KBJ testing NBA
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I think he is gone regardless this year. Next year Toppin will be the starter,
Well a good portion of the fanbase is always clamoring for guys to come back to UK when they aren't ready professionally. Will be interesting to hear what that portion of the fanbase says if Brooks does come back for senior year, as it appears, at least based on this thread, many are ready for him to depart.
Testing the Euro BB Waters? I'd like to see him back next year but maybe he can make more money overseas. Anyway, good luck KB...even though you didn't know the difference between Adolph Rupp and Adolf Hitler.
I’m all for getting players back and I’d be down for KB to come back but not as a starter and I’m afraid if he’s back he will be the starter and we will lose Topp or Hop and I’d prefer to keep those 2 over KB.
I only know what our players do in the NBA from reading this board.
That said , I hope Brooks makes it to NBA
read between the lines
I recognize my hypocrisy but I also know Cal
Hope people are prepared, Kentucky likes to do the announcements for the draft in individual days, so sharpe Washington and Oscar are all next in upcoming days. People need to prepare themselves for that
Some of you are miserable. Who wouldn't want a former five star recruit back for another year? For some reason KBJ became the scapegoat for our problems this year when he was a stud for some games. If he isn't playing well then bring in Toppin or Collins. After the injuries we've had the past few years, give me all the talented depth we can get.
Except Cal didn’t when it mattered, and won’t next year either.
Any “basketball Benny” could see Toppin was our best player not named tshiebwe in the first half against St Peters. Ol’ Cal couldn’t though. Sat him almost the entire second half while Brooks brought nothing, especially on defense. I guess Cal “forgot he was over there on the bench” as he has said before.
Please draft him. If not please enter transfer portal.
Please let Cal go to the Lakers and let the man that wouldn’t bench him for any amount of time draft him. This = win/win for every party involved!
Please draft him LA and make Laker fans ask -
“Why does Cal keep playing Brooks over Lebron?”
I’ve been critical of Brooks at times, but supportive as well. He’s not what we hoped he’d be, but I’d still like to see him return. A senior forward is not a bad thing, although I’d play Toppin ahead of him most of the time. Brooks needs to improve his motor and toughness.
My feelings as well. I attributed his Rupp stuff to being an easily influenced college kid who let a few professors use him as a mouthpiece. I wish he could have been more consistent and lived up to his billing. If he goes, I wish him well. If he stays, I hope he has a breakout year.
here is the quote
“Being honest, I haven’t educated myself well enough on Adolph Rupp or just the whole situation at hand to really give you my thoughts on it,” said Brooks, who is also a member of the SEC Council on Racial Equality and Social Justice. “From what I do know, I would like to see a name change just basically because of what his name is and what that’s connected to and what that kind of represents. I would like to see a name change.”
Why would you say something like that about a UK player?
because he sucks. and supports a rupp arena name change.
After what some on here have said? Don't blame him for not thinking those who bad mouthed him.
Poy. God gave him LeBron’s body and zero coordination.
Exactly my thoughts, the next 3-4 days gonna be painful. The Sharpe decision will be nuclear for Cal.
I’m not mentally prepared for Oscar leaving, I don’t think I can take that bad news I will be upset about sharpe but Oscar is tied for my favorite player ever to play here
Oscar will bother me far more but just saying after next years class gets ruined Cal will feel the heat. We can all understand why Oscar would leave. At least he performed at the highest level and was an amazing person.
I’m not upset to see him go, personally I think he needs a year in college at a place that isn’t Kentucky.
It would stink given the history but going to a team like Indiana where he could be a star player on an average team would be good for his confidence and development on the offensive end.
But to be a pro in the NBA he needs to do two things, one is learn to play defense, and two is to remember that he can jump very high. Guy is a good athlete but he voluntarily plays below the rim a lot, and games like the Kansas game where he’s the best player on the floor is when he’s jumping and playing above the rim.
It would stink given the history but going to a team like Indiana where he could be a star player on an average team would be good for his confidence and development on the offensive end.
But to be a pro in the NBA he needs to do two things, one is learn to play defense, and two is to remember that he can jump very high. Guy is a good athlete but he voluntarily plays below the rim a lot, and games like the Kansas game where he’s the best player on the floor is when he’s jumping and playing above the rim.
With Kentucky not reaching out to some these players in the portal my hope is he has somebody lined up we are not talking about or sombody is returning
He’d just say he can’t take Keons heart away. It’s someone’s son.
That’s how insane that line of thinking is. Insert a guy like Lebron in that and it all sounds ridiculous. Lol.
I would like to see how many minutes he would get at another big school. Just to see if Calipari really showed him that much preference or if other coaches see what he saw.