'll match
I could careless if he comes tired of the drama
Oh he’s absolutely trolling someone, and its probably us.Maybe he's trolling...
Would be a massive win for Pope if somehow he picked us.
I hope its Kansas if not bc the lack of Milo competition.
I don’t know. I’ve played against some McDonald employees and some of them are better than what Pope produces. I’ll stick with my first analogy, a 4’ tall 5th grader
Based on the last 2 years probably not.
The KSR crew just dropped a bomb, said he would probably choose between the 3 schools he posted on his story and he could be choosing as soon as today and as late as a couple of months from now! Go subscribe to KSR+ to see all the insider info!
Agree. Went from suspense to cringe.
I believe that’s why Hawthorne waited to make sure Stokes didn’t commit. Probably got word from the staff that Stokes isn’t coming
And even if they don't match it, he still doesn't commit here.
I think Jones is piling on Pope and I'm actually here for it.
Hey guys - I usually only post on the Kentucky bball Reddit sub, but I have such good news that I decided to post it here as well. My best friend's son played on one of Stoke's AAU teams and is still pretty close to him. Stokes told him that as far as he's concerned,he is going to Kentucky and it's a done deal in his mind. Apparently everyone that knows Stokes at all knows that he's Kentucky bound. The only reason that he hasn't committed is because his agent really wants him at a Nike school. But the kid said that Stokes has a mind of his own and will definitely do what he wants. He's just been putting off the inevitable on actually committing and kicking the can down the road because of the backlash. If it comes down to it, he said he will drop Nike if he has to because he won't be controlled by anyone.
That makes zero sense, if he wants Kentucky and his agent wants a Nike school. Hello! We are a Nike school so he would have committed had that been true.
On a side note - he is going to commit this Friday, which is his grandmother's birthday. She is one of the people that has really pushed for him to go to Kentucky and thinks it will make her day even more special. I really don't care either way, I'm just happy we finally have good news.
Kinda sad that you are struggling to get great players and you don't even want the best in the class coming here. Just believe the money can be spent elsewhere to help us more.
Respectfully, your bs doesn’t even make sense.
He wants to go to the Nike school but he’ll drop Nike if he has to. Ummm wut!?!
I think he’ll commit at some point whether it’s today or another day
To be fair to Matt, I was listening as well when this was discussed. All he said was UK is trying to push Stokes to tell them if he is coming or not today or tomorrow so they can decide to go after someone else. So basically the same level of incompetence is still present with Pope and staff. I have to assume the other guy is the Baylor player so I expect we hear him commit to UCLA while waiting on Stokes. Stokes will obviously not pick Kentucky shortly after.
Conflicting depending on if you listen to staff or donors. I've been pretty strong in the camp we get Stokes for 3+ months now but at this point for me I have no idea what to think. Staffers I talk to think we are getting him, whereas large donors don't and they've already shifted efforts to try and get Momcilivic and Yessoufou. I've learned that when the staff talks to me they are overly optimistic obviously. This is the first recruiting cycle I've been a part of when I've been told they are coming 100% and 2/4 of the times they didn't come. I do believe when they tell me the players told them they were coming and then changed their mind, my issue is the "why" that happened. We need to move and move quickly based on where he decides to go, I can say the staff truly believes he is coming. I heard this weekend it'd be a Thursday commitment date and have not heard different since so I'd assume it will be but nothing about his recruitment has gone the way it normally would so who knows. We are pursuing several high level Euros which I'd love to see us land 1 of at the minimum. Not Jelavic types either but future projected lottery types.
Mark Fox has already talked to the baylor wing, about “existing in the college basketball space”.
I'm guessing Matt's prediction has the caveat "absent a major change" right? Just like with us getting one of Rancik or Freeman...
Yes, you're a real guru
. You know people are only asking you what the latest is because they're laughing at you, right?He didn't make a prediction. He said he thinks closure with Stokes will come today/tomorrow because the staff has asked for it. He said the staff thinks they have a good shot and he admitted that may be delusional.
I know. It's about as dumb as the stuff @Rainmaker says, yet there's a couple of people that think he's a legit source.
That’s why I think our information from insiders sucks. Seems to me that the staff is Toxically Positive and can’t read a recruitment to save their lives. Probably why things alway go south. Most of them never intend to come and the staff puts out that they think they got them.
So if he was waiting to see what rosters would look like, and we have added a 3 star and no one else since then, if he is deciding soon it clearly isn't us.
You would need to add a PF to that starting 5, dropping Kam to 6th man. If the starters were Zoom, Wilkins, Stokes, McBride and Moreno, that is still one of the better starting fives in the country. Kam, Williams, and you still need another shooter and backup post, but its getting closer if you sign him
I just hope he signs somewhere, be it here, KU or Oregon so we will know one way or the other
Would love to see large donors push for Milan and Tounde, just don’t see this roster coming together to where it would showcase Stokes
Kansas hasn't had any better a portal season than we have so clearly that isn't his deciding factor. We are both left with very underwhelming rosters currently.
That seems to be a major problem with this staff. Even last season I remember hearing they thought Caleb Wilson was locked up. They seem to live in a fantasy land.
They already have, there is 9 million between them both, 5 million Tounde and 4 million Milan. Just not sure they are interested in coming here, that is the issue. Plus Tounde is likely late 1st round pick though next years draft is much weaker and there are worse things than making 5 million and moving into the lottery next year.