Weird. None of this seems true

But BYU has never been good

He is from Utah. They are always going to have the upper hand

Trust me it wasn’t strictly about money at BYU, and will never be about the money with future athletes at BYU I am sure they offer fair compensation, but the school and culture is notoriously. Well let me put it like this looking for a good deal. lol 😂

So. Ryan Smith and BYU are going to buy an NCAA championship. For this kid, he will find he has to live in Mormon hell. The picture of monks playing basketball? That is such bullshit. The picture should have been of patriarchal extremist Rightwingers in MAGA hats.

Wasn’t about the money

Kansas st offered him millions more

BYU has a huge alumni that has millions if not millions of dollars that they love notating to BYU..!

Ya, but all other players went to. Big ass school. LSU, Georgia & Cal. ! I think AJ has a chance to jump right into something that’s gonna be great..! Plus I’ve heard him say multiple times that he loves being in the state of Utah. So I think it’s a win-win situation for him and his family..!

I hope he sticks it out. And eventually becomes a Utah Jazz player..🤘

No black athlete should Consider byu honestly

If a guy shoots a fade away after your pass, it's not an assist 🤷

The big media personalities all have a bias against BYU. You can tell all were not only surprised, but disappointed that AJ chose BYU. I really hope Kevin Young, AJ, and the future of the basketball program show out and flip the media disrespect towards BYU on its head.

And…?

your beard breaks the Honor Code

NGL. Its hard to not feel like some unseen hand is holding BYU under the water hoping we drown.

A smart athlete would follow the money

Stop comparing these kids to LeBron James

Money that’s it 😂

BYU sucks. Church money, Ryan Smith, everyone sucks.

Question is. Is the community like Hurricane Utah ready for this? Will be interesting to watch!

They act like the NBA is hard to get In now??? 😂 SMH

BYU gonna be west coast Duke

This aged well 😎

The only ranked team they played when they gamed the NCAA National Championship was Pitt who was ranked preseason but finished 3-7-1. Not even in their bowl game did they play a ranked team. The Holiday Bowl vs an unranked 6-6 Michigan won a title. They played the whole season and after it was done they were rewarded for avoiding any and all competition. Their opponents combined record was 55-79-3. Only four opponents had winning records (UT, HI, AF & Tulsa).

I watched an interview with AJ and his Dad. He could have made more at some other schools, but the BYU coach has coached in the NBA, and they thought that would better prepare him for the next level. BYU is not a party school and his Dad thought this would help him stay focused on basketball. See, not all about the money. $7 million is nothing compared to what his NBA salary will be.

One and done practically makes this choice irrelevant. The environment is good though. Fresh air at altitude without humidity is good for the soul. No gangstas trying to get in your circle is good too.

Great analysis!

i vividly remember watching that Coastal Carolina game and it still haunts me to this day

Mormon church money

Yeah the BYU coach has NBA coaching experience so he offers good NIL money and recruits guys and tells them that he will get them to the nba and knows how to get them to the league and be better. So this is why they land good recruits

BYU = basketball monastery

Awesome video - great analysis!

We’re so stoked to have him

I wonder if he knows Mormons believe he's black because he picked the wrong side in heaven. It's fascinating when black athletes pick BYU the Mormons have never said they got any of their racist doctrine wrong. They changed a few words but still view black skin as a punishment or marker of doing something wrong. Makes me sick BYU is considered an NCAA school they need to change, apologize or go away in my opinion. Big 12 makes me sick for inviting them in. It's a cult school teaching gender inequality as well as women need a priesthood holding husband to teach the highest level in heaven called the celestial Kingdom. Men can have multiple wives in heaven but women can only be sealed to one husband that is the definition of inequality 😂 and here we are BYU picked up a #1 recruit.

College big money payouts will ruin the college game, I’m already checking out of watching games. This world has gone nuts.

Thanks for the video! Very well done!

Great information Thanks

God you're late to the game! Once he declared all ANYONE talked about was the NIL deal he made.

No one is talking about it? Where have you been? Lol. They're all talking about it. So what? Is it some mystery you think? 😂😂

I will never get enough of watching Screamin’ A suck on a lemon when AJ declared BYU as his choice.

Kansas State is rumored to offer the most as well. Most others were in the same ballpark.

One and done! Just wasted 7 million.

What a thoughtful piece. I feel smarter now. Most other coverage of this makes me feel dumber (Dan Patrick, for one haha).

BYU has about 15 billionaire alumni donors.

The perfect example of understanding the concept of taking what you have to work with and playing to your strengths. BRILLIANT!

That was excellent. Instant follow.

All the Big schools basketball programs have dope cash! So stating the obvious and 11:26 guessing and assuming why he chose BYU is kinda weak.

Durant was coached up by Kevin Young, the rest is history

Nice job on the video! Will be a fascinating year for BYU and AJ.