Hunter Dickinson rips NIL deal with Michigan Basketball

Hunter Dickinson opened up about his NIL deal with Michigan basketball on another podcast following his decision to transfer to Kansas. 

Michigan basketball doesn’t have Hunter Dickinson on the roster, but the former All-American is still causing headaches for the Wolverines as he took to another podcast and ripped his previous NIL deal in Ann Arbor.

Dickinson told a Barstool Sports podcast that he made, “Less than six figures” in NIL while playing for Michigan basketball, which frankly, seems hard to believe. The Wolverines were known to be behind the times in NIL but if what Dickinson said was true, that really shows Michigan is behind the times.

Of course, the Wolverines are never going to pay players to come, as the Kansas Jayhawks just did with Hunter Dickinson. His money had nothing to do with NIL. He was paid to play for Kansas under the guise of NIL. But the Jayhawks did what they have always done, pay for talent and it worked, once again.

However, I really don’t understand why Dickinson is still talking about Michigan basketball. Also, with the way he performed the last two seasons, the dude didn’t deserve six figures in NIL money. Michigan basketball lost 15-plus games with “one of the best players in college basketball.” The problem is that Dickinson is only one of the best offensive players.

Dickinson was a defensive liability from the minute he stepped on campus. He also flopped in NCAA tournament losses to UCLA and Villanova. He had an all-time great game against Tennessee, but Hunter Dickinson rarely showed up and carried the team when it really mattered, which is why Michigan basketball didn’t achieve anything last season with Dickinson and two projected first-round picks.

The big man might say he loves Michigan, but he soiled his legacy and frankly, it was a complicated one to begin with. He was part of one championship team and two others that grossly underachieved with him as the lead dog. I don’t think that’s a coincidence.

And furthermore, if Michigan basketball’s NIL was as poor as Dickinson indicates, I doubt that the Wolverines would have landed Caleb Love.

Beyond all that, these antics and interviews, show once again, that even if Dickinson wanted to be back, the juice isn’t worth the squeeze. It certainly wasn’t in each of the past two seasons.