Anyone catch Stokes on IG Live last night?

ftp000

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I promise you, Stokes does not care about you one iota. You don’t know you you don’t wanna know you and that goes for everybody on this forum. Doesn’t have to come over here to counter idiot UK fans.. He loves to troll us. If anything you need to be glad he hasn’t heard of this board if he’d be over here telling you who he is, you’d be screaming at him telling him he’s not he tell you he’s gonna commit tomorrow or you’d say he’s no insider.
Read better. You clearly don't know what I'm about.
 

AllBall

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Don’t expect a commitment today. Just listening to him talk, he does not want to be in the bright lights. He mentioned people taking random photos of him on airplanes and he tries to hide. Obviously I’m a bit partial, but UK fans are pretty chill around superstars. We got used to Wall, Bam, Fox, Davis, etc. walking around town. Stokes definitely has his own personality, but there is nothing wrong with wanting to be left alone at 18 years old. Unfortunately all of this NIL money is making them big time famous way too early. He said one of the fan bases are gonna hate him and he’ll get death threats.
The IG live was pretty cool listening to him, Jeremy Fears, Coen Carr, and Jase Richardson talk about AAU and USA basketball. Him and 3 MSU guys. Hang in there. He may end up a Spartan for all we know. Be classy, BBN. Tyran, when you read this…AVOID THE TROLLS. They are not one of us.
Yeah, apparently UK fans spammed BBN in the chat and he didn't necessarily love it.
 

Artlaibesghost

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Wow. That’s one take. I want him. Hope he picks uk. And if he does we won’t regret it.
But hey, way to sh** all over an 18 year old you dont know at all.
Hes afraid we might actually get him and it would interfere with his Pope hate narrative.
 

UKgrad22

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The Ball Brothers dad said it the best I’ve ever heard it when asked “how do you think your kids will handle the pressure of being in the spotlight?” He responded “they’ve been in the spotlight since they were born, they’re used to it by now”. When you have the pedigree that Stokes has and the drama that he’s created with his commitment, you’re bound to draw attention. It just comes with it especially in a social media driven age.
 

exo6desmo

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No, never.

Hopefully he filters out the trolls. They need to go back to letting them go straight to the draft out of HS. Some of these dudes have zero interest in 1 year of college.
Sure they do. Anyone who outwits you is a dickhead, and we're common. That means it happens a lot. You just need to get better at this. You're weak
 

MidseasonTweak

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Oregon = Obscurity
Yes, but Stokes may want to fade away after feigning wanting all of the smoke. Why put pressure on yourself to be great at a blue blood when you can go to Oregon for a year before getting drafted? If I were UK, I'd would drop my offer by 500k every day until he commits (or doesn't). Kid has disrespected this program enough by screwing us in being able to recruit other players.
 
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MidseasonTweak

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LMAO
This board has repeatedly criticized using Keeneland as a recruiting tool.
Kansas City has 4 Pro Sports teams & NASCAR.
We have the Legends and the Kentucky Speedway a short 90 min jog north. What 18 year future lottery pick looks at that versus tornado land and that other stuff you said... and still picks Kansas?
 

ftp000

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Yes, but Stokes may want to fade away after feigning wanting all of the smoke. Why put pressure on yourself to be great at a blue blood when you can go to Oregon for a year before getting drafted? If I were UK, I'd would drop my offer by 500k every day until he commits (or doesn't). Kid has disrespected this program enough by screwing us in being able to recruit other players.
That's a good way to run off the top recruit, and alienate an agency. Different times. Professional sports teams don't negotiate like that. We better learn from them.
 
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jimisize1

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Sure they do. Anyone who outwits you is a dickhead, and we're common. That means it happens a lot. You just need to get better at this. You're weak
LOL at outwit. Vacuum the basement while you’re down there. Tell your Mom hello for me.
 

MidseasonTweak

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That's a good way to run off the top recruit, and alienate an agency. Different times. Professional sports teams don't negotiate like that. We better learn from them.
It's more of a fantasy. It may very well be more helpful to allow one player dictate an off-season
 

exo6desmo

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LOL at outwit. Vacuum the basement while you’re down there. Tell your Mom hello for me.
This is why you keep getting burned. That stuff you just said is old and weak. Come on, Nitro. Do better than that. Be creative, if you are able.
 

