You had an extremely unrealistic understanding of Sparks' potential if you ever thought he could be much more than he was at UK. It's true that his play took a slight dip his senior year, but that's only because he so OVER-achieved in relation to his physical limitations during his junior year.
Shaedon Sharpe is #1
Man, how Askew was ranked close to the top PG in his class baffles me. The kid did nothing close to elite let alone even D1 level.
I agree about Sparks! He was clutch in big games and came up big against UofL when he didn't walk 😂, but got fouled and causes Pitino to get run over by a reindeer walking out of Freedom Hall or however that song went. Then he does it again vs. Michigan State and should've also had a FT to accompany that last 3 he made in regulation. He got fouled on that shot. Not only those, but he beats UK while at WKU before he joining us. I think he and Rondo were better together before they had all the issues over a female.
Now Marvin Stone was a bust. He was top 3 I think at one point behind Donnell Harvey & Bogans. He made Randolph Morris look like Hakeem.
I'll never forget Rhodes forcing bad shots in the 1995 Elite 8 against carolina. Just a dismal performance. I was glad to see him go.
I agree. What does this negative topic accomplish? Anonymously belittling other people.
Top 50-75, but the issue with him was that he never improved. He was basically the same player for four years, after showing a ton of potential as a freshman.
Every sports message board has discussions like this. You need to go check out more message board communities. It's not belittling either. It's discussion. That's why we come here.
Looking back on it his numbers don't look bad, but overall I thought that whole damn class was one huge disappointment. Morris came in at a time when guys went straight to the league from HS like crazy, and he too seemingly had that mentality that he could just walk in here and play half ass basketball for a year and then go to the NBA.
I cut Archie some slack because he was forced to play the wrong position here.
Terrence was another one sidelined by an injury. But I cannot be upset. That kid was up for every play his teammates made and was always smiling and celebrating with them.
I don't think it matters where you play Archie or anyone else on that team because it all came down to none of them being able to score the ball. It didn't matter if they were driving or tryin to shoot from outside because even if Archie got it on the wing he could really only score if he could put it on the floor anyways and get all the way to the rim. I hated that damn team. Wiltjer should've been a much bigger scoring threat that season. It was hard to get through games that year. It should never look as hard to score a basket as those guys made it look.
His second season? Lol are you trolling right now? Dude averaged more points that year than the year he won SEC POY. But yes, he sucked.
