Corey Evans

looking five years down the road or six years down the road, when you're in the NBA and you're evaluating a player at 18 years old, you're more so trying to predict where they're going to be from 25 to 28, their core years. In college, you're watching a guy in the portal Where is he going to be next year? And how does that jump up immediately?

It's all about the immediate returns compared to Oklahoma City where it's way down the road. So that's been very, very difficult is trying to, and the word you use, lens, trying to have that lens evolve a little bit, but like that. So I'm jumping on a car on the Autobahn with my hiring process and trying to change my lens with my vision in place all at the same time.

It's all about the immediate returns compared to Oklahoma City where it's way down the road. So that's been very, very difficult is trying to, and the word you use, lens, trying to have that lens evolve a little bit, but like that. So I'm jumping on a car on the Autobahn with my hiring process and trying to change my lens with my vision in place all at the same time.

It's all about the immediate returns compared to Oklahoma City where it's way down the road. So that's been very, very difficult is trying to, and the word you use, lens, trying to have that lens evolve a little bit, but like that. So I'm jumping on a car on the Autobahn with my hiring process and trying to change my lens with my vision in place all at the same time.

Has not been easy, but the key fundamentals that I want and the staff wants is, it kind of goes back to the thunder process, shooting, intel, good human being, hardworking nature, and processing.

Has not been easy, but the key fundamentals that I want and the staff wants is, it kind of goes back to the thunder process, shooting, intel, good human being, hardworking nature, and processing.

Has not been easy, but the key fundamentals that I want and the staff wants is, it kind of goes back to the thunder process, shooting, intel, good human being, hardworking nature, and processing.

Yeah, I think we'll eventually get there potentially. Andrew Luck is a totally different, that's way outside, but it's a one and only, it's a unicorn right there. Wes and I had known each other for 15 years, probably. So having that relationship where we're in a way tied at the hip has definitely been beneficial. There's already been days that we're cussing each other out.

Yeah, I think we'll eventually get there potentially. Andrew Luck is a totally different, that's way outside, but it's a one and only, it's a unicorn right there. Wes and I had known each other for 15 years, probably. So having that relationship where we're in a way tied at the hip has definitely been beneficial. There's already been days that we're cussing each other out.

Yeah, I think we'll eventually get there potentially. Andrew Luck is a totally different, that's way outside, but it's a one and only, it's a unicorn right there. Wes and I had known each other for 15 years, probably. So having that relationship where we're in a way tied at the hip has definitely been beneficial. There's already been days that we're cussing each other out.

But I don't really see him as my boss in a sense. I see him as we're on the same team together. And we have the same buy-in. And all we want is to build a winning team here at Cincinnati. And it's year five. The last four years, they've been knocking at the door. And my only goal here is to help those guys get to where they want to go, which is the NCAA tournament and beyond.

But I don't really see him as my boss in a sense. I see him as we're on the same team together. And we have the same buy-in. And all we want is to build a winning team here at Cincinnati. And it's year five. The last four years, they've been knocking at the door. And my only goal here is to help those guys get to where they want to go, which is the NCAA tournament and beyond.

But I don't really see him as my boss in a sense. I see him as we're on the same team together. And we have the same buy-in. And all we want is to build a winning team here at Cincinnati. And it's year five. The last four years, they've been knocking at the door. And my only goal here is to help those guys get to where they want to go, which is the NCAA tournament and beyond.

Yeah, Ryan, you and I are probably similar where – We grew up with college basketball and we were a fix on one program in particular, right? And we love the following one prospect along the path. That's gone now. And it's never coming back, potentially. Maybe it's a two-year thing with employment, whatever it might be. But... The promising side is you saw what happened at Louisville last year.

Yeah, Ryan, you and I are probably similar where – We grew up with college basketball and we were a fix on one program in particular, right? And we love the following one prospect along the path. That's gone now. And it's never coming back, potentially. Maybe it's a two-year thing with employment, whatever it might be. But... The promising side is you saw what happened at Louisville last year.

Yeah, Ryan, you and I are probably similar where – We grew up with college basketball and we were a fix on one program in particular, right? And we love the following one prospect along the path. That's gone now. And it's never coming back, potentially. Maybe it's a two-year thing with employment, whatever it might be. But... The promising side is you saw what happened at Louisville last year.

You saw what happened at Kentucky. Missouri went 0-19 in SEC play, and they were a top five team in the league last year. So we've lost a few players, and it's also given us leeway to... have the vision in place and not be boxed in with who we have in our roster. So we're pretty excited about who we have coming back.

You saw what happened at Kentucky. Missouri went 0-19 in SEC play, and they were a top five team in the league last year. So we've lost a few players, and it's also given us leeway to... have the vision in place and not be boxed in with who we have in our roster. So we're pretty excited about who we have coming back.

You saw what happened at Kentucky. Missouri went 0-19 in SEC play, and they were a top five team in the league last year. So we've lost a few players, and it's also given us leeway to... have the vision in place and not be boxed in with who we have in our roster. So we're pretty excited about who we have coming back.

And it allows us to pinpoint specifically our needs and also have some wiggle room as far as not being boxed in with a player or a prototype or a position.