Let's revisit this when he crushes it in the NBA. You wait right here...
No Green Room/Draft invite for JQ
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The only league he'll be in is the G league. Then overseas for a few years.
Doubt it - kid is unbelievably gifted physically. Robert Williams is probably the perfect comp for him.
The Spurs are a great organization. They'll develop him and have the talent ahead of him to be patient. That's a really good landing spot, if true.
I could see that but he is going to clog the floor up. Unless he develops a shot quickly he won’t play imho. Not many Mitchell Robinson’s find time in this league. Even someone as good as Sengun is getting called out for non shooting now.
Yet he will still get to retire at 30 as long as his family/handlers don’t rob him before he figured it out. Even crazy busts have it made these days.
Imagine if he practiced or had the ability to dribble or have high level skills with his gifts. He would be the number one overall pick or like 3rd at worst. He would be a slightly more athletic Boozer.
I dont get the hate. He begged to get to play. Our med staff shut him down.it was easy to see he was struggling in his limited action after St. JOHNS. Im sure its same people who thought Vanderbilt was faking it.
I kinda follow this (a little) I may be wrong but I don’t know of anything that could be construed as NIL with JQ … not that it’s illegal, just that there are no rules as of now …
Who is worse for you guys; Sharpe or JQ? At least with Sharpe we pretty much knew he was never going to play. JQ gave us blue balls the entire season always hoping he’d be back.
You’d think the NBA teams backing off due to poor physicals/testing would allow some of you to relax the hatred, but nope…still gonna compare someone who came back TOO EARLY from an injury to someone who was a healthy scratch for the year. I really don’t think that’s fair.
I was just curious on opinions. I don’t think either should be considered UK players. I think JQs knee was doing better than what was being told. (He was completely fine for draft workouts as soon as the season was over.)
Yes. Unless some embezzling or outrageous spending happens. But that's beside the point. I think his dad ruins his career, unless he's lucky.
He crazy because he called out the haters in the fan base or criticized the coaching?
I'm his psychoanalyst. I've diagnosed him.
Exactly, he has not crushed it so far since the injury. If it continues to swell up when he plays, he is finished which is why I posted hoping he/they (his handlers/family) invested the money or put it somewhere it is drawing interest and have not spent it.
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That would be illegal. They are not employees. The contracts are for name, image and likeness. That’s what you’re paying for. You can’t tie production into someone’s name. That would be ruled illegal in any court.
It’s almost as stupid as people who believe showing an ID to vote in an election is wrong.
Maybe so under current rules, but it used to be illegal to pay players so, hopefully they could find a way later legally to change the rules/laws for what the players statuses are (employees/players) because essentially, they are under current conditions to me anyways because they are being paid either way.
Yeah, I do also understand the NIL and legal precedence you posted, I just wish there was another way to deal with it.
The problem is when you make them actual employees, shoo wee, that’s when the proverbial can of worms gets opened up.
I suppose so, although UK is paying for NIL they also picked him up to play basketball and the NIL was due to his ability to do so. It's almost like splitting hairs there.
Yeah, once again I get it, UK paid for NIL but we did not get what that NIL was built on.
Understood and agree but once they are employees, they’re all employees, not just the high level players like JQ or just the high level sports like basketball and football.
NIL opened up a can of worms no matter how you look at it.
they used to sell injury insurance for players who obviously had future PRO careers but returned to college for another year or played in international or Olympic competitions.
Maybe having the reverse type of insurance to protect a school’s investment is an option- Ky could have paid $500K to insure JQ played a certain amount of minutes or they got their money back & JQ still kept his NIL MONEY?
Maybe having the reverse type of insurance to protect a school’s investment is an option- Ky could have paid $500K to insure JQ played a certain amount of minutes or they got their money back & JQ still kept his NIL MONEY?
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Serious question-why are some fans happy with JQ’s slide and still angry with him? It should now be obvious to everyone that he was injured at UK, and either reinjured his knee or came back too fast. The most obvious fact is he wanted to play. Sure, he may have wanted to prove himself to scouts. But, the fact remains that he pushed himself to get on the floor and didn’t fake injury after 4 games to protect his draft stock.
I think everyone agrees that Sharpe scarred all of us, and we all now view players through that lens.
My question is why people are still throwing shade his way when circumstances have revealed our suspicions to be wrong.
Hope the kid has a full recovery and a long and successful career. He only played a few games. But, he wanted to be on the floor and pushed himself to hard and too fast. His scenario was 180 degrees different than Sharpe’s. His crew used UK, and played Cal like a fiddle.
Serious question-why are some fans happy with JQ’s slide and still angry with him? It should now be obvious to everyone that he was injured at UK, and either reinjured his knee or came back too fast. The most obvious fact is he wanted to play. Sure, he may have wanted to prove himself to scouts. But, the fact remains that he pushed himself to get on the floor and didn’t fake injury after 4 games to protect his draft stock.
I think everyone agrees that Sharpe scarred all of us, and we all now view players through that lens.
My question is why people are still throwing shade his way when circumstances have revealed our suspicions to be wrong.
Hope the kid has a full recovery and a long and successful career. He only played a few games. But, he wanted to be on the floor and pushed himself to hard and too fast. His scenario was 180 degrees different than Sharpe’s. His crew used UK, and played Cal like a fiddle.
Btw, I like how you left out the millionaire part. That matters. They are pros. Pros deserve praise and when they suck, they deserve what comes with it. Did he give the money back? Of course not. You are a simpleton.
Are you okay? You should maybe go outside and touch some grass and stop with the juvenile name calling.
Who is praying? We are talking basketball. Not church. You bible thumpers can’t take a day off? Even God rested 1/7 days.
You might be the worst poster on this board and that’s saying a ton.
Meh, just let it go. Quaintance has left the UK program and is never coming back. The coaching staff is as much at fault for going all-in on Quaintance without first understanding what they were dealing with as are Quaintance and his handlers.