Anthony Edwards was close to committing to UK
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Him and Cade said basically the same thing....$ must have been involved
All these dudes say the same nonsense. They emphasize how Kentucky is their dream school and how much they've always wanted to play for Calipari and then they commit to other schools. It's stupid.
Years from now, we’ll be trying to get him to come here to be an assistant
James Bond was going to commit here when he did Goldfinger
Instead, he chose to be the "Hometown hero" for a fan base that doesn't even know that college basketball exists.
“Who wouldn’t want to play in Rupp Arena?”
I agree, Anthony
I agree, Anthony
uncfaninky. Must suck to play in that pathetic excuse of a arena they call the “dean dome”
Meh, who cares?
Sounds to me like someone is trying build his brand.
Sounds to me like someone is trying build his brand.
My favorite memory of Edwards is him jersey popping celebrating like he just won the national title on his way to the locker room because his team had a HALFTIME LEAD on Kentucky.
Not sure we needed him because we were gonna win it all without him
Then they proceeded to get that ass whooped in the 2nd half oh those were the days!
James did end up with Ms. Pussy Galore. He ended up doing okay.
The only players I care about "almost" committing to Kentucky is Tracy McGrady and Dirk
Revisionist history that makes for a story but nobody had him choosing UK. I'd have reminded Edwards of his family story he shared as a primary reason of choosing UGA so either that was complete bull**** or he just wanted to get some attention and realized lying about his recruitment and mentioning Kentucky gets more notice from people then saying you played for UGA.
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Immanuel Quickley was SEC Player of the Year. That doesn't happen if Edwards is here. UK didn't just win that trade, we crushed it.
“Dear biggest fan base in basketball, you should continue to support me and help build my brand in the pros because I really wanted to play for your school...but I um...I didn’t(snicker). No really. I was totally going to pick Kentucky”
Bird.
Iverson.
T-Mac.
Allen.
Would have loved any of those four in a UK uniform. The first two were coming if offered. T-Mac was a product of the "straight to NBA route".
Pitino screwed up the Ray Allen recruitment.
Iverson would have been the point guard on the '96 team. Can you imagine?
That 96 team was still pretty stellar even without Iverson! "THE UNTOUCHABLES" one of the greatest teams in NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball History!
This is going to sound super weird, but I think that team was better off with Anthony Epps running the point than a ball dominant AI.
You never know what happens if you change history. No sense in wishing Allen Iverson was on the 96 team.
definitely no reason to make any changes to the greatest team of all-time
Joe loved Bird as a player and person. It was an academic thing. Joe never mentioned it publicly and took the heat not to embarrass Larry.
This.
Pay no mind to these statements made after their college careers are over. This just reads as self serving tripe. "Hey, y'all should be my fans and buy my shoes and stuff because ...umm, well ...almost!"
This is nonsense. You're just making stuff up. There was never any issue over whether Bird qualified academically. If he qualified at IU (where he originally went) then he certainly did at UK as well.
Fwiw, Joe B himself has previously talked about the reason why he chose not to offer Bird. He said the issue was with the the ultra-shy quiet personality Bird had back then. Apparently Bird barely said two words on his entire visit to UK. And Joe B was so struck by his inability to get the kid to talk that he (logically) concluded a kid that shy would not fit in the Lexington media fishbowl where the glare never leaves UK players.
Of course, Joe B didn't know how awesome Bird was at the time. No college coach did. Back then, Bird's awesomeness was a secret known only in a pocket of southern Indiana. If Joe had known, I'm sure he would've offered.
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Daryl Dawkins and James”Poodle”Willoughby were 2 greats that we had on the way. Could you imagine chocolate thunder here! From what I remember we had AI until he decided to riot in a bowling alley. Big George took him in at Gtown.
Edwards was a great player. Remember, he beat us at halftime down there in Athens.
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