Cal re: Diallo and NBA draft

[RoyKent]

https://www.seccountry.com/kentucky/kentucky-nba-draft-combine-2017-hamidou-diallo

Calipari told me Diallo will work out for 3-4 teams next week, then make big decision. Cal's goal? "Protect him."

“Look, this was always out there when he came,” the Wildcats coach told SEC Country on Thursday at the NBA Combine, where Diallo and three other UK players are being evaluated. “I told him, ‘At the end of the year, you may have an opportunity and we’ll explore it.’ That’s what all this stuff is for. I’m just trying to protect him. Let these (NBA) guys get the information they need and if you’re going to draft him, tell him you’re going to draft him.

“I just want to protect him, because he was with us four months and he didn’t play in a game. But if someone will take him, what will I say?”

 

[bookerfan66]

I doubt very much Cal takes this route again.

 

[anon_dge1vx8o0wnm7]

On ESPN he says "I'm losing 9 guys." He gone

 

[4UK4life1]

This part is interesting

“They don’t know. Well, don’t show them!” Calipari said of NBA scouts who aren’t sure exactly how polished Diallo’s game is right now. “They all like you right now without watching you. Good! The more you don’t play, the more they like you! So don’t play. Then if someone takes him in the lottery, I will retire. There’s nothing more I could do. Four months, doesn’t play, lottery pick, I’m done. I’m stopping.”

 

[track42]

I doubt very much Cal takes this route again.

Hope not.Cal is way too good of a recruiter and doesn't need this kind of thing.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good for Cal. A decent man who is the anti-Roy Williams or Coach K, always siphoning an extra year from these players for their own good -- and at the kids' lost millions.

Kentucky is doing great with recruits because Cal has done good for the individuals who come his way.

And, just based on what he says here, I think there is a decent shot Diallo returns. Cal doesn't say it, but it is pretty clear reading between the lines he doesn't think the kid is ready; and he's earned trust by being willing to help him and protect him.

 

[KMKAT]

Cal on the desk now talking his guys. Talking Hami and his chances....tells his kids if you come here, make sure you can help yourself.

Saying Hami should go if he can go 25. Mentioning his guys from prev drafts...now showing Wall vs. Fox

Cal asking why don't they show our guys dunking on Indiana and dunking on North Carolina just running down the court.

Cal also joked that if Hami goes in the lottery, he's done!

Swaggy Cal complaining about the ESPN equipment on his head.

 

[Titles1]

On ESPN he says "I'm losing 9 guys." He gone

What's the deal with saying, "He gone", rather than saying it correctly. It's annoying as hell.

 

[permdaddy_rivals45705]

Listening to Cal on ESPN now it sounds like the decision has been made. I think Cal knew he was never coming back nor did he have any intention on playing at UK.

Edit: I don't think we get Knox if Diallo doesn't leave.

 

[mrdavisanddd]

On ESPN he says "I'm losing 9 guys." He gone

For the first time I'm sure he's gone had hoped he'd be back.

 

[CalipariKy]

Just said if he's gonna go 20-21 he should go.

 

[ukmelanie]

Sounds like it's over and no chance he comes back.Sucks that he will never play a second for UK and it hurts our chances next season.Thank God for Kevin Knox.

 

[anon_dge1vx8o0wnm7]

What's the deal with saying, "He gone", rather than saying it correctly. It's annoying as hell.

You'll be alright

 

[KMKAT]

Hami now being shown on the screen; Cal saying NBA teams won't lie to him.

Cal just said if its 20 or 21, he's got to go.

As I said earlier, Cal says the issue is the amount of time he's having to spend in the D-League at that slot.

 

[LadyCaytIL]

If losing diallo landed us a replacement in Knox that also so happens to take a guy away from Duke and screw them .... then heck yeah I take that deal

 

[RoyKent]

 

[Titles1]

He was more important to last yrs team, than this yrs. He would have made the team better during games.

 

[Cardsstink]

I doubt very much Cal takes this route again.

I said that before and got blasted by Poedunk or whatever that guys name is. Cal's last sentence says it all. It's clearly not worth it for him to deal with this kind of stuff, and I'll say it yet again - he'll never fiddle with this mid-season enrolee stuff again. Is this a knock on Cal? Of course it's not. He didn't see this coming - his last sentence basically says that.

 

[Cardsstink]

What's the deal with saying, "He gone", rather than saying it correctly. It's annoying as hell.

