We've been pretty clear about it. Jontay Porter is reclassifying and will play for the Mizzou Tigers basketball team in the 2017-18 season. We're not taking guesses. We're not just making bold proclamations. We know. We've talked to the fam (who continues to neither confirm nor deny), we've talked to close friends. We've talked to teammates. It is a lock.
BREAKING: Second source confirms Jontay IS in fact reclassifying for 2017-18 season.
— Mizzodcast Podcast (@mizzodcast) May 31, 2017
Yesterday we announced via Twitter that we had secured our second true source confirming this. We don't expect the rest of the Tiger media world to pick this up and run with it (why would they?) but if you are interested ... It's a lock.
Later in the day, Dave Matter got on social media and threw cold water on this by saying that Jontay told him that he hasn't yet officially decided. First of all, what does "official decision" even mean. You either make a decision or you don't. Decisions don't get notarized. What is true is that Jontay hasn't made an official announcement, but Matter's regurgitating Jontay's current denial isn't news.
Later in the day, Dave Matter got on social media and threw cold water on this by saying that Jontay told him that he hasn't yet officially decided. First of all, what does "official decision" even mean. You either make a decision or you don't. Decisions don't get notarized. What is true is that Jontay hasn't made an official announcement, but Matter's regurgitating Jontay's current denial isn't news.
Jontay Porter tells me he hasn't made any official decision on reclassification
— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) June 1, 2017
We do understand what you're hearing from him, Dave. We know. We talked to Jontay too, and he told us the same thing. Of course he's going to say that. Do you think he's just going to tell anyone who rings him up his decision? No, he's going to deny, deny, deny until he's ready to make his own "Take my talents" -style announcement. Do you also take a coach who's got one foot out the door in his current job at his word when he says "I'm 100% committed to my team,"? No. Of course not. It's easy to brush media-types aside until the ink is dry. That's what is happening here. It's a lock.
No one is surprised by any of this. The moment that Jakoby Kemp transferred from Mizzou, those who can read between the lines expected this. What we are saying is that two independently verified sources close to the situation have confirmed that this is already a done deal. Don't expect it to come in a random tweet from a journalist from a talk with Jontay Porter, but do expect it to happen. It's a lock.
Telling us what we already know about Jontay denying the obvious isn't a story. Knowing what is going on behind closed doors in reality IS. It's a lock.
There are two Porter boys on next year's Mizzou team. Time stamp this SOB. June 1, 2017. It's a lock.
No one is surprised by any of this. The moment that Jakoby Kemp transferred from Mizzou, those who can read between the lines expected this. What we are saying is that two independently verified sources close to the situation have confirmed that this is already a done deal. Don't expect it to come in a random tweet from a journalist from a talk with Jontay Porter, but do expect it to happen. It's a lock.
Telling us what we already know about Jontay denying the obvious isn't a story. Knowing what is going on behind closed doors in reality IS. It's a lock.
There are two Porter boys on next year's Mizzou team. Time stamp this SOB. June 1, 2017. It's a lock.
