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Message: [QUOTE="Sbucketball, post: 5414631, member: 8555"] What Lampkin did was different from Deng or any other portal guy holding out for more money. Lampkin made a deal on NIL and committed, had the team built around him as the centerpiece transfer for a second year head coach who needed results or would lose his dream job at his alma mater, waited until all the other serviceable centers were committed to other programs, and then threatened to leave unless given significantly more money which wasn't in the budget and we had to go out and get. Deng and other guys in the portal are right to hold out to try to maximize their earnings. It's smart of him. On the other hand, anyone who makes a deal and then much later threatens to pull out, at a time it would screw their teammates, coach, fans, and the program, is wrong for that. [/QUOTE]