Why are folks still saying g he should of stayed? Is this an Arkansas board? He would be backing g up Wagner like last year.
Reed Sheppard really struggling
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You talk a lot of shit about someone you don’t know. I never gave him grief either. I said I would have stayed. I said I dont blame him.
Also what a plow horse making millions, being a star playing hoops at UK. Where is it you think you are posting right now?
Flagg, Bailey, Harper, Jackucionis, Denim, Johnson, Edgecomb, McNeely. Then you have foreign guys who may have great camps or interviews and someone like Ian Jackson who has always been highly regarded and has size. You have the other Duke freshman who are all way bigger and highly regarded, and guys like Derrick Queen and Broome. Heck even Boogie Fland will be around 14-17. This class is way deeper.
He would have never been drafted higher, but pretty sure one more year would have made him more solid. For the right coach. I think a year under Pope would have helped, but not another year under John calipari.
I’ll take you at your word. But if you’re a product of this generation, you’re absolutely taking the money. Of that i have no doubt.
I think you or someone else mentioned Jordan staying 3 years. Well of course he stayed 3 years. That’s what everyone did back in the early 80s. If he’s playing now he’s a one and done like the rest of the elite players.
$45 Million will allow one to have all the experience a person could ever want. Maybe college was not his thing at the time he was here. He without a doubt made the ONLY logical decision that he had. To do anything other than what he did would have been the biggest mistake of his life. The present value of him getting $45 Million now and waiting one or two years to go to NBA and then get the same $45 Million would be a difference of more than most folks on this board today will make in their working careers. Reed would be the biggest fool in the world to have stayed here in Lexington. He may never make it in the NBA and if he doesn't, he would not have made it if he stayed one or two more years here. Playing one year in Pope's system would have done nothing toward him making it in NBA. Actually if we are honest, very few of us really thought he was athlethic enough to be a star in the NBA. H e was and is a great spot up shooter. If he were on our team today, he would not be more than the third best shooter on the team. We have several great pure shooters now. Brea, Noah, and Almonor all three are as good of spot up shooters as Reed was.
No blame from me for going pro. But the T-shirt thing? Leads me to believe he maybe didn’t really grow up the UK fan we thought he did.
I would have dropped out of middle school or any other school
All except being a hero to the locals and being remembered forever and getting to graduate and play for the school you grew up loving. He didn’t value that, which is fine. I would have though. Looks like many others too. And doing those things didn’t preclude others from still making a ton of money in their pro career.
I just meant it didn’t hurt Jordan’s earning power, not that staying at UNC helped him in the NBA. Other than Jordan hit the ground running rather than struggling like, for instance, Kobe did in his first couple of years.
Not surprised Reed's struggling...knew he'd lost his way when I saw him in the pig shirt
These discussions will never go right for the player . There is nothing wrong with a player dream of making the NBA meaning more than being the man at the school they choose . I’d guess that making the NBA is the biggest goal for most talented basketball players.
Of course most fans that loves Kentucky won’t understand it because most can’t take emotion out of it .
Of course most fans that loves Kentucky won’t understand it because most can’t take emotion out of it .
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Yall need to stop worrying about him, he couldn’t even start for us last year. What were you expecting from a guy off the bench in college.
Many of us predicted this.
He was going to get top 5 money in the weakest draft in a generation.
Good for him. Bad for UK. Just hope he isn't out of the league forced to coach bball camps for the rest of his life when he is 23.
He made the no brainer decision. He will be fine.
Also im no longer as emotionally invested after the Arkansas on top debacle. Still can't believe he did that.
Also im no longer as emotionally invested after the Arkansas on top debacle. Still can't believe he did that.
He looks dumb with the mustache and shows he can be impressioned by pop culture.
He was never that good, and I’ve said this multiple times, and made a great decision to leave when he did. Financially. Thankfully he had great parents that knew this as well.
He was never that good, and I’ve said this multiple times, and made a great decision to leave when he did. Financially. Thankfully he had great parents that knew this as well.
True , this is commentary on post UK Reed .. who left UK in the rear view mirror , he can piss off . Go enjoy life , you got your money .
I get it, but you’re looking at situations 40 years apart. Jordan made what was the logical decision at that time. A guy like Magic leaving after his sophomore season was a complete anomaly.
Either of them come up in todays time and they’re leaving after 1 year like everyone else.
Not sure it works out that well, how many not physically ready for the league end up washed out after a few years and never get a chance for that really big contract.
It certainly happens. Because he’s been able to go to the G League and puts up numbers makes me believe that it is a matter of confidence and playing time rather than he all of a sudden forgot how to play or he was never that good to begin with.
This summer will be huge for his development. If he’s still struggling in summer league then it may be time to get worried.
No doubt in my mind he would have followed Cal to Arkansas. His parents are no longer around Rupp, so it's obvious they weren't there as fans.I would have taken the millions and not even thought about it. But, you wouldn't catch me dead wearing a Little Piggie shirt.
To some money is everything. Others have a good head on their shoulders.
1/50 ????? Many on here have earned way more than 460k in a year , or in a few years , some prob made a lot more over 10-20 years . You are swinging for the fences on this one but whiffing . He made a major mistake , he just has to live with it .
If my entire life was about money, I’d be one miserable sap
Be a multi millionaire or in play in front of you ignorant, fragile hillbillies? He made the right choice.
Never will know but his dad was sitting behind the bench at a game at Rupp just a few weeks ago and he was sitting where he was because he is still very good friends with Pope.
No kidding. Cal called his players fragile today in the post game. Sounds familiar
Maybe you’re right, but I could see him going ahead of a few of those guys if he had that kind of season. Oh well, wishful thinking anyway. What’s done is done
I agree with you totally. I think from a strength, system, and maturity sense. He would have been even more prepared. He would not have gotten drafted higher, but like Deion Sanders says the right fit is the best. Houston isn’t a bad organization and wasn’t expected to be this good so fast. He could have went to a good organization maybe with a spot he could actually get time in.
Maybe that combined with being more physically and mentally ready could have primed him for a better start and that second contract. Yes he’s set for life, but that second deal would set his family up for generations no matter where they live or what they did. He gave up a legacy here that would have been forever had he stayed and won big like his father for a quick buck. If his pro career lasted and he was a star then yeah it maybe wouldn’t have mattered as much.
What if he does not improve and gets cut after 3 years? Maybe he will look back and think about how great his Kentucky legacy could have been. Seeing how he’s acted about Calipari though I don’t know if even he cares as much as we think he should. He seems closer in mentality like his team mates with no history here than someone of his bloodline should regard it.
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