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Fed Ex's $25 million donation to Memphis' NIL could be a game changer. It signals it can be done. From what I understand, the U, and/or our NIL collective is actively trying to work something to bring corporate NIL sponsorship to the Gophers. Will it work? I don't know. I do know that no one...

It's the only chance we have. I don't think the average fan cares about Gopher basketball. Those that do understand our problem is not coaching. John Wooden would be lucky to get to the NIT without serious NIL money. This is as good as it's ever gonna get, unless we find a way to make our...

You make it seem as if CBJ has a stockpile of money that's sitting unused in his account. We just don't have the money. If we did, Hawkins, & Payne would still be here. If we did, we'd have signed a top PG when we lost Hawkins. imo CBJ will be given another year if the team is as competitive as...

Keep hope alive. No one would be happier than me if we got Evans. Ok, Sane would be, and maybe you too, but I'd be near the top of the list. :) That said, while I'm not trying to rain on you guy's parade, the forces of reality compel me to point out that we have a limited budget, and are in no...

Don't shoot the messenger.

Welcome to Gopher basketball.

We wouldn't, especially an unknown. As much as people here are high on Evans, he has never started a game for a high major. He was POY on a mediocre team, in a crummy conference. He could be great, hell, he's probably great, but you don't pay a guy that kind of money when he's not a proven...

Good news. We signed a 23 y/o big wing with 64 high major starts under his belt. He averaged 10.7 pts & 6.4 rebs a game, plays excellent defense & can run the point for us when needed.

Whitey Skoog?

Oh, come on. You can't honestly believe that?

This isn't the kind of deal where's Cam's desperate for money, or acting impulsively. His parents do just fine financially, so there's no hardship motivation. His brother knows the process from being in the league, and traveling the same path. His agent has undoubtedly spoken with the NBA...

Sounds about right to me? Other teams could surely have offered more, but it's enough so he didn't HAVE to leave over money.

It's telling that even in those rare instances where Hawkins was outmatched physically, CBJ didn't slide Mitchell over to play PG, or even to defend the opposing PG. Ryan James said during the season that the staff wished they had a stronger PG who they could have gone to in those situations...

Hawkins was a very good defender. One of our best. Ive never heard of anyone who thought he was a bad defender. I find your take absolutely bizarre. Yes, there a few specific guards he did not match up with physically, but even in those situations he was a net neutral thanks to his ball...

You agree Odukale is a quality player, you'd just like to have another wing, correct?

My point is Minnesota was looking for a big, defensive wing, who could give us the thing we lacked most last season, or who could step in, and be the starter if Christie left. We got that in Odukale. The need for another wing dropped way down the priority list at that point. I get that you love...

JoJ was also playing the Wing last season, and again to your point, should Christie have sat? Make no mistake, JoJ is a good player. The posters here who claim he didn't play because he stinks, or didn't play defense, don't understand basketball. It was a numbers game. When Garcia & Payne...

It is interesting that no one's scooped up Evans yet. He doesn't appear to have any character, or academic issues. Makes me wonder if his price tag isn't realistic for a guy coming from a mediocre, mid-major, in a bad conference? I'd like to believe there's a secret plan to bring Evans in, Ryan...

I asked Ryan James where we stand with Evans, and his reply was "Gophers are done with transfers", so it appears our roster is set.

Carrington landed at Tulsa, huh? Hadn't heard. He got really bad advice. Hopefully he learns from this, and makes the best of it.