Class of 2020 - General Discussion

[J.Jennings]

Clarke put on Twitter he'll be at UK next year and that his "loyalty never changed." I've seen elsewhere that a Haarms commitment could happen as soon as Friday, that we could add Obi Toppin's little brother as a transfer from Rhode Island, and that the staff is working extremely hard trying to get Kuminga, and our chances are increasing. Also still in the mix is a reclass from Banchero but that doesn't seem as likely.

Some great news, glad he wants to play a year of college ball for Kentucky. Should not be a surprise but still hard to believe we have lost 6 players including Sestina this offseason.

[Joneslab]

The G-League is going to get one today it looks like in Jalen Green.

And (assuming there's a G-League season) no one will watch Jalen Green in the G-League next year.

[Joneslab]

^ That said, who the G-League is probably competing with right now are the overseas leagues, not college basketball. Because the new collective bargaining agreement is probably going to change the age rule and allow straight-from-high-school players to go right to the NBA...or the G-League. So when that happens there will be a choice from these marquee players: either take that G-League deal or go play overseas.

It's likely that what Rod Strickland and the G-League people are doing are trying to claim the block for when that happens.

[Joneslab]

Article about how the new G-League structure will work.

Looks like they're not worried about eyeballs on the product. They're using the new system as a training ground for elite prospects, and it definitely indicates in this article that they're worried more about foreign leagues than college basketball.

I still don't know how this is financially sustainable outside of just a small handful of players per year, if that. The way sports becomes lucrative is if there's public interest. What kind of public interest exists for the NBA to train individual players like this and pay them half a million dollars for one year?

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...league-pathway

[Catsrock]

Jalen Green is going G-league route. Puts a wrap on the 2020 top 10 all but Greg Brown. The latest rivals ranking bumped Boston all the way up to 4th.

[85 Fly]

This elite GLeague should be interesting. Green is going to be on this "new team" that will be based out of SoCal along with Isaiah Todd (that just decomitted from Michigan). How many of these "elite teams" will there be? And I hear they play less games than the typical "GLeague" and also are paid more money than them!
The pantry is bare and we need frontcourt!

[85 Fly]

This CalHi Sports article came out a few weeks ago, but CONGRATS TO BJ: SoCal Player of the year & State of CA Mr. Basketball

https://www.calhisports.com/2020/04/09/mr-basketball-2020-california-dreamin/