Cal would have 2 more championships if hs players allowed to go pro during his tenure

[Letsgohawks411]

Probably not a popular opinion but let me state my case:

Fact: UK teams under Cal get much better towards the end of the season.

Fact: The best Calipari UK teams had at least one or more veteran players, even if those "veterans" were only sophomores.

Fact: Cal would still recruit the "best of the rest" after the top high school players went directly from high school to the NBA.

The result: Instead of massive turnover each year, the team would be able to carry the momentum from the annual strong finish into the next season. Although one or two players would be one and done, most players would tend to stay and have the opportunity to flourish in their sophomore and junior years giving more consistent veteran leadership each year. With this scenario, UK doesn't lose to Wisconsin and grabs another one along the way and is sitting now with 10 National Championships instead of 8.

At least that's one Hawkeye opinion.

 

[DerekMcPwn]

Get out.

 

[CELTICAT]

Link? Source?

 

[TheTweak]

Or nah. The Anthony Davis' of the world can only help your odds

 

[why_not_kentucky]

Welcome to the Rafters and great post.

 

[Wall2Boogie]

I would be a multimillionaire if I were given the numbers prior to the drawling

 

[Letsgohawks411]

Get out.

This is not an indictment on Cal. He's the absolute best coach in the game. Just offering my thoughts if kids were able to go directly to the NBA from high school. No doubt it must be a lot of fun getting these great players each year even if it results in more player turnover.

 

[Poetax]

Agree or not with the OP, he does make a point. When Cal was at Umass, he beat one of our best teams in the history of our school showing that he was more then a recruiter back then. Later with Memphis he destroyed us with a veteran team doing the DDO, in Maui. I do think that if the OADs was ever over, Cal would still get the best players and keep them long enough to prove how good a coach that he really is.

 

[Jbapp1978]

This is not an indictment on Cal. He's the absolute best coach in the game. Just offering my thoughts if kids were able to go directly to the NBA from high school. No doubt it must be a lot of fun getting these great players each year even if it results in more player turnover.

Man this board eats it's own, run as fast as you can especially being a fan of a different school.

 

[LetsHang#9]

Although one or two players would be one and done, most players would tend to stay and have the opportunity to flourish in their sophomore and junior years giving more consistent veteran leadership each year. With this scenario, UK doesn't lose to Wisconsin ...
At least that's one Hawkeye opinion.

Wait... what? Are you trying to say roster turnover is the reason we didn't beat Wisconsin? lol...No. The scenario you described is EXACTLY what happened in the14-15 season. Twins, Dakari and Lee returned for their sophomore year, Poythress and WCS were Juniors etc. Bottom line, nothing is guaranteed in CBB.

 

[CatGotMyTongue]

Man this board eats it's own, run as fast as you can especially being a fan of a different school.

That's life in the CatsPaw

 

[Big_Blue79]

Didn't Cal lose out on a lot of HS stars while at Memphis? Amare, Perkins, Latavious Williams... I thought there were others, but maybe I'm just misremembering. Or maybe they hadn't yet committed but were Memphis leans?

 

[WildMoon]

Yeah. Op is looking at one side of discussion.

Cal would still look at top tier talent and would miss if they left for draft.

Also it might trigger the 2 and done group to become one and done.

We don't really know the total impact if it goes to HS and out in a generation where people aren't criticized for leaving early.

Also 2 more title is silly. You say we had vets, but we also had crazy good freshman. Freshmen has been far more important so not sure how losing out on the top freshmen is going to help us.

 

[IndyCat1995]

no need to be an ass to the guy. Sorry Hawkeye