Joey Baker to go pro
In basketball, I presume.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:25 AM ^
Was always going to be a tough sell on his extra year of eligibility. One more question answered. I think we're one 4 transfering and another portal pickup away from being a pretty interesting team next year.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:28 AM ^
I think I'd rather have "mystery transfer player" than Baker. Just to make things more interesting. Over 20% of scholarship D1 players are in the portal -- let's see what Juwan can fish out of there.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:30 AM ^
> Over 20% of scholarship D1 players are in the portal
Crikey.
ETA: That's even more impressive, since a good chunk of those D1 players are, like Baker, leaving college.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:38 AM ^
Agreed. After listening to the MgoPodcast this morning, it seems next years team will be very athletic, borderline elite defensively, but mediocre on offense. I'm liking this for some reason.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:59 AM ^
Tschetter is going to take off another inch from his shorts and come out drilling 3's next year.
April 10th, 2023 at 11:12 AM ^
As is everyone else that came of age during the Pistons' Bad Boys or Goin' to Work eras.
Surprisingly, Juwan has not had a team that was better on defense than offense. Other than his 2021-22 team which was much better on offense and pretty bad on defense, his teams have been very balanced.
Agree that with guys like Nimari Burnett and Tarris Reed, it should be a defense first team. Should be interesting. I just fear that Love is going to jack up 25 shots a game, 20 of which are horrible. But Juwan has been really good on the offensive end so maybe he'll be smarter with shot selection.
April 10th, 2023 at 12:34 PM ^
The heading of this thread if very misleading. It sounds like he is intentionally giving up a year to play pro. This isn't Joey's decision. The NCAA made the decision for him.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:26 AM ^
Guess that 6th year got shot down?
April 10th, 2023 at 10:28 AM ^
Lol screw Coach K for needlessly burning his redshirt and screw the NCAA for not granting him that year of eligibility he deserves
Money says he gets that extra year if he were still at Duke...
April 10th, 2023 at 10:28 AM ^
My memory of Joey will be the air ball on the wide open three at the buzzer to win a game unfortunately.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:40 AM ^
That shot was to tie the game*
April 10th, 2023 at 10:51 AM ^
It’s his memory, not yours.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:57 AM ^
In fairness, he also missed a shot at the end of the first OT to win the same game.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:29 AM ^
NCAA probably fucked him for his last year.
What does that make the current scholarship situation? Is there another spot open for another transfer or two? Another quality wing and a backup center (or Hunter coming back) would be pretty nice
April 10th, 2023 at 10:40 AM ^
Pretty sure we are right at the scholarship limit now.
April 10th, 2023 at 11:04 AM ^
At the limit, currently.
April 10th, 2023 at 11:33 AM ^
At the limit* currently. Baker’s waiver being approved has looked unlikely for weeks and Howard has been recruiting the portal accordingly.
* - this counts Kante in the class, despite rumors he won’t be admitted. Also assumes no transfers out and nobody currently on scholarship becomes a walk-on
Kante should be here just need to complete a class this summer I thought they said. So I am assuming he is going to be on campus.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:31 AM ^
I hear Albania is lovely this time of year.
April 10th, 2023 at 12:14 PM ^
Al-ban-i-a! Al-ban-i-a! You border on the Adriatic...
...your land is mostly mountainous...
April 10th, 2023 at 11:52 PM ^
and your chief export is chroooooome
Great reference. Only older people will get it though. Lol
April 10th, 2023 at 10:32 AM ^
Maize and Brew literally published an article 30 minutes ago naming Baker a starter lol.
April 10th, 2023 at 11:58 AM ^
Even if he could return, I'm not sure where he'd start. At the moment the starting five looks like McDaniel/Love/Burnett/Jackson/Reed.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:36 AM ^
Good for him. He's obviously not going to play in the NBA but play ers like Joey can make a very nice living playing in one of the many overseas leagues out there.
Goodbye, au revoir, adios, arrivederci, verabschiedung, 再见再见 Joey and good luck!
April 10th, 2023 at 10:36 AM ^
So we are at the scholarship limit now unless Kante doesn't qualify as rumored, then we have 1 more spot. Chance we stand pat even if Kante doesn't make it here.
Might mine the portal for another big.
We are looking to get one or two more transfers. We need a center then best player available type. NIL takes care of scholarship numbers. Jace can go off scholarship if the need arises. This isn't me guessing this is coming from the program.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:36 AM ^
Dalton Knecht, please!
April 10th, 2023 at 10:39 AM ^
His highlights look great.
April 10th, 2023 at 12:13 PM ^
Ben Krikke!! (also would keep him from Iowa)
April 10th, 2023 at 10:38 AM ^
Joey Baker ah haa Joey Baker
Joeeyyy Baaakerrr.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:59 AM ^
such a gem of a movie
April 10th, 2023 at 10:59 AM ^
Great movie.
April 10th, 2023 at 11:30 AM ^
Once rejected, now accepted!
April 10th, 2023 at 12:20 PM ^
Is that the kid from Deadpool 2?
One day im going to prove that kid and Fat Amy are the same person.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:47 AM ^
This doesn't upset me a whole lot.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:51 AM ^
Good for him, and good for Michigan. We need that scholarship for a younger and hopefully better player.
April 10th, 2023 at 11:10 AM ^
His scholarship is already taken. For Joey to come back he would have had to pay his own way or use a scholarship from a future departing player.
April 10th, 2023 at 10:52 AM ^
I'm sure he'll have an opportunity to go play overseas, make some good money and have some great life experiences in the process. I truly envy guys like Derrick Walton who might not get paid exorbitant NBA contracts, but they still make great money to make a career out of essentially playing a game, and they get to see the world in the process. They are very lucky individuals, and those experiences of seeing life outside the US are so invaluable.
No ill will towards Baker. I'm sure he did his best while he was here and never cheated the team out of a day of hard work. Hope he succeeds wherever he goes.
April 10th, 2023 at 11:00 AM ^
He just needs to be sure to carefully pack his luggage so he doesn't have to spend time in a Turkish prison.
April 10th, 2023 at 11:10 AM ^
"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"
April 10th, 2023 at 12:47 PM ^
Ohhhh Billy!!
He's presumably already seen a grown man naked, because locker rooms, so it's all good.
April 10th, 2023 at 12:24 PM ^
Siberian Spurs are offering guaranteed money after a 6 month tour in Ukraine.