Trae Young Decision on Thursday

Wall2Boogie

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Good luck to him. Cal did the right thing. I know that he's a better shooter than green but I think getting green helped land diallo and hopefully bamba. He couldn't hold out and hope that young would chose uk cause if he didn't the team next yr would look very bleak. Plus green will be atleast a 2 yr player
 

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Good luck to him. Cal did the right thing. I know that he's a better shooter than green but I think getting green helped land diallo and hopefully bamba. He couldn't hold out and hope that young would chose uk cause if he didn't the team next yr would look very bleak. Plus green will be atleast a 2 yr player
Yeah. Young is the better player but Green came with perks. Another year, better decision making, and of course help us get Diallo and possibly Bamba and/or Knox. He's worth it.
 

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Good luck to him. Cal did the right thing. I know that he's a better shooter than green but I think getting green helped land diallo and hopefully bamba. He couldn't hold out and hope that young would chose uk cause if he didn't the team next yr would look very bleak. Plus green will be atleast a 2 yr player

Don't ever assume a five star McDonald's all American, Jordan brand classic player is a two year guy at UK. it happens but it's more rarer than not. Briscoe could shoot, he wouldn't be here this year. This is why the kids come here to play....to get to the NBA ASAP.
 

Real Deal 2

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If you get Bamba and or Knox or both or just one then the strategy worked. Bamba and Knox go elsewhere then team next year is borderline top 20 not Natl. Championship contender. Young is like the PG that dominated at Duke and beat Wisky by himself. He is that type of player.
Some people in the camps said Cal's top 3 guys on board were Bamba, Young and Knox.

This might be a study in recruiting. Young is most dynamic player, Bamba has most upside and almost makes your team completely different on defense, Knox is a great 3 and shooter. Try for the Trifecta and give up on Young who may be that dominant alpha dog guy who wills your team to win.
 

cawoodsct

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For waiting this long and putting us off, he should have a paper bag up there and put that on his head.
 
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uk78_rivals88018

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Young was whom Cal wanted and it seemed the feeling was mutual last year. But, maybe it will be a lesson to the elite recruits that if they wait around too long, what was their desire doesn't wait for a program like Kentucky. He should have committed and I am glad Cal didn't risk waiting for him like Tubby used to and then the recruit went elsewhere leaving the program holding the bag. Young's loss not ours.
 

Bungalow Bill

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If you get Bamba and or Knox or both or just one then the strategy worked. Bamba and Knox go elsewhere then team next year is borderline top 20 not Natl. Championship contender. Young is like the PG that dominated at Duke and beat Wisky by himself. He is that type of player.
Some people in the camps said Cal's top 3 guys on board were Bamba, Young and Knox.

This might be a study in recruiting. Young is most dynamic player, Bamba has most upside and almost makes your team completely different on defense, Knox is a great 3 and shooter. Try for the Trifecta and give up on Young who may be that dominant alpha dog guy who wills your team to win.
From what I've seen and read Green is at least as much a dominant alpha dog guy as anybody in the class and the guy other dogs want to play with. Green committed and signed with UK no strings attached while Young waited. Love to have Young but wouldn't trade him for Green. No way.
 
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Wall2Boogie

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Don't ever assume a five star McDonald's all American, Jordan brand classic player is a two year guy at UK. it happens but it's more rarer than not. Briscoe could shoot, he wouldn't be here this year. This is why the kids come here to play....to get to the NBA ASAP.
Green is barely 6 feet tall. Ulis was 5'9 but his basketball Ball iq was off the charts. Being At uk helped tremendously. Had he gone to school like uconn he would of been there or four player there easily. Same for Booker would of been atleast a 2 yr player anywhere besides uk.




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wcc31

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Doesn't seem the recruiting analysts feel Young is much better than Green at all. Both are ranked similarly.
 

Real Deal 2

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Young is a different animal when it comes to explosiveness and ability to take over game with barrage of 3's. He is the one guy who Cal would have taken at any time and were disappointed that he did not commit.Cal followed more than anyone this Summer and last year. He spent a lot of time. Think they changed strategy when his dad pushed back date to sign. Wait for your top guy or try to get mother load with Bamba and maybe Knox to go with very good PG in Green. If you remember the scuttlebutt was that staff were formulating new game plan on this class when the Young news broke that he was not ready. Good with it but we need to sign a Bamba or Knox to make it pay off. Duvall and Young are different PG's. Elite of the Elite. Green is solid and will be great but maybe at this moment not on the other 2 guys level.
 

