Jasper Johnson
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That dude turned into a clown.
I will play my guys and you Bennies can kiss it.
Booooooooooo!
I will play my guys and you Bennies can kiss it.
Booooooooooo!
He’ll play better competition and with better coaching by going this route.. straight up business decision that means nothing about whether he is playing in college or who he will play for.. he’ll be a CAT.
If you are saying that Cal didnt recruit Sheppard, that isnt true. If it is Perry only? Cal did recruit him but not to the level that he recruited Sheppard and others. We will see if Perry is on the same level as other 2024 Cal recruits, Knox, Fland , Richmond and Quantaince. I hope Perry outshines them all.
Said they have to make the best decision for Jasper. I mean if they are thinking long term, after his playing days are over, wouldn't that be UK?
This seems like the obvious answer. Go to Bama and be completely forgotten after a few years of go to UK and be community hero for the rest of your life. Regardless of Bama's NIL offer, being a Ky kid that chooses UK over big time rivals will lead to a lifetime of NIL.
Idk when I hear that statement from a kid that’s considering the in state school it seem like they are setting up a decision that won’t be popular lol
Travis Branham on the Leach report made it still sound like it's a race between UNC and Bama with UK in third place. He sounded (to me anyways) like UK made up some ground but still in third.
What does that even mean....how can any recruiting expert (i.e. glorified guesser) say UK was third and in a new prediction are still 3rd but made up ground? HE's totally pulling it out of his butt to appear like he knows something.
I don't care how many Final Fours that Alabama makes. Their basketball team will always play 2nd fiddle to Alabama football. The Alabama fans are more concerned about who the 3rd string punter for their JV team is, than who a 5-Star basketball recruit named Jasper Johnson is.
I think Mullins is on same level as JJ, so I hope we get both. Read the tea leaves folks, big family powwow, full of kentucky blue, followed by info that he'll be announcing soon. If he wanted someone else he would have committed many months from now so that he could evaluate further, aka, see how pope was doing. Let's please not disparage the kid, before or after the announcement. He's a good kid, go Big Blue.
I hope he's wrong and Jasper chooses the Cats.
Money is part of today’s game, but it won’t push him one direction or another.
“I know it’s something that has to be done nowadays and it’s something you’ve got to look into, but it’s not really that important to me,” Johnson told KSR.
“I know it’s something that has to be done nowadays and it’s something you’ve got to look into, but it’s not really that important to me,” Johnson told KSR.
He was very weird about it. You just kinda had to hear it. He made it sound like it went from Bama for sure to like UNC is gaining traction. Based on his "contacts" he spoke to over the weekend. Seemed like UK was never much in the picture per him. Who the heck knows.
I remember the story of Jared Prickett on his recruiting visit to Kentucky. John Pelphrey was his host and Prickett was down to UK and ND. Pelphrey told Pricket, "If you want to play football, you go to Notre Dame. If you want to play basketball, you go to Kentucky."
Did you know where he was going the night before he announced? Any of your connections let it slip? The national recruiting guys didn’t know- the recruiting folks at HOB didn’t know. I knew, posted it, and I also know your statement is 100% false.
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I'm sure what he meant was that we were a distant third and with upping the NIL offer and whatever else we closed the gap but are still in 3rd like a race horse which was 5 lengths behind is now 1 length behind 2nd place. if that makes sense.
Kentucky stepped up stronger for Johnson. I believe he is ours to lose at this point. Still not 100% but UK is back in the lead, last week we were the runner up in this recruitment. I still wouldn’t be mad if we miss out on him because I believe there are better options that are a better fit. But keeping the high level in state talent at UK is also important and for that reason I hope he commits to us.
Moreno 7'0" C
Yessoufou 6'5" SF
Mullins 6'4" SG
Johnson 6'4" Combo guard
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Garrison 6'11" C
Noah 6'6" SF
Oweh 6'5" SF
Chandler 6'5" SG
Perry 6'1" Combo guard
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Then add three portal guys (at least one stretch four; one point guard, and probably one more guy who can play in the post).
Jack Pilgrim recently:
“Got a "still think it's Bama slightly over Kentucky, but not definitive" this afternoon, for what it's worth.”
“Got a "still think it's Bama slightly over Kentucky, but not definitive" this afternoon, for what it's worth.”
Why in the world is Bama leading? Pope and Oats run similar stuff offensively. Johnson's getting shots in both systems. It's not like Oats is the second coming of Coach K.
What's the draw? Is it NIL?
They’ve built a great relationship with him and his family over the years
Is he looking to be adopted or is he making a business decision?
well for one Oats got a player from the same place Jasper was just playing in Missouri so Oats built a relationship with the coaches there that probably got him a lot of access to Jasper to build a stronger relationship foundation.
After that its probably promises made, starting or playing time or shots. Then add in they just made the final four .
Respectfully, I don't think a new arena is any part of the decision. Right now JJ thinks he is a 1 year player unfortunately.
Apparently the NIL is even now, but it sounds like Jasper must have a better relationship with Oats, because I feel like they still lead. Other than that, I have nothing, and that's definitely not inside info.
Alabama made the Final-4 with zero 1st round picks. Cal couldn't make it past the 1st round with 2 lottery picks.
Honest question, when was the last time a basketball recruit with strong athletic ties spurned UK for an out-of-state non-traditional power? If he goes to UNC, I get it. But Alabama beating out UK here would be the equivalent of Stoops beating out DeBoer for Robert Horry Jr., 5-star dual threat quarterback who grew up in Tuscaloosa.
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