I'm not sharpe enough to understand this either
Twitter smoke RE: Sharpe being ineligible for NBA Draft
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If he doesn't wanna be on a team at UK next year then find somewhere to go for a bit. We want UK guys and a team of together for all. If Sharpe is willing to give us a honest year I'll be glad to cheer for him. Just want him to want to be here so maybe he becomes a guy we all like instead of one we all thought was giving us the finger. Go Cats!!
Because he is old enough to already play in the NBA, you all don’t think he is going to do everything he can to atleast have a chance at getting drafted
I assume they are basing that on the fact he didn't graduate until December, so the NBA season already started making next season not a full year removed from High School. The reports that he was going to be eligible because he had the credits to finish high school in like, October or something. Before the NBA season started. Probably why it's been reported this week they haven't even filed paperwork to enter the draft process yet, they are trying to get everything lined out first. This is all conjecture I've gathered from beat writers this week.
But hey, if true, gonna be a hell of a long summer waiting to see this dude on the court at Rupp.
But hey, if true, gonna be a hell of a long summer waiting to see this dude on the court at Rupp.
Exactly they are waiting until the last minute to make sure everything is lined up and they have all the necessary paperwork in case they have to get another ruling.
I think this isn't really breaking news there has always been a gray area as to if the NBA considers him a year removed from high school. Didn't Tucker et al already cover this a few months ago when it came to light that he was draft eligible?
This would be my only guess as well, but the reports that came out mid season, maybe January, sure seemed to suggest that his eligibility was confirmed by the NBA at that time.
Here’s my thing, everyone’s assuming the first tweet is true about the cba having to “redo their whole agreement” but where is the proof that’s even true? There’s no generic appeal process?
Also, what some people are assuming is he might have an issue because he technically graduated in December. The camps argument is he had enough credits to pass earlier or something to that degree. Think this may be a hopeful rumor. I don’t think him returning is completely out of question, but I’m taking this stuff with a grain of salt for now.
Also, what some people are assuming is he might have an issue because he technically graduated in December. The camps argument is he had enough credits to pass earlier or something to that degree. Think this may be a hopeful rumor. I don’t think him returning is completely out of question, but I’m taking this stuff with a grain of salt for now.
You would think, but eligibility isn't actually ruled on until you enter the draft apparently.
I’m sorry this sounds bogus. And according to the one tweet, he has already hired an agent? What effect would that have on his eligibility? If somehow this is all true, kid needs to distance himself from whoever his handlers are and play basketball. If you can do that as well as everyone says you can, everything else takes care of itself.
Yes but did anybody in his camp or UK actually contact the NBA for an official ruling until now? I know we may think that’s what’s been going on but maybe no one but us fans were as concerned with that until now. Idk
The other thing to consider is that Shaedon's argument would be, yes, I didn't technically graduate but DID have the credits before October...
HOWEVER, he also played in high school athletic competition even AFTER that and was eligible to do so. So if I were the NBA, I would look at that and say, well you COULD'VE graduated, sure, but you still followed up playing in a high school event as late as October 15th or so (Geico Top Flight against Prolific Prep).
Very interesting...
Age is not the only criteria and it sounds like they will actually have to change the current CBA for sharpe to “test the waters”. That’s not happening by Sunday. So here’s what’s happening reading between the lines.
sharpe is at Kentucky as a back up plan for the nba. Seems like he’s probably known it’s iffy as to whether the rules will change for him. How do I know this? Because he’s registered in classes, he hasn’t declared, and of course he keeps telling the staff he will be in Lexington next year. All after sitting this season to keep his current draft status. It hasn’t made sense to this point that if he were to enter the draft why he hasn’t yet.
At this rate the NCAA will find a reason to declare him ineligible at UK
He can drop the classes in 5 mins that’s easy, I think this is a troll by some people to get Kentucky fans worked up, Tucker has said numerous times the past couple of days sharpe is testing the process and while there may be some eligibility questions his people have anticipated this and are working on getting everything lined up. If the source isn’t slater Tucker or a national writer more times than not don’t believe it
@ralphdaltonfan whats up man? You make more sense than any of us. What you say?
Ok why hasn’t sharpe declared by now? Why are tucker and Jones saying he’s telling the staff he will be on the team next year? There is another dimension to this that doesn’t add up.
All I've ever had on Sharpe was what friend had heard-he said Staff kept saying Sharpe would be returning and my friend was skeptical. He'd love to be wrong on this and think we all would love for Sharpe to be at UK.
That’s the one little detail that gets me to, but he is the same age as me, people my age change their mind all the time, I guess we will see but I am going to be skeptical unless a legit source is reporting something or sharpe says something himself
I haz erection.
Until Sharpe announces he will be at UK next season, I'm going to assume he will declare for the draft by 11:59 pm Sunday, so as to create as little stir as possible.
This saga has more turns than a cheesy soap opera.
No idea what's going on.
No idea what's going on.
I seen tweets saying Sharpe was ineligible, some of the accounts that reported this I’ve never heard of before……. But Ant Wright who is well known has tweeted this is true. Shaedon Sharpe is not eligible, I’m sure we will here more about this tomorrow. Go to his twitter and you can see what he says about the situation.
No Sharpe is ineligible for the 2022 NBA draft, a return to Kentucky will be announced in the coming days.
He had the credits to graduate in time to be eligible but didn’t officially graduate until later. Or so the story goes.
I think it has something to do with the time frame in which he really graduated from High School. My guess is his team reached out to the NBA and the NBA dug into the situation, which concluded with him not being eligible this year. So a return to Kentucky will be announced.
FWIW, here is Givony’s 1/20 ESPN article stating that Sharpe could apply for the draft:
And here is Vecenie and Tucker’s 1/20 Athletic article confirming the same:
If it turns out they were wrong all along, or that there’s a critical semantic distinction between “can apply for” and “eligible,” I’m gonna LMAO about all the hand wringing this board has done over the past three months. Then my head’s gonna explode over the prospect of our ‘22-23 roster.
And here is Vecenie and Tucker’s 1/20 Athletic article confirming the same:
If it turns out they were wrong all along, or that there’s a critical semantic distinction between “can apply for” and “eligible,” I’m gonna LMAO about all the hand wringing this board has done over the past three months. Then my head’s gonna explode over the prospect of our ‘22-23 roster.
Don’t get your hopes up. If that’s the only issue he’ll find a fax.
This guy doesn’t have many follows but this is what he says. Whatever that means. Idk
well according to some on here Cal knew he was eligible for the draft