I would love to have Kessler in a Duke uniform. I hope we are making efforts to reach out to him.
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It sounds like Caleb Love will be next to transfer. Lot of stuff swirling on Twitter, including some tweets from his dad. Would be surprised if it didn't happen today.
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I went ahead and did it myself. All these figures reflect what the player has earned as well as what he is currently guaranteed to earn. I went back and included guys who had left school from 2009 to the present.
Brooks - 0 so far and it seems somewhat unlikely he will ever make NBA money
Bacot - 0 so far with an uncertain NBA future
Sharpe - 0 so far but seems likely to be a late first or early 2nd round pick
Manley - 0
Bradley - $8.4 mil so far
Hicks - 0
Maye - 0
Johnson - 0
Meeks - 0
James - 0
McAdoo - $2.0 mil so far
Zeller - $17.6 mil so far
Henson - $45.2 mil
Thompson - 0
Davis - $43.8 mil
Hansbrough - $16.5 mil
Total for UNC big men -----> $133.5 million
Now the Dukies...
Williams - 0 so far but seems likely to earn NBA money someday
Hurt - 0 but has a decent chance to earn some NBA money
Carey - $4.6 mil
Zion - $30.7 mil (not at all unlikely to expect he will surpass $300 mil in career earnings someday)
Bolden - $50,752
DeLaurier - 0
Vrank - 0
Robinson - 0
Bagley - $50.9 mil
Carter - $22 mil
Giles - $8.1 mil
Jeter - 0
Marshall Plumlee - $643,431
Okafor - $21.5 mil
Jefferson - $1.5 mil
Parker - $54.8 mil
Kelly - $4.5 mil
Mason Plumlee - $71.7 mil
Miles Plumlee - $55.2 mil
Hairston - 0
Singler - $20.1 mil
Zoubek - 0
Thomas - $23.9 mil
Total for Duke big men -----> $370.2 million
-Jason "the Carolina total ain't moving too much unless Sharpe turns into a stud or something... while the Duke number is about to skyrocket as Zion, Carter, and Bagley negotiate second contracts" Evans
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I think he'd be a perfect fit at Duke.
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Thanks for doing all the homework - very impressive. Splitting hairs (since that is what we do here at DBR), but I think the Johnson mentioned under UNC is Brice Johnson. Looks like he made $2.6 million during his brief NBA career. So your point remains exactly the same.
Anthony Harris and RJ Davis provide a reasonable 1-2 punch at PG for Carolina. They've found their SG in Kerwin Walton. He was the only reliable shooter. Pairing him with another scoring guard would be a good idea. Leaky Black, I don't know if he'll ever become a consistent offensive threat. Having a pair of guards that can score from deep on the court at the same time next season could be a blessing in disguise. The defense would take a hit if Love were to leave, on the other hand. I don't think we can expect UNC to become a dumpster fire, unless Armando Bacot leaves. He was the most consistent big last season. They need to give him help with a player that can play off of him. There will be a lot of transfers available. I am not writing the tombstone for UNC's 2021-22 season.
Caleb Love's father's Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/dmlove38
I have a family member who is a UGA grad who is pretty plugged in there (premium sites, etc). And the Kessler family is UGA royalty - father, brother, uncle all played and some were big stars.
When I first heard the end of last week that Kessler may be transferring, I asked him about it, and he said the UGA scuttlebutt was that he would be. Sorry, I didn’t want to post that here though, because I was afraid that was rumor mongering. But since it has proved to be true, here is the rest of what he said...
UGA was very disappointed when he chose UNC, so of course they would love to have him. His brother played and just graduated a couple of years ago. But they don’t think they will get him, and the talk among some UGA faithful is that he has become enamored with Gonzaga.
I’m sure Walker will have a lot of suitors. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what he decides.
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Thanks for the link, the above are the two tweets from Caleb Love's father from this morning.
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