Jeff and Reed were convinced Reed could play at this level long before Reed practiced with the UK team.
Reed Sheppard committing Saturday
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a lot of fans do not have the mindset of recruiting today's top players
guys like A. Walker, Mercer would be OAD (no matter what team they played for)
i doubt Delk and McCarty would get past their soph years
the landscape is different
Nothing would make me happier than for Reed to go down as one of our all time greats
Some think Cal should have been at the hospital when Stacy gave birth to Reed and offered a scholarship as Reed came out of her vagina.
If that's the case. We get a title and he gets a lot of professional money
That’s ridiculous. What if he turned out to be no good? Still want that birth offer?
Well if coach Rupp recruited like he did in the 40’s and 50’s Kentucky would suck. It’s National now, no longer can the state make a power program. Cal did everything he could to get Reed here and I think in the end he will be
What did Cal not do to get Reed that he should have done? He offered him very early on, way earlier than he has offered anyone in his tenure here.
Yes I’d offer his son a spot. The parents mean a great deal to the program and there’s no reason not to. We’ve offered scrubs before, might as well be him.
The Allen’s would be a good family to talk to first, that’s for sure. Also Darius Miller.
Agree. The Sheppards should tell Cal “Reed is committing here, but if he works his butt off and earns some playing time but sits while the starters struggle he’s out of here immediately”. It would be Juzang 2.0.
Offer him at birth even though he may never pick up a basketball. That is what Cal should do. Cal has no idea how to recruit. Hope he gets his act together soon.
The only thing Dontaie Allen and Reed Sheppard have in common is they play HS basketball in Kentucky. Why do people keep bringing up this analogy? Allen is the 4th lowest ranked recruit (50 spots below Reed) that signed with UK. I like Dontaie, but he and Reed have one thing in common...they live in the same state. Reed Sheppard, right now is in the same ballpark (within 5 spots in the rankings) as Daniel Orton, Eric Bledsoe, Doron Lamb (exact same spot), Kyle Wiltjer, Marcus Lee, Tyler Ulis (exact same spot), SKJ, Nick Richards, Quade Green and Immanual Quickley, If he's talking to anyone, he should be talking to those guys, not Dontaie Allen.
There is a problem with your analogy...Juzang did not want to work hard here at UK...
Reed will be committing to UK and then will be taking all that NIL money to the bank.
What do you think about Jamal Mashburn Jr.? He wasn't great at Minnesota, but is lighting it up at New Mexico - 17.3 PPG, 4 RPG, and 31% on 3s now.
I agree that Calipari should offer these guys, but would Mash Jr. be better than Davion Mintz? That's probably who's spot he would've taken.
Juzang was also extremely homesick. Lexington, Kentucky is a lot different than UCLA.
I didn't realize Pitino Jr is coaching New Mexico. Interesting.
This is where you lose tons of credibility. There is ZERO evidence either of them hate the other. This is just you spewing nonsense and using proof by assertion. Furthermore, I don't think ANYBODY is a Pitino guy 'through and through' anymore after Sypher and Bordellogate at U6. Your tell is your tendency to speak in absolutes with a bull in the china shop certitude. It's a fatal flaw for your cred. Sorry pal.
Another INSANE claim by you. According to you, Tubby should have offered Sheppard at birth and UK should have been bound by that offer for 18 years.
I'm in favor of the legacy recruit strategy, for the record, but man you are hurting your own cause with nonsense like that.
Again, if Reed is good enough to play (he is), then he will play and probably start at UK during his career here. I can only surmise by the people saying Cal won't play him is that is because he is 1. White 2. From KY 3. Both. For the first one, I will go with Herro again...good frosh, played and did well here and last I checked was white. I will point out Miller for the 2 option as Calipari started him a ton and he played his role amazingly well at UK and helped UK win #8.
So we need to get back to our winning ways but let’s just offer anyone with a tie to the program just because?
Yeah , Rick Pitino and Jamal Mashburn are joined at the hip . I’d be curious as to whether Mash has even been in Rupp Arena since Pitino left .
This is as slam dunk as just about any committment we've seen in years. He isn't going through a big old production, in the state of Kentucky at his high school, to announce for no friggin Virginia.
Welcome aboard, Reed Sheppard!!!
Welcome aboard, Reed Sheppard!!!
Not really, I’m pretty sure almost everyone of our players ended up with kids at some point.
