Stokes signs with Nike
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Good. That ensures KU is out.
Would make you think UK and Oregon just got a little boost in this but it's such a crazy recruiting world who knows.
Nope...not according to Joe Tipton
Phil Knight gonna throw his own personal bag at him...I think we all know how this is gonna end up
put all football NIL to stokes. If everyone that can return next does, adding stokes sets up a title run.
Pope needs to get Stokes for the Kentucky brand, I don’t care what anyone says.
Portal hopping every year isn’t sustaining in the long game.
Portal hopping every year isn’t sustaining in the long game.
If he wants to commit before the beginning of his high school season this will be wrapping up really soon. I would like for Pope to get him just for a statement recruit win but I honestly think we won't be hurting if we don't.
Total nonsense. The portal is the long game nowadays.
Looks that way right now to me too.
Still, throwing in a super one and done every now and then can’t hurt.
Just don’t build a team full of them.
That was the pg from louisville
This is literally his second year
I don't think Stokes does anything to stop or change "Portal hopping" or "the long game." Stokes is almost assuredly a 1 and done.
Stokes is a generational talent. He will be head and shoulders better than anyone we get from the portal. He would be a massive addition.
He seems to be. But these experts miss so many times. Just in the last few years they missed horribly on Bradshaw and Wagner.
That’s just for us.
If you have actually seen him play in a game then that’s different.
Going from all freshman to all portal players isn’t the answer. Guys like Stokes are going to give us a talent advantage over just about anyone. We won’t find guys like him in the portal.
Land him to go with some returnees and transfers and we will be in the thick of it again next year.
Land him to go with some returnees and transfers and we will be in the thick of it again next year.
So there’s hope? I don’t see him coming to UK. Really want him to. I just don’t see it. Other than when he was on the visit I have seen nothing mentioning Stokes and UK. Kind of wondering if Pope is even trying to get high school recruits anymore. Obviously he would want Stokes but maybe he’s more comfortable running the program with older players. I’m kind of surprised we landed Jasper Johnson now that I think about it.
I could see him going to Kansas. People think because he signed with Nike there’s now way he goes there but more than likely that’s where he ends up. There or Oregon.
Yeah, but this is a year he needs to sign a flagship freshman. He has Jasper which is awesome, but a number one recruit with a great year would help his recruiting for years to come.
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We have been trending in first place for him for a long while now. These rumors are starting because his recruitment has slowed a bit because he’s playing Football his last year for fun.
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This seems like Oregon. Phil knight and Nike is all over this! I hope I’m wrong!
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I don't believe so,he wants a school that don't duck the smoke,that's not Oregon, Kentucky can match any offer Oregon will make
? the long game these days is the portal. This isn’t 2015.
The brand does need to continue to get elite talent but you can easily miss there and still win. Still, Kentucky needs to make its mark in all areas. You don’t just go all in any direction, like Calipari did and it ruined his legacy. He learned too late.
But signing OAD’s these days doesn’t move the needle like it used to. I do think like I said, the brand needs to continue to put NBA OAD’s in the league from Kentucky so we don’t lose our image there. Pope knows this as well that’s why he signed JQ. Message sent, this is still the place of the pros. We just won big with them now too.
Hopefully they whiffed on Stokes and gave Ariza the green light to commit.
Get the right player (no matter he is transfer or freshman), if you can get Zion/AD/Flagg/Wall/Fox, why not
Need to keep all the options open and strong
dont do this to me. He’s the type of recruit that sways things for years to come. Maybe he don’t come in and perform how I think he will but more than likely he comes in and dominates gets drafted number one and shows UK is still at the top. We need this kid. Won’t kill us if we don’t land him but we need him.
Pope needs this kid for so many reasons. His attitude and style of play would be a perfect match for Pope. Pope is calm and collected. Calculated. He needs a player like Stokes to come in and take no prisoners. Dunk on everybody. I think I might be higher on this kid than anybody. The word dog gets used way to much but Stokes is in fact a dawG.