CatsWin2K

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He knows all of that. If you haven’t watched his videos as random videos when he brings a Kentucky fan on there and then messes with his head.. ole boy knows uk fans this place is tame compared to his personal UK fan interactions. He even kind of made fun of Kentucky yesterday for hiring for trying to hire his high school coach. Basically saying we want him so bad we offered a job to Crawford
You're lying.
 
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PopesCrewCut

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Grown *** men following an 18 year old kid on any platform...especially Instagram is beyond pathetic and beyond creepy
 

NociHTTP

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No, never.

Hopefully he filters out the trolls. They need to go back to letting them go straight to the draft out of HS. Some of these dudes have zero interest in 1 year of college.
He probably thinks that if he keeps up this charade long enough, he won't have to play in college.
 
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rivercatinfl

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Oh hogwash! He's a high-school kid. No 18 year old in the world wouldn't be effected by hundreds, if not thousands of overzealous fans, and some very intentional trolls, bad mouthing them.
BTW, the trolls know this. That's why literally every potential player gets the same "we don't want him" trash talk here.
He can solve all the hubbub my picking a damn school.
 

notFromhere

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Don’t expect a commitment today. Just listening to him talk, he does not want to be in the bright lights. He mentioned people taking random photos of him on airplanes and he tries to hide. Obviously I’m a bit partial, but UK fans are pretty chill around superstars. We got used to Wall, Bam, Fox, Davis, etc. walking around town. Stokes definitely has his own personality, but there is nothing wrong with wanting to be left alone at 18 years old. Unfortunately all of this NIL money is making them big time famous way too early. He said one of the fan bases are gonna hate him and he’ll get death threats.
The IG live was pretty cool listening to him, Jeremy Fears, Coen Carr, and Jase Richardson talk about AAU and USA basketball. Him and 3 MSU guys. Hang in there. He may end up a Spartan for all we know. Be classy, BBN. Tyran, when you read this…AVOID THE TROLLS. They are not one of us.

If that were true, he would've committed already. That's really all it takes. Especially if he commits to UK. None of the media will hype him and make him the center of national and international attention like they would at other schools.
 

notFromhere

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Don’t expect a commitment today. Just listening to him talk, he does not want to be in the bright lights. He mentioned people taking random photos of him on airplanes and he tries to hide. Obviously I’m a bit partial, but UK fans are pretty chill around superstars. We got used to Wall, Bam, Fox, Davis, etc. walking around town. Stokes definitely has his own personality, but there is nothing wrong with wanting to be left alone at 18 years old. Unfortunately all of this NIL money is making them big time famous way too early. He said one of the fan bases are gonna hate him and he’ll get death threats.
The IG live was pretty cool listening to him, Jeremy Fears, Coen Carr, and Jase Richardson talk about AAU and USA basketball. Him and 3 MSU guys. Hang in there. He may end up a Spartan for all we know. Be classy, BBN. Tyran, when you read this…AVOID THE TROLLS. They are not one of us.

And just so you know, I called that weeks ago if not a month ago.
 

Eagles_Ball_69

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Oh hogwash! He's a high-school kid. No 18 year old in the world wouldn't be effected by hundreds, if not thousands of overzealous fans, and some very intentional trolls, bad mouthing them.
BTW, the trolls know this. That's why literally every potential player gets the same "we don't want him" trash talk here.
I think you probably aren’t familiar enough with elite athletes.
 

PopesCrewCut

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Frankfort is a turdhole
brian regan what GIF
 

Shaudylo

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Not sure I’m buying into the he doesn’t like the spotlight hype . I could see if his personality was like DJ Wagner in HS.

Seems to be kind of opposite.
 

Vek96

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For someone who doesn’t want the spotlight, he sure seems to be loving the attention of being recruited.
 

NociHTTP

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I think he may know where he *wants* to go, but that isn't going to be where he ends up
He's not coming here unless we massively, massively overpay and promise him everything under the sun.