Hines enters portal

Bud Boomer

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College sports in general are increasing viewership in almost every metric
And NIL is keeping the best talent in school longer than before. There’s an argument to be made that college hoops has never been in a better place. Viewership is up. Talent level is up. Quality of play is up.

Seton Hall is falling behind though.
 

NCAAsorBust

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Exactly. If I’m Hines, and can make $12-15 million in four years by “portaling” every year vs staying “loyal” for $6-8 million, I know what I’m doing. That’s FU money IF he is smart.
That F U money if you’re smart with it. Too many people had F U money and then filed for bankruptcy.
 
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HALL85

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This is all on the coach. He had him riding pine all year for a bum like Payne. He’s not leaving bc of the money, he’s leaving bc the way he was used, which was terribly. Coach needs to wake up fast this is ridiculous
He’s absolutely leaving for the money. If he played 30 mpg and put up double double numbers, he’d leave for even more money. And I don’t blame him.
 

HallGuy2323

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SopOmg DAW. Can you imagine that’s our only loyal soldier? And even that dude hit the portal!

Paulie Walnuts Mafia GIF by HBO
 
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JTSHU

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We watched different games. I didn’t see “really out of shape”, or slow on d. I saw a freshman big who was our best player at times, scored easily, shot decent from the ft line, and blocked shots at a high clip.
Sha has said it many times how winded he was and not in shape
 
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JTSHU

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This is all on the coach. He had him riding pine all year for a bum like Payne. He’s not leaving bc of the money, he’s leaving bc the way he was used, which was terribly. Coach needs to wake up fast this is ridiculous
Wrong. Hes leaving for money and maybe a team that can actually make the tournament. Its not on sha. Its on the school and donors
 

CTF591011

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I've said just keep as many gys. For me, this hopefully can get us to keep clark, Parker, and Dar which for me is a decent base to build on. I know Simpkims entered the portal, but I would try to keep him cause he is legit offense that team needs.

Hines possibly can come back. Frustrated, but for me guy sometimes rides on too much on his "potential" from fans. I want him back and think he can be really good, but while I love his offensive ability and rebounding, he was prone to fouling and for me added to front court inconsistencies at times considering he isn't most athletic and mobile.

We need to try to get players like Gill, Sanogo, or Nzei was for us. I would prefer Hines, but sadly it's a money league now. We have to face this disdavtnage but hope we make use of our money wisely. It's why I think bringing back Clark, Parker, Simpkims, and Dar would be good for me and can possibly work out better than expected if we land out transfers and get some decent recruits as well for the future.
 

Fishjam

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6 points 5 rebounds per game I think we will be ok.
yes I would love for him to stay and develop into a monster but it’s just not reality in our world.
Take a deep breath everyone.
So far 917 players have unofficially declared for the Transfer Portal. The website EvanMiya ranks them all based on projections for next year and has Hines as the #7 available player in the Portal. The highest ranked Big East player in the Portal.

Tajuan Simpkins is ranked #97.

Losing 2 of our 3 top players AGAIN.....will Budd be the first good player we've been able to return in the Unlimited Transfer Era? or will he be the final insult to injury and confirm our incompetence as a mid-major operating in the Big East.
 

Konica Guy

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This is no way on Holloway. This is purely about $$$ for a premium position in college hoops. Hines commands $3+ million. SHU either couldn’t or wouldn’t pay that amount. End of story.
Nope you don’t know nothing. Wish you had any brain cells. But you clearly don’t
 

shu67

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Good thing we rested him so much. He’ll be nice and healthy for Pitino or Cooley. When are we going to learn. Run these dudes into the ground. 1 year of service calls for maximum usage.
He could wind up at RU. If he wants to stay in state and play in a much better conference with more exposure.