Fat Chance.
The Fellowship of the Miserable who have been permitted to ruin this Board will NEVER "chill out"...
Twitter smoke RE: Sharpe being ineligible for NBA Draft
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The Fellowship of the Miserable who have been permitted to ruin this Board will NEVER "chill out"...
Grow up. The season is over.
Ive been telling you guys about my big blue feelings regarding Oscar and Sharpe for a month now and most of you ished on my head. I have been a UK fan since 1978, born and breed in Ky and at least a 3rd generation UK fan. I freakin bleed blue. No I dont have sources I have bulit in “feelings” about this basketball program that I have been grooming for 45 yrs.
Oscar and Sharpe will lead Kentucky back to the Mt top of college basketball next season, along with the other horses we have on the roster. Cal will be vindicated as UK goes down in history as the only 40-o team ever!
Keep doubting me as it fuels my inner rage!
Sharpe will state he is returning to UK tomorrow early afternoon.
Oscar and Sharpe will lead Kentucky back to the Mt top of college basketball next season, along with the other horses we have on the roster. Cal will be vindicated as UK goes down in history as the only 40-o team ever!
Keep doubting me as it fuels my inner rage!
Sharpe will state he is returning to UK tomorrow early afternoon.
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The NBA may want him, but if it involves changing language in the CBA then the players union will want something in exchange. That’s how contracts work. If one side wants to open it up, the other side will want to get something out of it as well. Question is will the contract have to be opened, and if so is the NBA willing to give players something they don’t currently get so a potential star can come a year early?
Why is anybody saying “I’ve been telling you guys this for months“.?
No you haven’t. This is about being eligible for the draft which everyone, and I mean everyone, thought he was. You were not the only person in the entire world to think he wouldn’t be eligible for the draft.
No you haven’t. This is about being eligible for the draft which everyone, and I mean everyone, thought he was. You were not the only person in the entire world to think he wouldn’t be eligible for the draft.
I have at least questioned it since it was announced he was eligible. I asked the question how is he eligible if he was playing HS games in Oct/Nov. Btw I still think it’s likely he has been ruled eligible and will declare soon but if that does happen my original question still hasn’t been answered.
I've been saying all along that if he's eligible then that means the rules that were put in place to enter the draft are no longer being enforced or are being selectively enforced.
Good for you, I understand where you are coming from. I trump your fandom by about 20 years. I hope you are correct in the gut feelings you have. You have to admit that the Sharpe saga has been/is/and seems to continue to be a 3 ring circus since the day he got here. Oscar is a joy to watch in a UK uniform, we will not see his like again for a very long time.
I read an article regarding the Bol Bol situation and some draft changes in his wake, and apparently you can request an eligibility ruling before you ever attempt to register, which makes complete sense. Why make kids wait until the very end to find out? So Kyle appears wrong here.
Kyle Tucker = Mr. No Fun
Fortunately he’s wrong about half the time.
Fortunately he’s wrong about half the time.
It makes no sense that if he was going to put his name in the draft that he hasnt done so yet. NONE.
What is he waiting for? I think the Kid is back next year and apparently like few others is a man of his word.
What is he waiting for? I think the Kid is back next year and apparently like few others is a man of his word.
Yes he did. Cal made it plain Sharpe was not going to play.
I give you credit for that, you did say that, repeatedly. I called you out for it, so I’ll gladly eat as much crow as you wish to serve if he isn’t eligible. I still think he will be, but I’m praying I’ll be feasting before the week is over.
Because he was pulling one of those move that kids are doing now to avoid college. Staying in high school 5 years and making sure they're at least 19 by the time they're a year away from graduation so that they only have to stay in school 1 year max. He was able to graduate before his final year started but didn't because - I dunno, nothing matters with these kids when it comes to age, credits, graduation dates etc. So technically he could have graduated before his final season even started. So his "technical" graduation date would be different than when he actually left school I think. His case wouldn't change much as far as the NBAs rules are concerned - he was a kid who was already 18 and still originally planning on playing high school ball. His original high school timeline would have had him being 19 before his freshman year of college which would mean he'd be 20 by the time of the draft a so I think this was always Sharpe's plan because kids as talented as him are never that old after only 1 year. Look at DJ Wagner for example - he'll just turn 18 the Summer before his Freshman year and will just turn 19 and be a year removed from graduation the Summer before the draft. I think Sharpe always intended on pulling this move and while there's no official ruling I think he's confident he'll be eligible because I would wager his people have already looked into this extensively and based on what has been said regarding his eligibility for the last 3 months - he's going to be eligible.
And how do you know that? Unbelievable how some people jump to conclusions without any facts to back it up.
Nobody I’ve ever seen, December/early Janurary is the earliest in my neck of the woods.
Yeah, we were told on 2/7/2022, about a week after the infamous 99% chance he plays again by that idiot MJ disciple. I think it was the MSU game that they said that about.
You can say all this and that's cool. But what I want is either someone from the NBA or one of the draft experts to explain how he would even be considered to be draft eligible. I don't remember any other cases like this and the rule is pretty simple, and also clear he doesn't meet the rule requirement.
Tucker is a dbag but nothing he says will have an impact on this one way or another. It will play out however it does and nobody knows the exact details except Sharpe and his camp.
They need to come out with it either way. The back and forth and up and down has gone on long enough. They know what’s gonna happen by now. Just say it
This Sharpe saga has been the most interesting thing the last 4 months or so on this board (other than Oscar's heroics/excellence this past season of course). It has so many twists and turns, but still ultimately probably ends with him leaving for the NBA.
Yeah, I agree. This must be what what the guy who played for RP back in the day was telling me he heard, but I'm not going to get my hopes up just yet.
I haven't read any further into the thread as of yet so hoping as another poster said, until a major player says it has legs I'll just remain skeptical.
I'm honestly just ready for this chapter to be closed. Either come back or don't.
The rule simply states, “at least one season passed since graduation of High School” it doesn’t matter if Sharpe had the credits in October, he did not graduate until December. This alone should make him ineligible and I doubt the NBA will rewrite their rules for one kid. I will be shocked if he is eligible.
While Tucker is correct that the NBA will only rule on his eligibility after he declares l, I think we all know that behind the scenes the Sharpe camp has a good feel for which way the ruling is gonna go. I fully expect for him to declare and for this process to take a while to play out.
I agree, you'd want to hear something official but based on EVERYTHING everyone in the know is saying it seems like if he wants to go he'll be ruled eligible for whatever reason. I think the NBA hinges it on the fact that he's a 5 year high school kid and will be 19 before the draft. If a 4 year kid that maybe would have been held back in grade school but managed to graduate high school in 4 years and be 19 before the draft I don't think the NBA would allow it but because Sharpe stayed in high school a year longer than he should have and will be 19 without playing it allows him to slip through a loophole.
He always manages to chime in without adding anything to the conversation. He doesn’t know anything more than me and you, lol.
So declare for something that he won’t even be apart of? Seems like a waste of time to me…..
How about come back for one damn year. Make a ton of cash while doing so, have great facilities and coaches to hone your game, enjoy a nice trip to the Bahamas this summer and play on the number one team in the country and then enter in 365 days from now becoming the #1 pick. That sounds like a decent plan to me.