lol. The hypocrisy of some in the Kentucky fan base is hilarious. The same ones saying he should be loyal and not transfer last year is now ready to kick him to the curb and say “he’s not this or that”. Guess loyalty only works one way and you should sit the bench while starting over every year from the transfer portal. Shows it’s not about loyalty to fans, it’s about winning above all else
Interesting list of schools interested in Perry!
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Do you know the guy in your avatar was was the kid in the Charlie Chaplin silent movie
To me it seems that Pope's offense is very suited to TP. He doesn't have to create his own shot because of all of the screens and cuts that are utilized which creates open shots for players.
Too many are unable or just plain unwilling to even half way pretend to be constructive as they unleash on players.
The truth is pretty hard....Mr basketball all time leading scorer. Followed Reed Sheppard.
We talk a real good game about wanting kids to stay and develop, but that's lies.
We want one and done talent that decides to stay.
Then when he got minutes it was out of his position.
Tennessee and especially Vanderbilt have tortured UK fans for years past with kids that weren't 'good enough' to be Kentucky players until they lit us up.
Hope he does well. There's several reasons UK isn't for everybody. ... and sometimes it ain't pretty.
We talk a real good game about wanting kids to stay and develop, but that's lies.
We want one and done talent that decides to stay.
Then when he got minutes it was out of his position.
Tennessee and especially Vanderbilt have tortured UK fans for years past with kids that weren't 'good enough' to be Kentucky players until they lit us up.
Hope he does well. There's several reasons UK isn't for everybody. ... and sometimes it ain't pretty.
I was an athlete alright. I've got the trophy case to prove it, and I'm just talking high school. Wearing that Kentucky jersey would have been worth a million dollars to me easy. Maybe you weren't born and raised in Kentucky. Growing up I had to listen to Cawood for most of the games because they weren't on tv, especially in the backwoods rural area I'm from. I get teary eyed just imagining that I'm at half court on senior day listening to My Old Kentucky Home. Maybe it's just my generation that feels this way. One of the saddest days of my life was when I walked off the court after my last game and realized that I would never get to play for Kentucky. I thought maybe if I got to the state tournament and went crazy like Troy McKinley or Paul Andrews it might happen, but it didn't happen.
I did not. I’m an Addams Family and Munsters fanDo you know the guy in your avatar was was the kid in the Charlie Chaplin silent movie
I think everyone knows he's going to get better, but it's going to take a couple years and he only has 4 years of making big money in college. He will make more money these next 3 years then he will make at any point after his college career is over.
This had to be a very tough decision for TP, but is was the smart thing to do. Someone is going to pay him a lot of money, more money than UK was going to pay him.
Also, I think everyone wanted him to stay, afterall, he is a Kentucky kid, but this is about UK putting the best roster together possible and Perry doing what was best for his financial future.
I agree
I was responding to people saying he wasn't good enough n so forth. If he goes to the sec again it's not by luck. Coaches believe in him
Players got better once they moved away from Cal.
You see what happened when Florida and Auburn paid someone "a lot of money", their current players walked.
Wherever Travis ends up I'm sure his NIL will align with the rest of the team.
He just not the type of player you go out on a limb for.
I know he can get better but athletically you are just what you are and the SEC might be too athletic of a league for him. He might excel in the ACC or Big 10.
I was only talking about this upcoming season. I wish he stayed because I would love to see him hit shots for us in a final 4.
He was treated fine.
He played.
He started.
He contributed to the best of his current ability.
Seems fair to me.
If he thinks he will make more elsewhere, he is mistaken.
If he just wants to play more, so be it.
Disappointment is a part of life.
If he leaves, he won't be back.
I'm not up to par on exactly what happened at Auburn and Florida, but it looks like some incoming players got better deals than existing players had and both schools didn't want to renegotiate. Yeah, that's going to definitely cause problems, especially with a guy like CBM.
I deal with it every day. I have a business with 15 guys, they all think they are the greatest employee and better than the guy next to them. Most are full of manure. I had to put set pay scales in for each position. That squashed the complaining for the most part, but I'm not dealing with the big money deals these college athletes are getting, so it's definitely different.
