Yea they won’t catch us. But they are a threat to our position nonetheless. I don’t want people saying Duke is the greatest modern blah blah.
Cal visiting Bona again today.
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Yea they won’t catch us. But they are a threat to our position nonetheless. I don’t want people saying Duke is the greatest modern blah blah.
We just got commitments from the #1 and #6 composite players in the last few weeks. I think we will be just fine.
100% he will be ahead of any of our players by the final rankings. They will make sure of it.
Who gives a **** where a player is individually ranked as long as they can actually play. I'd rather have Shaedon Sharpe if he was ranked 10th, then some of past recruits UK signed who were top 5. Talent is talent. Eye doesn't lie. Sharpe, Livingston duo is big time and adding Cason Wallace and Adem Bona would be a fantastic foursome with who will be returning to the program.
So the point is if a rankings committee wants to rank Sharpe 100....if you watch him play he can play. He's #1 now--NBA scouts viewed him #1 prospect in entire Peach Jam and that included everyone who is committed to UK, Duke, etc.......so that holds more weight with me but let's focus on paranoia of Duke getting a very talented guy who will be a great player being ranked high. Unlike a lot of Duke recruits, this class has some really good guys who were underrated and we knew that teams would get big time classes in this '22 class due to the depth of talent it provided.
So the point is if a rankings committee wants to rank Sharpe 100....if you watch him play he can play. He's #1 now--NBA scouts viewed him #1 prospect in entire Peach Jam and that included everyone who is committed to UK, Duke, etc.......so that holds more weight with me but let's focus on paranoia of Duke getting a very talented guy who will be a great player being ranked high. Unlike a lot of Duke recruits, this class has some really good guys who were underrated and we knew that teams would get big time classes in this '22 class due to the depth of talent it provided.
While Bona’s interest in the Kentucky program remains strong, sources tell KSR that he wants to feel prioritized in the same way Lively was prior to his commitment to Duke. At times, Bona felt like the secondary option to Lively – UK, on the other hand, wanted both and felt the two could play together – and didn’t want to be a rebound target for the program.
Got enough kids get the best transfer big you can find - get a grown *** man
LOL of course. Dumbass Pilgrim said Bona would commit this week to UK if Lively went to Duke. He said it on last weeks podcast.
“Click me! Click me!” Jack said.
Pilgrim thinks just as soon UK offers a player they are automatically the favorites and that’s part of the problem. It gets the fans hopes up when actually if you do a little digging you would find out that isn’t always the case
Cal’s best bet might be to convince Collins to stay for two years. Maybe lean on Tshiebwe inside and have Ware as the backup 5 this season and have Collins concentrate on bulking up. I would be fine with that.
Article on KSR says UK still has work to do to get Bona. Main point was Bona hasn't felt he was high enough of a priority in comparison to Lively. If we lose him as well, Cal may need to change his approach. Yes, this class is already good, but if we lose out on Bona and Lively it is going to be a major failure, and we've had a lot of those the last few years. Sorry, didn't see the article posted earlier.
I wouldn't doubt it eventually, but I think they just recently made Sharpe the consensus #1, so I wouldn't think it would very soon.
It sounds like Bona is still ours, as long as we are willing to put the work in to get him. I suspect we will put the full court press on him now and he'll feel like he's a top priority recruit, which he now is.
I personally believe he should have been from the get go, how many guys could we have gotten the year we waited on Wiseman only to get nobody, Zion, or I could name about a half dozen more over the las few years. This is a recruiting style that has not proved successful of late.From what I am reading we were NEVER going to get Lively apparently Nike told him he could get the biggest endorsement deal playing at Duke, and we are talking millions of dollars here. A bird in the hand seems the better call here. With all that said it is a great , fabulous class without him but we need a center, hope we get one.
I forget, what was the nature of Cal's beef with Nike a while back? Wasn't it something about Cal deciding not to attend an event or something minor like that?
Just put the press on Bona he is great in his own right. Let’s lock him down staff.
Hard to argue with this idea.
Transfer bigs know how to play the game and are just physically more mature like you stated.
They are usually unselfish and more often than not put winning ahead of personal stats.
I like the idea of Bona because of what he brings athletically but I wouldnt lose sleep if we dont get him because the staff didnt love him as much as another recruit.
Yep. PKI- Phil Knight Invitational in Oregon. Cal refused to participate bc it was early in the season with a young team. Apparently, he didn't think it was beneficial to attend an event located on the west coast given the circumstances.
I wondered about this too. How does he feel about being 2nd choice to Lively
Would be nice if he would commit quickly to ease the Duke disaster
whatever it was, he needs to get it fixed...….it is really hurting with some major recruits
another example of his arrogance hurting the program
Guards are much more important and generally more ready to play in their one year of college as well. Duke has really good recruits but 2 are centers, I think our class will still end up being better in their one year of college easily.
This class isn’t going to be “a major failure” even if we don’t get Bona. So many drama queens on here.
My goodness! Someone may want to check in on Pilgrim if UK doesn’t land Bona. After listening to his latest podcast Jack and his partner are taking the Lively commitment to Duke hard lol
These guys are to gullible to cover recruiting, they believe every little thing they hear on the recruiting trail and you can’t do that. You have to be able to sift through the BS. I honestly don’t believe UK is even close to leading for Bona but I believe they will be ok in the end.
These guys are to gullible to cover recruiting, they believe every little thing they hear on the recruiting trail and you can’t do that. You have to be able to sift through the BS. I honestly don’t believe UK is even close to leading for Bona but I believe they will be ok in the end.
I'd really like for us to get a hard commit from Bona today.
It would not be a major failure imo. We didn't land Wiseman, Stewart, or Carey from the 2019 class, but returned Jr Nick Richards, which worked out great in the end. Same thing in 2018 with Marques Bolden, leading to Reid Travis. If we don't land Bona, then there are other options such as a So. Collins or a Sr. Tshiebwe. You never know.
To get it out of the way on my end.
On serious note If Bona is as straight up as they say I think his presence will be felt - and as hard as it is, I think we picked the right person to go with.
It’s always a long haul to glory road. He could have the missing piece to an incredible ending.
This thing reminds of Wenyen. To me he felt the same at the time but for whatever reason it ended soft and he still gave us the shaft. I think I’d prefer a Bona to a Wenyen any day.
Pilgrim doesn’t know sh@t, after his Lively analysis I think Bona comes.
Can anyone say Jarrett Allen? Cal never seems to learn from his mistakes. Unreal.
Well, Cal had better start paying attention to the Bona! Cal will need to ride Bona every night, next season.
And I failed 6th grade environmental science so for me to know these dynamics is unusual.