Ships in his pocket? Are you blabbing about scholarships or championships? He has left several on the table. We are now the university of practice bodies I guess.
Kingsley is draft eligible
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Diallo and Sharpe came in midseason. Onyenso is going to be here all season. No reason for him to redshirt when he will be here the full season.
He's not that stupid. But he is that arrogant. It would not shock me in the least if this happened again.
Cal Haters: Here we go again. Cal non-haters: He's not a lottery or first rounder, not gonna happen.
Cue up five or six pages of the above ad nauseam.
Cue up five or six pages of the above ad nauseam.
Not being selective at all, Diallo waited till the very last minute before opting to return. Diallo would have gone if he had gotten assurance he would have been a higher draft pick. The biggest difference is that Sharpe and Diallo came in at mid season. In this climate of college basketball red shirts are useless(especially at UK)
Glad the kid is here, hope he plays here but nothing is a sure thing at UK
But it’s still not 0-2 if Diallo actually returned even if he really wanted to leave . This situation is closer to that than Sharpe
I’ve said before that I don’t think this is the same as the Sharpe situation. That being said, Cal needs to put this young man on the floor in mop up minutes of the first blowout game next season.
Failing to do so will be creating an unnecessary distraction. Having a freshman who barely plays because he isn’t good enough is no big deal. Even if he leaves, no big deal. Players leave all the time.
We can’t have another player who is able to play and simply doesn’t. I have to believe a majority of the fan base feels this way.
Failing to do so will be creating an unnecessary distraction. Having a freshman who barely plays because he isn’t good enough is no big deal. Even if he leaves, no big deal. Players leave all the time.
We can’t have another player who is able to play and simply doesn’t. I have to believe a majority of the fan base feels this way.
Well if the NBA is starved for a borderline 4/5 star 7 footer who has shown nothing at the college level and is freshly 18 years old during the 2023 draft. then so be it.
But not every player is Shaedon Sharpe, he has the measurables and the recruiting rank that an NBA team will take a flyer on him with the 7th pick. Kingsley isn't Shaedon in terms of being an NBA draft prospect.
Cal doesn't redshirt players. He's not staying 4 yrs anyway, so what's the point?
As for the question of if he's eligible for draft. US born players - 1 year out of high school. Foreign born players - Automatically eligible at 22. But can declare at 19. Forgetting NCAA bullsh$t, once they play at a US College there might be a question on a reclassified player....assuming he is 19 by the deadline, is he also 1 year removed from high school?
As for the question of if he's eligible for draft. US born players - 1 year out of high school. Foreign born players - Automatically eligible at 22. But can declare at 19. Forgetting NCAA bullsh$t, once they play at a US College there might be a question on a reclassified player....assuming he is 19 by the deadline, is he also 1 year removed from high school?
Hes not stupid. You’re miss understanding what he is.
What he is, is a guy that doesn’t care. Calipari has said repeatedly He will do whatever he can do help a draft stock. He’s player first, win second. If he thinks he will help this player get to the draft quietly by redshirting, that’s what he’s going to do.
Id bet money he did. He already came out and sent a shot toward Calipari over what our program “goals” are. Calipari has adapted a bit of late and it shows. I think clear messages have been sent. Your job is to win and take this job seriously. Enough of the nonsense.
I don't think Cal thought "not playing Sharpe was going to help his draft stock". Sharpe was a lottery pick before he came to UK. He was a lottery pick after he left UK. Sitting Sharpe on the bench did not "help his draft stock".
JMO, Cal got hustled. He bought the idea of Sharpe's handler saying he would for sure return for 2022-23 and "lead the program". You are absolutely correct in saying that Cal will do whatever he has to do to help players get into the NBA. However, I don't think his intention is to do that at the expense of the program. If he thought a player's decision damages the program, he would advise against it.
Cal should have seen through the smoke on Sharpe. He should have prevented the program from taking a black eye from this. But, I think he got hustled believing in the kid, the kid's parents, and the handler. That **** is on the Sharpe camp. If it happens again, that is on CAL.
Well I just don’t see him redshirting. It makes no sense—esp a kid who will certainly not be around all four years.
Just read the Athletic article, while they do mention redshirting in the title, it seems pretty clear from the article that the plan would not be to do so. It says he plans to come in and help this year in whatever capacity that he can, mainly on the defensive end, while getting better practicing against OT and Ware.
Just don’t see any practical reasons to redshirt. If you are going down the Sharpe road here, almost everyone, including the Athletic article you mentioned, says the two situations are completely different. We will see how it plays out I guess.
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