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James Evans back!

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Masked_rebel said:
False promises to an academically ineligible player?


It's a good base. Not sure any is a starter but at a minimum you have 3 guys that have been together and 2 young talented recruits. Now we just need to go build a starting 5 in the portal
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Rarely do we see an academic ineligible player in college sports these days. I wonder why? And this is UNLV...not UCLA. All I can say on that matter.
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Dedan Thomas Jr to LSU

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Rosegreen1 said:
Again, LSU has been bad for 3 years since Wade left, only have an NIT appearance to show for it.

DTJ didn’t lead unlv or his teammates anywhere, it simply wasn’t a big deal to him. Did he make his teammates better, is UNLV better off? If there was loyalty, those questions would be answered.

I’m not going to sugarcoat it, he was overrated and overpaid here. He’s local, dad played at unlv, I get some people are protective and want to use kid gloves on him but there’s a reason why the team looked better with a non-PG like Henley running the show, it was simply because Henley was a leader.
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LSU is a football school, why would they be good at basketball every year? You and I know that basketball isn't their focus at all. Wade did what he did because of his ability to recruit, whether that be legal or illegal. (It's all legal now obviously).

If we are being 100% honest, let's say this too...his dad was overrated as hell too and only got a boost because of his son being a top recruit. "Dedan Sr was so good and now his top recruit son Dedan Jr is going to continue his legacy." Let's keep it solid across the board.

As for your point about Dedan being overpaid and overrated, I 100% agree, but let's not act like Dedan wasnt playing with scrubs and a coach who had the brain of a pre schooler. That contributes to his lackluster play too. It's well known in recruiting circles that his dad pushed for UNLV. Mom wanted him at Houston. Not sure Dedan even wanted to be here in the first place.

Perhaps if KK recruited better and was more personable and had a clearer vision, we wouldn't have had to overpay for Dedan's services and could have spread that money out amongst better transfers and players. Ex: Pharaoh and his team laughed at KK's pitch. Pharaoh is also close to Dickel. Guess who shut Dickel out and wouldn't even look at him? KK. Lots of factors to consider here. Just tired of the old heads on here continuing to harp the "there's no loyalty" bs when we already know that. This isn't directed at you, but if the no loyalty bothers people so much, stop watching college basketball.
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Dedan Thomas Jr to LSU

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Hoopsnstuff said:
Why do people still talk about loyalty and Dedan not wanting to make the tournament. Those days are long gone but it seems like it’s being harped on day after day. Teams change annually and a bad team last year can be a good team next year and vice versa. The kid wasnt great here because of the way KK wanted to use him and it doesnt help when you are playing with scrubs. Dedan will look better with LSU. Look at all of the kids they were able to grab in the portal to go along with him. It just seems as if theres a lot of misdirected "anger" or whatever people are feeling.
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Again, LSU has been bad for 3 years since Wade left, only have an NIT appearance to show for it.

DTJ didn’t lead unlv or his teammates anywhere, it simply wasn’t a big deal to him. Did he make his teammates better, is UNLV better off? If there was loyalty, those questions would be answered.

I’m not going to sugarcoat it, he was overrated and overpaid here. He’s local, dad played at unlv, I get some people are protective and want to use kid gloves on him but there’s a reason why the team looked better with a non-PG like Henley running the show, it was simply because Henley was a leader.
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Heres an idea to increase attendance.

WarthogRebel
unlove said:
Slip the host a benji and he takes you down to the front row. That would be old school Vegas.
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I remember taking my wife to see Siegfried and Roy at the frontier around 1987. Slipped the Host a $ 25 chip and we sat right in front. Close enough to smell the tigers. Roy motioned her up to the edge of the stage and gave he a peck on the cheek. Best $ 25 spent ever.
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James Evans back!

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Hoopsnstuff said:
This is a good one. I won't say too much but there were a lot of false promises last year. He's locked in now.
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False promises to an academically ineligible player?

WarthogRebel said:
So we have Evans, Pape, Abittan, Bannarbie and Jones? If so, that's 5 - at least we can show up.
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It's a good base. Not sure any is a starter but at a minimum you have 3 guys that have been together and 2 young talented recruits. Now we just need to go build a starting 5 in the portal
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WarthogRebel said:
"There’s going to be some kind of cap for NIL in the near future."

How will this be? What court will make the ruling?

NIL is a direct response to the O’Bannon v. NCAA case in 2019. It resulted in a federal court ruling that the NCAA’s amateurism rules violated antitrust laws and allowed college athletes to be paid for their image. States quickly came into line to make sure their athletes would get paid and they wouldn't be left out. To cap a college athlete would be the same as telling Pat Mahomes he could only make a given amount of money for his commercials. Can't and won't be done.
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No idea. I have read it will be capped or large changes coming soon. Not a lawyer.
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