Acaden Lewis signed
- Thread starter Smashcat
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This is the a Final Four/NC level guard. Type of guy you'd see Jay Wright get at Villanova. Jalen Brunson like. Or UConn like with their guard tradition which showed in that they recruited him. But this get is fantastic and really can't praise the staff enough for the recruiting work they are doing of not sacrificing time chasing a higher rated individual for guys who are talented but also winners who FIT. You have to play as a team and pieces need to fit.
Was just telling someone after watching the game the other night that Oweh has some Josh Hart to his game and really see that grit and toughness being a recruiting goal of the program and love that. Grit/toughness gets you a steal, 4 pts and offensive reb in a game tied with 45 secs left against a talented top 10 opponent.
If they pull of Caleb Wilson that is the cherry on top and would be one of the best jobs recruiting by UK since Cal had his bearings and was on his game taking the job back in beginning. Wilson is a guy who would've been a center piece of a Rick Pitino class and he can be that Mashburn like player for Pope--showing kids it's "cool" to play at Kentucky in a CBB program, where you'll get to the NBA but CBB/Kentucky is first on your track to the NBA.
Already loved Moreno and Jasper Johnson's talent is there--just have a basketball "man crush" on Braylon Mullins but Jasper is onboard and will bring some things to the program that are going to help the offense-like getting to the hoop and attacking.
Couldn't have asked for a better job from the staff and if they can finish off with Wilson which was looking slim for reasons that were $$$ related....perfect beginning to recruiting for Pope era.
But Lewis....this is the type of guard that has been beating the Cats the past 5/6 years. Fantastic get!
Was just telling someone after watching the game the other night that Oweh has some Josh Hart to his game and really see that grit and toughness being a recruiting goal of the program and love that. Grit/toughness gets you a steal, 4 pts and offensive reb in a game tied with 45 secs left against a talented top 10 opponent.
If they pull of Caleb Wilson that is the cherry on top and would be one of the best jobs recruiting by UK since Cal had his bearings and was on his game taking the job back in beginning. Wilson is a guy who would've been a center piece of a Rick Pitino class and he can be that Mashburn like player for Pope--showing kids it's "cool" to play at Kentucky in a CBB program, where you'll get to the NBA but CBB/Kentucky is first on your track to the NBA.
Already loved Moreno and Jasper Johnson's talent is there--just have a basketball "man crush" on Braylon Mullins but Jasper is onboard and will bring some things to the program that are going to help the offense-like getting to the hoop and attacking.
Couldn't have asked for a better job from the staff and if they can finish off with Wilson which was looking slim for reasons that were $$$ related....perfect beginning to recruiting for Pope era.
But Lewis....this is the type of guard that has been beating the Cats the past 5/6 years. Fantastic get!
Johnson, Moreno , and Lewis....... Now all we need is Wilson.....
In a recent interview he said likely the later signing period or if in the early period, near the end of that. I'm getting the feeling he enjoys the recruiting process
He also said that he wants to pay attention to how the coaches “coach their players “ . I would think that should be a plus for us .
I say the duke game sealed the deal with Wilson especially him being at the game seeing it in person
