Acaden Lewis de-commits
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We're booming, just in the wrong direction.
Hopefully kid is leaving because Pope has a bigger fish on the line.
Hopefully kid is leaving because Pope has a bigger fish on the line.
Maybe we get involved with the Green kid from Holy Cross. These High School kids at least most will not be worth the investment.
I think Acaden and his dad would have been an issue for Pope. Good riddance.
If he reclasses and we could even get him for next year.
Lewis was on his way out before Lowe committed. It’s no secret that his dad has been shopping around!
Seems like a greedy man, that con and you know he made good money at his job itself, plus a son making big NIL with possible NBA talent in a year or two.
Guess that explains why we're still talking to Xaivian Lee.
If Lowe does not come here, will Lewis 100% stay here?
I do not think so now...
Maybe he never is all-in for UK...
I do not think so now...
Maybe he never is all-in for UK...
It's weird as hell that a lot of folks are quoting doomsdayers and trolls that I've had blocked for years. Let the ignore button set you free, my friends. 😂
Just a sign of the times we’ll all have to get used to. We can all speculate on the kids motives and intentions and it’s probably a combo of several factors.
I think we can all agree it’s good he did this now rather than later. Also think we’d rather have a player committed to the program and willing to compete and EARN playing time and not have it handed to him. Time to move on.
I think we can all agree it’s good he did this now rather than later. Also think we’d rather have a player committed to the program and willing to compete and EARN playing time and not have it handed to him. Time to move on.
Lowe's coming.
As far as Lewis, this decommit may prove to be no more harmful to UK than Nolan Hickman's was.
Probably need to identify and avoid players with parents that involved that you want to retain and develop.
Not surprised at all, this is happening everywhere. I commend Pope for going for the best roster possible next year. These players now don't hesitate to jump and the coaches have to be just as cold. Lewis is not a starting level player on a title contending team, simple as that. If he does not want 15 mpg, contend, and develop....so be it.
Also, a lot our fans want to speculate on these extremely deep rosters. That is highly unlikely. Last year was a fluke, if we can get a quality 10 with one development and Perry that is ideal.
NIL has helped teams with quality depth. Especially teams that play a lot of guys. Highly rated high school guys are a legit gamble especially at the guard position. It is a critical position in college. No way Pope could avoid not getting a veteran PG.
It is equally as dicey at the SG/SF there are 2-3 legit options at that spot. Trent is also there. Also depends where they are playing the kids for Tulane and Alabama. Are they PF’s?
Bottom line the next commit someone will get squeezed unless it is a true PF. At this point he has sacrificed shooting for athletes. He needs a shooter with the next commit and they may force someone else’s hand.
It is equally as dicey at the SG/SF there are 2-3 legit options at that spot. Trent is also there. Also depends where they are playing the kids for Tulane and Alabama. Are they PF’s?
Bottom line the next commit someone will get squeezed unless it is a true PF. At this point he has sacrificed shooting for athletes. He needs a shooter with the next commit and they may force someone else’s hand.
'21 PG signed who decommited and went to Gonzaga.
Cal took TyTy Washington late so Hickman decided to look elsewhere.
Yep, not concerned about something I can't control. Hopefully Pope can replace. The way things are going lately, I have no fear.
I was busy yesterday and didn't keep up. Was there any smoke to him leaving before the announcement? I thought checking RR a couple times a day gave you all the Intel about the team. 
No ... this hit pretty much everyone out of the blue.I was busy yesterday and didn't keep up. Was there any smoke to him leaving before the announcement? I thought checking RR a couple times a day gave you all the Intel about the team.
Yeah, an unexpected gut punch this morning when things were going so good. I was expecting a BOOM this morning when I checked RR.
I'm not going to worry about losing an unproven freshman very much.
Saw this coming but didn't want to be a downer.. you can't add the guards and wings we did last week and expect the keep the current roster/recruits happy.
I'd be soooo fine with that. Hopefully Hubert is stupid enough to make him his top option at pg.
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I have read many posts on here from fans saying how players deserved to be paid and all that and while I agree to a point with them being paid, it now seems players have all the power.
You tell me anything else we do where you can just back out of an agreement when you want, do what you want, get paid only to start looking for a higher bidder and there be no consequences at all ?
You just can not sign an agreement in business and just quit when you want, come back and say I found a cheaper bid after you signed a deal.
When this shit happens, players must have some sort of penalty.
Imagine you are a store owner, order a truck load of goods for the upcoming holiday and when the truck pulls up, the driver says to you, 'sorry, we found someone to pay more for our goods".
Sorry BBN , I am an old SOB who believes in a contract, being loyal, a handshake still means something to me. So, Mr. Lewis, goodbye and I hope you have a shitty career because life will one day come back to bite you.
You tell me anything else we do where you can just back out of an agreement when you want, do what you want, get paid only to start looking for a higher bidder and there be no consequences at all ?
You just can not sign an agreement in business and just quit when you want, come back and say I found a cheaper bid after you signed a deal.
When this shit happens, players must have some sort of penalty.
Imagine you are a store owner, order a truck load of goods for the upcoming holiday and when the truck pulls up, the driver says to you, 'sorry, we found someone to pay more for our goods".
Sorry BBN , I am an old SOB who believes in a contract, being loyal, a handshake still means something to me. So, Mr. Lewis, goodbye and I hope you have a shitty career because life will one day come back to bite you.
Yeah, I don't know what 2025/26 is going to be like, but this last season was ridiculous. If you were a freshman in 24/25, especially in the SEC, you needed to be an absolute specemin to consistently compete at a high level against the veterans the SEC threw out there.
Unless you spent your adolescent years in a weight room and at basketball camps, you were in trouble. You have to have high quality veterans these days, or you're going nowhere.
I think Lewis is a good player and hope he has good career elsewhere
But still glad with we getting away with this shitty situation.
But still glad with we getting away with this shitty situation.
The other thing is, lewis was the 35th ranked player on 247. It sucks to lose him but it was rather unlikely he was going to give us consistent production this season. And with the transfer portal the way it is, he coould have very well been an up and down player all season, only to bolt after 1 year for another school.
Not really concerned about this one.
Not really concerned about this one.
So he was hired to be the Finance Director of a non-profit shortly after he already had this felony fraud conviction? Yeesh …and we wonder why DC is such a mess.
Sounds like his dad is a looney con man of the worst sort. Yet it seems he had a lot of us fooled too, judging by past threads like this:
Acaden Lewis Dad just became my all time favorite player parent
Imagine if every player and parent embraced this attitude… BBN is legitimately insane but it comes from a place of love and passion. I think if you take this attitude rather than letting the noise get to you, it can only help with the pressure and expectations.
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If Lewis had a higher ceiling, he would have gotten the playing time he deserved, Pope proved that this year.
He recruits just as hard in the HS ranks as he does in the portal, but these kids are different these days and they want to go be the man somewhere and they want 3-5 million to do it.
Pope is trying to build a team, but these young kids don't care about team concepts, they want to be catered to and they don't want competition.
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