RJ Hampton to...
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If someone is good enough to play in the NBA, scouts will see them no matter where they are playing.
Just goes to show that some of these kids are in a hurry to get paid and are giving the finger to the NCAA.
This doesnt hurt the kid at all, he is already on NBA Scouts radar. And he gets paid while playing and working on his game.
College hoops fans are the only losers in this model in that we dont get a season to see what the kid can do here.
We're seeing about 1 per year of these now. And some kids aren't ready to be that far from home. But unless the NCAA makes big changes, my crystal ball says we'll see this number increase over the next 5 years, particularly if one of these kids makes a big splash in the league.
This doesnt hurt the kid at all, he is already on NBA Scouts radar. And he gets paid while playing and working on his game.
College hoops fans are the only losers in this model in that we dont get a season to see what the kid can do here.
We're seeing about 1 per year of these now. And some kids aren't ready to be that far from home. But unless the NCAA makes big changes, my crystal ball says we'll see this number increase over the next 5 years, particularly if one of these kids makes a big splash in the league.
Waiting for nooneputsbabyinacorner's reply. I'm guessing he will say that he's hearing Dotson and Grimes are coming back, so they didn't need him anyway.
So did Jennings. Still from being projected 1 or 2 to the middle of the lottery is a noticeable loss of money. That’s also not mentioning other kids who weren’t like Hampton like Lamelo and Jeremy Tyler.
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His father raved about Kentucky in several interviews. Not one word about Kansas. All the RJ to Kansas smoke came from homer Jayhawk fans. [laughing][laughing]
Very! I know you won't see it that way as your team is one of the 3 it happened with, but it's pretty evident if you live in reality.
He literally said in his announcement it wasn't really ever his plan to go to college. So why cut the 2 biggest schools off your list a couple weeks before announcing? Obviously he had more respect for those 2 teams than to publicly humiliate them by having a commitment announcement to say he wasn't picking any of them and would rather go to New Zealand for a year. That's humiliating!
I often think I wasted 6 years of my life in college when I could have done better joining UPS or some other unskilled workforce. Instead I went to Murray State (prob my first mistake lol) and now am out of my field and a State employee. I could have made double what I make now if I had chosen more wisely.
Makes sense to me. If I had top 10 pick basketball talent, I wouldn't want to be a slave for the corrupt NCAA when I could make $125k and hoop all day. Emmert is such a corrupt POS it disgusts me, one of the most prominent faces of greed in the world today
Half my graduating class went there out of HS and just about all of them will retire VERY comfortably while I won't know if my State retirement will even be there when I am ready.
Moral of the story, get it while it's there.
He said he would have picked Kansas if he went to college. Just pouring salt in the wound for them [roll]
RJ should have just stayed in his original class and came to UK in two years like he was probably going to do. Reclassing and us getting Hagans back screwed up his plans.
Going to be interesting to see how this new Next Stars program works out. The Australian league sees an opening to recruit some top level high school kids and they got a good start. Of course, if/when the NBA goes straight out of high school, it will probably disappear.
In order to be eligible next year for the draft, he needed to reclass and graduate HS.
I almost feel bad for Kansas. Almost....
Good luck to Hampton. But unless he lives up to his hype out there, we won’t hear much about him for a while.
I don’t get it. Some Euro leagues get more exposure than that.
To each his own and I’m glad it isn’t directly affecting UK.
Good luck to Hampton. But unless he lives up to his hype out there, we won’t hear much about him for a while.
I don’t get it. Some Euro leagues get more exposure than that.
To each his own and I’m glad it isn’t directly affecting UK.
So I’ll admit; I’m pretty ignorant when it comes to overseas leagues etc.
Is it really “worth” it for these random international teams to drop $300-$1,000,000 on an 18 year old for 6 months? They do realize they will bolt for the NBA as soon as possible?
Is it really “worth” it for these random international teams to drop $300-$1,000,000 on an 18 year old for 6 months? They do realize they will bolt for the NBA as soon as possible?
@Nooneputsbabyinacorner your fan base is waiting. Bring your boyfriend @Justhawk9 and that douche rctexas. I think she was banned can’t tag her
Little known fact: RJ is also a big LOTR nerd. Helped tip the decision in Breakers’ favor.
OT: the LA Breakers were my team in Double Dribble. Shot a fade-away corner three that was deadly.
OT: the LA Breakers were my team in Double Dribble. Shot a fade-away corner three that was deadly.
Bit modern slavery, much different. I just cannot stand the injustice of the NCAA and understand the decision he made. Seems like he wants to make the most out of his time to develop. Missing out on the outside of basketball college experience, but that is what he wanted to do.
You’re going to see Kansas losing out more often than not on these top players going forward. If the Jayhawks can’t use reps and agents to buy the top players. I’m sure Kansas will be paying in another manner but at least their current scam has been shut down.