It’s possible but from the announcement I guess it’s not expected .
Travis Perry to the portal
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I don't disagree with that at all but to discount the allure of playing for Kentucky as an instate kid is not diminished by money as was my original assertion.
IMO there are other KY kids that would accept that role and pay that are playing D1 or D2 elsewhere.
If the kid was good enough to play here he would still be here. Everyone keeps saying " recruited over" what that really means is getting better players. I don't give a rip if he's from Kentucky or how many points he scored in high school , I want us to win a national cha.pionship. Perry had a spot here and a coach willing to work with him in the future to help us reach that goal despite his current talent deficit. Perry chose to leave. I don't wish him I'll but frankly I could care less about his future career and I certainly don't want him to come back someday. Coach Pope seemed to have more faith in him than he has in himself.
Do you think he will get playing time at the schools that have been mentioned as landing spots? Ole Miss? I've heard WKU and Cincinnati as well.
He would play at WKU I would think. Not sure about Cincinnati. Role player at Ole Miss?
Was Perry recruited by Cal or Pope to actually come get meaningful minutes? IMO he was recruited because of who he was almost like a free pass to the greatest tradition in college basketball. Every time he hit a shot the crowd would go crazy because he was looked at like a walk on. Perry was never supposed to come be a big time player for us. He would have the walk on treatment all four years if he stayed. Touches the ball “ shoooooot”
I'm glad that we had Perry for 1-year instead of paying for a portal darling like Aidan Mahaney.
It's funny to me that some people are acting like UK plucked Perry out of the Johnson Center.
It's funny to me that some people are acting like UK plucked Perry out of the Johnson Center.
I used to believe something like this, but the point where that all changed was, sadly, the suicide of Melvin Turpin.
I remember one of his family members giving a quote to the effect of: "He was having a difficult time adjusting to just being a regular person as his celebrity waned."
He made $1.7m in the NBA (and this was about 40 years ago), and he found himself working as a security guard at UK. He wasn't "set up for life" like people want to believe. It takes more than just being a former player because people aren't going to take care of these guys forever just because they (are local talents that) played for the Cats.
I hope he does well wherever he lands. Truth is that Pope will always be able to bring in guards who will always be better than Perry.
Many more examples other than Mel.
I think there is opportunity for players post UK but you have to be prepared to seize that opportunity.
Let's face it, a lot of former players majored in eligibility and don't have the chops to be successful outside of basketball.
Guys like Jim Master would have been successful post basketball wherever he had played.
There’s so many schools on this list I would hate for him to go to. Just go to western and get your shots up man
Interesting list for sure. I can’t see him getting many more shots than UK at most of these schools.
Is he just hunting the largest bag, without any regard to actual playing time. If so, I would have a very different opinion of Travis.
However, if he goes somewhere he can get significantly more playing time and more money. I totally get it.
No. But when Noah and Chandler did their "back for year 2" media runs and Perry didn't have one, it should have been a very clear message he was leaving. Noah and Chandler made social media announcements they was returning. Perry - crickets. I figured he was leaving when he didn't follow them.
