Jaylen Brown -- learn from Andrew Wiggins ...

[Ripcord65]

Andrew Wiggins was just named the NBA Rookie-of-the-Year. Good for him.

Andrew Wiggins went to college where his mother wanted him to go -- Kansas -- instead of to Kentucky.

In Wiggins' one and only season of college basketball, Kansas lost 10 regular-season games, and only won one (1) game in the NCAA tournament before losing to Stanford in their second game of the tournament.

Andrew Wiggins -- Rookie-of-the-Year in the NBA -- got to play in only ONE NCAA Tournament game, and had to play in ten (10) losses during the regular season ! ! ! At the same time, Julius Randle and James Young -- in their one and only season in college ball -- led the U.K. Wildcats to five (5) NCAA Tournament wins and the National Championship Game.

Now, I realize that Kansas is not Michigan. But Michigan is a whole lot closer to being "like Kansas" than they are to being "like Kentucky."

WHY would Jaylen put himself through something like that by going to Michigan? Come to U.K., Jaylen -- and play for NATIONAL Championships, and not just Big 10 championships.

I'm just sayin' ...

Go 'Cats ! ! !

 

[crazyqx83]

Brown just cut kansas

 

[Ripcord65]

Sorry, but Kansas was not the point of my post.

 

[hailtoyourvictor]

 

[docholiday51]

Ripcord,your point is well taken but there is waaay to much logic applied to your thoughts,this recruiting class has thrown that to the wind.The situation at UK currently is tailor made for Brown,I have almost no expectations that he will end up here even though it is clearly his best choice.

 

[anon_9qtxg60vqzy0y]

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Matt Scott? Brown could be down to UK and Chaminade, and he would have Brown on the next plane headed to Hawaii.

 

[hailtoyourvictor]

Matt Scott? Brown could be down to UK and Chaminade, and he would have Brown on the next plane headed to Hawaii.

Posted that tweet because it was a direct follow up to him breaking that Brown cut Kansas.

 

[Fawrules]

Matt Scott? Brown could be down to UK and Chaminade, and he would have Brown on the next plane headed to Hawaii.

No, he'd still find a way to make Kansas the front runner.

 

[SilentsAreGolden]

So, will Cal just start going after Nike kids now. A lot of wasted effort and money if these guys are going to be led around by the shoe companies.

 

[cats2010]

Not sure I would be pointing out the regular season loss number for Kansa then reference randle and young. They may have had one less regular season loss than wiggins Kansas' squad.

 

[Ripcord65]

Well, Doc ... you may be right.

Are you by any chance a lawyer in Perry County? If so, you and I threw back a serious amount of whiskey in each other's presence back in the day at the Kentucky Bar Association annual conventions. Just sayin' ...

Be well.

 

[docholiday51]

So, will Cal just start going after Nike kids now. A lot of wasted effort and money if these guys are going to be led around by the shoe companies.

Probably not,Cal will continue doing what he does,If we miss on Brown do you think this class is a done deal?

 

[48221]

So playing Devils advocate A Kansas fan can say James Young is playing in the D League and Randle was injured all year while Wiggins was productive in the NBA. Going to Kansas had him NBA ready. If NBA is the Dream of these kids.

 

[Brando Mac]

Probably not,Cal will continue doing what he does,If we miss on Brown do you think this class is a done deal?

If Murray doesn't reclassify, yes.

 

[docholiday51]

Well, Doc ... you may be right.

Are you by any chance a lawyer in Perry County? If so, you and I threw back a serious amount of whiskey in each other's presence back in the day at the Kentucky Bar Association annual conventions. Just sayin' ...

Be well.

Detective from Barren County,guilty as charged on the whiskey charge

 

[SilentsAreGolden]

If we lose Brown, we have to have Murray. Even then, he or Mulder will have to play the 3.

 

[Ripcord65]

So playing Devils advocate A Kansas fan can say James Young is playing in the D League and Randle was injured all year while Wiggins was productive in the NBA. Going to Kansas had him NBA ready. If NBA is the Dream of these kids.[/QUOTE
Yeah, well, Devil's Advocate ... anybody who paid any attention to Wiggins in HS and paid any attention to Wiggins at Kansas knows that Wiggins was the same player when he left Kansas as when he got there. You let me know if you ever find anybody other than a Kansas homer who says that Self "prepared" Wiggins, or anybody else, for the NBA.

