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JQ and his Pops should be humiliated
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With no inside information nor medical expertise, I am assuming that the swelling just got really bad and doctors gave him a no-go. He probably came back too soon and is now dealing with the consequences.
Right & IMO if he returns he will be a disruption
I mean he’s a 6’10 and came back quickly from an acl injury. We seen what happened to Derrick rose can’t put too much blame on the kid.
JQ is a slow healer. It happens.
At the same time his dad doesn’t want him to be exposed as not as good as advertised or having a possibility of having future knee problems.
all I want is the real story. $3 million is a big risk.
At the same time his dad doesn’t want him to be exposed as not as good as advertised or having a possibility of having future knee problems.
all I want is the real story. $3 million is a big risk.
This. The timing was extremely odd, to say the least. Literally shut it down immediately after his Dad’s comments. Very strange.
Only reason I would like to have him available for us is due to matchups. Also, could use his interior defense and rebounding. Like against Florida. He would be perfect to throw at Florida. He made a damn good St. John’s frontcourt look like grade school kids. We could use him, even still. Make to mistake about that.
EDIT: As someone said above, we could have used him against Ament just last night.
I don't think there is any way in hell he would have been guarding Ament. Maybe as secondary in the paint, but Ament on the floor, don't think so.
Why not? JQ could absolutely guard Ament out on the floor. Go back and watch his defensive footwork. I disagree.
JQ played one game after the comments by his dad not that it makes much of a difference .
The best thing for him to do is get healthy this offseason and return to college next season . Will he do that ? I don’t know . I have seen people on this board say that he is late lottery in mocks which is shocking to me .
The best thing for him to do is get healthy this offseason and return to college next season . Will he do that ? I don’t know . I have seen people on this board say that he is late lottery in mocks which is shocking to me .
Regardless if he comes back or not, I don’t ever want to sign a player who’s had knee surgery the year before. To much can go wrong, wasted NIl money playing few games or none at all. The last several years there has to many injuries to take a chance on anybody that’s already been hurt. It’s bit Kentucky in the a—, our players injuries don’t get well.
Sounds like the real story is that Pope decided the $3MM was worth the risk, JQ tried to come back and re-injured himself, and now he’s sitting there collecting a check. Pope knew it was a possibility the whole time.
That’s the thing though… what else was available when JQ committed? Assuming Lowe and Kam didn’t lose the season to injuries, Pope/staff may have been looking around and saying “we have some money and think this is the move we can make with the most upside, especially knowing we have other bigs available if he doesn’t come back”.
I get that it sucks as fans, but it’s not as easy of a decision from the coaches view as many are making it out to be.
JQ is 18 yrs 9 months old - same age as Boozer twins - they are the youngest of the 2026 NBA Draft class.
Cameron Boozer is listed at #2 in mock drafts = projected $70 million- 4 yr contract + endorsement$?
JQ is listed at #13 in draft =projected $35 million - 4 year contract + endorsements
Moreno is listed at #22 in draft = projected $26 million 4 yr contract + endorsements.
JQ & Moreno should return to UK for 1 more year at $3 million each & make $ 25 million more over next 5 years.
They would be the best big 4 - 5 combo in the NCAA next year.
JQ is dropping weekly in most mock drafts & could end up out of lottery & down in the 20’s with Moreno costing him $35 to $50 million over next 4 years.
Cameron Boozer is listed at #2 in mock drafts = projected $70 million- 4 yr contract + endorsement$?
JQ is listed at #13 in draft =projected $35 million - 4 year contract + endorsements
Moreno is listed at #22 in draft = projected $26 million 4 yr contract + endorsements.
JQ & Moreno should return to UK for 1 more year at $3 million each & make $ 25 million more over next 5 years.
They would be the best big 4 - 5 combo in the NCAA next year.
JQ is dropping weekly in most mock drafts & could end up out of lottery & down in the 20’s with Moreno costing him $35 to $50 million over next 4 years.
I'm gonna go ahead and start a fight with two words: Lindsay Vonn. I was never a fan of hers until today. Let the bombing begin.
The people in the know say JQ is going to the draft no matter what. I agree with you Moreno will be back — but JQ will be gone. Might as well prepare yourself, because JQ is not playing another year in college.
I think you nailed it! I've been through 3 knee surgeries and yep, you'll have some swelling for a while. Ice is your friend and I haven't seen him icing his knee once. He mentally checked out when his dad told him to. JMHO. Now we're looking like a team and he wants to check back in? Really?
How often have you been around him to assume that he doesn’t ice his knee?
Mark Pope was going to overpay on a big, regardless. I'm not entirely confident in the talent evaluation abilities of the current coaching staff. I think that overpaying on the possibility of what Jayden COULD be is better than overpaying for another Brandon Garrison level talent. JMO
CMP is on record saying his trainers and medical recommended that it was NOT worth the gamble of spending a substantial amount on a player coming off ACL surgery only months before.