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Young is a different animal when it comes to explosiveness and ability to take over game with barrage of 3's. He is the one guy who Cal would have taken at any time and were disappointed that he did not commit.Cal followed more than anyone this Summer and last year. He spent a lot of time. Think they changed strategy when his dad pushed back date to sign. Wait for your top guy or try to get mother load with Bamba and maybe Knox to go with very good PG in Green. If you remember the scuttlebutt was that staff were formulating new game plan on this class when the Young news broke that he was not ready. Good with it but we need to sign a Bamba or Knox to make it pay off. Duvall and Young are different PG's. Elite of the Elite. Green is solid and will be great but maybe at this moment not on the other 2 guys level.
I remember on signing day after the LOI's were in and Cal made his usual welcoming the new recruits video for CoachCal.com Cal said about Green "he is the guy all the other guys want to play with.." I think the rumors that the other top guys didn't want to play with Young were very real and it certainly helped that Green played AAU with Bamba and was best friends with Diallo.
 

Real Deal 2

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I remember on signing day after the LOI's were in and Cal made his usual welcoming the new recruits video for CoachCal.com Cal said about Green "he is the guy all the other guys want to play with.." I think the rumors that the other top guys didn't want to play with Young were very real and it certainly helped that Green played AAU with Bamba and was best friends with Diallo.
Agreed. Probably Cal recruited Young the longest and during this time found out some players did not want to play with Young and saw all the love for Green. Think the fact that Cal made him priority and was at a lot of games for 2 years and then dad and him not commit. Think they rebooted and decided enough is enough. The Young's over played their hand. Get Green and hope we get the other guys especially Bamba. Green is a winner and good player.
 

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Yeah. Young is the better player but Green came with perks. Another year, better decision making, and of course help us get Diallo and possibly Bamba and/or Knox. He's worth it.

Young is probably the better player but if Green is the "dog" he says he is, I'll be happy. It's just what we need. We have enough 5 star studs, let's get some 5 star dogs to go with them
 

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Don't ever assume a five star McDonald's all American, Jordan brand classic player is a two year guy at UK. it happens but it's more rarer than not. Briscoe could shoot, he wouldn't be here this year. This is why the kids come here to play....to get to the NBA ASAP.
For real. Green will be OAD.
 

Wall2Boogie

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I'm assuming both graham and mason are both gone, but with Newman svi and Vick they willl aill have a crowded backcourt. No doubt young will play but if he wants to start right away Oklahoma is the place for him. I love how puke fans are slobbering all over duval now. A few months ago they didn't want anything to do with him due to grades and character issues, now all of th now all of the sudden his character issues and grades are no big deal for puke fans. I would love to see duval skip college and go overseas for a yr since puke will have a mass exodus and only have Trent and carter and course bolden. I know we are basically out of the young sweepstakes but there would be plenty of room for him here especially if briscoe decides to just go pro and take his chances being a 2nd round pick and playing in the dleague a few years cause he's no where near NBA ready
 

stoneycat_20

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Don't ever assume a five star McDonald's all American, Jordan brand classic player is a two year guy at UK. it happens but it's more rarer than not. Briscoe could shoot, he wouldn't be here this year. This is why the kids come here to play....to get to the NBA ASAP.
I would bet money Green will be here 2-4 years.Im thinking all 4 years.He just doesn't have NBA skillz..He will be a great college PG and that's what i want..Good as a Fr, but very good as a Soph on
 

uk78_rivals88018

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Well, we have had several super point guards but perhaps one who knows how to distribute the ball and not turn it over may be the better option. The challenge that exists with all these recruiting analysts is they make the elite 5 star player the one who stands out because of a particular dominance either offensively or defensively and the superstar of their team. Fine. But, we have seen even our own team as well as others that have great talent but may not mesh very well.

