How? His knee is too swollen and sore to play, so how is he going to catch me? Lol.
His ability to beat up someone, doesn't negate anything.....Strange post.
JQ Returning
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His ability to beat up someone, doesn't negate anything.....Strange post.
JQ quit. That’s how he will be remembered.
luckily for us we will forget about him in 20 years
luckily for us we will forget about him in 20 years
Not trying to be negative ... just asking: Is there a chance that his return would be more of a negative than a positive ??
Will he be healthy, committed and productive ?? If productive, what can be expected in terms of points, rebounds, blocks, etc ??
Will he be healthy, committed and productive ?? If productive, what can be expected in terms of points, rebounds, blocks, etc ??
I wish i had 20 years
Can't be anything but a positive. I still don't see him playing, though.
GOTCHA, but I wonder if his decision to return would eliminate our recruiting a high-level big that can score out of the portal ??
The guy missed a large portion of his rookie season due to being "hurt". Do you think he was also faking that?
Man leave JQ alone . Pope hoped he’d be ready. He is a great kid . I work in Rupp. He would still kill all of us one leg and all. Took St. John’s All American to schoolHow? His knee is too swollen and sore to play, so how is he going to catch me? Lol.
His ability to beat up someone, doesn't negate anything.....Strange post.
Imo, just need him to rim protect, rebound and be a big body who won't get pushed around.
I thought you were talking about a return for the NCAA tournament this year. I don't think he will return to college next year, but who knows.
My bad ... sorry for the confusion ... I've pretty much assumed he will not play again this season.
No input here from @Rainmaker ?? Just curious as he says he has info on JQ? Give us your thoughts please.
That’s how he will be remembered by an irrational (and seemingly miserable) minority of fans.
BS. Pope made a bad gamble. Terrible decision. JQ being a good kid has nothing to do with it.
He ain't coming back to Kentucky. Arkansas maybe. 
I don't think the return is next year but for this year's tournament only.
Yeah right. I thought this was going to be about next year.ESPN list his expected return as 3/18.
Good, I could use his 2M NIL money. That would at least be a good use of it for me.
Which is why they need contracts that stipulate non payment for no performance.
He was smart enough to have a backup, obviously Mazulla was like a coach on the floor, he’s a good coach now.
It wasn’t Mazulla that was hurt, it was their PG Bryant who started and broke his foot.
then you should know, even with today's advanced medicine, it takes longer than a year to get back to where you were pre-injury.
Mahomes had ACL/LCL surgery in Dec and is projected to be ready by the first game....9 months in his 30s and in the NFL.
I'm still sticking to the side that this is a good kid and he really does have a non-ready knee.
He tore his ACL, Meniscus and fractured part of the bone... tried to come back and play his first game 10 months later, it was too early.
He grew taller and added weight during the healing process which makes it even harder for all that to come together.
Big guys obviously more strain on a knee so you can't compare his acl return to smaller guys.
Take Nerlens for example... his was just an ACL and he took 17 months before playing his first real game.
It was a poor decision to spend a bunch of NIL on such a chance to play.
He tore his ACL, Meniscus and fractured part of the bone... tried to come back and play his first game 10 months later, it was too early.
He grew taller and added weight during the healing process which makes it even harder for all that to come together.
Big guys obviously more strain on a knee so you can't compare his acl return to smaller guys.
Take Nerlens for example... his was just an ACL and he took 17 months before playing his first real game.
It was a poor decision to spend a bunch of NIL on such a chance to play.
Maybe- and his injury isn't as severe.
As of mid-March 2026, it is uncertain whether Patrick Mahomes will be playing on September 1st. While he is aiming to return for the start of the 2026 NFL season following a torn ACL and LCL in December 2025, his availability for early September games depends on his rehabilitation progress.
I know that my surgery was 30 years ago and I was back to normal in 6 months. And I still swelling to this day after intense activity.
Same here and the procedure has come light years since then. I said pretty much the same as you...a little swelling is normal for a long while. Ya ice it, rest as needed but it's really not a big deal, typically. More like..expected.
That's the goal. But you know if there is swelling and discomfort, they will hold him out
Everone heals at a different pace. Were you playing high level basketball?
No, but I didn’t have access to the best doctors and facilities either. And it’s been a year for him.
Should have just announced he’s done for the season already .
Pope seriously needs to just shut the **** up. I'm fine with him not doing the media thing, he's awful at communication. Just shut up, lose, whiff on more recruits, lose more, then get the **** out of here and let a real coach try to rebuild the program.
What a dick. The man is trying to stick an olive branch pout and you just blow it off. You have a lot to learn in life, youngling.