Braylon Mullins

[bucsrule8872]

At the end of the day, I am happy with getting Johnson. He’s a legacy. He’s a 5-star. I can live with it, even though I felt like Mullins was probably a better fit for Pope’s system.

At this point in time, before either player is finished with HS, it’s really hard to tell.

And players sometimes play better than we think they will. There was quite a bit of criticism thrown at Dillingham when he signed with us and he turned out fine. You just never know how it will work out.

Let’s just hope it works out for the best for UK and Johnson.

 

[NerlensCat]

Now add that many other guys Kentucky is recruiting don't really like how Jasper plays. That also should factor in. I'm not asking people to agree with me, and I hope this staff gets a version of Johnson that makes the investment worthwhile. There are several angles to discuss when taking a commitment and Pope felt this was the way to go. How it ends up will play on the court and hope it's a home run.

Best thing about it is the player gets to prove everyone right/wrong depending on their take of his talent.

In a vacuum, I would rather have Mullins personally. But Johnson is a great player, with possibly a higher ceiling. It is a shame if we don’t get both, but we have no idea, if we even stood a chance with Mullins. To their credit, Indiana has been on him forever. It is likely the staff got wind that he was less interested in Kentucky than people thought and forced them to go all in on Johnson. Still would love to have him, but he is more of a luxury than a need now that we have Jasper.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Now add that many other guys Kentucky is recruiting don't really like how Jasper plays. That also should factor in. I'm not asking people to agree with me, and I hope this staff gets a version of Johnson that makes the investment worthwhile. There are several angles to discuss when taking a commitment and Pope felt this was the way to go. How it ends up will play on the court and hope it's a home run.

Best thing about it is the player gets to prove everyone right/wrong depending on their take of his talent.

Jasper has the “ Caleb love “ gene that scares me. It’s why I preferred Mullins to begin with. I’m happy Johnson is here, and he deserves a chance to prove everyone wrong. I would be interested to see how Lewis and Johnson would fit together.

 

[westerncat]

I was really hoping that Mullins would be at UK.

 

[RondoBaller21]

I’d take Johnson over Mullins all day. There’s a reason he’s ranked higher. And I’m sure plenty of players want to play with him.

 

[NerlensCat]

I’d take Johnson over Mullins all day. There’s a reason he’s ranked higher. And I’m sure plenty of players want to play with him.

I am sure everyone said the same thing about Reed and DJ.

 

[Fox2monk]

Yes. It's not a coincidence they went full staff to visit Acaden Lewis the other day.

I'll add that I think everyone has slept on UConn's chances here from Day 1. They made him a top priority and everyone blew off the fact he took his OV immediately out there and how Hurley and company have recruited him. It's funny how many CBB media people act like UConn is some flash in pan program and never mention them as legit threats for top guys. Kentucky had a great chance if Johnson went elsewhere which was my personal preference but what I think doesn't matter. So just going to see how the rest of the class ends up. Loved them landing Moreno, would've let Jasper go elsewhere. Hope that Jasper ends up making UK look great for paying what they did to land him, as with any investment, if it pays off, worth the price.

Hope we land Mullins and Lewis. Guess we will find out soon enough.

 

[Fox2monk]

Jasper has the “ Caleb love “ gene that scares me. It’s why I preferred Mullins to begin with. I’m happy Johnson is here, and he deserves a chance to prove everyone wrong. I would be interested to see how Lewis and Johnson would fit together.

Dilly had that gene and he was a badass. Caleb Love led UNC to the title game and played amazing for Zona last year and probably this year too,

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Dilly had that gene and he was a badass. Caleb Love led UNC to the title game and played amazing for Zona last year and probably this year too,

Caleb was great for UNC the year they went to the title game, but his issue is he will shoot you out of games, and last year zona lost in part because he shoot them out a game. I think Johnson is more Caleb love than what dillingham was here