I feel like Pope has done a great job keeping everyone happy. I don't think Perry left for financial reasons.
Yes, considering he is currently receiving six figures at UK, with endless opportunities in-state for other means of wealth-accumulation, I'm saying it would be a HUGE MISTAKE to pass up being 12th guy on the bench at UK just to get "more minutes" elsewhere, even if it is Power 5 and even if it is 6-figures. That is of course assuming that his sole reasoning for choosing a path away from UK is simply to get to play more, yes I think it's a really dumb mistake. So you play more minutes at South Carolina? Who cares? What's it get you? I guess you can say "hey I was pretty good, I was 6th man at Vandy". Or "Hey, I started 3 years at South Carolina". Who cares? If it doesn't help him go to the NBA, or play professionally elsewhere, then what did it do? If the desire is simply to "get to play" then it's a mistake.
Now, you could argue that his future career prospects won't really be impacted by choosing to play elsewhere, and that could be true. But what if he chooses to play elsewhere (Power 5 or not) and gets injured? What if he plays a season somewhere, has a so-so year, then the next season blows out a knee? Maybe he plays again after recovering, but never really gets to shine. Would it be better for that to happen at UK or Arkansas/South Carolina/Ole Miss?
Color me skeptical regarding the alleged list of teams interested in Perry.
Travis should take the Patrick sparks path and go to wku prove himself they transfer back. Ole miss isn’t bad either but I don’t know that he ll make more than Uk also he could return. That’s the outlier option
I don't care if Nate Oats was in Lexington, there is no way in hell Perry is playing for Alabama next season
Yeah, that's the views of someone who is a fan and not a competitive athlete.
I'd rather actually play basketball instead of watching. So would Perry.
As mentioned in my above post, I think this mentality is a mistake when we are talking about future implications and a career outside of basketball. As I mentioned in my above post, if you "actually play basketball" at Creighton (example) as opposed to riding the pine at UK what does it net you? Congrats, you "played basketball" at Creighton. If getting more minutes gets you more exposure to go to the NBA after college then the plan worked. But does anyone think Perry is going to the NBA? Maybe he gets some opportunities as a professional elsewhere (overseas), but those opportunities are likely still there as a role player at UK.
Meanwhile, you've decided to move back home to Kentucky upon graduation to pursue a career in business (example) and now everyone remembers that you left to "play basketball" at Creighton instead of being remembered as the kid who scored more points than anyone in the history of Kentucky, and then played 4-5 years at the University of Kentucky.
We're talking about big time serious life-altering decisions here with major impact on the future and we have posters trying to claim some kind of desire to actually just get to play basketball on the court as a legitimate reason for leaving a school that could create lucrative financial opportunities in perpetuity simply for being a part of it. Its asinine. "Oh you don't understand the heart of a competitor, they don't want to sit and watch, they want to play". Well when we're considering what it could mean for his future then maybe he should be smart and learn to like just sitting and watching. And again, it's not like he's some whipping boy at UK, he's getting paid 6-figures and will have every opportunity to improve and compete.
Let's just say he stays and NEVER gets to play. If thats the case, literally the worst thing that happened is he made 6-figures plus, solidified his future in this state, all while being wildly popular, but didn't actually get to play.
Compared to playing and doing well somewhere and being able to go play overseas? That's way better than selling insurance in Kentucky cause you were a bench warmer. I get what you're saying but Perry is too good for that. He's not a scrub player who played at Pikeville or something just happy to be there. He's good.
You are considering "selling insurance" and looking long term as personality flaws and that is your perogative. However not everybody is cut out to play overseas and if he is as good as you say then he will contribute at UK.
But I totally understand where you are coming from. Perry is a natural born competitor and has belief in himself. He believes he can help somewhere and that is HIS perogative. I hope he succeeds wherever he goes but is not a point or a 3. He is a shooting guard that just does not fit into the talent pool at UK at this time.
I just saw where Beard was doing an in home visit with Perry today. I guess there is real interest from Ole Miss.
Here’s the thing, not every person wants to stay in their hometown or home state for life. I left my small Kentucky hometown as soon as i could at 18 and never went back for more than a visit intentionally.
