Aaron Torres Take On Stokes To Kentucky

Farsight Clone · 2026-04-14T07:13:47-0500

I actually like Torres. He is very respectful of UK and our tradition and fans. He is typically neutral and has some decent takes. I think here he makes some good points that if Stokes really wanted Kansas he would have committed even with Self coming back. So why would he come visit UK late? He thinks it's a good sign and I think I agree.

Give the guy a like, he does a good job. Full Video:

LineSkiCat14 · 2026-04-14T07:24:41-0500

Seems like a good sign. Unless Stokes is just using these final weeks to get the absolute highest bid from someone.. which is think is very possible.

AllBall · 2026-04-14T07:24:53-0500

Always liked Torres. He started out with Jones and company at KSR. He covers UK a lot even though he's a Uconn grad.

Hush4872 · 2026-04-14T07:26:06-0500

AllBall said:
Always liked Torres. He started out with Jones and company at KSR. He covers UK a lot even though he's a Uconn grad.

I also like him, but a lot of the sports YouTubers cover UK a lot because they know we'll watch it lol

Farsight Clone · 2026-04-14T07:28:36-0500

AllBall said:
Always liked Torres. He started out with Jones and company at KSR. He covers UK a lot even though he's a Uconn grad.

I didn't know he worked with Jones/KSR? When was this? I thought he came from Fox Sports and veered off to do his own thing.

Farsight Clone · 2026-04-14T07:31:33-0500

Hush4872 said:
I also like him, but a lot of the sports YouTubers cover UK a lot because they know we'll watch it lol

True, but I prefer him over a lot of the others!

NociHTTP · 2026-04-14T07:38:14-0500

I think Stokes just likes the adoration and people hinging on his every move.

RunninRichie · 2026-04-14T07:38:40-0500

Stokes is a must get. Pope's John Wall.

Blues10 · 2026-04-14T07:39:31-0500

Money will have the final say!

Snarks · 2026-04-14T07:40:21-0500

AllBall said:
Always liked Torres. He started out with Jones and company at KSR. He covers UK a lot even though he's a Uconn grad.

Actually he didn’t. He wrote a book about the 2010 called “one and fun.” He’s never been under the KSR brand, just friends with MJ.

Anon1774630942 · 2026-04-14T07:40:23-0500

He tends to go where the volume of watchers are. Rides Cal - his general interest in UK started with Cal. Find him to be a blowhard that regurgitates news elsewhere with a loud spin on it.

Farsight Clone · 2026-04-14T07:42:07-0500

RunninRichie said:
Stokes is a must get. Pope's John Wall.

I agree and Pitino's Mashburn. I really want to see Pope with actual good players. I want to see if he can actually coach them and succeed with them. If he can't do that, they we were right the entire time. But this is Pope's last chance to prove he can.

Beatle Bum · 2026-04-14T07:45:15-0500

Stokes got the news Self was not going to retire (when you struggle with the idea, YOU SHOULD retire) but then watched Kansas lose most of its players to the portal. Probably spooked him. Hopefully he is seeing the structure and plan Pope has for him this weekend. And, hopefully Mo can show how he will have a mentor who has played at the highest levels in the NBA with an NBA legend who was also the #1 HS player.

Farsight Clone · 2026-04-14T07:47:55-0500

Beatle Bum said:
Stokes got the news Self was not going to retire (when you struggle with the idea, YOU SHOULD retire) but then watched Kansas lose most of its players to the portal. Probably spooked him. Hopefully he is seeing the structure and plan Pope has for him this weekend. And, hopefully Mo can show how he will have a mentor who has played at the highest levels in the NBA with an NBA legend who was also the #1 HS player.

Mo Williams hire might be the most important hire for Pope. Him being a PG, played with LeFlop and won a title with him would/should help us get better talent. Time will tell.

It's like I want to be excited for Pope's third year if we get good players, but the back of my mind tells me to temper expectations, even as a Pope Denier.

TigerMoving · 2026-04-14T07:52:02-0500

NociHTTP said:
I think Stokes just likes the adoration and people hinging on his every move.

Then UK is the right school for him

TheApostleSaulSmith · 2026-04-14T07:56:56-0500

Farsight Clone said:
Mo Williams hire might be the most important hire for Pope. Him being a PG, played with LeFlop and won a title with him would/should help us get better talent. Time will tell.

It's like I want to be excited for Pope's third year if we get good players, but the back of my mind tells me to temper expectations, even as a Pope Denier.

Here's how we finally decide the Stokes recruitment:

Mo Williams vs. Jacque Vaughn 1-on-1. First to 21 wins.

Dr.LutherSan · 2026-04-14T07:57:51-0500

People keep bringing up Wall and Mashburn, but I see him more as a Patrick Patterson. His commitment was more of a sell that the head coach could succeed than in Wall and Mashburn's case.

TheApostleSaulSmith · 2026-04-14T07:59:05-0500

NociHTTP said:
I think Stokes just likes the adoration and people hinging on his every move.

maybe but you could also say that about Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds, Muhammad Ali, etc...

Farsight Clone · 2026-04-14T08:12:19-0500

TheApostleSaulSmith said:
maybe but you could also say that about Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds, Muhammad Ali, etc...

True. But MJ never talked about it. He never said he was the goat. He didn't have to say it. LeFlop on the other hand...

Pensacola_Cat_Fan · 2026-04-14T08:17:23-0500

Snarks said:
Actually he didn’t. He wrote a book about the 2010 called “one and fun.” He’s never been under the KSR brand, just friends with MJ.

