Reed Sheppard now a 1st round pick
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If, and its a big if, Reed somehow stayed 3 years and led us to a title he would go down as maybe the greatest UK player ever. The Sheppard family would be immortalized.
I honestly think he and his family love Kentucky so much that it could happen. I am usually a hard core cynic and pessimistic about most things, but I have a good feeling about him staying here long term.
I honestly think he and his family love Kentucky so much that it could happen. I am usually a hard core cynic and pessimistic about most things, but I have a good feeling about him staying here long term.
It’s fun to speculate but it’s hard to imagine all of the factors that go into that huge of a decision.
There’s the entire angle of having two parents that both were stars at UK. Maybe he wants to eclipse what they both did. Who knows.
There’s also the argument that fringe lottery vs. top 3 pick is a huge bump in first contract money. Not saying that he’s fringe lottery right now but he strikes me as the type of kid that wont listen to prognosticators but will evaluate for himself with his family when he’s ready for basketball as a profession vs. living a dream of playing for UK. Plus after this huge hype of what he’s done 7 games in, the NIL money next year might be enough to push him to stay.
Either way I’m going to enjoy the hell out of watching him this season.
There’s the entire angle of having two parents that both were stars at UK. Maybe he wants to eclipse what they both did. Who knows.
There’s also the argument that fringe lottery vs. top 3 pick is a huge bump in first contract money. Not saying that he’s fringe lottery right now but he strikes me as the type of kid that wont listen to prognosticators but will evaluate for himself with his family when he’s ready for basketball as a profession vs. living a dream of playing for UK. Plus after this huge hype of what he’s done 7 games in, the NIL money next year might be enough to push him to stay.
Either way I’m going to enjoy the hell out of watching him this season.
Lotta babies gonna be named Reed if we win a title and/or he comes back to school again.
Pops won two titles here.
Reed goes for three?
Reed goes for three?
I love it! So proud of him and the team.
I never would have imagined he would’ve been this phenomenal. Kentucky basketball is the gold standard of college sports and Reed is showing why. I’ve never experienced Rupp like that ever.
BBN got loud and Miami fans left way early lol.
Screw SEC it’s Kentucky this year we’ll unless, never mind.
I never would have imagined he would’ve been this phenomenal. Kentucky basketball is the gold standard of college sports and Reed is showing why. I’ve never experienced Rupp like that ever.
BBN got loud and Miami fans left way early lol.
Screw SEC it’s Kentucky this year we’ll unless, never mind.
It might make them proud if they weren't already dead for several decades. Prerequisite for jersey hanging in RUPP is that anyone who gives a sh1t must be dead. One of the dumbest things UK does is NOT hanging enough jerseys soon enough. It's a sore spot for me. How much would it have meant to Mel Turpin to have been alive to see his up there?
I never said it was likely. I said it was possible. I hate to break it to you but your not breaking anything open for me
Little off topic but Hearing his name made me think of Kansas around that time and I’ll never forget when we played them when they had Brandon Rush. That was the game that caused me say, Tubby has to go. We were so throughly outgunned in that game it wasn’t funny.
Agree 100% we should already be about to hang Wall’s Jersey in the rafters and then AD. Instead I’ll probably be 85 when that happens.
He will go and he will make all that money. I just think he'll have fun for a few years before he does it. He bleeds blue and wants to match what dad did. in the end you might be right, i am seeing the home town kentucky kid side of the story.
