2025 Transfer Portal

[37620VOL]

Bueckers will likely earn WNBA max PLUS loads of personal endorsement deals, including many carryovers from NIL. For the top NIL earners, the money will follow them to the W.

The NIL is easier to earn and more broadly available at the NCAA level. No collectives in the W, you eat what you kill.

 

[creekdipper]

Bueckers will likely earn WNBA max PLUS loads of personal endorsement deals, including many carryovers from NIL. For the top NIL earners, the money will follow them to the W.

I dunno.

Reportedly, people are upset about seeing her everywhere.

 

[Lucy]

Bueckers will likely earn WNBA max PLUS loads of personal endorsement deals, including many carryovers from NIL. For the top NIL earners, the money will follow them to the W.

Don’t know if Bueckers will pull in a ton of endorsement deals. Seems like a nice kid but definitely doesn’t have the vibe of Angel, Rickea, blanking on the tall blonde or even Caitlin.

 

[SGMVols]

I wonder if Niele is getting let go?

Surely not. That would be insane.

 

[VolBall09]

Ole Miss not going to be nearly as good next season. Unimpressed with their additions so far. Mid majors and Lattimore who is decent but can’t hold them down on the interior herself.

 

[VolBall09]

Don’t know if Bueckers will pull in a ton of endorsement deals. Seems like a nice kid but definitely doesn’t have the vibe of Angel, Rickea, blanking on the tall blonde or even Caitlin.

Bueckers has no personality and is a terrible public speaker. Won’t get the same deals. Brink, Rickea, Angel, CC and JuJu are all a little more extroverted and relaxed on camera.

Paige is stiff as a board anytime you put her in front of a camera.

 

[1reVOLver]

Don’t know if Bueckers will pull in a ton of endorsement deals. Seems like a nice kid but definitely doesn’t have the vibe of Angel, Rickea, blanking on the tall blonde or even Caitlin.

She has already pulled in a ton of endorsement deals:

• Nike: Bueckers signed a multi-year deal with Nike in September 2023, and she's the first college athlete to have her own Nike shoe, the GT Hustle 3.
  
  
• Gatorade: She became the first college athlete to sign a multi-year endorsement deal with Gatorade in 2021.
  
  
• StockX: Bueckers signed a multi-year deal with the sneaker and apparel marketplace platform StockX.
  
  
• CeraVe: She became a partner with the skincare brand CeraVe in February 2025.
  
  
• Unrivaled: Bueckers signed an NIL deal with Unrivaled, the professional 3x3 women's basketball league, and will receive an equity stake in the league.
  
  
• Other notable endorsements: She also has deals with Chegg, Bose, Crocs, CashApp, Nerf, and Madison Reed.
  
  
• Panini America: Bueckers signed an exclusive, multiyear deal with Panini America.
  
  
• Epic Games: Bueckers and her teammates partnered with Epic Games, the team behind the game "Fortnite".
  
  
• Verizon: Bueckers has a deal with Verizon.

Personally I don't find her interesting off the court, but it seems that she appeals to much younger people, especially girls. As an elderly male curmudgeon, I am apparently not part of the target market.

 

[37620VOL]

Bueckers has no personality and is a terrible public speaker. Won’t get the same deals. Brink, Rickea, Angel, CC and JuJu are all a little more extroverted and relaxed on camera.

Paige is stiff as a board anytime you put her in front of a camera.

Bueckers is so good, personality won't matter that much. You have to sell beauty, talent, or controversy in professional women's athletics. Paige and Caitlin can sell talent.

 

[1reVOLver]

According to McGraw's Bench, the ND fan board, Hannah Hidalgo, Cass Prosper, KK Bransford, and Kylee Watson are the only remaining players. L. Macy is coming as a freshman next year. Watson was out with injuries this year.

Compare that to the current roster.

 

[KnoxLikeUs]

The Pauldo twins will set a new standard with NIL across collegiate sports.
The brand deals people are listing right now for a projected #1 WNBA draft pick, the Pauldo twins were signed to similar brand deals in High School.
Let that sink in.
GBO.

The NIL is easier to earn and more broadly available at the NCAA level. No collectives in the W, you eat what you kill.

 

[madtownvol]

Bueckers will likely earn WNBA max PLUS loads of personal endorsement deals, including many carryovers from NIL. For the top NIL earners, the money will follow them to the W.

I am not sure that being in the WNBA will garner you more additional endorsements than being the face of WCBB, as per PB. For someone like Miles, she might draw fewer deals once away from the college game and becomes just just another player in the W.

