JQ says he came to Kentucky becasue they can win a National Championship.
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It's good to know some players still actually care about winning.
So looking forward to watching this team at full strength.
I enjoyed listening to this him, he seemed very well spoken and articulate. His recovery seems to be ahead of schedule. Hope he’s ready for UL. Looking forward to this season as well. Pope seems very high on him.
Bro it's gonna be a long summer and fall. I've not been up for a season like this since 2015.
Very happy he is returning, he was my favorite in Cals last class. I watched a couple of ASU games last year and he seemed to play good team ball, not a ball hog.
It won't be long before the top transfers reach out to each other and decide together where they'd like to go -- much like Lebron, Bosch, and Wade did. And please don't turn this into an NBA/Lebron discussion. I'm just explaining what I mean.
It will happen sooner or later. And after it happens once, it will become standard for portal guys to "collude."
Of course, it all depends on schools willing to fork up the money to take them.
It will happen sooner or later. And after it happens once, it will become standard for portal guys to "collude."
Of course, it all depends on schools willing to fork up the money to take them.
Eh...let's be real. His number one priority was getting paid as much as he could via the transfer portal.
His number two priority is getting to the NBA/pros as quickly as possible.
Number three is getting as healthy as possible to showcase his talent for wherever he may get drafted.
Winning comes after all that.
JQ has been nothing by great in his interviews. He gets this place.
Probably accurate for many…but it was widely reported JQ accepted less to come to Kentucky than he was being offered elsewhere.
It’s a balance if those factors but it isn’t always in that order and many view it as a cumulative score I.e which place allows me to maximize the combination of those things
There seems to be a balance and positive vibe, now that CMP has his second squad together now. It's hard to imagine that last year might be the least talented overall team he may ever put together here. And I absolutely loved last season.
The continuity and future building blocks placed on top of the firm foundation for the future that is already in place puts us in a zone we haven't had in the CCC years. Not in a long time, at least. Not to mention the quality of depth and roster construction differences between CCC and CMP. We are light years moving forward now, it has that feel.
We are right back to the center of the universe on all things basketball at Kentucky. As if we ever went anywhere else to begin with. So many of us are pumped for the next season, they had all better watch out for us Cats !
Go Big Blue !
The continuity and future building blocks placed on top of the firm foundation for the future that is already in place puts us in a zone we haven't had in the CCC years. Not in a long time, at least. Not to mention the quality of depth and roster construction differences between CCC and CMP. We are light years moving forward now, it has that feel.
We are right back to the center of the universe on all things basketball at Kentucky. As if we ever went anywhere else to begin with. So many of us are pumped for the next season, they had all better watch out for us Cats !
Go Big Blue !
The ‘24-25 Cats could have made the Final Four, if not for injuries.
Our record would have been better with a healthy Butler, Kriisa, and Robinson. With a better (1 or 2) seed, we would have better shot at the Elite Eight and maybe a Final Four.
We beat the champs without Kriisa albeit early in the year and at home. We beat another Final Four team (Duke) as well, on a neutral floor.
We were going to be legit contenders until the injuries devastated our lineup.
That’s with every kid. It’s a given. But you also have kids who at the same time care just as much about winning. The D’Aaron Fox and Bam Adebayo post UNC Elite 8 locker room interview showed how much they valued winning.
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Well, that’s one way to look at it.
Another would be possessing a will to win first and foremost will drive you to get a high NIL offer. , Get you drafted, and keep you ahead in your recovery efforts.
A will to win drives guys to success. You either have it, or you don’t.
If he had stuck with UK last year he could have helped make UK a better national title contender. Glad he decided to re commit for this coming season though.
Michael Jordan wanted to be the best. It’s no different here. Those that want to be the best want it regardless. Money is handled upfront. There’s no reason to think the best still aren’t gonna want to be the best.
I hate this new system “let’m make money on autographs” that it wouldn’t end there sure. Now that it’s destroyed we need to find the ones that still want to be the best. JQ sounds like one of those.
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No lisp here but otherwise I finally realized why Quaintance’s voice has always sounded vaguely familiar to me. 🥊💪🏿🏆
Jayden came here TO WIN
Jayden came here TO WIN
Good point. He did leave tho. I think he wanted to be at UK the year before. I don’t think Pope wanted anything to do with left over Cal guys. His father said he reached out to Pope twice with no answer so. ??????
