Milan to UK?

Im The Village Idiot

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Pope can walk away from the offer. Pull it and tell Milan to go to UL and wish him well. Done.
I’d be fully in support of that earlier in the portal cycle. Can’t afford to do it now. You’re firmly in a bidding war and no longer have the leverage.

If you lose Momcilovic, you probably don’t have a preseason top 25 team and you’re already fighting for your job if you’re Pope. Anyone who wants Pope to succeed should want him to do whatever it takes to finish this one IMO.
 

Cats4321

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I'm certainly glad all these X accounts from people no one has ever heard of know where Milan is going. I bet the coaches don't even know, so it might be nice if some of those insiders would let the staffs at Kentucky, Louisville, and Arizona know. I'm sure they would appreciate the update...has to be stressful.
 
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Bungalow Bill

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Nobody on this board has sources.
Yeah that's why I appreciate this thread. It's taught me once and for all to never believe any predictions on recruits at this site. I've allowed myself to get excited many times the last couple of months based on rain man or any other posters who said they knew something only to crash. Nobody's fault but mine. It's over for me even if we get Mom. It won't be because someone here said we were going to.
 
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Just passing some time, but why does it feel like UK has been out of this recruiting race since yesterday’s 2pm “Zoom Call”?

Feeling more like an UofL versus AZ battle more than it does a UofL vs. UK one…

When it gets this quiet from the UK inside sources , it’s usually the calm before the Whiff Storm, unfortunately.
Where are you seeing that UL and AZ are doing anything more than Kentucky?
 
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SenseMaker_Cats

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Since there hasn't been one signed by any player anywhere, I'm guessing there is a legal reason it hasn't been done. Probably tied into the transfer portal rules.
NIL deals aren’t tied to playing. Why would they be limited to one year? Rare but I think they do exist.
 

20MRoster

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Look at the timeline between Tounde's draft withdrawal and commitment to SJU.
Contrast that with MM 's.
At best he's in Aberdeen's situation where he really wants to go back to ISU but they can't afford him
Either way this proves he's less than enthusiastic about playing at UK and is looking at all his options twice.
This is kind of a hard pill for fans to swallow coming from a fringe 4 star HS recruit who played three years at ISU and is a second round NB A prospect.
Speaking of Denzel -- I wonder if he talked to Denzel to get an idea of the difference between a championship program and whatever UK is (I mean, MM saw firsthand what a Pope-led UK is during that R32 massacre). Made him have second thoughts perhaps.
 

Mike-D

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These fake insiders had it a lot easier when Cal was landing most kids at will.

We may get Milan, but we have already seen this song and dance numerous times.
 

DudahUK

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The OP is a perfect example of why I check post counts. He posts a stupid and incendiary statement. Then lazy journalists like Yahoo sports come here and gather content. This content is way more likely to be seen by recruits, agents, and family members. This place is absolutely being used as a tool to hurt recruiting. The OP is a phony, we know that. But Yahoo won't check his post count. It'll be written as if it came from an actual fan.

Nobody cares what gets written on a fan message board bro. I promise you. I doubt kids even know what a message board is.
 

Nightwish

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NIL has caused all of this BS and is turning fans away from the game.
Ratings have increased. Fans are not turning away.

I'm begging posters to stop saying people aren't watching when ratings say the exact opposite. You guys have claimed this for every sport.
 

CB3UK

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That poor pooch

 

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Mind you Aj Dybantsa only got 6 mil and ppl outraged

If we land milan we will have paid him around 2-3 mil more than that

Outrageous
No way would booster allow their money to be used on a 8-9 million dollar player. That sort of money isn’t willing to go so deep on Momi a second round nba pick. He doesn’t change our team enough to be in the thick of it.
 

Seth_C

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Is it bad to loathe what college sports has become because I sure do.
It’s not bad. You don’t like ****** pro sport. Neither do I. College basketball is pure trash semi-pro sport now. If I wasn’t raised on Kentucky basketball by my grandfather I would never, ever watch. At this point it is habit and nothing else. I wish NIL would hurry and just kill it completely.

I’d rather watch worse athletes on a level playing field. If I wanted to watch the G league I would just do that.
 

Im The Village Idiot

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Do you think the players care? If you are Moreno …you were loyal and came back…and then Pope pays a guy 3x the NIL you are getting. Is MM 3x better than Moreno? MM is being treated like a “generational talent”. Thoughts?
Can’t control that atm. Pope has to land Milan. Period. And figure the rest out next.
 

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Do you think the players care? If you are Moreno …you were loyal and came back…and then Pope pays a guy 3x the NIL you are getting. Is MM 3x better than Moreno? MM is being treated like a “generational talent”. Thoughts?
Milan is one of the best 3 shooters in college history. You have to move Heaven and earth to get him. This team only really makes sense if you have a guy like him and we currently don't unless Kam makes a giant leap.

If Moreno has a problem with that, then he doesn't understand what it takes to win or he overestimates his own value.
 

MegaBlue05

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Some of y’all are doing the thing where you work yourselves into an angry lather over what is currently…baseless Twitter speculation.

Why?

Just wait until something official is announced and either celebrate or crash out. It’s likely not your money anyway, and I personally don’t care how someone else spends their money. Pope has to land this guy if he wants a fourth year. Let’s just see how it shakes out.

Getting worked up over rumor and innuendo seems like a waste of time unless you’re one of those people who enjoys being mad at the world all the time. (Some people do.)
 

Ash Williams

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The OP is a perfect example of why I check post counts. He posts a stupid and incendiary statement. Then lazy journalists like Yahoo sports come here and gather content. This content is way more likely to be seen by recruits, agents, and family members. This place is absolutely being used as a tool to hurt recruiting. The OP is a phony, we know that. But Yahoo won't check his post count. It'll be written as if it came from an actual fan.

What an absolute LOAD of horses.hit. Everybody on here is nothing but THRILLED at the prospect of getting Mom. If Pope can't close that deal with $10M then he's an absolute toad.