Fair points Mojo -- I saw those 3 point #'s in AAU ball against top level competition and was impressed , you get recruited by top 30 type teams tells me your talent is pretty dang high .. and I have no delusions about Ky talent VS the other 49 states , common sense says you must have players from EVERYWHERE , but if you can get a kid like this that will stick for hopefully 4 years and give the roster stability and experience , then take that kid . I think we are seeing you cant win it without experience , they all cant be OAD's .
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Fair points Mojo -- I saw those 3 point #'s in AAU ball against top level competition and was impressed , you get recruited by top 30 type teams tells me your talent is pretty dang high .. and I have no delusions about Ky talent VS the other 49 states , common sense says you must have players from EVERYWHERE , but if you can get a kid like this that will stick for hopefully 4 years and give the roster stability and experience , then take that kid . I think we are seeing you cant win it without experience , they all cant be OAD's .
And that is a huge mistake. A Kentucky kid knows what being in a UK uniform means. Or they used too. Now, it just means you're a mercenary.
Put up 26 & 8 boards in win against Memphis tonight but we took Askew & CamRon Fletcher unbelievable blunder in player evaluation by this staff
Gotta get them 5 stars. No evaluations needed.
This thread sums it all up for me. I apparently called it over a year ago.
Even if this kid had come to Ky he would have been like Allen setting on the bench.
Does anyone even know how high he can jump up and slap a row of hinged sticks or know what his mixtape track was?
Not really a blunder in that this staff knows they are not going to design any style of offense to get kids open. Gotta get open by raw athletic ability.
Who cares if he can score 26 in a game. What is his wing span, how fast can he run and how high can he jump?
You and many others. It’s clear as day to me that Antigua was the one scouting and the brains of the recruiting machine while here. Cal has gotten worse and worse each year at scouting players since he left.
Coincidentally, the team Orlando coaches at is now a top 10 team when they’ve been longtime losers.
Yall should really listen to this guy. Elite evaluator.
Hes right though. Powell would have come here, probably been better than most of our freshmen but still wouldn’t have got off the bench because he isn’t one of Cal’s boys who has nba potential.
Ive seen this mentioned a lot but what about him isn’t NBA potential? Maybe he doesn’t have an elite wingspan or vertical leap (idk if either are true or not) but he has got good height for his position and he has a good body. Good qualities for a guy who is a shooter. I know defense is big for Cal but JP seems more than adequate in that regard and has shown he will go after boards.
He’s certainly good enough in any *other* system. Cal just doesn’t value shooters ie Dontaie Allen.
“Probably best for both parties” - Gonzo take
How about Cal recruits basketball players like Powell and ends this infatuation with unskilled 10 year old future pros? Or would that not be good for his yearly dinner party?
If we actually did this correctly, it would be BEST for both parties.
Inagine a world where Jodie Meeks and JJ Redick would not be accepted at a basketball program like UK.
We are in the ncaa basketball version of stranger things. But thanks for promoting it so long, along with anytime transfer. You get to be the only fan in the arena at the end of the day.
How about Cal recruits basketball players like Powell and ends this infatuation with unskilled 10 year old future pros? Or would that not be good for his yearly dinner party?
If we actually did this correctly, it would be BEST for both parties.
Inagine a world where Jodie Meeks and JJ Redick would not be accepted at a basketball program like UK.
We are in the ncaa basketball version of stranger things. But thanks for promoting it so long, along with anytime transfer. You get to be the only fan in the arena at the end of the day.
What we mean is, lottery or atleast first round nba potential. Powell could certainly find his way in the league one day but I doubt he’s drafted that high. Plus he will need 2-4 years in college to get there. That’s too long in Cal’s eyes. And he’s wrong too.
I'm not even sure what Cal's system is- we haven't ran an inbounds play in 10 years and very few offensive plays in that same time period- watch other teams and they run set plays that have a purpose to get guys shots or the ball down low
It's Bleacher Report (so take it with a grain of salt) but Powell ranked #34 in next year's draft
Edit: I don't know why but the link isn't embedding
Edit: I don't know why but the link isn't embedding
Both guys have played 5 games
Justin Powell
BJ Boston
Justin Powell
- 16.5 pt
- 6.5 reb
- 3.8 ast
BJ Boston
- 14.4 pt
- 6.5 reb
- 1.2 ast
Little easier in the second half, you just get another ball and fire away hoping the refs won't see it coming from the bench as it goes in. Would improve our chances of scoring.
Well my opinions have aged pretty damn well. One thing is true and I'll state it .. he comes here , he sets while guys like Boston , Clark and Askew get 2/3 a year to " work thru their inexperience " whilE guys like Dontae and Powell would get 4 minutes a game , miss a three and have a TO and be declared " typical Ky kids that cant hang " its laughable. And sad.
Sad but probably true. I just do not understand how we did not offer him. 6’6 and can shoot is a natural 2guard but Pearl has him running the point bc Cooper still not eligible.
Your correct! He would have been on the bench at UK, but on the floor at Auburn.
OLD STOLL FIELD GUY!
I would like to know what Cal's apparent problem is with in state players. He very rarely recruits them and if he does, and they come here, they don't get to play. And please don't say it's because they aren't good enough, because some of them are. Does Cal not realize how it would help if he would just play one Kentucky boy each game for just a very few minutes? At this point how could it hurt?
Do you seriously suggest Coach Calipari should build his team on instate recruits? Do you have any serious idea what the result would be? I'm talking about the result at the end of the season, not the result after five or six games. For obvious reasons, there isn't a major or minor sport at UK that is built primarily on instate recruits.
That’s not what he said. Nobody believes Kentucky produces kids that good. You could be at UCLA and you wouldn’t only recruit California kids. For some reason people pull a strawman here.... but arguing that the support of quality state kids on UK’s roster is some crazy idea is stupid. In what world?
Kids from Kentucky are always a plus. They get it. This has never been a difficult concept to grasp. It’s the states team, and they love a few state players. The state players are dream stories and they usually do make the team better in ways.
That’s as normal as American pie, and the fact that we have people arguing this just shows how far some people have to go to defend their left field positions with regard to Cal.
It’s the University of Kentucky. It’s an academic institution not Calipari’s NBA players club. State players should always be given a good look.
Further, you better care about the results in the first five or six games, because if you lose it can totally destroy your team early and create a pressure situation. It also allows other teams to add wins, taking away our all time accomplishments. Are you seriously okay with Kansas beating us 10 straight as long as it’s in the first 5 games? All for a probable loss in March?
Some of you need to rethink these positions. It’s gettin wild.
And will probably move up if continues too play like this.. would have been a nice pickup for UK.
And to the few guys that keep saying do we think should build teams with Kentucky kids?
No one is saying that but it would be nice too have a couple on the team mixed in with all the one and dones.
Bruce Pearl said in a article about Powell that he loves gettlng players from Kentucky because they have high basketball IQ’s and strong fundamentals and the state is full of good high school coaches.
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