Owen enters portal

Is it a given that Freeman is leaving? Or could he remain if Iowa gets the right coach? Maybe it's a just in case move.
 
I occasionally check in on the status of portal players that have left. I have seen very few, if any, examples of where the player has improved their position or stats. In this case, where Freeman is already the statistical best on the team, there is only one direction he can go IMO. Seems the only exceptions are the true alphas that can legitimately contend for a huge NIL payout and I don’t see Freeman as one of those lottery picks. Don’t get me wrong, I hate to see him go, but he still had work to get to elite level.
 
Mixed feelings on this one. He's obviously a good player, but there were rumors he wasn't getting along with the team. He's not good enough to overcome being a cancer on the team if that's the case. He also seemed lazy a lot. But you can say that for everyone this year.
 
He's probably looking at a $1M deal, in fact, he may already have it lined up.

Part of me says he should have waited until the new coach was named but if he already knew h e was going, why wait?

I'd never heard about being a cancer on the team, if so, goodbye.

I hope there are lots of good bigs in the portal this year.
 
My bet he has a 7 digit deal with a name school. There are several centers with no eligibility left and he would be a junior with experience. Dickinson at Kansas comes to mind as an example. The Covid year is running its course at the end of this season.
 
PCHawk said:
Mixed feelings on this one. He's obviously a good player, but there were rumors he wasn't getting along with the team. He's not good enough to overcome being a cancer on the team if that's the case. He also seemed lazy a lot. But you can say that for everyone this year.
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Hard to say on the "lazy" aspect. He's pretty smooth offensively and played sorta "slow" in high school, too.
Night in / out, he's the most reliable producer and Hawks desperately need bigs. This guts them inside.
 
Obviously, a lot will depend upon who Iowa brings in and their ability to sell current players on the future.

Until a way is found to regulate NIL and develop a level playing field, factors such as who the coach is will be taking a back seat anyway, so chaos will be the standard unfortunately.
 
eyekwah said:
My bet he has a 7 digit deal with a name school. There are several centers with no eligibility left and he would be a junior with experience. Dickinson at Kansas comes to mind as an example. The Covid year is running its course at the end of this season.
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His AAU coach said he had offers of more than $2 million before the season even started.
 
BigD said:
I heard on a podcast that the current West Virginia coach recruited Price, Brock, and Josh when he was at Drake so that could be a foot in the door in keeping those three guys if Iowa get's Darian DeVries to come to Iowa.
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If DeVries ends being the guy, he is going to bring Tucker with him. Brock would have to factor that in as part of his decision to stay or not.
 
99topdawg said:
His AAU coach said he had offers of more than $2 million before the season even started.
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It is no secret that Dix and Freeman had waaay better offers thrown their way than what they were currently getting at Iowa.

Wasn’t it Marquette rumored to be the one that was going to give Freeman a shitload of money?
 
trj said:
If DeVries ends being the guy, he is going to bring Tucker with him. Brock would have to factor that in as part of his decision to stay or not.
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If Iowa will pay out the 10 mil to get DeVries to pay both Fran and West Virginia I think that would be their first choice. The coach currently at Drake would be a lot cheaper but I think the fans would like DeVries better especially with his family ties to the Hawkeyes. Beth needs to get the fan base excited and energized.
 
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