The point is this: Wiggins was going to be a contender for NBA Rookie-of-the-Year from the time he left high school, regardless of where he played college ball. Same for Jaylen Brown. The question is ... would you like to have a little fun along the way -- National Championship-type fun -- while you're playing college ball -- or do you want to be where you can go see family members every weekend while you're in college?

 

[Ripcord65]

Detective from Barren County,guilty as charged on the whiskey charge

Well, I've actually plowed more ground and drunk more whiskey in Barren County than in Perry County. I don't know how to communicate privately over this new board. Wish we could.

What kind of detective. Federal ? KSP ? Barren County S.O.? Local police in Glasgow, Cave City, Park City, Hiseville, Temple Hill, or Eighty-Eight ?

Just curious. Let me know and I'll tell you why.

 

[docholiday51]

Well, I've actually plowed more ground and drunk more whiskey in Barren County than in Perry County. I don't know how to communicate privately over this new board. Wish we could.

What kind of detective. Federal ? KSP ? Barren County S.O.? Local police in Glasgow, Cave City, Park City, Hiseville, Temple Hill, or Eighty-Eight ?

Just curious. Let me know and I'll tell you why.

Commonwealth's Attorney Office, retired

 

[Poetax]

My biggest worry about Brown is this, if he wants to come to UK, and momma doesn't, he will be at Michigan. I just wonder if Cal or any of the assistants got to talk to her after some early family remarks.

 

[Ukblue12]

Didn't we lose 10 that year as well? I'm not sure I'd be comparing wiggins with randle and young at this point with a pro uk argument. I'm not sure if the op really thought this one out too well

 

[Poetax]

Didn't we lose 10 that year as well? I'm not sure I'd be comparing wiggins with randle and young at this point with a pro uk argument. I'm not sure if the op really thought this one out too well

Well you do have to give Randle a free ride until he gets over his injury but the one thing I do like about Cal. Except the NIT year when NOEL went down, having 9 or 10 losses doesn't keep us from making deep runs into the NCAA.

 

[Kiimohawk]

Well you do have to give Randle a free ride until he gets over his injury but the one thing I do like about Cal. Except the NIT year when NOEL went down, having 9 or 10 losses doesn't keep us from making deep runs into the NCAA.

If you're going to blame the injury on Noel then you have to take into account the injury to Embiid.

 

[UKWildcats#8]

If you're going to blame the injury on Noel then you have to take into account the injury to Embiid.

Yeah, OP should just quit while he is ahead. No way KU loses 2nd round if Embiid is healthy.

 

[GonzoCat90]

Yeah, OP should just quit while he is ahead. No way KU loses 2nd round if Embiid is healthy.

Why? Fully healthy Kansas teams lose early nearly every year.

The point is that yes, you can go elsewhere and be drafted high, or you can go elsewhere and have a successful team season, but there's really just one place that virtually guarantees the opportunity to maximize your draft stock and put you on a team that's geared to make a deep run. Anything else is a risk, assuming you value both factors.

 

[BobbyG_tickle_swerv]

Why? Fully healthy Kansas teams lose early nearly every year.

The point is that yes, you can go elsewhere and be drafted high, or you can go elsewhere and have a successful team season, but there's really just one place that virtually guarantees the opportunity to maximize your draft stock and put you on a team that's geared to make a deep run. Anything else is a risk, assuming you value both factors.

Duke?

 

[WitnessGreatness]

So playing Devils advocate A Kansas fan can say James Young is playing in the D League and Randle was injured all year while Wiggins was productive in the NBA. Going to Kansas had him NBA ready. If NBA is the Dream of these kids.

Wiggins could have decided to sit the year out and went number 1. The fact that he went to Kansas and there were talks of him possibly not going #1 after the season is remarkable. Self has nothing to do with Wiggins success in the league.

 

[TT Cat]

ESPN has Cats as pre season #1 irregardless of Brown

 

[TruBluCatFan]

This is one of the worst takes I've ever seen on this board. He should be be more like Randle and Young than Wiggins? SMDH.

Why would a blue chip recruit want to be like the #1 overall draft pick and NBA ROY. Do you even realize how crazy your argument sounds?

 

[jmmcgr02]

Andrew Wiggins was just named the NBA Rookie-of-the-Year. Good for him.

Andrew Wiggins went to college where his mother wanted him to go -- Kansas -- instead of to Kentucky.