 

[brittannica]

I think we’ve deduced that it’s not Ruby leaving, but just in case, a little more reassurance.
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[Rons1989]

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I think us as fans we look for any lil facial expression from players demeanor on the court i mean we get deep when it comes to this transfer portal understandably so...but when you hear Kim tlk in her press comference or anytime during the season u know she a straight shooter..shes not telling them nothing they want to hear literally every player has said that and players love that....2nd if you dont like being able to showcase yo talent without being put in a box, or being in the 'doghouse' something is wrong i dont think players transferring will be a issue i think she will have a very high retention rate so much so we will looking for people to leave lol

 

[Hooper22]

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but I’d expect to be heavily involved with Kara Dunn out of Georgia Tech per Brandon Clay with 247. Something to keep an eye out for.

 

[KTrain]

I dunno.

Reportedly, people are upset about seeing her everywhere.

Yep, she has the "it" as a player but I'm not so sure if she has that magnetism for the TV groupie crowd, of course if marketed right may work out for her.

 

[madtownvol]

Bueckers is so good, personality won't matter that much. You have to sell beauty, talent, or controversy in professional women's athletics. Paige and Caitlin can sell talent.

Agree with you but not the precipitating claim that Paige does not have personality. She has the same midwestern nice girl vibe as Clark. She is no more stiff than most other athletes with a camera stuck in their face right after a game. She may not be basketball player trapped in a supermodel's body, like Rickea, but she can glam up just fine.

 

[VintageFan]

Don’t know if Bueckers will pull in a ton of endorsement deals. Seems like a nice kid but definitely doesn’t have the vibe of Angel, Rickea, blanking on the tall blonde or even Caitlin.

I've been a marketing consultant for decades. Don't worry about Paige, folks. Her existing deals are already netting her about $1.4 million per year. And sports marketing pros rate her endorsement and investment portfolios very highly with long-term deals that transcend those typical of top college athletes.

And if you think you've seen her everywhere the last few months – just wait a couple of weeks. Especially if UConn wins the tourney.

https://www.essentiallysports.com/ncaa-college-basketball-news-paige-bueckers-net-worth-nil-value-and-high-school-stats-exploring-uconn-stars-earnings-and-early-career/

 

[Deebowbear]

So we talking Wynn, Darby, or Strickland? Maybe somebody joining Kellie at Missouri

Wouldn’t mind for all 3 to leave so we can better the roster

 

[mcannon1]

 

[LadyVol1908]

I just hope we get anybody that has high BASKETBALL IQ, can put the ball in the basket, and can play decent defense.

 

[LV renaissance]

Don’t know if Bueckers will pull in a ton of endorsement deals. Seems like a nice kid but definitely doesn’t have the vibe of Angel, Rickea, blanking on the tall blonde or even Caitlin.

I thought that too, but I noticed that she had just as many Buecker girls in the crowd wearing her tee shirt and screaming her made shots at TBA as Angel did here last year. There was reportedly just a mass of Bueckers girls in Spokane this weekend as well. I also remember seeing on some list on NIL values that she was doing well there but not at an Angel or Caitlin level. If UCONN wins the NCAAs this year, that my do the trick and put her with the elite group. For me, she has the basketball skills but not the charisma of some of the others.

Addendum: I didn't read 1reVOLver's better post about this until after I had already posted.

 

[th2421]

I thought that too, but I noticed that she had just as many Buecker girls in the crowd wearing her tee shirt and screaming her made shots at TBA as Angel did here last year. There was reportedly just a mass of Bueckers girls in Spokane this weekend as well. I also remember seeing on some list on NIL values that she was doing well there but not at an Angel or Caitlin level. If UCONN wins the NCAAs this year, that my do the trick and put her with the elite group. For me, she has the basketball skills but not the charisma of some of the others.

Addendum: I didn't read 1reVOLver's better post about this until after I had already posted.

You beat me to it! I think I still have some hearing loss from the young girls waving a giant Paige Bueckers flag and screaming at the top of their lungs behind me at the UConn game at TBA this year.

 

[Lucy]

You beat me to it! I think I still have some hearing loss from the young girls waving a giant Paige Bueckers flag and screaming at the top of their lungs behind me at the UConn game at TBA this year.

Well, I guess that is the case but I I don’t see it but then again I’m not thirteen.

 

[BowlBrother85]

Agree with you but not the precipitating claim that Paige does not have personality. She has the same midwestern nice girl vibe as Clark. She is no more stiff than most other athletes with a camera stuck in their face right after a game. She may not be basketball player trapped in a supermodel's body, like Rickea, but she can glam up just fine.

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Agreed .... I don't understand the negative reaction to Paige Bueckers. She's one of the more likeable players to ever come out of Storrs. IMO.

 

[Ladyvols4ever!]

Agreed .... I don't understand the negative reaction to Paige Bueckers. She's one of the more likeable players to ever come out of Storrs. IMO.

OMG...y'all get a room. I hear The Boneyard has reasonable rates.