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He’s a late first round/early 2nd round pick by most mock drafts.
But he’s probably the best player we’ve had at Tennessee maybe ever. Dude showed yesterday how much he wanted to win.
We need to at least try to put something together to entice him to stay. What type of money we need?
NBA 1 pick makes $8.5MM
NBA pick 8 makes 4MM
NBA pick 13 makes 3 MM
NBA pick 22 makes 2MM
I’d say we can put 1MM on the table we’d have a chance as he could potentially make up any money he lost by improving his stock a few spots which I think would certainly be possible.
I don’t buy that rumor about Nico. What Knoxville business just has $8 million lying around to throw at a kid who hasn’t played a down of college football?We supposedly have Nico a package of about 8 million. That’s 2 per year if he stays all 4. We can get Kennedy 2 mil if that’s what it takes. You think it would be worth it if he takes us to a Final 4? I do
We supposedly have Nico a package of about 8 million. That’s 2 per year if he stays all 4. We can get Kennedy 2 mil if that’s what it takes. You think it would be worth it if he takes us to a Final 4? I do
He’s not going to stay. Going pro means you no longer have to go to class to be eligible to play. You can just work on your game full-time.Have to make it enticing enough that a one year deal in Tennessee would trump getting a 15-20 position in draft and subsequent contract.
If I was a gambler, I would say 3-4 million for one year would get him to stay.
Your numbers are slightly off. Thats 100% of the NBA rookie scale, but rookies can sign from anywhere between 80% to 120% of that number. The majority of rookies sign for 120% (even the last pick of the first round last year got 120% which came out to just under 2 million).
So id say it would cost 2 million to even get KC to think about coming back and I don't see us investing that kind of money in him for one year.
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It would absolutely be worth it. He’s one of the best point guards in the country. Furthermore, our recruiting the next year is not going to replace what we lose with him.
If we pay him, we’ve got a shot to win the SEC again, and we don’t really lose anyone other than Fulkerson who regressed anyway.
He’s not going to stay. Going pro means you no longer have to go to class to be eligible to play. You can just work on your game full-time.
He’s not coming back unless he doesn’t care about money. A key piece of information that people frequently overlook is that NBA prospects are ALL about getting to that 2nd contract. Sure, realistically we maybe could offer him enough NIL to bridge the $1-$2 million gap in draft money, but that doesn’t account for the fact that it means he’d be at Tennessee for another year and one-year further away from that 2nd contract.
The quicker you can get to the 2nd contract, the more money you can make over your career. For that reason alone, I doubt he comes back.
Two points of contention with everything you said:
1) chandler has an opportunity to develop and improve his draft stock. We all know he’s one of the best players in the country. I think one more year in college and he becomes an early early draft pick and has the opportunity to start earlier in the NBA AND GET a bigger 2nd contract.
I hate to say it but Chandler def doesn’t have the size to immediately play in the NBA.
2) opportunity to create a legacy. Chandler has an opportunity to be the most impactful founding father in Tennessee basketball history. Maybe an 18-19 year old kid doesn’t understand legacy—but honestly-no one REALLY cares about the NBA. College legacy is a different story.