CMP went against their recommendation. It’s all on him .
I honestly don’t care at this point. Kid kinda screwed us two years in a row. First year by de committing and going elsewhere. Year 2 by coming here hurt with a lot of the teams potential riding on him only to play like 50 minutes all season.
At this point I don’t want anyone here who seems injury prone next year. That means Lowe and JQ. Kam doesn’t bother me because his was more of a freak deal, he doesn’t have an injury of getting hurt and the season wouldn’t be riding on his shoulders next year anyway like it would a starting pg.
Ok…
Like I said, he thought it was worth the risk. That’s part of what he has to decide as a coach.
The draft has a lack of centers and that is why he is still showing up in mock drafts in the first round. A team like OKC with a newd at the position with multiple first round picks will probably take a flyer on him. He will be a Robert Williams type player at the next level with a better handle. A guy who can guard multiple positions who you can switch defensively and can roll to the backet for alley oops on pick and rolls.
Man, I dunno. If it were me and my boy (and I realize expectations are high, he has potential to make a lot of money), and a university handed me 3 million (life-changing money) I am as transparent as I can be, and we as a family would be doing our best to get to a place to help this team. I would feel so obligated to even come back next year to give SOMETHING that for amount of money.
But what do I know, I just give 40 years of my life for that type of money and killing myself to do so.
But what do I know, I just give 40 years of my life for that type of money and killing myself to do so.
Yall are goofballs. The kid is injured. It sucks that he wasn't able to get healthy for this season, that's life. He tried to come back and it didn't workout.
I will disagree with this.
If you were the parent, you would telling your child to play hurt?
No, you would be saying get healthy. Take your time. You have a career ahead of you projecting to make well over $100 million.
One season of college ball is not changing that unless you continue to damage the knee.
If he is a projected lottery pick, the absolute worst thing he should do, is come back to college. Only a fool would turn down lottery pick money.
He would be able to rehab and refine his game so much easier at the NBA level, he gains nothing by returning to college in this scenario.
Now, I have no idea why the NBA is so enamored with JQ, but they are, which is odd, considering how incredibly deep this freshmen class is.
I never said play hurt. I said transparency with a desire to come back and give some return on a contract YOU signed.
By all means, take your time, but try to give something for what has been given to you. That supposed NBA contract may never actually happen and the best checks you may get could possibly be from here.
I think all of BBN would like some info like below
To BBN - We still want and plan to play as long as he is healthy but we are being careful. - That is fair
Some updates for next year's plans. If JQ is top 10 we have to consider anything outside of that, we plan to return to the university that took a chance on us.
Saying nothing and having a dad complain about usage and what seems now to be full shutdown mode leaves us with what we have - Guesswork, and we have been burned enough to turn that sour.
I wish we were hearing he's practicing full speed with the team trying to get in game shape. I also think it's a mix of knee not 100% and the few games he played he was super rusty. I feel like it got in his head and couldn't play through it as he improved. My hope is we get some minutes from him in NCAA and SEC tournaments. Not counting on it. If BG and Malachi keep improving, they're both more reliable right now. Mo and Jelavic are improving too and playing within their capabilities.
I've put the issue to bed. JQ is out for the rest of the season.
what a craptastic deal it is landing him. Never EVER bring another player like him or (dare i say it?) Sharpe ... to Kentucky again. I appreciate Q WANTED to play for Kentucky. He did. extremely briefly. But not enough for me to even count.
Huge disappointment and one of the many reasons why this team has looked so badly. A sad state of affairs, we got a lottery pick and he wont play another game for us....
sheesh. Very distasteful, Coach Pope. You took a black eye with bringing him on board.
what a craptastic deal it is landing him. Never EVER bring another player like him or (dare i say it?) Sharpe ... to Kentucky again. I appreciate Q WANTED to play for Kentucky. He did. extremely briefly. But not enough for me to even count.
Huge disappointment and one of the many reasons why this team has looked so badly. A sad state of affairs, we got a lottery pick and he wont play another game for us....
sheesh. Very distasteful, Coach Pope. You took a black eye with bringing him on board.
I think his knee flared up and his camp panicked. Combine that with our poor start in conference play and it made a perfect storm.
He bullied St John's and they couldn't handle him at all . Then he was a shell of that for the next 3 games before he shut it down. I definitely think he had a setback maybe just minor but his camp is afraid to take a chance now.
Or, Q comes back and makes the plays that wins a massive game for us.
Saturday would be a perfect example of that.
It is not about the rookie contract. It is getting to that second contract as soon as possible.
Not at the center position.
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