St John’s REALLY needs a PG….Fland is from NYC. Likely stays in the draft though.
Boogie Fland enters portal
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You have to be good enough to make sure you get in a situation where you'll get to show them you are worthy of playing or else you'll be learning a Foreign Language to make $ playing ball. He's a guy who is the age of most College incoming FR for '26 when next year starts. Don't rush only to get flushed out.
No way in hell most teams would want him if he was a PG-but seems like he was using other schools names to negotiate his position with Pitino.
In other words, BF got "the talk" from Cal.
You ain't coming back.
If we had 4 guys go in the draft this year that would be a big boon for the program. I could see Williams, Brea and Robinson going but Carr seems optimistic to me.
True but he looks like mid pack first round should be worth a guaranteed contract. For fizzing out you never can tell.
Could be or not be true. The way things are going these days I can't rule anything out it's just dog eat dog.
If your projected first round pick you pretty much got to go for it.
Where all Kansas folks go when devastation strikes, Oz.
This is Cal's MO.
I know, I know.....you have the new and improved Cal, not that old UK Cal.
When Cal recruits 5 stars to play for him, his selling point is I will get you to the NBA in year one, not you have to come and fight for a spot with another 5 star with a year's experience.
DJ Wagner would have already been shown the door if not for his family connection with Cal and "promises made" to take care of DJ.
Cal doesn't like competition on the roster. He can't manage more than 7 players in the rotation, 8 at the very most. That is a problem he has sworn he will never have again after 2015..
He will definitely be a pro 3-4 years. That is what I’d say his floor is, his ceiling would be solid starter for 10 years.
Speaking of Kansas who all have they got this year. Been kinda quiet outside Peterson.
If Acuff and Thomas are bricklayers it will be a long year. Each one is talented enough along with Richmond and Knox to be a good team, but they may struggle to score as we all know Cal teams tend to do.
I don't like Cal any more than you but I think we have 10 right now as I expect Knox to return and can see getting one more player.
Heard Arky was using Flands NIL for PJ Haggerty per Memphis radio. Either way it will be a busy backcourt for Cal.
Having 10 and playing 10 in rotation are 2 entirely different things.
Just wait until Hog fans who know basketball question anything Cal does......the Honeymoon will come to an abrupt end.
If you don't like this version of Cal, you are going to HATE the real John Vincent Calipari...
It should be the players' choice if they should go for it. It shouldn't be because DJ needs starter minutes at the point and Fland's unwillingness to play the 2 guard because it isn't his natural position. Cal is all in on DJ.
I would love taking Fland. I am sure it would upset Cal.
They'll need more than that---Haggerty wants $4-5M and promised a starting PG spot. That isn't happening. So whomever was selling that is misinformed. It'll be the Acuff show next year in Fayetteville. If it's Chris Vernon, I'd rather he do another Masters update. Those are epic.
He and Jackson would form a lethal backcourt for St John's if that's where he ended up. Isn't he from NYC?
I’ll accept anyone who puts on the Kentucky jersey into our family. I don’t see a scenario where Oweh goes pro and Fland doesn’t.
Exactly, if you have a solid shot to get to the NBA, you go, you don't mess around and pass up the chance, you may not get another chance.
There's no world in which he comes back to college and goes lottery in year 2, lottery is set for the youngest athletic freak players.
If Fland is projected 17th, he would be a massive fool to come back to college. UK fans should understand this more than anyone.
He's just covering his bases at this point. If something does happen with the NBA Draft, he will have something to fall back on. It's a smart move that would give him plenty of options if he was to return.
I think he was Reed Shepperd’s roommate at Arkansas.
Bingo . The second contract talk really should be for guys that are lottery picks .
If you’re stock is late first or the second round you shouldn’t be leaving school early thinking about a second contract . If you end up not getting a good opportunity you won’t be getting that second contract that you left school for .
13pts, 5 ass, 1.5 TO (this part was pretty solid actually) but 38%FG and 34%3pt....a predictably below par Fr season...and now he's gone. So, as usual with Cal, what is the point in doing this and playing heavy minutes? He just rinse and repeats this game constantly.
Now getting Fland for year 2 and 3....I'd take a risk for him to be average/to above average....but to depend on him year 1...is sort of dumb.
Now getting Fland for year 2 and 3....I'd take a risk for him to be average/to above average....but to depend on him year 1...is sort of dumb.
How many teams are playing 10 guys consistently? That’s pretty rare. With that said though I’d like to add 1-2 more just in case of injury like we saw last year. Ideally a knockdown shooter and a backup to Brazile and the roster would be pretty set.
If we get Amari, Carr, Jr and Brea in the draft that will be awesome. If that draft is right , Dame Sarr is not going to nba.🎱🏀🔐9️⃣
This guy is replacing Perry as the 13th man, boogie is very humble
Haha we will be using two freshmen next year. Both top ten in a loaded class. This aint your grandpappies Cal.
Cal had multiple recruiting classes ranked ahead of what you have. He’s just sold your fanbase on these Freshmen. Haven’t they got the news down in Arkansas that you need upperclassmen to win in this game now?
It takes a once-in-a-generation recruiting class to win titles. Duke had that class this past season. Arkansas doesn’t have anything close to that level of talent.
Optimistic is more than one of those guys getting drafted. Brea is the only one that is consistently getting mentioned, and he's a late (50-60) second rounder. I'd say there's zero chance four get drafted, slightly more than zero three get drafted, and maybe 25ish percent two get picked. I'd say there's more of chance no players get drafted than more than one getting drafted. Really pretty special what the team accomplished given the talent level and injuries.
Pope did a very masterful job of coaching and to be honest we haven't seen a coaching job like he did since Pitino! Tubby was a good bench coach and got really good results out of 2 star and 3 star players but I still feel the early years of Pitino all the way through his tenure is the best comparison for Pope this past year.
I know because going 38-0 was so terrible! Without his bad coaching that team should have went 40-0! Ughhhhhh
I think he forced too much early in the year when they were looking horrible. They became good when DJ took point and that let Davis be the play maker off ball. Fland is very good but he forces stuff like freshman do. He would be a killer sophomore and destroy in our offense because he can shoot if he would pass the ball a little more.