I left the state for a few years without issue, but am back to make sure I am close enough to care for my octogenarian parents as they age.
Perhaps Perry is more interested in pursuing a career outside of Kentucky than he is selling real estate or insurance in Eddyville and living off his past high school and UK glory. Or maybe he’s a guy who loves to play ball and would rather play at another school than have really nice seats to his dream school’s games.
Yeah, it is his choice. I'm good either way but admit I would like to see him stay. It sure isn't my business to tell him what is wrong or what is right. Just like all young people he will find out for himself.
Fair, but I don't think he's NBA-good, and would love to be proven wrong. So if that's the case, I would wager that he would make an absolute fortune selling insurance (if that's what he chose to do), much more money than he would ever make playing professionally over seas. I'd say he would be incredibly well set in starting any business venture when you consider the money he could squirrel away from NIL and other opportunities as start up capital that come from playing at UK.
I realize I am taking a more adult-like approach in evaluating this decision, and he is, afterall, still just a young young man. But, I have to think he has people in his proverbial "camp" that help him make decisions, and my hope is that in their advising they are thinking about the implications on life well after basketball. I get it, the kid is going to have belief in himself, he's probably been taught to have that belief, and he obviously has it intrinsically given his high school accolades. If he's chasing an opportunity to be a pro, then he'll need the exposure. But if he's simply just chasing more playing time because he wants to play basketball because it's fun, then I think it's a mistake.
I'm a Perry fan. I wish he wouldn't leave. I think he will contribute here. So I guess we agree? He would have gotten better under Cal too.
I'm very surprised at his leaving. maybe it's money move as someone else surmised? I would think he still has the option to stay at UK.
Well it depends on what he wants to do as a career. We actually have a similar case-study who went to Vandy (though not sure he was ever offered by UK) in Scott Hundley, who appears to now be a Principal at an Elementary school.
Vandy is obviously a highly-regarded prestigious school that has great professional and business schools, so he could certainly earn a respected degree from there, not that a degree from UK is just some bum piece of paper. But I dare say he would be able to leverage contacts made from being at Vandy like he would being at UK as a beloved basketball player. Which is the point, obviously.
Live and let live.
It’s simple. He grew up loving and playing basketball. Probably every day since he was a toddler. Dad is a coach. Leading scorer of all time.
Smart enough to see he wasn’t a starter at UK next year. Brave enough to try and live out HIS dream elsewhere. Tough on him I’m sure.
He will take his time and get to a place he is needed and get minutes. Mature and do well. Be happy doing what he loves and it’s not sitting on the bench.
Have to admit some of the couch coaches on Rafters were and are pretty tough on him. I thought he hung in pretty good after being thrust into pg position as an immature teenager playing against top flight players 4 years older and more experienced and mature.
Hope he does great. Got skills. I’d like to hear Pope say the door is always open for Travis. Mark transferred to UK so he gets it. Kid wants to play and believes in himself. Just pick a place where he is needed!
It’s simple. He grew up loving and playing basketball. Probably every day since he was a toddler. Dad is a coach. Leading scorer of all time.
Smart enough to see he wasn’t a starter at UK next year. Brave enough to try and live out HIS dream elsewhere. Tough on him I’m sure.
He will take his time and get to a place he is needed and get minutes. Mature and do well. Be happy doing what he loves and it’s not sitting on the bench.
Have to admit some of the couch coaches on Rafters were and are pretty tough on him. I thought he hung in pretty good after being thrust into pg position as an immature teenager playing against top flight players 4 years older and more experienced and mature.
Hope he does great. Got skills. I’d like to hear Pope say the door is always open for Travis. Mark transferred to UK so he gets it. Kid wants to play and believes in himself. Just pick a place where he is needed!
I think WKU, Iowa, Ole Miss would be good spots for him.
Ahh I see we are doing third grade level insults. I’d respond with something about how you eat boogers or you got cooties but I’ve graduated to fourth grade humor.
Its hiś life. Its his decision. Thank you Travis for the year at UK. I wish you the best wherever you go.
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