I believe one of our insiders suggested Kofi made more than he could abroad or G League, and if I interpreted correctly, even more than Ayo's NBA salary ($925k) this season.
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While that feels hard to believe since there has not been any widely publicized big deals, if it’s true he’s already making a million a year, plus presumably gets housing and food covered which he would get from the university even pre-NIL, and university health insurance and all the gear and training support, PLUS a degree…. How do you not stay and milk it as long as you can?
My impression was that you interpreted that last part incorrectly. Better than abroad, but not better than Ayo. Then again, I am fully as uninformed as the next guy.
Entirely possible. I was not at all confident on that last part.
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don't think the Illini will be after him, but I just saw Parker Stewart from IU in the portal
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I bought my King Kofi T shirt were he had on the crown! Lol..I'll buy another n a hoodie if he stays. Maybe an Amazing, Amazing one!
BU lost a lot of games trying to play this way.
I am confident that Kofi will not be the lone senior on the roster. As for Hawkins…fairly confident he will not be the lone junior either.
Ever the eternal optimist, I ordered my CoHawk jersey from his store a couple of days ago...
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or at this point?
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or at this point?Oh man, I hope you hadn’t done the same for Belo a few days before. At least if you got an orange Belo jersey it probably won’t stick out too much if you support him on his next team…Ever the eternal optimist, I ordered my CoHawk jersey from his store a couple of days ago...
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Better than last week. But just dependsEver the eternal optimist, I ordered my CoHawk jersey from his store a couple of days ago...
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If Kofi comes back another year (his 4th) he has chance to be all time leader. If he takes us to Final Four - he will move into Kendall Gill, Dee Brown territory
Scoring Deon Thomas 2,129 - Kofi at 1,546 after 3 years (413, 548, 585) this will be close
Rebounds Augustine 1,023 - Kofi at 861 after 3 years this is likely
Scoring Deon Thomas 2,129 - Kofi at 1,546 after 3 years (413, 548, 585) this will be close
Rebounds Augustine 1,023 - Kofi at 861 after 3 years this is likely
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fyi....he was playing pickup today at the statefarm center with a bunch of the guys
Smith getting ready for that juwan howard biopic
IMO, CoHawk potentially leaving versus staying impacts next years team more than the unfortunate loss of AC.
With current freshman and incoming class, we are loaded with guards and wings. We can pick up an experienced PG that may not have AC skills, but perhaps one that brings a better “team flow”. Replacing CH, who has such a high ceiling seems to be much more difficult. Just my opinion.
Side note, before the haters hate…..I loved having AC on this team. Wish him nothing but the best. Seems to be a class act.
No. They were fine. Roommates even I believe
Supporting players around Kofi compared to freshman Ayo is night and day in comparison.
I played against Stan Simpson at IMPE... not the sameCan you imagine playing pickup at IMPE with Kofi
I played vs Anthony Welch and Quinn Richardson. Welch just hung around outside shooting jumpers but Quinn was dominating. This was when he could not get off the bench.
BU will have a very different roster…
That said, I don’t think pressure defense will ever be plan A. Unless it works…
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I played pickup vs Jack Krapp... he was impossible to guard with all those chairs on the court.
As of now, next year’s team has three guards - two FR and one Soph who played little this past year. We really really need guards at this point. We’re anything but “loaded with guards.” Quite the opposite.
That and Animals are they're two best (or at least my favorites).
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