Duke's Thornton transferring
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Perhaps I've been under a rock and not paying attention, But when did Bolden pick Duke?
writing is on the wall man. Thornton gone. Visit by Duke today and last Thursday. Tea leaves been saying Duke for two weeks.
Yea, I talk ish, as do you. I don't like you, however, because you don't come to the Duke board with civility, only ignorance. Plenty of good UK fans here, you're just not one of them IMO.
All that said, however, I figured you could understand that scholly count has nothing to do with Thornton. It goes way beyond that.
I'm for considering bringing in Thornton to Kentucky. Let him practice for his transfer year against Fox. Bring him in with the Richards/Petty/Vanderbilt group. UK wanted Thornton before anyway, and I'm so sold on Young being quantifiably better. You could conceivably bring both of them in and let them start together. Cal has played multiple point guards together a few times now, and done it with great success.
Villanova just won a national title with one pure big. UK will have Bam, SKJ, Gabriel, Humphries, Wynyard and Lee. How many bigs do we need?
I'm open to either, but Thornton was a top 10 kid in a loaded class before reclassifying. A year of practicing against Fox, Monk, and Briscoe would do wonders for the young man.
Plus, it would be otherworldly on a vindication level if he won a national title while at Kentucky.
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I'm not necessarily saying I wouldn't want him, but IMO he'd have to improve his handles to be our starting PG.
"We". What is your position with the team? You an assistant or manager or something?
I may be off base given that I don't have any insider information and don't know the Thorntons personally, but I think decreased playing time is only part of it. If you wish to believe some of the rumors, Thornton's dad wasn't very happy with the way his son was handled by Coach K this past season. My belief is he either wanted his son to redshirt or be allowed to play 35, 40 minutes a game. In other words, be given the keys to the offense the way Tyus Jones was last year. But Coach K would sometimes have a quick hook with Thornton in games when he'd make mistakes. His dad probably didn't like that and here's the result, an ugly separation. This is as opposed to Brandon Ingram, who was allowed to play through his mistakes and really only got benched when in foul trouble.
I don't see any specific schools listed, but Thornton's statement said he wants to transfer somewhere closer to home. With that in mind, I'd think any Pac-12 school and maybe UNLV and Texas among others would be on his short list.
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Granted, but they had a team full of shooters. So, who we going to have next year that can hit a shot, other than Willis?
Wow!!! Look like the family is indeed upset at how Duke handled Derrick. This is hilarious!! And AWESOME!!
http://kentuckysportsradio.com/basketball-2/derryck-thorntons-uncle-voices-opinions-on-duke/
http://kentuckysportsradio.com/basketball-2/derryck-thorntons-uncle-voices-opinions-on-duke/
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Only reason I prefer Young is that he is possibly a package deal with Porter. If Young also means Porter, then I prefer Young over any other PG prospect out there for that reason.
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I think Monk will end up being fine. Some people on this board didn't think Murray could shoot a month or so into the season. (And no, I don't think Monk will shoot over 40% like Murray.)
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I would be ecstatic to add this young man, assuming he wants to be here. For a Duke transfer to find success @ UK would be tremendous on a variety of levels. I would love to be privy to seeing it occur.
The opportunity to practice against Briscoe, Fox, Monk, and Hawkins (intense and strong defender) is a great one. The level of physicality, talent, and athleticism is something that he could not find with another college team. This is a definite reason for Thornton to consider Cal/UK.
UK stands to benefit, as well. We could have a guard with a year in Cal's system (before he's asked to play). Additionally, he's already had a taste of College ball. This is a 5 star, talented, PG that could play alongside a guy like Young (if we land him) or join him in a potentially very dynamic backcourt.
This sounds like a win, win, win scenario. I would think it is easy to see the benefits to Thornton, UK. Also, the "stick it to Duke" potential is tantalizing.
The opportunity to practice against Briscoe, Fox, Monk, and Hawkins (intense and strong defender) is a great one. The level of physicality, talent, and athleticism is something that he could not find with another college team. This is a definite reason for Thornton to consider Cal/UK.
UK stands to benefit, as well. We could have a guard with a year in Cal's system (before he's asked to play). Additionally, he's already had a taste of College ball. This is a 5 star, talented, PG that could play alongside a guy like Young (if we land him) or join him in a potentially very dynamic backcourt.
This sounds like a win, win, win scenario. I would think it is easy to see the benefits to Thornton, UK. Also, the "stick it to Duke" potential is tantalizing.
I've about read all the crap I can stand in my first 5 minutes on the board.
Everyone on here must not be basketball fans. Did anyone have insiders. Every Duke expert or insider was saying he was gone for a month because his family did not like how he was used. They said k told them he want earn playing time and they didn't like how he didn't play much and that Jackson was coming in. Just look at Duke insiders tweet. He wanted to stay and after meeting with family changed his mind
I kind of look at it that DT is trying to show Bolden that dUKe is in turmoil. They will have a lot of guys playing an ISO offense. IT is sad to see an individual so young who did sacrifice his SR year to only be looked over by his program in favor of Allen and Jackson's playing time. Allen returning screwed up the rotation of available guards minutes. One thing I can predict for dUKe is "Too Many Chiefs and not enough braves"...
Good Luck to the young man.
Good Luck to the young man.
Coach K has been known to shed a few tears in order to try and land a recruit, of course they are probably fake. Do you all remember Patrick Pattterson telling this story.
I wonder why his uncle is at the forefront of all this. is he the kid's guardian?
There's always one of your type in every crowd as well. How about you let me worry about how and what I post, and you do the same for yourself.
If it bothers you that much, either report it to the mods or shut up and deal with it. Your choice.
I won't argue against him probably wanting a scholarship and playing time. But I'm fairly certain Duke was his only D1 offer, at least according to Rivals:
https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/13839
Oh, so now you're a tough guy too. Youve got the ignorant red neck and the big bully façade going for ya now.
Post whatever you want tough guy but don't act shocked when someone calls you out for posting ignorant dumb ****.
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