Probably, but it is no doubt harder to make up for all that bad class work when you shave a year off your graduation date.
Bagley possible reclassification
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Probably, but it is no doubt harder to make up for all that bad class work when you shave a year off your graduation date.
If it's possible, he would be great to have. He is likely the top player drafted in the '18 draft, if eligible. He starts for us from day one, probably at the 5 with our personnel. If AD can play the 5 for us, so can Bagley. I think Bagley is about the same size as AD when AD started college.
G Green
G Diallo
F Knox
F Vanderbilt
F Bagley
Everyone can handle the ball. Three great scorers. All are good passers. Biggest weakness would be shooting with that lineup.
Getting Bagley would more than make up for losing Bamba.
G Diallo
F Knox
F Vanderbilt
F Bagley
Everyone can handle the ball. Three great scorers. All are good passers. Biggest weakness would be shooting with that lineup.
Getting Bagley would more than make up for losing Bamba.
Serious question: is Bagley seriously considering this or is this just fans hoping for something now that we didn't get Bamba?
Gonna be a lot of missed shots with that group.
Having a guy like Bagley to clean up underneath = National Championship.
This is being seriously considered and has been since last Summer. All the programs involved know about this possibility and are monitoring.
Should know for certain what he plans to do by Mid to late July/Early August.
Sierra Canyon doesn't expect him to return. UCLA feeder program and know Nike doesn't want to lose him to UA or Adidas. (UCLA moving to UA this year and of course Kansas being Adidas Flagship program right now)
Laughing at idea of "bad fit for this year". You take Bagley and don't look back if he chooses your program and whenever he wants to play. He is best HS prospect in country and this was case last year as well as this year. Wouldn't Bamba have been "overkill" too? Will say that Bagley is most concerned with basketball and not architecture of the city....so that's a plus. Notice how none of the UK recruits have commented on Bamba's decision?
One other thing--for anyone who is going to give Cal crap about who he selects for 19U Tryouts/Roster, take a look at Smart's roster last Summer. Bamba, Matt Coleman, James Banks and Jarrett Allen. So 1/3 of the roster was Texas players/future players. So when Bagley gets invited with other guys, watch the uproar and then you have your counter argument set when you can say that 1/3 of the team was Texas Longhorns. And Smart wanted PJ Washington too. So he was using this as a recruiting opportunity as well, but it won't be mentioned until this week when invite list gets released.
Bagley is one of the most impressive high school talents I've seen in a while. A legitimately skilled, fluid and physically strong kid at 6'11" and only getting better. He's nasty, too. Cal led for him for a long time, but it's gone quiet in the way of Kentucky for a while.
I'd need an oxygen mask if we somehow returned some of this year's team and added one or more of Bagley/Romeo/Zion/RJ Barrett.
I'd need an oxygen mask if we somehow returned some of this year's team and added one or more of Bagley/Romeo/Zion/RJ Barrett.
That doesn't mean he isn't close to Calipari, it means he doesn't have a leading SCHOOL in his recruitment, Bamba insisted for months he didn't have a leader in his recruitment, but it was VERY well known he was close with Smart...
If UK leads at this point, the smart move for Cal is to tell Bagley to keep that quiet. All it does is make other coaches turn up the heat on him.
I had certainly noticed this and wondered about it. So what is that about? They think it's a stupid decision and just don't want to comment on it? He told them he was going to UK and they're p!ssed off at him? Something else?
Pardon my French....but, if Cal adds Bagley to this group, this may be his undefeated team
He isn't reclassifying.
http://fanbuzz.com/story/despite-ru...y-wont-reclassify-and-drops-new-top-six-list/
http://fanbuzz.com/story/despite-ru...y-wont-reclassify-and-drops-new-top-six-list/
He only stated he's not worried about it. Not that I think he will but still, to take away anything else from that article is just wishful thinking by Transfer U.
I'm sure you're glad college basketball isn't like pro baseball....
I mean, your players have played for so many programs, they'd have to pick only one for the Hall or be neutral.
That would mess up your historical achievements.
I could only imagine one thing worse than that. Something like a former player going elsewhere, forming the greatest historical program on record, and never looking back.
I mean, K did something similar to Army, but you're KANSASS. You were supposed to be the Yankees and you ended at the Braves. Ouch.