What's annoying is a UK fan saying we should expect a "Title" ever single year and the entire program is a massive failure if that isn't attained....

 

[mdlUK.1]

Hami now being shown on the screen; Cal saying NBA teams won't lie to him.

Cal just said if its 20 or 21, he's got to go.

As I said earlier, Cal says the issue is the amount of time he's having to spend in the D-League at that slot.

He didn't say he'd have to go. He said he'd have a decision to make if he was 21-25.

 

[Wall2Boogie]

No offense op cause I think u do a good job, but everytime I see you post and your avatar I automatically think bad news as if it's what you're thinking when you are about to bless us with the bad news

 

[Titles1]

What's annoying is a UK fan saying we should expect a "Title" ever single year and the entire program is a massive failure if that isn't attained....

I expect more than one with the talent that has rolled through here over last 7 yrs. Some of you sound like Tammy.

 

[Mr_GG]

That can't be true. We learned yesterday that he can't actually jump high, it's just his 8 foot wingspan.

 

[Cardsstink]

I expect more than one with the talent that has rolled through here over last 7 yrs. Some of you sound like Tammy.

" I expect".

You aren't entitled to anything that UK does, bro. I don't know who Tammy is, but you sound like a spoiled brat.

 

[mdlUK.1]

I expect more than one with the talent that has rolled through here over last 7 yrs. Some of you sound like Tammy.

Yeah, if you got that talent for more than one year, you might have a point. Cal has to start over every year. And yes, I know that's his choice.

 

[Wall2Boogie]

" I expect".

You aren't entitled to anything that UK does, bro. I don't know who Tammy is, but you sound like a spoiled brat.

Please excuse cardsstink 1titties

 

[Titles1]

" I expect".

You aren't entitled to anything that UK does, bro. I don't know who Tammy is, but you sound like a spoiled brat.

Tammy Wynette.

 

[T-Bickle]

Cal also made the point that if he's drafted late first round, he's making about a million per year as opposed to lottery where he's making about $5 million a year. He followed it up by saying that means a team has less invested in a lower first round guy and therefore won't be as patient. Those lottery guys get more time because the investment is higher.

Pretty honest assessment and not the typical Cal hype.

 

[Cardsstink]

Tammy Wynette.

You're not a UK fan. And if you are, you are the worst type...the type that makes the good one's roll their eyes in embarassment when you beat your chest acting like you had something to do with it any time UK wins a game.... The type that wears UK gear from head to toe while acting like a complete tool.

 

[Robcatt24]

I really think Diallo returns.

 

[USSLair]

Tammy Wynette.

Who?

 

[Titles1]

You're not a UK fan. And if you are, you are the worst type...the type that makes the good one's roll their eyes in embarassment when you beat your chest acting like you had something to do with it any time UK wins a game.... The type that wears UK gear from head to toe while acting like a complete tool.

Ok. Don't forget flat bill hat.

 

[Titles1]

Who?

What? Where? When?

 

[skcatfan]

I expect more than one with the talent that has rolled through here over last 7 yrs. Some of you sound like Tammy.

Damn I can't believe you didn't kill yourself during the Tubby and BCG years. We have a chance to win a title pretty much every year Cal is here and that DEFINITELY wasn't the case before he arrived. That's all any reasonable fan can ask for.

 

[Cardsstink]

Ok. Don't forget flat bill hat.

You're not a UK fan. Youre here trying to make it look like we've failed under Cal.

 

[millayc]

I just find it interesting that he mentioned the higher he goes the more investment a team has in him, the more likely they keep him around. It didn't sound like to me that it was a done deal at all. It seems that Cal is suggesting that even at 21 he is taking a big risk with the D League.

 

[Cardsstink]

Damn I can't believe you didn't kill yourself during the Tubby and BCG years. We have a chance to win a title pretty much every year Cal is here and that DEFINITELY wasn't the case before he arrived. That's all any reasonable fan can ask for.

A few weeks ago he said we should expect a title every single year (with his chest stuck out and wife-beater on). Two days later, he said he'd trade 5 bad years for one title. He can't get out of his own way. I'm guessing he's 13 or 14 years old.

 

[mdlUK.1]

I really think Diallo returns.

I hope you are right but it sure looks unlikely.

 

[TriangleUKCat]

You'll be alright

And if he's not alright, he gone.

 

[anon_dge1vx8o0wnm7]

44.5 inch vert, highest at the combine by six inches