No Green Room/Draft invite for JQ

SenseMaker_Cats

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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?
Wouldn’t that be slippery sloping it towards a prop bet instead of “insurance”?
 

wholelott

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I bet it would have helped to play more than 4 games.
I don't know why people think that this guy is so awesome. He is athletic but that is all. I saw him before he hurt his knee and wasn't that good then. Athletic but doesn't know how to play basketball. He has no post moves, can't shoot outside, and a grade school kid can shoot freethrows better than him. I just don't see it in him.
 

CRZ4UK

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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.
Yea, SCOTUS really screwed up college sports. Looks like they are gonna strike down ending birthright citizenship, Requiring an ID to vote and Allowing Trans men to compete with women. At some point common sense should be legal, but I guess not.
 
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It’s framed as NIL, but everyone knows it’s pay for play. Show me all the ads and things he did for that money. I bet they were few and far between and way above market value.
Yes. The people paying are expecting play.

But it can’t be contractually required.

The ones gambling are the ones writing the checks.

And they did not get their money’s worth.
 
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DudahUK

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I don't know why people think that this guy is so awesome. He is athletic but that is all. I saw him before he hurt his knee and wasn't that good then. Athletic but doesn't know how to play basketball. He has no post moves, can't shoot outside, and a grade school kid can shoot freethrows better than him. I just don't see it in him.
His offense is garbage but he’s a freak athlete and long. He was my favorite player in his class before he ever committed. I didn’t know he had a nut for a father.
 

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Listen you can be fed peas and broccoli and told it's Steak, but that doesn't make it true.
I'm sure JQ would 100% tell the truth if he did shut it down and you should 100% believe him

No doubt in my mind he would get on there and be like oh it wasn't going good so I tried to save what little clout I had in this draft process before im fully exposed if that's what happened 😂.

What do you expect him to say ?
 

UKGrad24

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Haven’t thought the first thing about the guy. If I could care less I’d be dead. If you’re below 30 you should spend your time giving tips at the sushi bar, less on a meaningless player who gained the system and sucked. Pope took that dude out of desperation to land an NBA guy, which he’s never landed. Nothing more nothing less. Meanginless.
 

jtd6567

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Listen you can be fed peas and broccoli and told it's Steak, but that doesn't make it true.
I'm sure JQ would 100% tell the truth if he did shut it down and you should 100% believe him

No doubt in my mind he would get on there and be like oh it wasn't going good so I tried to save what little clout I had in this draft process before im fully exposed if that's what happened 😂.

What do you expect him to say ?
I’ve not heard or read a single statement from the kid. I’m just reading what NBA scouts are saying. They’re still concerned that his knee isn’t completely healed. We’re 4 months from season being over. Do you think scouts are covering for him?
 
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Listen you can be fed peas and broccoli and told it's Steak, but that doesn't make it true.
I'm sure JQ would 100% tell the truth if he did shut it down and you should 100% believe him

No doubt in my mind he would get on there and be like oh it wasn't going good so I tried to save what little clout I had in this draft process before im fully exposed if that's what happened 😂.

What do you expect him to say ?
He did not look good in the other 3 games after looking so good against St Johns which makes me believe he definitely had a physical setback with the knee.

He had 10 pts on 5-7 shooting with 8 rebounds and 2 blocks and seemed to be everywhere defensively against St Johns in 17 minutes played. He had 10 pts on 3-7 shooting 12 rebounds 1 block in 50 minutes the other 3 games.

I did not see his NBA workouts but he if he looked 100% I’m not sure why he is slipping so far in the projections. What I read from those that did see him was that he was avoiding landing on that leg.
 

The Nightman2

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He did not look good in the other 3 games after looking so good against St Johns which makes me believe he definitely had a physical setback with the knee.

He had 10 pts on 5-7 shooting with 8 rebounds and 2 blocks and seemed to be everywhere defensively against St Johns in 17 minutes played. He had 10 pts on 3-7 shooting 12 rebounds 1 block in 50 minutes the other 3 games.

I did not see his NBA workouts but he if he looked 100% I’m not sure why he is slipping so far in the projections. What I read from those that did see him was that he was avoiding landing on that leg.
He had to sit out the athletic testing at the combine also. I think everyone forgets it wasn't just a torn acl. Torn meniscus and fractured his knee cap. Its why his stock is falling. A team that can afford to stash him away and let him rehab will pick him
 

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mhs1964

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Big business? He STOLE money from UK, you dolt.

And who is supposed to be working at 6 o’clock in the morning?
Hospital workers, police, fire fighters, diner workers, pilots, bus drivers, third shift workers, radio and tv workers. I could probably come up with more if I thought about it
 

Drcatfan

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Someone may draft him on potential, but he is very raw. His skill level will have to improve drastically to ever step foot in an NBA game.
 

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Can’t do that with NIL.

it’s not pay for play.

He fulfilled all of endorsement contracts.
What endorsements? Not saying there weren’t any, but I never saw a single one … it is exactly pay to play. At least Trent Noah has done some commercials.
 

UKGrad24

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I see every reason to believe JQ was actually hurt as well.
If you’re honest you’d admit you wouldn’t even consider he could have played. Objectively, it’s possible he couldn’t or didn’t need to. But there’s a substantial chance that he could have played and decided to sit because he was told to. You can’t just gloss over the fact that his father blasted Pope for misusing his son on social media and immediately thereafter he sat. To not not weigh that evidence as a significant fact in that particular discussion shows some near extreme confirmation bias.
 
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If you’re honest you’d admit you wouldn’t even consider he could have played. Objectively, it’s possible he couldn’t or didn’t need to. But there’s a substantial chance that he could have played and decided to sit because he was told to. You can’t just gloss over the fact that his father blasted Pope for misusing his son on social media and immediately thereafter he sat. To not not weigh that evidence as a significant fact in that particular discussion shows some near extreme confirmation bias.
His dad running his mouth really has no bearing on the fact that he very obviously had a physical setback. He was obviously not the same player after the St Johns game. The fact that he has slid down the draft board is a very strong indication that he is still limited by that injury even now.