Texansfan713 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 12 hours ago, NYRaider said: Gonzaga landed #1, #7, #42, and #48. they better win the title next season lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Texansfan713 said: they better win the title next season lol Duke landed #2, #9, #19, and #101 as well as brought in a good grad transfer. We're also bringing back a few really good pieces from last years team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 2022 5* PG Scoota Henderson is skipping his senior season and signing with the G-League Ignite. Youngest professional basketball player in American history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Like half of the top 10 recruits in 2022 are leaning towards the G-League route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Twin brothers Matt Bewley (#2 overall) and Ryan Bewley (#17 overall) who are 2023 recruits both just signed to play in Overtime's professional HS basketball league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Sadly it looks like Emoni Bates will be going to the G-League @Sllim Pickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 2022 5* SF Dariq Whitehead (#6 overall) is announcing his college decision on August 1st. Duke is leading 75% to 25% in the crystal ball projections and just got two picks for Duke from guys that are pretty tapped into Duke recruiting earlier this morning. Would be a huge get as Scheyer's first commitment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMossIsBoss Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Cockburn back in school. Either Illinois or UK if I had to guess. Kansas is gonna have a ridiculously deep team. Everyone withdrew from draft, tom of transfers. Probably 10 quality P5 starters on that roster. If 1 or 2 guys emerge as dangerous playmakers and Self figures out the right rotation, they will cruise to a 1 seed even in Big 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sllim Pickens Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 On 5/21/2021 at 1:47 PM, NYRaider said: Like half of the top 10 recruits in 2022 are leaning towards the G-League route. I wonder if this changes now with the NIL in place. Seems like exposure wise and money wise they could all get more money in college unless the G League figures out a way to attract an audience. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 On 7/7/2021 at 5:39 AM, Sllim Pickens said: I wonder if this changes now with the NIL in place. Seems like exposure wise and money wise they could all get more money in college unless the G League figures out a way to attract an audience. Agreed. Will be interesting to monitor how Jaden Hardy and Scoota Henderson do in the G-League this year. Last years group had such weird circumstances because they only had 15 games in a bubble setting. The team this year will have to travel across the country to great cities such as Des Moines and Erie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 @Sllim Pickens when did Eboni Bates decommit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 On 7/7/2021 at 8:39 AM, Sllim Pickens said: I wonder if this changes now with the NIL in place. Seems like exposure wise and money wise they could all get more money in college unless the G League figures out a way to attract an audience. I would think so, the G league is less popular on TV than minor league baseball. Zion Williamson was a household name before he even finished at Duke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, THE DUKE said: I would think so, the G league is less popular on TV than minor league baseball. Zion Williamson was a household name before he even finished at Duke. That's true but Overtime's new HS basketball league also changes things. They've already signed a few high profile recruits and just signed Nathan Missia-Dio who is considered one of the top young prospects in Europe who was already playing professional basketball. Any player aged 16-18 is eligible to sign with the league, make a $100k salary while also receiving health care, full coverage insurance, get private schooling to finish their HS education, and receive equity in the company/league. If for whatever reason any player that signs with the league doesn't become a pro, the league is also going to give them a full ride scholarship to pay for their college education. The catch is that any player that does sign with the league also immediately forfeits their college eligibility. But this isn't like Lavar's make shift JBA league, they have serious backing. They received investments from a number of high profile businessmen, NBA executives, entertainers, current NBA players. Including guys like the late David Stern, Drake, Jeff Bezos, and Kevin Durant. They've also received investment from large private hedge funds. I think the league has already been valued at $250M before even playing a game. Obviously the team won't be playing on ESPN or any other major platform. But Overtime has over 50 million followers on social media and averages 1.8 billion views across those platforms each month. The reality show that they did on Jalen Green during his year at Prolific Prep averaged around 1M views per episode on YouTube. So I think for a really high profile recruit such as an Emoni Bates or Zion Williamson signing with the Overtime league followed by going the G-League route (if the one-n-done rule is still in effect) makes a ton of sense. If either one of those guys signed with the league as a sophomore they would've guaranteed themselves $300k in their last 3 years of HS basketball. And they would've also became eligible to sign major endorsement deals at 16 years old. While they may not get a ton of endorsements from smaller companies as the league is unlikely to have a ton of viewership. I could 1 million percent see companies like Nike, Adidas, etc offering a kid like Emoni or Zion a major shoe deal even at 16-17 years old just to get ahead of the curve. It'd also be pretty ground breaking for Nike to release a signature shoe for someone like Emoni Bates while he's still in HS. And for any player that does go this route they can then go play in the G-League and make another $500k. Edited July 19, 2021 by NYRaider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texansfan713 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 1 hour ago, NYRaider said: @Sllim Pickens when did Eboni Bates decommit? april 30th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 @THE DUKE I also think the G-League route prepares guys better for the league then the traditional college route. Obviously it wasn't great for Green's brand to the general public because very few people got to see him play. But he was also working with NBA coaches, trainers, executives, and playing against/practicing with NBA veterans everyday. I'm not sure if Brian Shaw is going to remain the head coach of the G-League team but I think the time Jalen spent with him will prove to be extremely valuable as he transitions to the NBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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