re: Dawgs Basketball // Season Over // Roster + Portal Discussion

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We can’t go hunt real talent unless it’s completely off the grid

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wiht the state of our program the last 20 years that's understandable. We got Wilkinson, the PG from Vandy, Godfrey from Clemson, Catchings from BYU, etc. so it's not like we have zero ability to get good talent from other program.s

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We can’t keep our “pieces” we ever find from getting poached

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Such is life in the portal era. It happens to almost every school. And again, we're practically at like the football equivalent of an MSU or South Carolina in football so it's expected that our best will go on to bigger programs.

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now we cannot even keep the legacies of some of the retired jerseys we have.

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Sons of David Jacobs, Verron Haynes, and handful of others have sprurned Kirby to go play elsewhere all in the name of getting more money. I can't fault White if the rumors are true that the Wilkins basically demanded he be paid a ton and be guaranteed a starting spot.

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We will probably go bring people in from Emory or something

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Last year we lost Silas Demery, Asa, and Godfrey and brought in Wilkinson, Catchings, Smurf, and Ross and were a better overall team this year than last. I doubt many would have predicted that after our portal/NBA losses.

I don't like this either, but White has proven that he's fairly adequate at bringing in decent guys to fill out the roster.

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Whether or not he has proven himself on the court, we need to keep guys like him

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you must not have much experience with finances in the real world. This isn't a video game...if Wilkins was demanding 2 or 3 times what he's actaully worth based on his actual real life production, it is absolutely not worth keeping him jsut because. WE see it every signle offseason in football. We lose big time, 5 start talent every offseason not because we don't want them, but because they ask WAY too much and some other program like miami or texas will pay it anyway.

I can't believe that you are fine writing a blank check despite even qualifying it yourself: "whether or not he has proven himself on the court".

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bc of his pedigree being associated with his dad

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so on court production be damned, his dad played here so we should pay whatever? I assume if NIL existed the last few decades you'd feel the same way abotu Houston Kessler?

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Georgia is not an attractive program for 4-5 star athletes, so holding onto “celebrity” players is pretty damned important to become relevant and to attract better players

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this isn't even close to true. Most of these kids only care about money and playing time. Period. An 18 year old kid that was born in 2008 doesn't give a shite if the son of a guy that played here in the early 80s wants to go elsewhre.

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Pay the damn man.

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you don't even know what he's asking! If we had your way in fantasyland, we could guarantee jake a starting spot and blow our entire NIL budget and then have absolute scrubs that we plucked from NAIA rounding out the rest of the roster. We'd go winless in SEC play but hey, at least dominique would be happy right?!

On3 insiders reporting he wanted a big raise for next year- terms not specific.

It was stated elsewhere that if his name wasn’t Wilkins he’d be a Sun Belt level player. Not sure I’d go that far but I get the sentiment.

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Kanon Stagg and Smurf not a terrible core. Cain too maybe

I mean, Michigan just spent over $10M on their starting 5 and they won a national championship. All 5 starters and 6th man coming from the portal….they were 8-24 two seasons ago

It’s all bullshite now. One year, some kid will want to come to UGA for basketball via portal and convince 4 others to come with him, just like what happened at Michigan this year…just a matter of when we pony up and when that player comes along…we have a top party school waiting for this scenario

It's never ever a bad thing to have someone with deep ATL recruiting connections on staff. The fact that he's one of our best players ever, and also has 2 upper level offspring about to be college aged, certainly doesn't hurt either.

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It's never ever a bad thing to have someone with deep ATL recruiting connections on staff.

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Meh, that’s gone. Woulda been nice 4 years ago and 20 years prior….now, you can’t give Freshman enough time at most any school to keep them there. It’s all about the portal in basketball and all about getting the goods that actually make more in NIL than in NBA contracts.

Look at what Michigan did. Look at what a legacy (arguably the greatest of all time in UGA basketball) Freshman just did to us. It fricking sucks, but it’s now about getting that 1 or 2 kids early who then get other talent to come along for the single season ride

And honestly, not sure Mike White is now the guy to coach them to a NC if the goods come to us.