re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting

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$50K and then a rival offers me $500K, I’m taking that guaranteed $500K without question

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I mean yeah no shite, that’s not the reality though we’re not the sisters of the poor

Crimson Tide Men’s Basketball Great Keith Askins Inducted Into Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Saturday Night

Askins was selected for the Hall of Fame Class of 2022 by the Board of Directors of the State of Alabama Sports Hall of Fame

Former Alabama men's basketball standout Keith Askins was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame for the Class of 2022. Askins, along with Alabama head softball coach Patrick Murphy, are two of eight inductees for this year's hall of fame.

Askins Alabama Career (1987-90)
*Was a four-year letterwinner with the Crimson Tide
*Helped lead Alabama to three SEC Tournament titles and two Sweet 16 appearances
*Led the team in three-point field goals made (51) and attempted (140) during the 1989-90 season
*Still ranks in Alabama's top-10 all-time for career three-point field goal percentage (7th) and games played (10th)

Askins NBA Career (1990-99)
*Played all nine seasons of his NBA career with Miami, signing with the Heat in 1990 as an undrafted free agent
*Competed as a reserve and defensive specialist
*Won the Heat's leadership award in back-to-back season (1994-95, 1995-96) and served as team captain for four consecutive seasons (1995-99)
*Retired in 1999 with 1,852 points and 1,428 rebounds
*Still ranks on Miami's all-time leaders list in games played (5th), offensive rebounds (13th), three-point field goals made (15th) and attempted (15th), total rebounds (15th), steals (17th), blocked shots (17th), defensive rebounds (19th) and minutes played (19th)
*After his retirement, he signed on to become an assistant coach and scout with the NBA team
*While on staff, the Heat has won three NBA Championships (2006, 2012 and 2013)
*Currently serves as the director of College and Pro Scouting for the Heat

Just in the past couple of years we've had a Yale transfer and a Harvard (baseball) transfer. I like our chances overall.

We obviously aren't offering half a million less than Nevada. That wasn't even implied, much less stated as a fact. But we obviously aren't offering significantly more than Nevada either, which is the actual issue.

Lucas preferred to stay on the West coast and we didn’t offer something that was impressive enough to get him to come. Kind of my worry with the Jones kid from Davidson. He probably prefers one of the academic schools, and I don’t know if we will offer enough to get him off that.

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We obviously aren't offering half a million less than Nevada. That wasn't even implied, much less stated as a fact.

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I guess I misunderstood his point when he said 500k vs 50k and the most recent target of ours went to Nevada. How silly of me

I like how it's doom and gloom about nil and recruiting. Yet we are literally bringing in the best rated class in our basketball programs history.

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It's abundantly clear that he was speaking in general terms about the state of recruiting as it relates to NIL money and not specifically about Lucas signing with Nevada. You're either a moron or being purposefully argumentative. Maybe both

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A few of yall are just pulling NIL numbers out of thin air and acting like they are correct. You have no idea and no reference point.

But you say someone is a moron for arguing with that bullshite? I bet you took the covid shot and all the boosters.

Without Avery coaching Bama, this thread is already ruined.

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You know you've reached the bottom of the barrel when the insults are about vaccines

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It's not a vaccine insult. It's a having the critical thinking skills of an emotional little girl insult, with a vaccine analogy.