Jelani Hamilton enters portal
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Wtf! So what exactly is going on now? Guys show up in the fall and if they aren't good enough to break the rotation as an 18 year old then they're done?
I thought Hamilton was in line to get alot of minutes once Jones and Gilbert were out of eligibility and he was redshirtig this year to save him for 4 here.
I thought Hamilton was in line to get alot of minutes once Jones and Gilbert were out of eligibility and he was redshirtig this year to save him for 4 here.
He is not in line to play in year two, and likely recruited over. Wish him best luck this is a win win move.
Big time program adapting to the new ways of college basketball. Not going to be many more Naz Longs that aren’t good enough immediately and develop over time. Good luck to Jelani, but we got a good thing going.
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Is this a surprise to you? Athletes have a very limited time to play college ball. If they feel that a better situation exists for them elsewhere, then go get it. Wish them nothing but the best.
The more shocking part is people that are shocked by turnover in the offseason, especially by players that weren’t playing.
Hopefully it was just TJ being honest and has a plan in place for these scholarships. Just waiting to see if Omaha stays.
IMO Naz is a bad example to use for this. He played some as a freshman and a ton as a sophomore.
For every guy that's a bust though we are jsut throwing guys like Hinson and Jayden Nunn to the curb also. It's going to happen very soon where one of these 18 year olds we just cut develops into an all conference player somewhere else.
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Exactly this. We are pretty stacked at guard next year with Lipsey, Gilbert and Jones. There aren't many minutes left to go around.
No reason to panic yet, these were all players I thought had a chance to leave.
This is the new reality. Kids who didn’t get to play while they were at ISU aren’t going to have any reason to be loyal. The years of availability in college are a finite resource.
I wish them all the best! But how did you see any of these transfers (so far at least) earning minutes next season?
This is the new reality. Kids who didn’t get to play while they were at ISU aren’t going to have any reason to be loyal. The years of availability in college are a finite resource.
I wish them all the best! But how did you see any of these transfers (so far at least) earning minutes next season?
Wish him the best. Thought he had high upside as a long guard - we'll see how he does elsewhere.
Are we on the list for the guy from SDSU? Not the big guy that dunks, their leading scorer guy.
Gone are the days where the scholarship chart by class matters. When you have a portal full of guys you aren't too worried about spacing the sholarships out.
The only problem is trying to find guys who want to build depth and come off the bench instead of being starters.
Jelani is gonna be a stud in two years, but probably was only going to get Watson-type minutes this year. I get it, but, this one kinda hurts. JH has a lot of potential.
Nobody thought he would play next year. I think the information I was given was he could be in line for a starting role in 2026.
The attention span measured in nano seconds and short/long term memory issues are a growing epidemic unfortunately. If you pay close attention you’ll see the same conversations by the same people with same reactions repeated over and over and over again. Each instance treated like a new first time discovery ignoring known information …..it’s mind blowing.
We will have an occasional one, most likely a big, but this is no longer a developmental program with the way college sports works in portal age. Get used to losing freshmen when staff recognizes they aren’t better than what we can get In portal.
