Hang out in Louisville for a year collecting a big NIL paycheck while he rehabs his knee, for a crap team that has bigger worries than a medically-neutered scholly.

Gives Pope a year to build a team in Lexington and get through some growing pains.

Next spring, he makes a short move down the road to join Pope's athletic blue-blood squad that just needs a slick-passing point center to crack open the offense for a run at the Final Four.

Genius.