re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting

Meh, they can get it too.

From RollTide.com

Herbert Jones Signs Second-Largest Contract by a Second Round NBA Draft Pick

The former Crimson Tide standout inks three-year deal with the New Orleans Pelicans

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Former Alabama standout Herbert Jones has signed the second-largest contract ever by a player who was drafted in the second round of the NBA Draft, the New Orleans Pelicans organization.

The three-year deal, 5.4 million dollar deal was signed on Monday morning.

Jones has shined in NBA Summer League play, showing his versatility across the Pelicans' four games. The Greensboro, Ala., native is averaging 7.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.3 blocks in 21.7 minutes per contest. His plus/minus total of +12 across four games is tied for 14th best among all players competing in the Vegas Summer League.

Head Coach Nate Oats Comments
"What a tremendous achievement for Herb. He has worked so hard to make his dream come true and now to see it come to fruition is incredible. New Orleans knew what they were getting when they drafted Herb, but I think he has shown how much value he can bring to their organization. He does everything the right way – high character, great teammate, incredible work ethic, high IQ, and so on. I could not be happier for him and his family."

"frick, when did I get old?"

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He must've ended his dreamland bbq addiction

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He'll eventually to avoid going to Dreamland, and just buy their sauce in a store. Though he is from up north, so maybe he thinks ribs are supposed to be chewy.

Hell yeah! Herb signed the 2nd largest contact ever for a 2nd round pick. That dude fricking earned it! I actually had my buddy in New Orleans send me a text with this article.

Pelican fans are loving Bama right now.

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I object to playing this series. We have purposefully avoided South and UAB for years, so as not to legitimize their programs any more than they already are.

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I disagree. "Purposely avoiding" schools is no way to be a winner. You don't pretend you are better, you be better. I have had season tickets for 40 plus years and would much rather pay to see us play in state schools preseason than Mercer or Western Kentucky, both of whom beat us in recent years. UAB under Andy Kennedy is getting good as is South AL. LSU plays bunches of in state schools, Tenn plays Memphis, Ky Louisville, Fla/ Fla State/ SC/ Clemson, and so on. We beat Jax State last year, Samford the year before. Same in football. I would much rather play those schools than New Mexico State. People buy tickets to see good games - last year's all SEC football was the best schedule ever. I really think the old idea of "keeping them down" is stale. Besides, we need revenge on both UAB and South AL for when they beat us before (UAB in NIT and South AL in NCAA in Atlanta). Those losses did not kill our program.

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USA got paired with Bama in the NCAA tourney one year and proceeded to hand us our arse.

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That is not accurate at all. We were up by 16 at the half and then the officials decided to start evening things up by calling every ticky tack foul in the second half. They ended up winning by 2 after shooting 35 FT's to our 10. We had 24 fouls to their 10. Ansley was unstoppable in the first half and fouled out in the second. Horry, Benoit and Askins all finished with 4 fouls.

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Yeah I’d much rather watch us play South Alabama than someone like Oakland

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While I don't disagree, Oakland has a good shot of winning the Horizon this year. They're a solid program.

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That is not accurate at all. We were up by 16 at the half and then the officials decided to start evening things up by calling every ticky tack foul in the second half. They ended up winning by 2 after shooting 35 FT's to our 10.

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You are correct. I was at that game in Atlanta. We were killing them 1st half. Fouls on Ansley were ridiculous and really hurt us because they had no answer for him. And they weren't handing our arse to us. "Peanut Butter and Jelly " (I think those were their guards nicknames) were just jacking 3's from 25 feet that went in. 2nd half was one of those nightmares like Providence game in the Sweet 16. Sometimes teams just get hot - like us against LSU there last year.