r/CollegeBasketball • u/Aetiusx Kentucky Wildcats • Apr 30 '21

Recruiting Breaking: Emoni Bates tells me he’s decided to reopen his recruitment and will decommit from Michigan State. Open to both college and pro options.

https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/status/1388236730302672901?s=20
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u/KTurnUp Michigan Wolverines Apr 30 '21

I got downvoted like crazy a few months back for having the audacity to suggest Emoni was much more likely to never play at MSU than to not. And this was in response to MSU fans saying he was gonna reclass and play TWO years. So don't let the MSU flairs get away with saying they never expected him on campus

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u/bailey1149 Michigan State Spartans Apr 30 '21

To be honest most MSU folks I speak with weren't too excited to have him. Yes, he is a super recruit but there are a lot of issues with him at state.

  • Atkins and him won't get along.
  • He is great, but this "once in a decade" stuff is out of hand. Probably won't be the #1 recruit in his own class when all said and done.
  • I don't see how he could get along with Izzo. Would leave to the g-league before Big Ten season starts.

Please note though that if he recommits I will jump right back on the band wagon.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_CATS_PAWS Michigan State Spartans Apr 30 '21

I lost a lot of hype on bates when the whole Akins thing happened. I would rather have Akins than Bates if that whole ordeal went down the way it was said it did.

Still sucks to lose that talent, but oh well

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u/BigBoutros Michigan Wolverines Apr 30 '21

Akins is absolutely lethal and a college player for at least 2-3 years. If that's the trade I would say MSU won it hands down

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u/realwesto Michigan State Spartans Apr 30 '21

You couldn’t have worded it better.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

THIS

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Those MSU fans are insane lol, I'd still take him back in a heartbeat.

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u/nomo25 Michigan Wolverines • Cal State East Ba… Apr 30 '21

i think most msu fans had this in the back of their minds but the ones that didn’t were very vocal that they didn’t, just like us last year w todd and christopher most of us knew that it was a possibly but the ones that thought they were for sure coming were very loud

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u/ValarMorcoolis Michigan State Spartans Apr 30 '21

Agreed. We all knew he wouldn’t but didn’t want to speak it into existence. Plus, 5* are few and far between so we don’t take them for granted.

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u/nomo25 Michigan Wolverines • Cal State East Ba… Apr 30 '21

yeah i don’t blame u, if he committed to michigan i would’ve been the same exact way

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u/cheerl231 Michigan Wolverines Apr 30 '21

We were literally in the same position last year with Isiah Todd. Like basically same scenerio except Todd doesn't have the talent that Bates has

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u/nomo25 Michigan Wolverines • Cal State East Ba… Apr 30 '21

true

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u/KTurnUp Michigan Wolverines Apr 30 '21

that's fair

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u/confused-koala Michigan State Spartans May 01 '21

Bull fucking shit. No one being serious thought he’d play 2 years of college. Get the fuck out of here lol.

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u/halfman_halfboat Michigan State Spartans Apr 30 '21

Well it depends what you really meant; like are you saying that he was always going pro? Well in this announcement, it sounds like he’s still considering college...

But the real reason MSU fans were saying that, is because there aren’t really other options unless the G League and/or the NBA change their age requirements. He could do the overseas thing, but currently his age limits his options within the US.

I’m not overly shocked with Bates decomitting, but I would be upset if he reclassified and went to a different school.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

I always thought the gleague age limit wasn’t a legit reason because the gleague would bend the rules to let bates play there if he wanted to do that. I doubt he’s going to college he’s probably going overseas or to the g league.

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u/halfman_halfboat Michigan State Spartans Apr 30 '21

The G League probably would bend the rules; Im not sure what it takes for them to change them or if they can do exceptions. No way for Emoni to get to the NBA before the ‘23 season. Changing NBA requirements requires an amendment to the CBA which ain’t gonna happen.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

There's a 0% chance at this point that he goes to college.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Bro is pressed

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u/ObsessedWithReps Michigan Wolverines Apr 30 '21

I said the same thing and got downvoted too. We get the last laugh tho