One of the biggest storylines surrounding the early portion of the offseason revolves around Elliot Cadeau's decision to enter the transfer portal.
After two seasons with the program, the West Orange, New Jersey native will look for a fresh start elsewhere, as it felt destined that he would explore other options this offseason.
Justin Cadeau, Elliot's brother, is a popular Twitch streamer. Following the official news of his brother's decision, Justin (who goes by Saucekill on Twitch), provided his take on the situation.
You can watch the clip here, but you can also see the transcript below:
"I can't really speak on Elliot's side of things, that's for him to speak on. But I can tell y'all, you know, why me and people close to me thought that, you know, he should no longer stay at that school.
First off, the first thing I wanna say, Elliot did not ask anyone for $2 million. If you think Elliot care about money, you're stupid. There's a rumor going around that he asked for 2 million from UNC. He did not ask that. It's so obvious that this is a rumor just to farm hate and have a cop out for Elliot leaving.
People are just trying to farm hate on Elliot. Oh, he's not worth two mil. You know what I'm saying? He never asked for that. Okay. I want y'all to know that the system just, I don't think it fit Elliot. Elliot came up to school a year earlier than he should have. This should have been his first year this year, but he came up early because he felt like he was ready.
He didn't really have anything left to prove in high school, you know? Elliot came up to a team that didn't really have a spot for him. You know what I mean? The one thing people could say about his freshman year was he wasn't shooting (the basketball) well. I'll say, you know, as a brother, the coaches just didn't have much belief in Elliot.
You know, like it was at the point, you know, Elliot's shooting in a game. He missed a shot and coach taking him right out. If he missed, you know what that does to a kid's confidence, especially a freshman, a young kid coming in looking to earn a spot, not really knowing what his role is. He's shooting the ball, he would miss and he'd automatically be out of the game.
I don't know if y'all realized that when he played. That kills your confidence as a player, which I think to do as a coach is crazy 'cause he never had that problem. The UNC system I just think wasn't for Elliot. I don't know if y'all watch, but at UNC, they don't shoot midranges. The coaches think a midrange is a bad shot, which was one of Elliot's best shots.
If you watch a UNC game, they barely put up mid ranges because they think it's a bad shot. On top of that, they also think floaters are bad shots. So that's why Elliot kind of like, you know, was rim rushing a lot because if they shoot a floater or a two, it's a bad take.
They gonna take you out game. So, but that's their system. You know, it might work for other players, it might work for their program. But I don't think for Elliot, that's the best play style, you know what I'm saying? So being limited to not being able to do that, I feel like I kind of messed with 'em. I throughout that season."
He went on to speak about the unnecessary hate his brother received, especially from alumni of the program (most likely a dig at Raymond Felton, Justin Jackson, and Theo Pinson for their comments on their podcast).
"I feel like Elliot got a lot of unnecessary hate. They had a terrible season. Not terrible, but not a good. Season for their standard. I think there's so many people you point fingers at before the guy who's averaging nine and six. One of the nation's leaders in assists. Yes, Elliot has the most turnovers on the team, but he's the point guard.
Anyone who watches basketball knows the point guard gonna have more turnovers than anyone else. He plays on ball for 35 minutes. Um, he has the same turnover ratio as any of the top assists leaders, and he didn't even have the worst turnover ratio on the team.
And I also think it's really weird, the culture was weird. Like Midseason, the alumni are attacking Elliot saying, oh, they need a new point guard. Midseason, by the way. Grown men who graduated from the school who don't even play basketball anymore. Um, that's when I personally thought, yo, uh, he gotta get outta there."
There's always going to be three sides to a story: your side, their side, and the truth. Justin Cadeau spoke out about what he witnessed his brother go through, as it provides a family perspective of the reasoning behind his decision to transfer.