Damn, SEC - you laying the wood. Hopefully they don't sue you for child support.
UK pushing badly for 6’10” 4 star Frank Anselem
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Damn, SEC - you laying the wood. Hopefully they don't sue you for child support.
Honestly, with project recruits, I wish "pro" and "NBA" weren't even discussed.
You are really arguing WCS? Even if you are right, it doesn't change the fact that guys don't last more than 2 years under Cal. They transfer or go pro. The ones who do are the extreme outliers.
Why is that so hard for you to admit?
Not sure what that means but please wake up. It's okay to admit that the percentages say this guy sits the bench and either transfers or goes pro by the end of year 2.
All 3 knew they were lottery. Noone, I mean absolutely noone believed they would return
No, because you’re missing the point. The 2011 recruiting class was composed of Anthony Davis, MKG, Teague and Wiltjer.
The 2014 class was composed of Towns, Lyles, Booker, and Ulis.
He could like what he sees as far as a developmental standpoint and still look to add another big. Especially if it’s true as they say Anselem isn’t looking for any promises just a shot.
The current state of our roster needing two more bigs. One can afford to be a developing big. This guy looks like he fills that void. Three bigs should be on our roster every year. Two that can be on the floor together and one developing. After a year or two this guy may improve enough to be a primary big. Still need that experienced big for this season so Clarke and Boston is not wasted. Close to having a great chance for the championship. Just a couple of bigs away. One experienced and one developing would be perfect to go along with Jackson.
Ware ate him up ,he had like 14points and 11 rebs and 4 blocks !!
I agree. If he’s hoping to get this kid in order to bring him along over a few years it’s an awesome move. If he’s doing it because he feels he just has to have another body for next season then it would seem a little desperate. We don’t know yet what else he may have up his sleeve. I sure wish we had gotten Haarms though.
If that is the case.
But, as some have mentioned, it sounds like the kid plans to play and get to the pros ASAP. Doesn’t sound like he wants to sit the bench and develop.
If we sign him, I hope he is as good as he thinks he is, because his people are saying he is a pro. If this guy doesn’t play much, he may bolt after a year or two.
I really honestly don’t know about this kid. I have to trust Cal, but if this guy is the best we can do to play the post this season, it seems pretty desperate to me.
Like I said, I trust Cal and hope he sees something others failed to see.
Not being negative, just skeptical.
Lol bull. That team was bad even before he got hurt. At best it would have been a round of 32 team.
#1 Class is never a bad thing but it doesn't mean you've addressed all the roster needs. I think that's what gets lost in translation.
[QUOTE="RunninRichie, post: 8897092, sorry if said already sorry, but he looks a lot like keldon Johnson, Face wise .
I think he bolts after a season if he comes here and I'm not referring to the NBA. He will likely be recruited over and transfer. Some of those closest to him seem to overestimate his ability.
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Hope he comes. But “typically brilliant” is quite a stretch.
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Don’t really want to take sides here but Nick Richards was never a OAD possibility. He was recruited to be behind Bamba and two years was his minimum and he knew it.
Now if this kid would not have considered UK if Haarms had committed then for sure that says he thinks he POSSIBLY could be OAD and wants that opportunity. If that be the case then I don’t see him committing until late and no other options are out there for him to be recruited over this year.
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So which would you rather have, a typical Kansas type season with few losses and an early flameout in the dance, or some early struggles followed by reaching our potential? Oh, let me guess, I know the answer, you’re not going to be happy unless we go 40-0 every season.
But isn't the idea to get some guys that will stick around 2-3 years? Wouldn't he fit that spot?
Bill Self has been cheating his arse off, we all know that. But to say KU chokes every year is just not accurate. He's been to the E8 or better in 8 of 16 seasons (if you exclude this season) although he's been knocked out in the first or second round 6 times. So his teams are usually boom or bust in the post season. We seem to accept E8's as successful seasons here now. Self has been more successful in the regular season whereas Cal has been better in the post season. But I will say the regular season means as much to me as the post season if we want to keep the all time wins lead. I don't think we'll ever catch UCLA in titles because I don't think Cal wins another with his current model unless he tweaks his roster management.
I am happy with a F4 season every other year if we want to keep calling ourselves the gold standard as Cal likes to say. But we haven't been to one in 5 years now so it's past time.
This. And not all top classes are the same. See Nerlens Noel's class. He was the only difference maker in that class and we needed several since we had to replace the whole roster. Now, nobody knows for sure until they hit the court, but it looks like we only have two difference makers next year in Clarke and Boston and they both play the same position. That's not going to cut it when you have to replace your whole roster. Now if we can somehow pull a difference maker at the 5 spot, we may be ok but there's not many options left.
We have the #1 class because we had to have the #1 class to even put a full team on the court. LOL.
Nobody else aside from Wichita State, lost their entire starting 5.
We have the #1 class, but we're missing the second most important ingredient to any Calipari coached team, which is a big man with post up ability.
It's only April and there is nobody that understands the importance of getting a legit 5 more than Calipari, so I bet he finds a way to get 1 or 2 bigs, it just can't be this guy as our best 5 man. He's not polished enough to do the things Calipari asks a 5 to do and it doesn't look like they're going to have summer workouts to work with him.
I get it, You can't always be a title contender, but this is UK and we have 2 top 10 studs coming in next year, so there is no reason to not be a title contender. As it sits right now, we are sweet 16-ish, but one big guy can change that.
Lastly, this kid seems to already have the wrong attitude. It sounds like he’s confident in his abilities and thinks he's a one and done, well, what if he's not? Is he going to blame Cal and transfer out or leave for the GL after 1 or 2 seasons? That's getting really old.
But nobody wants to stay here 3 years. Richards did, but these days, these kids want microwave success. If they don't get big minutes right away, they leave and blame Cal for their lack of development, you know, because Cal was supposed to turn these kids into Jordan in a few months. Juzang is a prime example. There was no reason to transfer, but he, as well as many others, don't come here to play for UK, they come here to leave as fast as they can.
This really has been the case. EJ Montgomery is the living embodiment of this.
Completely understand and agree with you I’m sure my optimism is winning out on this one. But we have the schollies so hopefully Cal can find another big.
We need a Frank. When is the last time we've had someone named Frank? That's right, it's been a long ass time. The time is now. If not now, when?
Why is it so hard for you to admit that Cal is a winner. UK rated the best college basketball program the past ten years. I guess you enjoyed the 11 years before Cal got to UK.
What is getting old is your bitching. Why is it so hard for you to admit that Cal is a winner. UK rated the best college basketball program the past ten years. I guess you enjoyed the 11 years before Cal got to UK.
Hey look..."I'm a better fan than you" guy is back....EVERY freaking message you post is how others are awful and you are the best UK fan there is.
You are at the top of the mountain of fandom, why not just call it a career and stop posting here if you hate everyone so much????
That's probably because we don't. We've seen past rankings and how inaccurate they have been. Sure we have more than a few, potentially, great forwards and guards but no one in the 5 position and that's not a top class.
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Read my post again and do better. Get over yourself. If you read my post all the way through, you would clearly see that I did nothing but compliment Cal.
Maybe you should quit message boarding, you don't appear to understand what you're reading.
Which recruiting class is #1 in the Shutzhund rankings? Where would UK's class be?
