Agreed, we need to keep at least one of them. I am very intrigued in Bilic. Mirk says he has got talent.
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I hate NIL
In my eyes it seemed like the guys really bonded well and enjoyed each other, and THEN made a special memory of reaching a Final Four. Those guys are battle tested together and bonded through the struggles of last year and hopefully that will play some role in their decisions to stay. IF we can keep Mirk and the twins without grossly overpaying I'll be ecstatic.
Dr Copejam
- The Rock
I knew that was coming when they made the hire.
That was Epps. Skyy left on good terms with the coaching staff and moved back home to be close to his dad, who had a terminal disease. From what I remember, he separated from the team for a while, and before he left, his parting message to the fans was that he was having some difficulties that he needed to sort out, and he asked for understanding and privacy when he left. His dad (a former NFL wide receiver) passed away several months ago.
CrazedUIFan
UI Fan in QC Land
I would be so disappointed to lose Mirk.
Is it possible he would actually be ok to good with a legitimate chance to earn a role in the offseason (not assuming he even wants to). Obviously most of us don’t know what practices look like, but I hesitate to fully evaluate a guy who gets token minutes and gets taken out every time he makes a mistake. There’s a lot of ground between not being as good as a lottery pick and completely sucking.
That said, I did always worry that he was going to get called for carrying the ball when he did play.
Not to mention, they were preseason #1 and finished 7th in their own conference. Definitely disappointing. Tell them before the season started that Nebraska would finish ahead of them and I'm pretttty sure that wouldn't fly in Lafayette.It wasn't a bad season but disappointing season considering they were preseason number 1 and didn't get to the FF, is that fair? Me personally I would be disappointed with that result.
Remember too UNC was really trying for Andrej!!! Money always enjoys get backs!!! How great it would be to thwart us in the portal!!!
I’m not sure shipping your whole client list from one program (where they won) to another is actually all that great for all your clients in the long run.
But we’ll see
But we’ll see
Yeah he is asking $2M for a guy who averaged 6ppg on a bad team, so I’m not sure he’s the sharpest tool in the shed. Hopefully it’s a lot of nothing and we can retain our guys at a reasonable price.
drsmitty74
- Rochester
The Jokic connection made sense that Misko was going to be a conduit there as well.
iLL 89ers
- Dallas,TX.......Born and raised in Alton,Illinois
Thanks for the update thus far captain.....So Chief ? Can you do us a small favor? Tell the guy's their already in Legacy mode in men's Illinois basketball history. Now play them some Nelly (with a little mash-up), two isn't a winner, and three nobody remembers...You are and can be number one!
R-E-L-A-X.
Negotiations are in a good spot, no one is going to North Carolina.
Negotiations are in a good spot, no one is going to North Carolina.
Selling point to Mirk is to make him into the next Jokic by Coach Malone, among the big bag.. Pretty good sell. Idk if it's enough but a good pitch.
That's not to guarantee every single person is coming back, but we have a good shot to retain a lot of the guys. Don't ride that roller coaster.
I’m in a spot with the staff, that the whole roster, with or without Balkan ties, could bounce to UNC and I still would be relaxed.
Oh, the two seasons that that I currently have a love / hate relationship with - Portal Season and Tax Season.
Tax season not back when you have money coming back.
Krombopulos_Michael
- Aurora, Illinois (that’s a suburb of Chicago)
The wording was certainly a choice. Wanting to do business with North Carolina =/= Wants to do business for our guys.
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