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R.J. Barrett talks Kentucky visit

It's gamesmanship. Cal doesn't want people knowing what his pitch to Barrett is.

That he'd tell Barrett that is otherwise too hard to believe.

Jmo.


I hop you're correct...if otherwise it's worrisome
 
Losing him to Duke would suck but what would suck even more is to strike out on 4 major wing players in him, reddish, williamson and langford. Gotta get one of those 4.
 
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I feel the same...hope I'm wrong. Have this sick feeling Duke already has their class put together. Think they're getting a massive help from NIKE & USA basketball folks. Let me rephrase, I don't think I know. If Zion ends up there also you know Coach K is retiring or $$$$$ is involved.

Nike wanted Reddish at UK, Lebron did too. That's why they were meeting with him. Look at Klutch sports client list, it's a who's who of UK players and Rich Paul was pushing for Kentucky for that reason.
 
Agreed. I'm sick of every recruiting thread turning into a Duke thread. I'm spending less time on this board because of it, to be honest.

C'mon man, we got chicken hearts, paranoid conspiracy theorists, bed wetters, bullies (aka chumps who melt down as soon as they don't have overwhelming advantage), crap stirring troll fans of lesser programs (aka all of em), and diehard pessimists desperately trying to make believe the world is a turd on the best of days in vain attempt to stave off the threat disappointment...whats not to love?
 
Good guess. Best selling shoes, movie deal, dominated headlines all summer, been in the finals the last 3 summers.

I mean...let's be honest.

Dominated headlines for thinking the Earth is flat and being an ungrateful punk after riding LeBrons coat tails. Didn't even know he had his own shoe and it won't be a best seller ever again. Movie deals lol. Kyrie is a loser.
 
Here's another person's take...this one sounds pretty crappy


That........isn't overly positive.

Not sure if this laid back approach will work in this guy, given his comments about how he plans to spend his visit to Durham.

I'm certainly reading too much into this but I was hoping for something a little more prepared from the coaching staff.
 
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Everyone just needs to calm down and let this play out. You will still have plenty of time to bitch and complain come November.
 
Fellas, I don't know what Barrett will do anymore than any of you guys. But there has to be a reason that the UK insiders are confident and sticking to their guns on this one. TJ Walker, Matt Jones, and Chris Fisher all believe that Barrett will be at UK next year barring a surprise. I don't think he's a lock by any means, but taking his short comments and saying "that's it, he's going to Duke," is just preposterous.
 
I'm really going to get violently ill if he also chooses puke
I am told every day that Cal doesn't recruit. He just tells WWW who he wants. Wes then pays a middle man hundred of thousands in pre paid debit cards and then the kid commits to UK.
I've always wondered how that theory works when kids don't choose UK? I asked Captain Suntan that once back when he had a job and he just hung up on me
 
Nike wanted Reddish at UK, Lebron did too. That's why they were meeting with him. Look at Klutch sports client list, it's a who's who of UK players and Rich Paul was pushing for Kentucky for that reason.

Ummm....no! NIKE has been very generous to Duke since 2014.
 
Nike wanted Reddish at UK, Lebron did too. That's why they were meeting with him. Look at Klutch sports client list, it's a who's who of UK players and Rich Paul was pushing for Kentucky for that reason.

Slater is that you? If it is not, you need to quit posting premium content on other sites free boards.
 
I mean if you really think the best recruiter of all time had his top priority on campus for an entire weekend as his first official visit and just didn't have anything planned or know what to say to the kid, then feel free to believe that, I guess. Sure it caught Cal by surprise that RJ just walked up to him one morning and he had never even heard of the kid.
 
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I mean if you really think the best recruiter of all time had his top priority on campus for an entire weekend as his first official visit and just didn't have anything planned or know what to say to the kid, then feel free to believe that, I guess. Sure it caught Cal by surprise that RJ just walked up to him one morning and he had never even heard of the kid.
From Barrett's feedback it sounds like Cal was just like you described. Which seems extremely unlikely. So maybe Barrett is trolling Duke?
 
its also possible Cal went into detail about different scenarios and how RJ would be used (all sounding good) and RJ summarized the more detailed conversation by responding that Cal isn't sure yet..

