Sorry...I just don't feel the same. Now he's just another one of the old coaches hired mercenaries that used Kentucky for one year to get himself drafted. No different from all the others and soon to be forgotten. I'm really disappointed in his decision; I knew it was probably coming, but I wanted him to be different.
You are a stupid, shellfish, ignorant, ******* who makes our fanbase look bad.
So if a kid who is literally UK basketball royalty doesn’t come back for a second year that should tell you that’s just how it is these days. No kid is putting their NBA aspirations behind their love for a program. Guys do not care about a program’s tradition or historical success. It just doesn’t matter. It’s about time some UK fans realize the world has changed and stop thinking it makes the kids selfish or mercenaries. It’s just reality.
No, just an honest man who has been a Kentucky fan for 60 years and is tired of this one and done garbage. I don't wish anything bad on the kid, but I would have loved for him to be loyal to Kentucky, but he's just like the others.
That’s a really poor take. In no way can he be lumped into the mercenary pool. He exploded onto the scene and worked his way into a likely top 10 draft selection. Not like he’s leaving for a potential 2nd rd selection and taking his chances like the group you are lumping him into. I hate the one and done with a passion, don’t watch the NBA as a result, would have loved him for a 2nd year obviously but hard to blame him and saying he used UK is just a horrible take on his situation.
While they won't agree with you, you speak the truth. Take away the name Sheppard and the fact he is from KY, and he would be the exact same in their eyes as the other players who used UK.
I guarantee if you played one season for Kentucky and were a projected top 5 draft pick you would declare so fast we would all get whiplash. Feel free to say otherwise, but everyone here will just know you’re a liar.
No one is saying don't take the money, but that literally proves it was primarily about the money and not a legacy, the program or the fans. Which is just like the other good freshman we have had here that were OAD that are often referred to as hired assassins.
That's what I tried to say, and I got shamed and banned.
Why on earth would Shep want to come back to this sh**show after being treated worse than Hawkins in the Saul era.
I agree with that but it definitely would have been nice to not get bounced so early
They can care plenty and still not have it override reason.
Reed was 3rd on the team in minutes played and 1st among the freshman.
That’s a fact. Either UConn or Purdue would have beaten them by at least 10
Yeah but he will be there to pat him on the back when he goes in the lottery.
But he his from KY, he is a legacy player. He didn’t sign with KY because of cal or the quickest path to the NBA. He signed because he grew up dreaming of playing for KY. He would have came here if whacking Daffy Duck had been the coach. The fact he ended up being good enough in his freshmen campaign to get bumped into the top 10 is all credit to him. I’m sure he had zero intentions of this when he first committed unlike the true cal mercenaries who already have one foot out the door before their first practice. Will also point out he was the only “one and done player” to not miss a single game due to sickness or “injury”.
He can do what he wants hut they will still be announcing out if Kentucky.
He IS different
I’m sure if you faced the same dilemma you would turn the draft down too …. 🫠
Sounds like a less accomplished Shai that had the accident of a different birth place and parents.