You're still a borderline blue blood, but it's wavering.
“I’m just worried about getting better. I’m not worried about reclassifying. I’m just taking it day by day. Whatever happens in the future happens,” he said.
That definitely isn't a denial. Maybe "day by day" he's working to get enough credits to graduate this summer.
You don't know. If he doesn't, it will only prove that you guessed right, on a guess where your odds were better than a coin flip.
You really going to brag about that?
Didn't say he was better. But like Bamba Noel and Davis with a 7ft9 wingspan he will have the ability to control the game without a point but he can score and is a very good offensive player. So I will not be surprised if he isn't ranked number one in a few rankings and maybe even drafted ahead of Bagley but no he is not a better basketball player. For example Kevin Knox is a way better basketball player than Most Bamba. He does every single thing better but block shots and maybe dunk. But Bamba is rated higher and will be drafted higher. I do understand Bagley is another once in a decade style player. However if he were to reclassify to this class he will be the number one player drafted in this week draft. And this was in response to the post about wanting Bagley the following season with some returning players and I said Bol Bol offers a similar benefit and Bagley may even cause one more player to come back to go with Bol Bol meaning it is basically a win win for both classes
Yes. If we wanted Ayton I believe he could of been ours . I still will be surprised if he suits up for Zona without problems.
Don't matter Nike kid an addidas school isn't getting him this season or next but all that article did is prove to me it's on the table it was a deflection not a denial.
Yes it is. I've seen a number of scouts that feel that way. I think you can make legitimate comparisons of Bagley to a better shooting Giannis Antetokounmpo.
I think the bottom line is whether he can or not.
If given the opportunity to graduate early, play college ball one year early, and go pro one year early, why would he not want to?
He won't improve his stock, he is already projected as #1 regardless of which draft he is in.
Every year he waits, the more chance of injury. Plus he is losing millions if he waits another year.
If he can graduate this summer and has the qualifying score, then why wait?
Also, I believe he could still graduate, then if he didn't qualify, could either go to a prep school or overseas to play a year, then be eligible for the '18 draft.
He just has to graduate to be eligible for the '18 draft. He doesn't have to qualify for college.
If given the opportunity to graduate early, play college ball one year early, and go pro one year early, why would he not want to?
He won't improve his stock, he is already projected as #1 regardless of which draft he is in.
Every year he waits, the more chance of injury. Plus he is losing millions if he waits another year.
If he can graduate this summer and has the qualifying score, then why wait?
Also, I believe he could still graduate, then if he didn't qualify, could either go to a prep school or overseas to play a year, then be eligible for the '18 draft.
He just has to graduate to be eligible for the '18 draft. He doesn't have to qualify for college.
Exactly. I think most people just get tired of reading, so they look at the headline and think "well that's that" lol. He's been asked a couple of times and each time he said he is not reclassifying, but of course some look at the question and think that's the answer as well
Nope he's not a sf. He brings it up sometimes vs other bigs but struggles if a legit sf is guarding him or he has to guard one. He's a stretch 4 who is very athletic and when you have that ability some times fans take the liberty of saying you can play sf or even sg, same way fans did that with Wenyen when scouts constantly told those fans that he was not a sf
I hadn't even followed this thread until today. But I have a friend in Austin who is a fanatical Texas booster, and unlike 99 percent of them, actually cares about basketball. He's at the level where he talks to people on the coaching staff.
I grudgingly congratulated him on Bamba and he said, 'Well, thank Cal for us. The tide turned when Kentucky signaled that Bagley was coming on board later in the summer..." The guy might have been toying with me. Can't say for sure. But he's usually on the money when it comes to Texas.
I grudgingly congratulated him on Bamba and he said, 'Well, thank Cal for us. The tide turned when Kentucky signaled that Bagley was coming on board later in the summer..." The guy might have been toying with me. Can't say for sure. But he's usually on the money when it comes to Texas.
Hmm... he finished RSCI #1 (one #2 rank, rest #1). He might have been the best high school prospect since Lebron. Others to consider - Oden (unanimous #1), Durant (unanimous #2), Howard (unanimous #1), Barnes (one #2, rest #1), Wiggins (unanimous #1).
Looking at the RSCI list for Tubby/BCG years was painful. 2006 - scroll down to #58 Derrick Jasper to see the first UK kid.