Which would likely all be true all the way around.
 
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That's very tricky. Some recruits do not like when you put down others schools while recruiting them, even if it's true. Parents especially. I've seen recruits cut a team because the coach talked down about another school he was considering


I think my selling point would be, look at Duke players in the NBA & how they do. Then look at UK players & how they do. You're going to be a professional basketball player. Something to think about.

Outside of Kyrie...Duke players do not adjust well for whatever reason. Phil Jackson actually made the statement at one time. Sure, we've both had some disappointments but UK has more success stories than Duke. Say what you want there's a reason.
 
I think my selling point would be, look at Duke players in the NBA & how they do. Then look at UK players & how they do. You're going to be a professional basketball player. Something to think about.

Outside of Kyrie...Duke players do not adjust well for whatever reason. Phil Jackson actually made the statement at one time. Sure, we've both had some disappointments but UK has more success stories than Duke. Say what you want there's a reason.

brand boozer maggette Deng battier Redick hood parker( he just has to stay healthy)Irving have all adjusted well to the NBA. i still believe oak( 15 and 7 in his first two years.and winslow will be really good as well.I'm sure Tatum Ingram bagley Duval reddish and Carter will be fine too.
 
Losing him to Duke would suck but what would suck even more is to strike out on 4 major wing players in him, reddish, williamson and langford. Gotta get one of those 4.
Not worried about wings. Thinking more stay than go in the draft.
 
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Feel free to look up what I've shared in other posts with the board and see if you still feel this is based on trying to "troll". For your sake, hopefully things change or friend got some bad info, but he's pretty good at what he does/knows the right people.
 
Ralph is a credible source. You are not.
So is TJ and others that say UK feels good about him still. So a a vague I was told doesn't carry much weight. He might not come here but I doubt Ralph's source knows for sure. Most people think Barrett doesn't even know yet.
 
stick by my friend and he's diehard BBN....and he's been frustrated by what's been going on..but it is what it is. Getting outworked happens...time to shak
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This is my fear of late. Don't like to hear about 'getting outworked'. Hopefully that's just a simple way of saying we had a lot of ground to make up with Oregon.
 
So is TJ and others that say UK feels good about him still. So a a vague I was told doesn't carry much weight. He might not come here but I doubt Ralph's source knows for sure. Most people think Barrett doesn't even know yet.

Sometimes can't elaborate..but friend was told he's not going to UK. Same friend who had info on Bam, Monk, Briscoe being an issue, Bam definitely leaving school, Bagley re-classifying, so I've got no reason to doubt him. He shared what he had heard and it was believable. Hopefully things change for UK/BBN but as of today heard UK wouldn't be where RJ will go to school.
 
This is my fear of late. Don't like to hear about 'getting outworked'. Hopefully that's just a simple way of saying we had a lot of ground to make up with Oregon.
That's what I'm talking about. So just because a recruit doesn't pick U.K. They are being outworked?!?!
 
Sometimes can't elaborate..but friend was told he's not going to UK. Same friend who had info on Bam, Monk, Briscoe being an issue, Bam definitely leaving school, Bagley re-classifying, so I've got no reason to doubt him. He shared what he had heard and it was believable. Hopefully things change for UK/BBN but as of today heard UK wouldn't be where RJ will go to school.
Fair enough but some of those points were pretty well known.
 
Fellas, I don't know what Barrett will do anymore than any of you guys. But there has to be a reason that the UK insiders are confident and sticking to their guns on this one. TJ Walker, Matt Jones, and Chris Fisher all believe that Barrett will be at UK next year barring a surprise. I don't think he's a lock by any means, but taking his short comments and saying "that's it, he's going to Duke," is just preposterous.

Does it bother you that they are basically the only ones saying that?
 
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