Get this done Pope. Nothing else needs to be said.
Acaden Lewis hits the portal
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No! The kid is a quitter. We don't want no quitters on are team. We are Kentucky! We only want winners not quitters!
Here is the book on him ... his 3-point shooting is unimpressive at 27.0%:
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He’d obviously be a good get but I’m indifferent if I want him back after what he pulled last year.
Love to have him back. Go get him Pope.
As someone else said, the early chatter is Texas or Miami.
We might be able to get in on him. He's probably a top 5 PG in the portal.
Edit: Upon further review, he's not a top 5 PG today even. Do not want. If he comes to Kentucky, it needs to be as a backup PG. And we saw how that went last year.
We might be able to get in on him. He's probably a top 5 PG in the portal.
Edit: Upon further review, he's not a top 5 PG today even. Do not want. If he comes to Kentucky, it needs to be as a backup PG. And we saw how that went last year.
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good player, probably not coming here from early rumblings.
Right now I would take him, he is a upgrade from Lowe and might play more than 9 games
As of right now ... but players are constantly entering the portal:
#1 Isaiah Johnson (#4 overall player)
#2 Jackson Shelstad (#6 overall player)
#3 Dedan Thomas, Jr. (#7 overall player)
#4 Jaland Lowe (#17 overall player)
#5 Christian Hammond (#19 overall player)
I’d rather not bring in a kid that was once committed, goes elsewhere and then transfers after year one after Quaintaince. If they leave then they can stay gone.
Well we know he wants money and a guaranteed starting spot.
He's met Pope before so he'll be going elsewhere. We need to keep recruits away from Pope until they're already signed. He's too off-putting
Ebuka will be the number one pg (unless Tanner enters)and possibly the number one player in the portal. On3 is more up to date currently than 24/7. 24/7 doesn’t have Juke in there rankings yet, On3 has him number one with a 98.5 Transfer Rating which would have been second to Yaxel(98.88) last season. Okorie is on a whole other level than Lewis.
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There are a lot of players in the portal I have stacked ahead of Lewis. A lot
I hope we can get that Lowe feller
He's not better than a healthy Lowe who we never saw play.
Co.on folks, Lewis isn't the answer you are looking for. You really see him taking a team to the FF.
58% FT shooter as a PG. No thanks!
Yeah let’s sign the weak minded kid that quit at the first thought of competition. 
Free country. Believe what you want but it's not happening
We aren’t going to the F4 with Pope, get real. I just don’t want to play on Wednesday in the SECT anymore or lose 14 games in a season. This kid is good enough to overcome Pope’s lack of coaching and get us to 25 wins, a top 4 SEC finish and a S16.
If I were Pope I might be selling Stokes on playing point guard at Kentucky.
Not the worst idea I’ve heard. He seems capable of it. Surround him with shooters and a defensive ace.
Plus it's kind of a trend in the NBA. Luca Doncic, Jalen Johnson, and Cooper Flagg have all played point guard this season and all are 6'8" or taller.
Bidunga and Stokes; the rest can be role players, especially shooters.
After digging more into his stats and gamelogs, he's definitely not top 5 even today.
The 3 point shooting is obviously a concern. But I'm willing to give some there IF you can score the ball at a high level elsewhere (See Juke Harris).
Lewis padded his stats vs weaker competition. He played 4 games vs SJU and UCONN. He had 26 points.
@Pelsyear on Twitter did a great break down of his stats vs tournament teams
8 games
1-7 records.
7 PPG
26.2% FG
30.6% 2FG
19.3% 3FG
44.4% FT
2.8 RPG
4 APG
1.2 SPG
2.6 TO
He's just not a dude at this point. I think you're better off going and bringing Lowe back.
Maybe he takes a massive step forward.
But Mark Pope and Kentucky REALLY don't need to be in the maybe business this off-season. Go get proven guys and hope THEY can take another step forward.