Insight from BB analyst K. Peek re Sharpe
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I don’t blame the kid one bit for leaving….heck, I’d do the same thing. The whole situation was handled terribly though, by both Sharpe and Cal.Peek has never wavered in her belief that Sharpe will be playing in the NBA next year rather than staying at Kentucky.
“Even when I spoke to him in October I was kind of getting the impression his end goal was not to play at Kentucky. His end goal is to be an NBA player and why would he risk injury or his draft stock falling (by staying at Kentucky),” Peek said. “The intrigue of who he could be is more of a positive than anything else right now.”
Peek said Sharpe will still have to go through NBA team workouts even if he does decide to not attend the NBA Combine once he puts his name officially into the NBA draft.
“There is no way he cannot at least do the workouts,” Peeks said. “If his workouts do not go well and he was to get feedback that he is not ready yet that could be the only way he returns to Kentucky but he was the No. 1 player (in the 2022 recruiting class) for a reason.”
Peek does believe Sharpe wanted to play this year at Kentucky but the feedback from those around him was to just sit out and not play.
Kentucky players several times talked about how good Sharpe looked in practice … but maybe not every practice.
“What I heard from some NBA guys that were able to go to practice was that he was not really practicing, either,” Peek said. “I don’t know if that was to protect him with NBA guys there or not.”
Basketball analyst Krysten Peek always thought Shaedon Sharpe was NBA bound
Shaedon Sharpe (Photo by Vicky Graff)Krysten Peek, basketball writer for YahooSports and Rivals, has Kentucky freshman Shaedon Sharpe sixth in her latest NBA mock draft behind Chet Holmgren of Gonzaga, Jabari Smith of Auburn, Paolo Banchero ofwww.yoursportsedge.com
Regarding #6, that lineup isn't nearly as talented as 2012 or 2015 UK.
Not sure why anyone is upset about Sharpe. Cost nothing & 10% chance of getting best high school player. That is a deal you cannot pass up. What is the problem?
I think it has more to do him sitting out and Cal and Sharpe saying he’s 100% back next year. They lied to the fans, Sharpe used UK, and probably cost us a recruit or two for next year (I’d believe some highly ranked players would have come but didn’t want to compete with Sharpe).
Uh, he didn't even play and mostly seemed disinterested in the games and the team. This could also effect the way other high recruits think and their actions. I don't see Sharpe being the only player to ever try and pull this.
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You’ll see the problem when Nick Smith Jr lights UK up while Sharpe is in the NBA next season
Have you been living under a rock for the last 4 months?
Like so many similar issues, there is no "good look" for Calipari to come out of this situation. Either Calipari "got held hostage" or "was played" or "was punked" (however you want to put it) by Sharpe's handlers, or Calipari just flat-out lied about what he knew would be the ultimate outcome -- that Sharpe would never play at U.K. So, the assessment to be made of Calipari, with respect to the Sharpe situation, is: (1) Is Calipari a fool ? (2) Is Calipari a liar ? Take your pick.
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Nobody will convince me that Cal didn't know most likely Sharpe was going to the draft. Sharpe is gone, no doubt about it. If the family and such really did convince Cal otherwise ... well that's just hard to believe he would be gullible like that .
This whole situation was handled so poorly. Like said on KSR I think, either the Sharpe camp or the UK camp, should have hired a PR firm or something.
This build up of saying he is coming back to play next year was the dumbest thing ever to say.
This whole situation was handled so poorly. Like said on KSR I think, either the Sharpe camp or the UK camp, should have hired a PR firm or something.
This build up of saying he is coming back to play next year was the dumbest thing ever to say.
A weak response which unfortunately shows you're rather empty when it comes to this particular debate. Further, the fact that you resorted to insults without any real rebuttal further demonstrates the strength of my argument.
You're making this too easy for my side of the debate, sir.
So what does Cal do? Not take him? I mean Cal had to take him. Even if there is only a small chance he stays and plays. Can’t risk another school getting that same option.
LOL.Who cares if he went to another school since he was never going to play.
He should have been on the sidelines in street clothes, IMO. Dressing in uniform, warming up in the lay-up lines and so on, was just misleading and frustrating to watch when he was putting on a dunk contest all by himself.
“Krysten Peek, basketball writer for YahooSports and Rivals, has Kentucky freshman Shaedon Sharpe sixth in her latest NBA mock draft behind Chet Holmgren of Gonzaga, Jabari Smith of Auburn, Paolo Banchero of Duke, Jaden Ivey of Purdue and Keegan Murray of Iowa.”
Me either but her resume isn’t to shabby …And Larry Vaught values her opinion fwiw
But as far as salivating at the thought of seeing him immediately gone as it seems *most* of this board is doing?
I don’t know about that.
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And it did UK some good, why? He did not have to take him! It's not like he's going to beat anybody.
Too bad you lack the willpower to not click on the thread.
A "Respect my decision" is coming fairly soon...
This place will meltdown.
Meanwhile, Final 4 UNC is getting 4th year players Bacot and Black back.
Good times...
This place will meltdown.
Meanwhile, Final 4 UNC is getting 4th year players Bacot and Black back.
Good times...
I will be glad when he is gone, or glad when he stays. Just do something other than sit on the UK bench and take up space
I've raked Cal over the coals through the years for his in-game coaching and endless bluster.
I have a question on this that the answer is fine either way. If you are Cal and you are recruiting this kid, knowing that he will probably go to the NBA after getting his Porsche and sitting on the bench for a semester, do you go ahead with what his handlers want, or do you say, "No, we don't play that game, move on to Duke"?
I have a question on this that the answer is fine either way. If you are Cal and you are recruiting this kid, knowing that he will probably go to the NBA after getting his Porsche and sitting on the bench for a semester, do you go ahead with what his handlers want, or do you say, "No, we don't play that game, move on to Duke"?
If no one is holding a gun to your head, you don't ackshually have to click on the thread.
Let’s be honest. Everybody would have said…well there’s another big times recruit he lost.
I find it hard to believe that SS is good enough to be a lottery pick in the NBA.. 2 guards are a dime a dozen. He'd have to be Kobe Bryant good right? I know the NBA drafts on potential but I'm skeptical.
I mean, how many 2 guards have been good enough to jump to the league right out of High School.
I mean, how many 2 guards have been good enough to jump to the league right out of High School.
If it takes 150 it should be until CCC faces the media so he's answers for this fiasco, because this is HIS program and he's to blame. It seems like his spill about NOBODY , INCLUDING HIMSELF, is bigger than the KENTUCKY program doesn't include him afterall
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