Hunter Dickinson returning to KU for another year
https://x.com/h_dickinson24/status/1783926465123262960?s=46&t=XkWAKdcheS-H4uqZ-PnX5g
This is something of a surprise as Long figured he had no more eligibility. Apparently that was incorrect.
Makes the most sense for him. He’s not an NBA player, but he has name recognition and high college value. He still needs to improve his defense and contested rebounding.
At this point he is what he is. NIL must exceed what he can make in Europe.
Keeping those NIL paydays coming while he still can.
Nothing long with being Van Wilder. What's the big deal if he takes seven years to graduate?
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NIL, or Social Security at this point?
I remember back in his freshman year alot of people on here thought he was a 1 and done.
He was a 3 and done.
Now a 5 and done.
He still needs to improve his defense and contested rebounding.
He is who he is and it won't change because he's a below average athlete and isn't laterally agile nor is explosive vertically.
I still can never get over seeing a mock draft the week after the Tennessee win in 22 that had Houstan in the first round d and Dickinson undrafted, despite Houstan not scoring in the game and Dickinson getting a hefty double double
He had a good year. He was probably worth his NIL:
Points per game17.9. Field Goal %54.8. 3PT Field Goal %35.4. Free Throw %62.4. Rebounds per Game10.9. Assists per game2.3. Steals per Game0.9. Blocks per game1.4.
We're all told at some point in time that we can no longer play the children's game, we just don't know when that's gonna be. Some of us are told at 18; some of us are told at 40. But we're all told.
Good for him
But better than Caleb Houstan and Jett Howard?
April 26th, 2024 at 11:06 PM ^
As Michigan player? Easily.
This seems like the COVID year going too far. He literally is just playing 5 years, but he's smart because he isn't going to get drafted.
Edit: Everyone is correct. He's following the rules and doing what's right for him. I just had a weird reaction bc it just feels like a misapplication of the rule, but it obviously isn't. Continue throwing salt if you like.
How is it going to far? Isn’t this what the free COVID year is supposed to do?
Come on, it was obviously inappropriate for him to take advantage of a rule allowing players to play for an extra year by (checks notes)...playing for an extra year.
It's a fair question. IMO, he had a nearly full season that was his freshman year. I think too far is probably the wrong framing, and it's more that it just feels absurd now. I get that it's a rule, it's just weird seeing significantly older and more experienced players than we have ever seen in sports (Penix, Nix, Hunter next year).
Who cares? Everyone hated the one-and-done era and how they can't root for players for more than a season. I like seeing guys hang around for a while. There's nothing more Big 10 than complaining about the PF from Wisconsin who has been playing since the Bush administration.
What is great is to be able to root for a team with players that develop over time. One and done wasn’t fun at all. But now we have the same thing with One and Transfer.
But we've run out of other stuff to complain about.
*NTB (Not that Bush)
I think Mike Peplowski still might be playing for State. He was given a Spanish Flu extension.
It's great to root for players who stay in college for 6 years.... but at 4 schools.
Jack Tuttle says hi.
I agree with you. The rule was passed to not unfairly punish any 2020-21 players in case 1) the season had to be cancelled or 2) they chose to opt out.
As it turned out, the season wasn't cancelled and nearly all players opted in. They all get a free fifth year while the classes that enrolled in the fall of 2021, and beyond, don't. That doesn't quite seem fair. The 2021-22 freshman class has to spend its entire college career coexisting with the 2020-21 class because of this rule.
IMO, the NCAA should have waited until the 2020-21 season played out before deciding whether it should count or not.
He's from the same class as Rubin Jones, so throwing stones is going to break some windows in Ann Arbor.
That's on the NCAA. He is literally following NCAA rules, like many others. Sucks to be in the class of 2025 or 2026, especially since they took the brunt of the COVID closures in high school, but calling out Dickinson or anyone else for using the opportunity doesn't seem reasonable.
The NCAA made this decision years ago. They can't undo it, as dumb as it was at the time.
Use a COVID year to make a seven figures at Kansas. Not a bad financial move for a guy whose professional playing career will likely be a few years, for a few hundred thousand a year in Europe.
I don't know how Hunter will do in the pro leagues in Europe but the top players over there make 7 figures.
Good point. I was taking an average, but he might be a top guy who gets seven figures.
Honestly, Edey should've stayed too. He could've gotten a BAG from someone like Arkansas, Kentucky, etc..
He doesn't get NIL because he's Canadian. At least that's what he said and was reported during the tournament.
No, he does. They just have to schedule a game outside the country to get him paid.
Also, Kentucky found ways to pay Oscar Tshiebwe big money. For a guy Edey, schools like that would find ways. Tshiebwe made "at least" $500k in just one week when they played in the Bahamas.
I knew UK found some loophole for Oscar, but wasn't sure if Purdue had the same NIL maneuvering as UK.
Edey is going in the first round this year, which will get him several million guaranteed. Hunter at best would have gone in the late 2nd and gotten a 2-way deal for $500k.
I don't know that he will be. NBADraft.net is usually one of the best aggregators of Draft info, and they have him at 35. A late first makes about $2M. I bet he could've gotten more in college had he opened up the sweepstakes. Another year of dominating college basketball wouldn't have dropped his stock any. Maybe the hurdles of getting paid outside the US were just too annoying to deal with.
I would do the same thing as Hunter if I were him. Might as well get paid.
Makes sense. Come back and play for a title contender. You're likely not someone with an NBA future, so stick around at Kansas and make a ton of money, be the BMOC before you probably head off to an international league and make even more money.
They finished 5th in the conference this year, maybe they are bringing in a more talented roster. My guess is Kansas must be paying more than Europe. He's probably going to take a modern dance class like Matt Leinert did at USC his last season (his only class).
His stats have hardly budged since 2020, however he has consistently become worse at free throws shooting 62% last year from the line. Yikes, this is getting close to "hack a hunter" territory.
Whatever.
I'll still root for Hunter, and he is a good player. However, if he had half the heart of Aidan Hutchinson his teams would win a lot more games.
You can say that about almost anyone. Not a lot of Hutchinson's running around. That guy is in the top 1% in terms of effort.
Also, I think most normal sized people underestimate how exhausting it is to be a 7 footer and play basketball.
Especially when you're out hitting the bars every night.
I hope we play them in the tournament.
Vlad will impale him down low and Wolf will eat him up on the perimeter.
Especially at his age, Hunter won't be able to keep up with the youngsters.
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His newest NIL deal is from Bill Knapp's.