In Wiggins' one and only season of college basketball, Kansas lost 10 regular-season games, and only won one (1) game in the NCAA tournament before losing to Stanford in their second game of the tournament.

Andrew Wiggins -- Rookie-of-the-Year in the NBA -- got to play in only ONE NCAA Tournament game, and had to play in ten (10) losses during the regular season !

apply that same scenario to nerlens noel, who was 3rd in the ROY voting.

 

[KneeBurns]

Nerlens Noel never should've gone to Kentucky, hurt himself and his team lost 1st round of NIT to a school nobody's ever heard of.

Noel shouldve gone to Kansas who went 31-6 and was a 1-seed. With him at the 4 they very easily could've won it all. Diallo might've have seen what happened to Noel so he went to Kansa

 

[BlueBlood66]

Nerlens Noel never should've gone to Kentucky, hurt himself and his team lost 1st round of NIT to a school nobody's ever heard of.

Noel shouldve gone to Kansas who went 31-6 and was a 1-seed. With him at the 4 they very easily could've won it all. Diallo might've have seen what happened to Noel so he went to Kansa

Fots Shired!!!

 

[Pope John Wall II]

Nerlens Noel never should've gone to Kentucky, hurt himself and his team lost 1st round of NIT to a school nobody's ever heard of.

Noel shouldve gone to Kansas who went 31-6 and was a 1-seed. With him at the 4 they very easily could've won it all. Diallo might've have seen what happened to Noel so he went to Kansa

Wow, sounds like Kansas had a successful season. Based on that regular season result, surely they made a deep run in the tournament and made the title game or Final Four, right? I mean, surely they AT LEAST made the Elite Eight?

 

[MSU129]

Dumb post today goes to the OP. Embiid was hurt, and if he wasn't I'm sure KU would have made a great tourney run, Wiggins just won ROY, and our run that year would not have happened without some last second big shots by AH.

Oh and yes, don't go to Michigan but comparing them to KU is stupid.

 

[W_Heisenberg]

Shockingly enough, elite guys usually think they are the ones who can lead teams to a title (crazy, right?)...and if it doesn't happen, who cares they are still millionaires.

 

[W_Heisenberg]

This is one of the worst takes I've ever seen on this board. He should be be more like Randle and Young than Wiggins? SMDH.

Why would a blue chip recruit want to be like the #1 overall draft pick and NBA ROY. Do you even realize how crazy your argument sounds?

LOL

 

[Ben101er]

Andrew Wiggins was just named the NBA Rookie-of-the-Year. Good for him.

Andrew Wiggins went to college where his mother wanted him to go -- Kansas -- instead of to Kentucky.

In Wiggins' one and only season of college basketball, Kansas lost 10 regular-season games, and only won one (1) game in the NCAA tournament before losing to Stanford in their second game of the tournament.

Andrew Wiggins -- Rookie-of-the-Year in the NBA -- got to play in only ONE NCAA Tournament game, and had to play in ten (10) losses during the regular season ! ! ! At the same time, Julius Randle and James Young -- in their one and only season in college ball -- led the U.K. Wildcats to five (5) NCAA Tournament wins and the National Championship Game.

Now, I realize that Kansas is not Michigan. But Michigan is a whole lot closer to being "like Kansas" than they are to being "like Kentucky."

WHY would Jaylen put himself through something like that by going to Michigan? Come to U.K., Jaylen -- and play for NATIONAL Championships, and not just Big 10 championships.

I'm just sayin' ...

Go 'Cats ! ! !

Yep, good for him. Was named rookie of the year, in spite of having a dismal NCAA tournament. Oh, I forgot, the tournament was just one game for him. I saw him play numerous times, and he was not much better coming out of his freshman year, than he was coming out of HS. He was better, simply because he had matured a little, but he was no more skilled.

 

[Rhavicc]

Posted that tweet because it was a direct follow up to him breaking that Brown cut Kansas.

Do realize that he had Brown going to Kansas before he said Michigan. Speaks of his "insider knowledge" on Brown.

 

[hailtoyourvictor]

Do realize that he had Brown going to Kansas before he said Michigan. Speaks of his "insider knowledge" on Brown.

I forgot. StraightHoops twitter is a 100% legit source, but anyone else is not.

 

[GonzoCat90]

Duke?

This year, sure. Not the case with Irving, Rivers, and Jabari though.

But yes, if I'm an elite prospect, it's between Kentucky and Duke for me, easily. Kentucky has just produced more draft picks and more consistent tournament runs.