I don't know what happened with his recruitment overall, but if what you are saying about Pope is true (and I have no idea if it is), that is a very poor reflection upon Pope.
Holler at me in October. An update 45 days post surgery means virtually nothing. Cool, he's got ROM. I hope the kid is the one in a million cases that can return to play basketball in 6 months. My world is also based in finance and statistics. I tend to side with data. But you thumping your chest over this is pretty cute though.
I think the article was on KSR. His dad was interviewed. You have to remember how late Pope got the job. He focused on putting together a staff first, by then JQ decommitted and was gone. Perry waited and Pope reached out. I don’t think it is a bad look. He had to have priorities.
Zakai Zeigler had literally the exact same injury last year, had surgery on March 13th (JQs surgery was March 19th), and he was back to full strength and starting Game 1 (funny enough, against Louisville) where he played 34 minutes and had 19 pts and 7 assts.
Your assessment that it's "one in a million" is just not true. Players are coming back quicker and quicker from these things and having a ton of success with the rehab.
Man that hurts my soul to watch. Then getting cheated out of a final four makes it 1000x worse. I'll go to my grave saying that's the most rigged game I've ever seen.
I guarantee you there are more than that man, come on, you're being delusional at this point.
You think those are the only 2 people in the history of the WORLD to recover from this injury in 6-7 months?
I have a feeling several kids have told their fanbase this when they signed. Not a unique statement. I hope he is as good as advertised and is able to get 100% healthy so he can help us get #9.
So everyone should have listened to you is what you’re saying? These young men aren’t entitled to the money they’re making? Hey, can you tell me your stock picks for now?
No no no. BASKETBALL player. Pro or college. Not interested in someone’s nephew or uncles brothers cousins BS story. 6 months. Not 6-7. Not 8.5. 6 months. That’s what they have laid out. That’s the benchmark. I’m not even fact checking this stuff. So far we have two. I hope JQ adds one to whatever list we come up with. But the people that think it’s more than a snowballs chance in Arizona of happening are of the same mindset of those that believe Otega won’t be back. Nothing is absolute, obviously, but my mind doesn’t operate in the puffy clouds and rainbows universe. Years and years of data form a fact based opinion.
I think it’s clear how many didn’t realize the sport was going to negatively change forever over allowing the spirit of the grievance lobby to gain control over CBB. It will never be the same and very few of the players care. No I wouldn’t allow a free for all because without some kind of rules this will continue to derail. Eventually they probably won’t have money to earn as popularity declines over decades due to lost connections between program and fan. Of course many probably like yourself won’t get that either.
You talked down to posters for taking the word of Aaron Torres then once Jayden Quaintance confirmed Torres, you double down with more nonsense.
UCONN and Higgins was pretty bad. I started a thread about the bad officiating we have gotten over the years and was basically told by many I was delusional and it’s in my head.
Watching that and remembering the UNCheat game. Remembering the UCONN / Higgins cheat and the Whisky shot clock miss , I stand firm on my statement.
No program has suffered the bad call bounce more than UK.
You are young or don’t have a good memory if you don’t remember all the outlandish, bullshit calls we have gotten.
It’s never been in anyone’s head. UK is hated universally for multiple factors. For one it’s a northeast sport and we’ve dominated it from, what’s seen as, a southern state. It began early on so all of the old heads that saw the Rupp years hated us because we were the first great. Then the other programs comprised of the east and northeast hate a southern program has won to this level. It’s a lot to do with jealousy.
The media is made up of eastern and northeastern guys who are alumns of those programs. They hate the south and hate a people like UK because it overshadows their Alma maters.
I went to bed to stories of how bad Joe Hall was treated by the coaching fraternity. It’s largely the same reason. They wanted the sport to get away from the Kentucky dominance. The entire sport hates our fanbase. The coaches do, and the ncaa doesn’t want Kentucky to be the poster child. They want Duke to represent that.
The officials are just an offspring of that and also hate the fanbase.
Anyone who doesn’t understand how bad Kentucky is hated in CBB - it’s largely just them trying to sound above the typical talk of a fan’s opinion. They aren’t interested in truth they’re interested in sounding above you. Either that or they don’t follow and haven’t followed enough over decades to know what it looks like.
