I’m not going worry about this one right now. But didn’t he get a pretty big NIL deal? I know that’s not NBA money by any means, but it might keep him in Lex for another season to show off and still get paid.
Shaedon Sharpe eligible for the 2022 NBA draft
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Landing the big ones? Does that matter if they never play?
I say don't come here if you don't plan on playing here.
Its an unfortunate situation but I dont see how Cal can get alot of blame here.
He knew, Cal knew, UK is just the hype machine that bumps him up a spot or 2 in the draft. Cal first, players second, UK third.
God I love being a players first program!
According to Kyle Tucker, this isn't new information to UK or Sharpe and they were wanting to keep it quiet because of speculation. He says that whether Sharpe plays this year or not, as of today, he still plans on coming back next season.
And that dude swimming for penns team I'd I'd girl. Lol he is gone after this season. Cal better play him
When I heard he was enrolling early, I had doubts. We'll see. I'm not losing my mind over this. I will say, if Sharpe is ok with playing this season, put him in as soon as the next game. Screw it.
After much deep thought I've decided .. I really dont care what he does . If he plays I will cheer , if he doesnt I'll take a whores bath in honor of Grand Master Cal and look forward to the next John . Man the system is so entirely broken . These poor student athletes .
Cal is getting played like a fiddle
Im worried about the guys who have played 18 games this year. If this guy plays, great. If not, we never really had him in the first place.
Like Cal says it all about the draft greatest day for Ky basketball don’t get you know.
So your stance here is UK just shouldnt of recruited him, right?
Alof of assumptions here.
Relax and let it play out. Then get upset if the kid never plays and bolts.
Relax and let it play out. Then get upset if the kid never plays and bolts.
What nba team is going to want him? Cals not even sure he knows how to run let alone play basketball
Screw you! You are part of the problem with UK basketball if you think it’s ok for this kid to use our great program in this way. You can’t be a true fan!!
Well, my guess is we never see him play. At #6, he would earn 5.3M and be 1 year closer to the big contract. It's almost impossible to believe a top 10 pick would walk away from that for a year of college ball. Makes no sense whatsoever. This has the potential to get really ugly.
This makes it even less likely he plays this year. Clearly going to the draft. This was literally just for Cal to show he can still recruit the big ones. Nothing to do with helping our program.
This is a win/win gamble for Cal IMO.
1. He stays and UK gets a guy who is the number 1 recruit in the country and who has a half a year of practices with the team under his belt. So, he should be even further along than almost any other freshman in the country in 2022/2023.
2. He leaves to the NBA draft. Well, UK still got him for the second half of the season, where they could use him in practice, a luxury no other team has. Now our guards and forwards have increased competition every day, which only helps them to improve for this year and beyond. We have an open scholarship, so we didn't waste this on him when we could have used it on someone else.
3. Even if he doesn't log minutes in a game, Cal and UK will still claim him if he does well in the NBA. They'll still prop him up as someone that Cal helped to mold into a better player. That can only continue to help us in recruiting.
I just don't see the downside other than it just being a buzz kill that we as fans don't get to see him in games.
As of today is the key phrase here. You really think he’s coming back??
Calipari will need to mine the transfer portal like crazy for next year - losing Sharpe is a major blow…
Shit pisses me the **** off dude. Guy comes in here, uses the facilities, gets some pics of him wearing a KY t-shirt in the joe craft center, some vids of him dunking in the lay up lines then dips???? I knew something was up when he was emotionless on the bench and in the handshake line. This is the price we pay with Cal. He may win but damn it puts the fans in the dirt.
Cal has basically already told SS that when he wants to play, he can play. Said this the other day. Just waiting on SS and his camp to give the green light.
We’re gonna get clobbered by auburn but we’ll show them when we win draft night!
You're just as much part of the problem assuming he's just using UK this year. They knew he'd be eligible for the draft, why go to college for 1 semester anyway? Spending 3 months at UK doesn't affect his draft status if he's already a lottery pick.
1. This was not a shock to Cal....but he let Sharpe come on board anyway. And Cal has an idea of Sharpe truly plans to come back for 2022 - 23 collegiate season. All the other sideshow blurbs are Cal baloney....plain and simple.
2. Here is the rub for UK fans....
- We are never building for a title but for the year we are in. Can the current team win it all w/o Sharpe. Maybe but I'd say Saturday will go along way toward making that call. So if we arent' a solid favorite...we need Sharpe right now
- And then on to 2022-23 team. We have probably lost the #1 player and SF player to play alongside of the Fr next year and holdovers like Collins, Ware, Hopkins, etc... We thought Center was our main hole left to fill...now we have a hole at the SF spot as well...and we've not gotten other top wings in that class as we took Sharpe's commitment and thought we were done.
If we come up short with this year's team and now next year's team will have holes....fans are going to have their reactions and i hitnk they have a very good reason to not be happy.
2. Here is the rub for UK fans....
- We are never building for a title but for the year we are in. Can the current team win it all w/o Sharpe. Maybe but I'd say Saturday will go along way toward making that call. So if we arent' a solid favorite...we need Sharpe right now
- And then on to 2022-23 team. We have probably lost the #1 player and SF player to play alongside of the Fr next year and holdovers like Collins, Ware, Hopkins, etc... We thought Center was our main hole left to fill...now we have a hole at the SF spot as well...and we've not gotten other top wings in that class as we took Sharpe's commitment and thought we were done.
If we come up short with this year's team and now next year's team will have holes....fans are going to have their reactions and i hitnk they have a very good reason to not be happy.
I remember it being discussed, but no specifics. Found this real quick: https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildcats/news/shaedon-sharpe-porsche-kentucky-basketball/
Even all the way down to pick 15, you’re guaranteed 9 million, and that’s without the fourth year that is almost always picked up even if you are terrible. Then if you’re good at all, you’re in line for the max or near it.
No NIL deal can beat that. He is gone. No matter what he says, he is gone.
even if he is terrible he’ll never drop below 15. Even if he gets hurt he will not drop below 15.
play him now, or get nothing out of the entire fiasco.
No NIL deal can beat that. He is gone. No matter what he says, he is gone.
even if he is terrible he’ll never drop below 15. Even if he gets hurt he will not drop below 15.
play him now, or get nothing out of the entire fiasco.
If Sharpe leaves, who else would you blame? Apparently Cal knew he was eligible for the draft this year. All we can do is wait and see for now.
So he can show out for scouts and dip out in may for combine workouts and the draft. His camp prob doesn't want him to play to avoid injury. What coach on this planet has to get permission from a players ''camp'' to play??? The inmates run the asylum and this is the same shit we were talking about. Maybe Chin Coleman can help him pick out a suit for the big night.
Honestly it is hilarious that our head coach would need a green light from a kid's "camp" to play him. Seriously lol.
Let's see...Cal created this one and done model. Constantly talks about the NBA and contract money his former players are making. Holds a Pro day for NBA scouts to attend every year before the season starts.
Yeah, he's totally blameless in all of this. Hard to understand why kids would be thinking about the NBA they way they do at UK.
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