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Once Highly Touted, Now Forgotten

FinnaGoHAM

FinnaGoHAM

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Reading the thread about Duke player Dariq Whitehead I saw the name Harry Giles. I couldn't tell you the last time I heard his name mentioned. ESPN's #1 recruit in the Class of 2016 before he went to Duke. Hampered by injuries since high school, he was released by a G-League team last season after yet another injury. Interestingly, in his one season at Duke he only averaged 11 minutes 3.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. Amazing how many players weren't "cant-miss" prospects, then for one reason or another, a faded memory. Emoni Bates is headed in that direction, too. Can you think of any others?
 
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TBCat

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bucsrule8872 said:
Who remembers Felipe Lopez in the 90’s.

He was suppose to be the next Jordan. He was on the cover of Sports Illustrated while in HS. Played at St. John’s and was nothing to write home about.

There are so many of these cautionary tales.
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Totally remember Felipe Lopez. He was hyped and hyped and hyped and then you finally get to see him and he was mediocre at best. That was when I started not believing what the recruiting experts say. There was another one that I forget the name of. 6'11" guy that was supposed to be the next Larry Bird. Ended up at Brigham Young I believe and totally sucked.
 
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Rick Honcho

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chroix said:
Skal. On March 10, 2022, Labissière signed with Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.
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Skal should have been red-shirted his freshman [only] season at UK. But Calipari doesn't have the onions to do what is the the best long-term interest of the player and the program. Too worried about how it would affect the optics of his Gold Standard. 🤡
 
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Son_Of_Saul

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Rodrick Rhodes - Kentucky
Skal Labissiere - Kentucky
Dan Gadzuric - UCLA
Randy Livingston - LSU
Jalani McCoy - UCLA
Jelani Gardner - Cal
Ronnie Fields - no college
Ed O'Bannon - UCLA
Aaron Miles - Kansas
Shabazz Muhammed - UCLA
Tremaine Fowlkes - Cal
MKG - UK
Darius Miles - St. John's
Erick Barkley - St. John's
O.J. Mayo - Southern Cal
Xavier Henry - Kansas
Lenny Cooke - no college
Korleone Young - no college
Jerod Ward - Michigan
Josh Selby - Kansas
Sebastian Telfair - no college
Malik Newman - Miss State/Kansas
Cheick Diallo - Kansas
Felipe Lopez - St. John's
Darius Rice - Miami
Joe Forte - UNC
Stromile Swift - LSU
C.J. Leslie - NC State
Jereme Richmond - Illinois
Lance Stephenson - Cincy
Scotty Hopson - Tennessee
Samardo Samuels - Louisville
 
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BigBlueFan19

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Son_Of_Saul said:
Rodrick Rhodes - Kentucky
Skal Labissiere - Kentucky
O.J. Mayo - Southern Cal
Xavier Henry - Kansas
Lenny Cooke - no college
Korleone Young - no college
Jerod Ward - Michigan
Josh Selby - Kansas
Sebastian Telfair - no college
Malik Newman - Miss State/Kansas
Cheick Diallo - Kansas
Felipe Lopez - St. John's
Darius Rice - Miami
Joe Forte - UNC
C.J. Leslie - NC State
Jereme Richmond - Illinois
Lance Stephenson - Cincy
Scotty Hopson - Tennessee
Samardo Samuels - Louisville
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Lance Stephenson has been in the league 10+ years, the rest I agree with.
 
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chroix

chroix

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Myth Buster51 said:
Skal should have been red-shirted his freshman [only] season at UK. But Calipari doesn't have the onions to do what is the the best long-term interest of the player and the program. Too worried about how it would affect the optics of his Gold Standard. 🤡
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He misused Skal and didn’t adapt to the kids game and tried to force him to fit but cant agree with any of what you posted.
 
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UK-Chulo

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Myth Buster51 said:
Skal should have been red-shirted his freshman [only] season at UK. But Calipari doesn't have the onions to do what is the the best long-term interest of the player and the program. Too worried about how it would affect the optics of his Gold Standard. 🤡
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Cal’s recruiting bit him in the rear. We didn’t have a big man. So he had to play Skal, and play him out of position.
 
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*Fox2Monk*

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Finna_Go_HAM said:
Reading the thread about Duke player Dariq Whitehead I saw the name Harry Giles. I couldn't tell you the last time I heard his name mentioned. ESPN's #1 recruit in the Class of 2016 before he went to Duke. Hampered by injuries since high school, he was released by a G-League team last season after yet another injury. Interestingly, in his one season at Duke he only averaged 11 minutes 3.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. Amazing how many players weren't "cant-miss" prospects, then for one reason or another, a faded memory. Emoni Bates is headed in that direction, too. Can you think of any others?
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Dude who went number 1 from UNLV to Cleveland can’t remember his name.
 
