Stop bashing the players who chose to declare for the draft
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Then why arent all decent players leaving every team? no other team is losing every player but 1 like we are.
And we got about 40 points of production in his career out of him. Glad we made out on that one.
That is because we are the best. Get used to it or jump ship. The new players don't need everyone complaining and bitching all the time.
They know U.K. players are trained to be nba players. Pat Riley said he loves to take U.K. kids because they are ready.
But not if there's no season. Our second rounders ain't getting paid a dime if the season's cancelled, because teams have no incentive to offer a contract until NBA play begins again.
The only guy who's protected is Maxey.
I see what you’re saying but who has been bashing the kids? Saying they’re not very good or have zero chance of being drafted isn’t really bashing is it?
You can get used to fans being upset or stop coming to this board. You know what.... if a player is such a puss that complaining about us losing everyone but 1 player gets to the new guys and affects them emotionally... they can go to the g league... we dont need softies here
Thats for first rounders.......... what about everyone not projected in the first round? EJ was NBA ready... he'd be a projected first rounder.. If you believe thats for everyone playing at UK then demand Brooks go pro too... and Allen. because Pat Riley says he loves to take UK kids... they are NBA ready.
You don't think saying they are not very good is not bashing them. They may think otherwise.
Then they need to grow up. I'm not going to lie and say they're playing well to coddle them.
This is far from true. If colleges don’t reopen then the ncaa will continue to suspend all activities. The nba can be played in a major city under some sort of QT process without fans. It doesn’t depend on players being students. The nba if they wanted could play in a sparsely populated area. Even Fauci said today they could play. College sports are a different animal.
Not sure Whitney is one of ours he voluntarily QUIT the team
True, but he's still listed on the draft boards as an early entrant from Kentucky, so technically he counts.
He didn't go to another school in between, instead he went straight from UK to the draft ...albeit his method of departure from UK was rather different than our other entrants.
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Some of our fans interpret any form of critique against player decisions as an overall slight against the program. OP appears to be one of those types of fans who can't stomach the realities of a dissenting opinion.
He'll likely chastise us with the fervor of Congregationalist preacher for a while, and then he'll realize telling us to essentially "pipe down" only makes us want to amplify our positions all the more.
Then he'll fade into oblivion, and another Puritanical thinker will arise from those ever-present shadows of the Lurk Abyss and repeat the process.
Attempts at censorship never go well on this message board. They're often met with forms of written decapitation.
Seems to me a free education and three square meals a day is worth more than hoping to get paid later on to play ball when there’s no guarantee. Not to mention top notch medical care and so on. And maybe improving enough to get guaranteed money in a year or two. Don’t make sense to me.
Absolutely, SOS. Most of the bashing I actually see on RR is directed at fans.
Duke, to name one example, is losing Carey, Jones, and Stanley. I'd take Brooks over anyone returning to their roster. Kentucky had three significant departures as well: Richards, Quickley and Maxey. Who else will really be missed? So why does the raw number of those leaving matter? Cal's probably secretly happy with all the departures except Quickley, Maxey and RIchards, but understands their decisions.
We all would have said the same “what will we really be missing from Nick” had he left last year and look how awesome he turned out to be for us this last season.
You’re telling me EJ Montgomery and Johnny Juzsng sticking around and developing wouldn’t have helped the team from a depth and experience perspective?
Or still be able to play ball while getting an education to fall back on for free.
You link two things: Sticking around and developing. They don't necessarily go together.
Nick Richards did both - stuck around and worked very hard to develop. So did Immanuel Quickley, and PJ Washington. So will Keion Brooks.
But that wasn't the attitude of those who left, was it? They either thought they were good enough already, and that wasn't appreciated, or they weren't confident they could ever get good enough to compete for significant time. So they left, even when it meant the squalor of G-League or mid-tier Europe.
Do I think kids with that attitude would help the team? No.
They had examples literally in the locker room with them of what it takes to help themselves AND the team, and decided it wasn't for them.
Right. Nick CAME BACK AND WORKED HARD TO GET BETTER. So did Immanuel Quckley. And PJ Washington. So will Keion Brooks.
But that wasn't the attitude of those who left, was it? They either thought they were already good enough and that wasn't appreciated, or they thought they'd never get good enough to start over the competition.
Do I think kids with those attitudes would be like Nick, and help the team? No.
Okay man, I was just legitimately discussing bro. That’s it. I’m not sure why you need to shout and get all upset and aggressive.
Please be well.
Triggered snowflake, evidently. You know how they get triggered when they don’t get their way.
how about we stop bashing them because their decision is none of our business. We're all free to make bad decisions.
How do you know that? The league was already struggling with how to pay players’ remaining contracts for what’s left of this season. It’s certainly reasonable to wonder if rookies would be able to get paid. Especially ones that get drafted in the 2nd round without a guaranteed contract.
The more likely scenario, in my opinion, is the NBA starts around Christmas time because they need to finish this season. College will start on time. We have no idea when the draft will be for this upcoming draft class.
Yes. you said that....and
I wasn’t disagreeing with you. I was only adding.
not everyone is always trying to argue