Not true. He didn’t start with KSR but did work for them for a brief time in 2017.

Cat_Man_Blue · 2026-04-14T08:23:08-0500

Torres is one of my favorite sports podcasters.

Beatle Bum · 2026-04-14T08:37:09-0500

Cat_Man_Blue said:
Torres is one of my favorite sports podcasters.

I think he does a good job but uses 100 words when 20 would suffice. Getting to his point is often a labor but that is true for most YouTubers. They have a couple of things to say but have to make sure it lasts 12-14 minutes. LOL

BarefootBeach · 2026-04-14T09:34:29-0500

Stokes just doesn't want to play for Self

BlueSince92 · 2026-04-14T09:35:21-0500

I like Torres well enough. He’s a nice guy and a hard worker but not a mental heavyweight.

Stokes is all in on Kansas but doesn’t like their money offer. We are clearly the tool to use to raise that money offer. Not rocket science.

Doesn’t mean there’s not a small chance we could flip him. But the fact he hasn’t committed to KU yet doesn’t mean he likes us. It means he likes money.

JwUKFan11 · 2026-04-14T09:47:43-0500

I also like Torres but he knows nothing. I think the little information I see on discords and reading some tea leaves is more than he knows.

TheApostleSaulSmith · 2026-04-14T09:48:20-0500

BlueSince92 said:
I like Torres well enough. He’s a nice guy and a hard worker but not a mental heavyweight.

Stokes is all in on Kansas but doesn’t like their money offer. We are clearly the tool to use to raise that money offer. Not rocket science.

Doesn’t mean there’s not a small chance we could flip him. But the fact he hasn’t committed to KU yet doesn’t mean he likes us. It means he likes money.

I think there's more to it than that. Maybe you're right but he's not acting like a guy who is still "all in on Kansas"

TheApostleSaulSmith · 2026-04-14T09:49:24-0500

JwUKFan11 said:
I also like Torres but he knows nothing. I think the little information I see on discords and reading some tea leaves is more than he knows.

The key is to always leave yourself an out so you never face any accountability for being wrong.

BlueSince92 · 2026-04-14T10:02:24-0500

TheApostleSaulSmith said:
I think there's more to it than that. Maybe you're right but he's not acting like a guy who is still "all in on Kansas"

He sure is

keepingit real · 2026-04-14T10:03:58-0500

LineSkiCat14 said:
Seems like a good sign. Unless Stokes is just using these final weeks to get the absolute highest bid from someone.. which is think is very possible.

I think at this point there’s no more “upping the bid”. I’d say the best deals are out there and have been.

Buckwheat Otay Is Dead · 2026-04-14T10:09:46-0500

RunninRichie said:
Stokes is a must get. Pope's John Wall.

Their has been only two must gets in all of basketball , Lee Alcindor to UCLA and Larry Bird to Indiana.Bird hates Kknight and goes too. state.

RunninRichie · 2026-04-14T10:11:21-0500

Buckwheat Otay Is Dead said:
Their has been only two must gets in all of basketball , Lee Alcindor to UCLA and Larry Bird to Indiana.Bird hates Kknight and goes too. state.

Bird hated how big the IU campus was. Never mentioned Knight. You're missing a couple must gets on your list as well.

TyCatPrice14 · 2026-04-14T10:20:15-0500

RunninRichie said:
Bird hated how big the IU campus was. Never mentioned Knight. You're missing a couple must gets on your list as well.

You are both wrong, it was the the funds.

NociHTTP · 2026-04-14T10:20:37-0500

TigerMoving said:
Then UK is the right school for him

Unfortunately prima donnas don't see it that way.

RunninRichie · 2026-04-14T10:21:08-0500

TyCatPrice14 said:
You are both wrong, it was the the funds.

He literally said "I was out of my Cocoon, I was on a campus with 30,000 students. I was out of funds".

NociHTTP · 2026-04-14T10:21:18-0500

Beatle Bum said:
I think he does a good job but uses 100 words when 20 would suffice. Getting to his point is often a labor but that is true for most YouTubers. They have a couple of things to say but have to make sure it lasts 12-14 minutes. LOL

He does it to pad his videos.

Eagles_Ball_69 · 2026-04-14T10:22:10-0500

LineSkiCat14 said:
Seems like a good sign. Unless Stokes is just using these final weeks to get the absolute highest bid from someone.. which is think is very possible.

I think you're probably on to something here. Doesn't mean that someone WON'T be UK. But yeah, I think these visits are all about trying to get KU to pay up.

Gobigblue812812 · 2026-04-14T13:07:33-0500

TyCatPrice14 said:
You are both wrong, it was the the funds.

Junior College???

tls · 2026-04-14T13:16:55-0500

One edge Self has on Pope in this recruitment

He can tell Stokes to come to KU and help the Chokehawks get to the Sweet 16 for the first time in 5 years

o_turkeywildturkey · 2026-04-14T13:24:18-0500

LineSkiCat14 said:
Seems like a good sign. Unless Stokes is just using these final weeks to get the absolute highest bid from someone.. which is think is very possible.

I agree

KevinM · 2026-04-14T13:24:50-0500

Farsight Clone said:
I agree and Pitino's Mashburn. I really want to see Pope with actual good players. I want to see if he can actually coach them and succeed with them. If he can't do that, they we were right the entire time. But this is Pope's last chance to prove he can.

Way different than Mashburn. Stokes coming in as the savior.
Mash had multiple years to build his brand.

This is more like a one hit wonder; Zion Williamson.

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