A quality basketball team needs more than a collection of mismatched 5 stars.
In this case there is no spin. A lot of people on here didn’t want him before he committed to Kentucky.
Even if Arkansas gets alot of the players they're expecting to get he's probably still their best shooter. Cal recruited a bunch of brick layers this year.
I’ve been having fun with Arkansas fans lately on different platforms. They are so excited to be mentioned with players and think they will be the big school in college BB now. I’m like just wait. BBN knows exactly how your season will go, I could post it right here so you can come back next March and revisit it, but I’m guessing after it happens you won’t be so gung Ho.
Look man, I get you're probably excited about having Cal as your coach, but you don't understand what you've gotten yourself into. Memphis tried to warn us. They said we'd hate him by the time he left and we laughed, but they were exactly right. Heed the warning. Cal doesn't give a shit about winning games for your program. You deserve better.
We all know Cal can’t beat a zone.
You can go back to his recruiting threads over the last year here and see not many were fans of his. we already had his brother who underachieved, it’s not a new revelation. We have had 15 players just like him, we already know how it will turn out. Now if you wanna talk about Fland, JQ, or even Richmond then we can have a discussion because most wanted and still would like them.
So, that's a new thing Calipari has now instituted at Ark? Because if he actually tried to recruit top portal transfers that were very likely better than, and likely to show up, his incoming freshmen while he was at UK (you know, beyond "reaching out") then he was terrible at it.
I can't speak for anybody else here, although I think others might agree with me, but I just want the players that have the most impact on winning. And yes, I think Richie Sauders - even as a role player off the bench - may well have (even may probably have) a bigger impact on winning at UK next season than what Karter Knox would have. It matters not to me how much pro potential Knox has, how high he might be drafted by an NBA team after next season (maybe regardless of how he impacts Ark's team), or that in a few years he's a much better pro player than Saunders ever could be. Knox is playing one year in college, and during that one freshman year he will likely be inferior to most every other starting SF upperclassman in the Big 12/SEC (and almost certainly inferior to every such 2G). Relying on freshmen to carry your team is a recipe for failure - and under Calipari that situation was forced upon the team by design.
Man I don’t disagree 1 and dones as a whole have a limited window to succeed and it’s not the best formula. I concede and understand the point generally speaking. That said if you’re telling me you’d rather have the kid from Illinois that averaged 4 points a game over Karter Knox, then either you’re not being honest or man y’all are in real trouble going forward.
I gotta give you credit. You got most of the names right. Now you got to edit Burke to Burks. But Flanders was funny; you should have left that one.
I agree, your right but I'm anxious to see after the season is over if most bolt for greener pastures or do we get some back. That will tell me if we are recruiting the players that fit.
The majority of schools sign guys who don't get paid much of anything...
We’ve had plenty of Karter Knoxes on our team for the last 15 years. We know who they are and how they play. No thanks, he’s all yours.
lol the same freshmen you were salivating over a few years ago.
Hey man, fill the roster with the bench warmers from worse programs, maybe it’ll work out.
You have no idea of the BS you are in for with Cal.
Can't shoot and is a tweener size wise. unless he shoots the ball significantly better than he has in the past, he's destined for the G League then Hertz rental car.
