Yahoo Sports NBA Draft Analyst Krysten Peek is joined by Overtime Elite GM and Head of Basketball Operations Damien Wilkins to discuss the NIL’s role in the changing college basketball and NBA Draft landscape. Listen to the full conversation on “On The Clock” — part of the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast — and subscribe at , or wherever you listen.
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Where are the overtime elite right now in this post-zero scenario that we’re in and how are you guys navigating that with different options for players in the best way possible?
00, it’s, I mean, it’s a, it’s a, it’s a, it’s a difficult world to navigate because a lot of people and players here are just chasing it.
Right?
And you know, even, even with, you know, the transfer portal and you’re seeing all these things, guys just go to schools to get more money and, and, and, and it ends up not working out for them because they were chasing the wrong things.
I think people should focus less on the amount of money you can get from scratch and focus more on adjustment.
Is this a good option for you?
You’re seeing a lot of college coaches getting frustrated and leaving schools now and you know, with the last one being Danny Hurley, I’ve heard them talking about the null component being something that concerns him and, um, just all these things like the coaches college students are now becoming general managers, you know, they’re having to negotiate with people and it’s no different at this level.
You know, I’m sure our parent company, over time, when people don’t come to us and discuss anything, like III, I hate it, I’m glad I’m not in those rooms.
I just want to be as far away from these conversations because it’s a difficult world to navigate when you have parents, um, and I would advise that parents are coming there with an emotional component behind their negotiations.
And then you have consultants coming in there with their agents coming in with their own agendas as well.
And then the player is sitting there too and thinks, well, I think I’m worth this and I want this and this is what we have to offer.
Like me, it’s a difficult world to navigate.
And again, like I tell the guys, our guys are coming here all the time like, hey, you’re going to get better, like, forget this stuff is great.
I’m glad they have it.
I wish they had this when I was in high school.
Um, but, you know, at the same time, I think, you know, we always have to keep the main thing, the main thing and that’s probably what I would say.
Well, that’s what I’d say to all these guys these days.
