Throw in Charles matthews and Johnny juzang too since they went on to have nice careers with other schools
Who was the most disappointing Wildcat since probation ended in 1991?
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I knew that’s where you were going with this, when I saw the thread title, and sure enough you were!
And you are correct. 😭
I’ve not read through the 5 pages to see if he’s there, but Olivier Sarr has to be top 10. Aside from that, I can’t argue with any of them. Maybe replace Camara with him
Is it bad that Olivier Sarr has been almost completely wiped from my memory? Almost like last year never happened.
i almost put matthews in there. Juzang…yeah because he didn’t stick it out and turned out to be good. But i thought he did okay in limited minutes as a freshman.
We ended up having a decent season that year but if we’re being honest Cal made a few questionable rotation decisions. Starting whitney over quickley and giving him minutes over juzang till he essentially quit on the team. Montgomery over Sestina was another one that i think hurt us.
He was a big time recruit. #1 JUCO in the nation (went there because of grades) and played on the US team in the world games after his first year in JUCO. He almost went straight to the NBA out of JUCO.
Admittedly juzang couldn’t and still can’t dribble or play defense but I think cal put too much emphasis on it, ucla let’s juzang turn it over and get scored on and it made him comfortable enough where he’s putting up a lot of points
Rashaad played at Oak Hill for Steve Smith. When he got to UK he has that famous incident where he got mad at Tubby and wouldnt shoot anymore, so Tubby called Steve Smith explaining what happened and said what to I do? Coach Smith said, "no idea but he's all yours now!".
Tubby and Coach Smith are great friends.
One not mentioned was Derrick Hord. Great guy and had a decent career but he had real lofty expectations out of high school that didnt quite pan out.
That guy was basketball cancer. Bad news everywhere he went and he went a lot of places.
He had a really good career, played on maybe Tubbys best team left early for the draft,wouldn't say he was a disappointment just wasn't here long enough to reach his full potential
Skal is #1. Straw man was tougher and had more brains (before meeting the wizard) than that kid!
I'm not sure what your issue is, unless you're just feeling petty today. Is that it?
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I suppose some fans can handle the highs and lows of player expectations versus actual performance and don't see certain subjects as taboo.
He dribbles the ball just fine. He's a crafty scorer. He is pretty slow though n kills him defensively
I'd forgot about him but he may have been the most disappointing to me, watching him HS and then in JC I thought he would be a absolute stud
lol what? Have u watched UCLA play at all? He can only dribble with one hand and he can’t do it in traffic he has to turn his back to protect the ball, have u ever seen him drive to the basket? No everything is off cuts, turn arounds or spot ups if he could dribble he would’ve went to the draft last year lol
Jodie Meeks. He was a selfish SOB. And he proved it when he bailed on his team when he learned he'd have to play with people better than him. Eff that guy. 
Skal. Cal had him with his back to the basket, much like an old school center, when he was never going to be that type of player.
Boston would be # 2 on any list I created using the OP's criteria.
Boston would be # 2 on any list I created using the OP's criteria.
He turns around because he is great at posting his man up off the dribble. It's the same move tons of NBA guys make. Kobe was one of the best at it. He didn't get drafted because he's slow.
Lol what????? Juzang does this behind the three point line, that’s not posting up, that’s protecting the ball because he can’t dribble. And again if he’s making the “same moves that tons of NBA guys make” then we would’ve gone in the draft last year. I’m not saying he would’ve gotten drafted, im saying he would’ve declared for the draft. he’s not going to increase his speed. That’s a mostly natural gift that can only be marginally improved. He came back to improve his skill
Easy there Tonya Harding.
Poythress was 8 games into his junior year when that happened. He was averaging 5.5 points a game and 3.8 rebounds. 2 full seasons and 8 games as a junior is enough of a sample size to know what you've got. His freshman game against Duke I thought we were getting a star. He turned out to just be an average player. I liked Poythress, he just didn't become near what I though he was capable of with his size and athleticism.
