Even if we were to land Zion, one of Barrett and Cam, and Romeo, it would be a similar story.
Poor Romeo is being harassed by Archie Miller while knowing Romeo doesn't want to spend his one year in college on a team not near the top 10. Mom says UL isn't happening. Duke and Cal are hesitating on recruiting him hard as they wait on both Cam and Barrett.
Of the 4 favorites to land him, IU doesn't have the talent, UL is in the midst of their biggest scandal in history, and there happens to be 2 other players ahead of him on both Duke and UK's board. All for a kid who has NBA All-Star type potential and would be UK's best shooter since Booker or Murray, all while being able to score in bunches like we saw with Monk last year.
I am starting to think that if Calipari finds out for sure that getting both Cam and Barrett is not going to happen in the nest week or two, no matter what, he should immediately make Romeo a top priority. Replacing Cam or Barrett with Romeo in such a class that UK is looking at will not be that big of a downgrade, it might even be an upgrade from a shooting standpoint with him being a better shooter from deep than either Cam or Barrett IMO, and still makes us massive favorite to win the NT.
Still hold out for either Cam or Barrett to decide before signing Romeo, but having him on board like Quickley would be the next best option UK could ever hope for.
All in my completely worthless opinion, as always.