Is there one player on Tenn who would start over any of our starting 5 or 6? Yet they beat us. So, of course we want top talent but we need that talent to work well together.
 

lkc1021

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Young is a different animal when it comes to explosiveness and ability to take over game with barrage of 3's. He is the one guy who Cal would have taken at any time and were disappointed that he did not commit.Cal followed more than anyone this Summer and last year. He spent a lot of time. Think they changed strategy when his dad pushed back date to sign. Wait for your top guy or try to get mother load with Bamba and maybe Knox to go with very good PG in Green. If you remember the scuttlebutt was that staff were formulating new game plan on this class when the Young news broke that he was not ready. Good with it but we need to sign a Bamba or Knox to make it pay off. Duvall and Young are different PG's. Elite of the Elite. Green is solid and will be great but maybe at this moment not on the other 2 guys level.

I prefer Green. He is a better point guard than Young. The point guard is the most important position on the team.
 

bucsrule8872

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Young is may the better player, but Green sounds like the better leader.

Green has guys excited about playing with him because he makes his teammates better.

Young would have given us a great shooter/scorer, but sounds like he is more of a "do it by himself" type guy.

Not to say Young isn't a good teammate. Vanderbilt was recruiting him before Green joined up. Vanderbilt obviously would have loved to play with Young. Porter wanted to play with him as his PG, which was part of the draw for Young, until Porter committed to UW. In fact, it wasn't long after that when Cal starting going after Green. No Young/Porter combo, so he went after the Green/Diallo/Knox/Bamba combo.

If Young wanted to come here, he had the chance, but Green said Cal told him he would take the first to commit between him and Young. Green just beat him to the punch. Green helped get us Diallo and might help us land Bamba and Knox, so I think we got the right guy.

Both are ranked very close to each other, so one is probably not head and shoulders better than the other.

I think Young goes to KU. He will run the show, most likely. Young, Newman, Vick, Bragg, and Preston would be a solid starting five. Young will have big shoes to fill trying to replace Mason.
 

UKCAT5FAN

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I would bet money Green will be here 2-4 years.Im thinking all 4 years.He just doesn't have NBA skillz..He will be a great college PG and that's what i want..Good as a Fr, but very good as a Soph on


I don't think UK will ever have a 4 year starter at PG as long as Cal is here. I don't think he'll be OAD but I also don't think he'll be here 4 years. My guess would be you're right on with 2-3 years tops. JMO.
 

RalphDaltonFan

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Young had told several people he was going to Kentucky, including the UK staff.

Here were the issues:

1. He was asked to go to a bigger school to face better competition--he didn't.
2. He was asked to commit publicly earlier because they wanted a leader--he didn't
3. He was assuming that UK wouldn't take other guard when they were open/honest that they would take first to commit. He didn't listen.

So when Green pulled trigger-it was "shocking" to the Young family. Mommy wants her son close to home--Dad/Son want a bigger stage. I'll say it's Kansas unless Mom gets her wish--and remember the bullcrap about "I'll be watching how the season plays out..." if that's the case--he should look at Oklahoma State and Texas Tech far more then OU.
 

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I would bet money Green will be here 2-4 years.Im thinking all 4 years.He just doesn't have NBA skillz..He will be a great college PG and that's what i want..Good as a Fr, but very good as a Soph on
Green is one and done.Wow he doesnt have nba skills.
 

stoneycat_20

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By all accounts, he is a great facilitator and defender. And he will be surrounded by elite players that he can make better.

And he isn't a super skinny guy at 6' or 6'1".
hehe..ill go yours was weak
He is small and not long..
He is not a great athlete
Plays under the goal
He is a good not great shooter
He is a great HS passer though
Don't see him being a good NBA defender in a year

Hey, I hope you're right and he plays great and is a OAD..I just see it ..maybe an Epps type player
 

Real Deal 2

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Think with Green, top 20 team, Young with rest of class would be a FF team without Bamba or Knox. Not sure unless you bring in Bamba or Knox that next year's team can win a NC. No shooters unless Blackmon transfers in or Knox.
 

stoneycat_20

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Think with Green, top 20 team, Young with rest of class would be a FF team without Bamba or Knox. Not sure unless you bring in Bamba or Knox that next year's team can win a NC. No shooters unless Blackmon transfers in or Knox.
With Knox and Bamba, id say preseason top 5..without Bamba or knox maybe top 20..I bet the pollsters will not vote the cats high next preseason..been burnt the last 2 years.Blackmon won't come here..don't see cal taking him even if he wanted to come...Knox is the key