Guess for Tyran Stokes

BlueBlood96Cat

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I think you can rest easy. Pope is a program guy like most of these coaches are. I’ve never seen a guy at UK that would dream of recruiting a guy who’d never play. And he’s from the Pitino tree, there’s just little chance of that.

Calipari is really the only coach I can think of that would actually recruit a player with no intention of him ever playing.
I don’t think he recruited him with the intention of him sitting out. I don’t think JQ wants to sit out. Just from the initial mention of a acl injury it’s a long road of recovery. Idc what people say about how quick somebody else came back from. JQ is a monster of a human and a acl is serious. I think he wants to suit up and can’t wait to cheer him on when he does.
 

yoshukai

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IMO Garrison won't be back. Neither will Mo D. I'm not sure about Jelavic but can see him leave as well. O will be gone, Lowe and maybe Johnson.
Pope will get guys though.
LOL. Where are all these players going? Lowe or Mo D aren’t going to be drafted in the first round. They would make more money here . With Jelavic, you have no reason to “see him leaving “ .

I could see Garrison leaving , “maybe “ Johnson.
 

Scratchycat2

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Hard to imagine many rosters that could compete with this group next year:

G - Lowe, Sr.
G - Johnson, So.
F - Stokes, Fr.
F - Mo D, Sr.
C - Garrison, Sr.
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C - Moreno, So.
F/C - Jelavic, Jr.
F - Hawthorne, So.
G - Chandler, Jr.
G - Noah, Jr.
C - Potter, Sr.
G - Guard - portal pickup.


Williams/JQ go pro; Aberdeen/Oweh graduate and Oweh gets drafted alongside Williams/JQ.
That would be a pretty stacked squad
 

Bruce9

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LOL. Where are all these players going? Lowe or Mo D aren’t going to be drafted in the first round. They would make more money here . With Jelavic, you have no reason to “see him leaving “ .

I could see Garrison leaving , “maybe “ Johnson.
Guys always transfer that's today's college basketball,we don't know our roster next year,we will probably have some guys leave everybody does
 

chasingwildcat

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During our game with duke at the end he had back to back to back mistakes and they were all caused by portal guys
Sorry, Duke lost because of coaching malpractice...

Coach did not draw right play for Duke to win, in both Kentucky game and Houston game

Flagg was still one of the best player in college basketball that year (I would say only Clayton was clearer better, and Flagg was probably better than anyone else) and it can not be denied

If Kentucky had Flagg, we would win 3-4 more games at least last season, and EE at least, Flagg is that good despite I hate Duke basketball team
 
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chasingwildcat

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LOL. Where are all these players going? Lowe or Mo D aren’t going to be drafted in the first round. They would make more money here . With Jelavic, you have no reason to “see him leaving “ .

I could see Garrison leaving , “maybe “ Johnson.
Johnson depends on recruiting and how well he plays

My gut feeling is as long as he gets late first round guarantee, he will go to NBA asap.

If he was 25-40 range guy, if we get likes of Holt, he may also go to draft, if we get nobody, he will return as starting sg.

I don't think he is going to transfer unless something changes during the season, probably NBA or Kentucky for him...

My gut feeling is he will be first rounder after season ends. He is already pretty good in pro day, blue white game and Purdue game, seems consistent already.

And yes I don't think getting 2 of Holt/Collins/Stokes is realistic. Probably get one as starting 3. Probably get nobody
 

Bruce9

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Johnson depends on recruiting and how well he plays

My gut feeling is as long as he gets late first round guarantee, he will go to NBA asap.

If he was 25-40 range guy, if we get likes of Holt, he may also go to draft, if we get nobody, he will return as starting sg.

I don't think he is going to transfer unless something changes during the season, probably NBA or Kentucky for him...

My gut feeling is he will be first rounder after season ends. He is already pretty good in pro day, blue white game and Purdue game, seems consistent already.

And yes I don't think getting 2 of Holt/Collins/Stokes is realistic. Probably get one as starting 3. Probably get nobody
I disagree with getting nobody we'll get Stokes,all this panic is unnecessary,nothing has changed according to sources,I think he is waiting for football season to end
 
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I think you can rest easy. Pope is a program guy like most of these coaches are. I’ve never seen a guy at UK that would dream of recruiting a guy who’d never play. And he’s from the Pitino tree, there’s just little chance of that.

Calipari is really the only coach I can think of that would actually recruit a player with no intention of him ever playing.
What player had no intention of playing?
 

Broker

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LOL. Where are all these players going? Lowe or Mo D aren’t going to be drafted in the first round. They would make more money here . With Jelavic, you have no reason to “see him leaving “ .

I could see Garrison leaving , “maybe “ Johnson.
Any or all of any school's kids could leave via the portal. Money talks and all kids seem to be listening.
 

BlueBlood96Cat

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Can we please go to the time of players not being allowed free meals and coaches blocking transfers? I’d choose that over this.
Seems so long ago. I remember getting transfers and having to wait another whole year before we got to watch them play. Can’t remember what transfers we got that had to sit out that first year. Any help? Like past 2005
 
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If you want the kid, just give him the $4M in rev share. I doubt he’s worth that much, but since he allegedly wasn’t down with the JMI stuff, why not circumvent with rev share?
 

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