I know this a long shot but I really hope we keep this. 6'6, long wing span to block shots, get deflection, fast, quick, good passer, runs the floor well, moves without the ball well, decent three point shooter. He can really make an impact on both sides of the court.
Billy Richmond
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I hope the recruits, this past years players, possible portal guys all see how many showed up today and the excitement.
Can you imagine if none of Cal's recruits followed him but stayed to play for Mark Pope?
Billy Richmond and Knox are very overlapping players position wise and sklill set wise......I'd not be shocked to see UK pick off Richmond (Knox is a Cal guys more so IMO)
Richmond passes the Eye test for me, just got a feeling about him like I did with Keith Bogans when he first started playing at Kentucky.
I’m not sure Pope would take some of them. He wants players for UK not the Farm system we had.
Richmond is a Camden pipeline guy, I’d be shocked if he didn’t back out of his UK commitment and go to Arkansas.
I’d love to keep Richmond. Pay the kid but we have to remember his dad played for Cal too.
He’s gonna need athletes here too and he could develop a shot, apparently he has decent form. He also plays defense hard.
Recruit Adou back would help
I’d love to have them both. Nice athletic wings who can guard and rebound and run.
Yes he does play hard defense from what I have seen on videos and scouting analysis. That says a lot about his character in that I tend to believe that he would be more of a team first player. Selfish players are looking for their shot and couldn't care less if they get cooked on d. Pope wants selfless players and I think Richmond fits that type of player.
That depends on how much rebuilding he's wanting to do. Me, personally, I'd completely tear it down except for keeping any players that Cal might take with him. The problem with keeping the ones who weren't hear the year before, they may not be receptive to the kind of DRAMATIC CHANGE that is coming. What we're going to see on the court is going to be nothing like we've seen in years. Pope knows it, it almost always takes years to learn his kind of system (lots of sets), and most of the types of kids Cal recruited weren't planning on staying here for years.
Richmond's father played for Calipari. I don't expect UK to far outbid Arkansas in NIL money offered to him, which would really be the biggest reason for him to follow through on his commitment to UK.
If he chooses any school other than Arkansas, then it will be Memphis.
Wouldn't you think dramatic change would be with the kids who have played under Cal, it's not change for first year freshmen who haven't had one practice under Cal. You keep a Boogie Fland