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*Fox2Monk*

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Blueheart32 said:
If something doesn't change, Brandon Boston..

Sam Bowie
Nerlins Noel
Greg Oden
Tyler Hansbrough
Adam Morrison

There is a pretty long list if you really dig into it.
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I thought Boston was tearing it up, he had one great summer game and people on here were all “I told ya so!”
 
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*Fox2Monk*

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LineSkiCat14 said:
BJ Boston's ride is still a ways from being "over", as well. He was still able to average nearly 7/2/1 on just 14 minutes for LAC as a rookie. He also shot 42/30/81.. which isn't great for a guard, but it's actually BETTER than his one year at UK.
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That’s his main problem, inconsistent from 3 and only looks to score.
 
MbergCat

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Son_Of_Saul said:
Rodrick Rhodes - Kentucky
Skal Labissiere - Kentucky
O.J. Mayo - Southern Cal
Xavier Henry - Kansas
Lenny Cooke - no college
Korleone Young - no college
Jerod Ward - Michigan
Josh Selby - Kansas
Sebastian Telfair - no college
Malik Newman - Miss State/Kansas
Cheick Diallo - Kansas
Felipe Lopez - St. John's
Darius Rice - Miami
Joe Forte - UNC
C.J. Leslie - NC State
Jereme Richmond - Illinois
Lance Stephenson - Cincy
Scotty Hopson - Tennessee
Samardo Samuels - Louisville
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I actually thought Hopson would be a solid pro.
 
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LineSkiCat14

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Fox2monk said:
That’s his main problem, inconsistent from 3 and only looks to score.
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Yeah I'm certainly not betting on him to have a huge NBA career.. but it is wild that he's already better (in many ways) NBA career than he had at UK. I think he will ultimately fall short of the hype he had, but think he will surprise (and anger) many Kentucky fans who watched an atrocious collegiate year from him.
 
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Wildcats1st

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chroix said:
He misused Skal and didn’t adapt to the kids game and tried to force him to fit but cant agree with any of what you posted.
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Skal didn’t pan out in the nba so it’s hard to say cal misused him. There really was no use for him
 
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Wildcats1st

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Son_Of_Saul said:
Rodrick Rhodes - Kentucky
Skal Labissiere - Kentucky
O.J. Mayo - Southern Cal
Xavier Henry - Kansas
Lenny Cooke - no college
Korleone Young - no college
Jerod Ward - Michigan
Josh Selby - Kansas
Sebastian Telfair - no college
Malik Newman - Miss State/Kansas
Cheick Diallo - Kansas
Felipe Lopez - St. John's
Darius Rice - Miami
Joe Forte - UNC
C.J. Leslie - NC State
Jereme Richmond - Illinois
Lance Stephenson - Cincy
Scotty Hopson - Tennessee
Samardo Samuels - Louisville
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Soon to be shaedon sharpe
 
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bigsmoothie

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Myth Buster51 said:
Skal should have been red-shirted his freshman [only] season at UK. But Calipari doesn't have the onions to do what is the the best long-term interest of the player and the program. Too worried about how it would affect the optics of his Gold Standard. 🤡
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😂😂😂. Can you imagine the “fans” on here if he had redshirted Skal. That’s a good one.
 
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Son_Of_Saul said:
Rodrick Rhodes - Kentucky
Skal Labissiere - Kentucky
O.J. Mayo - Southern Cal
Xavier Henry - Kansas
Lenny Cooke - no college
Korleone Young - no college
Jerod Ward - Michigan
Josh Selby - Kansas
Sebastian Telfair - no college
Malik Newman - Miss State/Kansas
Cheick Diallo - Kansas
Felipe Lopez - St. John's
Darius Rice - Miami
Joe Forte - UNC
C.J. Leslie - NC State
Jereme Richmond - Illinois
Lance Stephenson - Cincy
Scotty Hopson - Tennessee
Samardo Samuels - Louisville
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What is the criteria for a bust? Mayo played like 8 years and averaged 14ppg over those years. As a rookie averaged 18ppg. He got kicked out of the league and didn’t make it back in but I wouldn’t label him a bust
 
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bigsmoothie

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nkuCATfan said:
What is the criteria for a bust? Mayo played like 8 years and averaged 14ppg over those years. As a rookie averaged 18ppg. He got kicked out of the league and didn’t make it back in but I wouldn’t label him a bust
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No way he was a bust. Ridiculous
 
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