At this point I'm thinking that his NIL money is far below what he'd get in salary overseas, if that's his worst case. Perhaps he's getting stuff I'm not hearing about, but here in Champaign we're not seeing his NIL being used by businesses.On the one hand this feels like it has to be true.
On the other hand, if by the end of this season, Kofi is a better, older version of the same player from last season, will that move the NBA draft needle? If he still projects as a 2nd round to undrafted player, and he does well with NIL this season, would it make more sense to put off the G-League for a year and earn off of his NIL, particularly if we have a successful tourney and he wins NPOY or other accolades?