Indiana Players Now In The Portal

[cthomas 5,930]

I don't like anything about this new landscape of college basketball. It feels a lot like the NBA free agency without the contracts. I guess I'll just have to take the "don't blame the players, blame the game" point of view. The game is already almost unrecognizable to me but I guess now it is what it is. Live with it or find something else to do.

[Hoosierfan2017 19,903]

29 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I think he wanted a big pay raise. TJD, JHS type money and the staff didn’t think he had earned that. Landing spots could be Missouri, Kansas State or Marquette.

Geronimo wants St. John’s, but more like Providence or Seton Hall.

Dude is delusional if he thinks he deserves TJD money for below replacement level production. 

[Hardwood83 4,512]

2 minutes ago, cthomas said:

I don't like anything about this new landscape of college basketball. It feels a lot like the NBA free agency without the contracts. I guess I'll just have to take the "don't blame the players, blame the game" point of view. The game is already almost unrecognizable to me but I guess now it is what it is. Live with it or find something else to do.

Just wait....it'll get worse! :)

NIL, Transfer portal and conference expansion mania will make NCAA sports unrecognizable soon. Well on it's way now, IMO.

I still love IUBB....but not looking forward to the evolution of it. 

[Napleshoosier 9,808]

Is what it is!  Up to him to decide for his screw ups as a freshman.  Yeah, I said that!  Let him do what he wants to do!  Good luck!  If that’s what he gonna do!

[Napleshoosier 9,808]

39 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I think he wanted a big pay raise. TJD, JHS type money and the staff didn’t think he had earned that. Landing spots could be Missouri, Kansas State or Marquette.

Geronimo wants St. John’s, but more like Providence or Seton Hall.

Bates couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn!  Let’s face it!

[Napleshoosier 9,808]

If Jordan wants to go?  Well ok!  It’s up to them!  This is BS!  NO MORE SOFT PLAYERS!

[Hoosierfan2017 19,903]

12 minutes ago, Napleshoosier said:

Bates couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn!  Let’s face it!

Saw some tweets that SS was reporting Bates tried submitting his transfer application but clanged it off the front of the mailbox. Asked the mailman for some NIL money in exchange for picking it up. 

[str8baller 4,779]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

I think he wanted a big pay raise. TJD, JHS type money and the staff didn’t think he had earned that. Landing spots could be Missouri, Kansas State or Marquette.

Geronimo wants St. John’s, but more like Providence or Seton Hall.

Seeing those guys go to one of those programs and turn into solid contributors, or even valuable starters, a la Franklin and Hunter might drive me nuts.  
 

I don’t wish for kids to fail. Quite the opposite, actually. It is just frustrating to have good kids whom you can’t get to perform to the level they’re capable of.  In Bates’ case, he was a Woody recruit so that would be a first for us even though it is happening to everyone. 

[HoosierFan1994 4,631]

I'm now just relaxing in Gatlinburg on vacation. Lot of catching up to do! Stupid question by me...is it a done deal JHS is gone? I remember in 2012 Zeller was around a top 20 NBA draft prospect and he came back. Is there a chance Jalen could come back. With NIL who knows. 

[LamarCheeks 16,856]

Not really breaking any news with Tamar and Jordan -- it's been speculated since the season ended they would leavw (whatever that is).

But the JHS "report" is sorta interesting. 

Not exactly sure who these guys are, though. 

 

 

[NashvilleHoosier 3,636]

1 hour ago, coonhounds said:

Hopefully the staff was able to keep a straight face when he asked for tjd jhs type money. I would not have been able to but glad the kids clearly have courage. I know if I sucked terrible at my job it would be tough to have the courage to ask for top pay lol.

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I’m gonna give Bates a ton of grace. He’s not from Indiana and now has a higher priority and responsibility in his life than both basketball and school. He’s also got the opportunity to provide for his daughter through basketball like he’s never had before. I’d guess the conversation was far less him thinking he should be making TJD money and far more that, if he was going to stay, he had to make more so he could either have his family live closer to help, pay for them to travel more often, etc. He might take less NIL money to go closer to family. I don’t blame him one bit for asking. And I don’t blame the staff one bit for telling him it won’t happen here. 

[Hoosierfan2017 19,903]

3 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Not really breaking any news with Tamar and Jordan -- it's been speculated since the season ended they would leavw (whatever that is).

But the JHS "report" is sorta interesting. 

 

 

In Mike Woodsonn we trust. 

[NVFalcons1990 355]

1 hour ago, RaceToTheTop said:

What's interesting to me is that Nijel Pack left Kansas State to become one of the faces of NIL at Miami, yet K State was still able to bring in so many good transfers.

Shows IU that there is hope for us if we do this transfer portal correctly!

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,110]

9 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Not really breaking any news with Tamar and Jordan -- it's been speculated since the season ended they would leavw (whatever that is).

But the JHS "report" is sorta interesting. 

Not exactly sure who these guys are, though. 

 

 

I'd definitely hitch my horse to a tweeter that only has 48 followers.

[Hoosierfan2017 19,903]

9 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

I’m gonna give Bates a ton of grace. He’s not from Indiana and now has a higher priority and responsibility in his life than both basketball and school. He’s also got the opportunity to provide for his daughter through basketball like he’s never had before. I’d guess the conversation was far less him thinking he should be making TJD money and far more that, if he was going to stay, he had to make more so he could either have his family live closer to help, pay for them to travel more often, etc. He might take less NIL money to go closer to family. I don’t blame him one bit for asking. And I don’t blame the staff one bit for telling him it won’t happen here. 

I don’t ‘blame’ him for asking. Closed mouths don’t get fed and all that. But I’d be lying if I said that a bench player asking for all-American/lottery pick lottery money doesn’t run me the wrong way. 

[Hoosierfan1901 5,797]

15 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Not really breaking any news with Tamar and Jordan -- it's been speculated since the season ended they would leavw (whatever that is).

But the JHS "report" is sorta interesting. 

Not exactly sure who these guys are, though. 

 

 

It’s a IU student account, take it with a grain of salt on the JHS stuff 

[NashvilleHoosier 3,636]

4 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I don’t ‘blame’ him for asking. Closed mouths don’t get fed and all that. But I’d be lying if I said that a bench player asking for all-American/lottery pick lottery money doesn’t run me the wrong way. 

On the surface, sure. Seems crazy. But I laid out a scenario that would be entirely different than him simply just asking for that level of money. A scenario that wouldn’t at all be out of the realm of possibility for Bates’ situation. He’s got a lot more on his plate that a kid his age should have. 

[bird4par 172]

18 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

It’s a IU student account, take it with a grain of salt on the JHS stuff 

You take all twatters with a grain of salt, and the world would be a better place. 

[Chris007 42,284]

1 hour ago, Scotty R said:

Having a child maybe he rather move closer to her and his family 

I believe part of his ask was money for himself and money for his girlfriend to move their child to town but it was a crazy amount.

[94Bulldog 573]

2 hours ago, rcs29 said:

Probably wouldn't mind having a play or two ran for him

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He called his own number plenty of times, was like 3 of 23 when he did.