2025 Men's Basketball Recruiting

bluedevilwildcats said:
Torres described Ament's recruitment as the weirdest he's seen, thinks he decides in April, if forced to bet he'd take Duke and Lville as the leaders.
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DBKilby said:
It is definitely a weird recruitment. Bossi from 247 thinks it's a 3 horse race between Duke, Notre Dame and Tennessee.
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I notice some commonality here that could be revealing.
 
SkyBrickey said:
I would rather have Maliq

I would rather have Maliq Brown back than any center we could find in the portal. And big Boozer is also very capable of playing the 5. I expect Jon to tap the portal for a PG or CG depending on who returns among Proctor, Foster, Harris.
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I was thinking of Maliq as one of our existing forward who would come back but still would like us to have two big men who can contest inside. Perhaps Cameron is rugged enough to fill that role on occasion but better to have two rugged big men.
 
From what I have gathered via reddit r/cbb and confirmed elsewhere, Ament has the same NIL agent that Kanon Catchings had (has?). Catchings was a highly-rated recruit that had committed to Matt Painter at Purdue. He then reopened his recruitment and landed at BYU. The play appears to be to maximize the NIL market late in the spring when there are more bidders.

Reading between the lines, I am assuming that this NIL agent is shopping Ament around, trying to get a bigger deal. There appears to be a lot of mutual interest between Ament and Duke. However, Duke doesn't hand out NIL packages in the way that other teams are approaching it. Players at Duke are obviously doing well, but it isn't an up-front package. The Duke brand elevates the players who then, in turn, sign with companies like Cooper has with New Balance and Gatorade. This is a "cleaner" approach in my opinion and keeps Duke in the clear of any potential future litigation. It is also more in line with the spirit of NIL. There're hardly any laws at the moment, so it is the Wild West out there. My personal speculation is that Ament is enamored with Duke but his agent is trying to get a big enough deal to turn the kid's head. The up-front deal is where the agent gets the most. Hopefully the agent does right by Ament - even if he ends up somewhere other than Durham - and not the other way around.
 
In other news, Louisville has landed the services of 21 year-old German forward Sananda Fru. He's a long and mobile forward that can play inside-out. A Louisville fan put together a scouting report of Fru. It appears this has been in the works for some time.

 
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DavidBenAkiva said:
In other news, Louisville has landed the services of 21 year-old German forward Sanadra Fru. He's a long and mobile forward that can play inside-out. A Louisville fan put together a scouting report of Fru. It appears this has been in the works for some time.

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I have no idea about his basketball skills, but that is a 5-star name.
 
DavidBenAkiva said:
In other news, Louisville has landed the services of 21 year-old German forward Sananda Fru. He's a long and mobile forward that can play inside-out. A Louisville fan put together a scouting report of Fru. It appears this has been in the works for some time.

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Louisville has the Fru?
 
DavidBenAkiva said:
Duke doesn't hand out NIL packages in the way that other teams are approaching it. Players at Duke are obviously doing well, but it isn't an up-front package. The Duke brand elevates the players who then, in turn, sign with companies like Cooper has with New Balance and Gatorade. This is a "cleaner" approach in my opinion and keeps Duke in the clear of any potential future litigation. It is also more in line with the spirit of NIL. There're hardly any laws at the moment, so it is the Wild West out there.
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I don't want to burst anyone's bubble, but I don't think the above is a completely accurate description of Duke's NIL program. I know for a fact that Duke has a collective that is making what are effectively "pay for play" payments to basketball players. We may approach the process from a somewhat less transactional nature than many other schools do, but there is still a bottom line payment that is made for being a part of the Duke team.
 
JasonEvans said:
I don't want to burst anyone's bubble, but I don't think the above is a completely accurate description of Duke's NIL program. I know for a fact that Duke has a collective that is making what are effectively "pay for play" payments to basketball players. We may approach the process from a somewhat less transactional nature than many other schools do, but there is still a bottom line payment that is made for being a part of the Duke team.
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Noted.
 
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