Sellers Stanford
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Don’t disagree also could’ve been the offense. Maybe can get him at a discount he ranks as an elite defender in the ratings at 97
I like him. Tall. Big jump freshman to sophomore year. But kid can’t shoot free throws. Low 30’s on 3.
I wish we had a chance with Ian Jackson. He's the only one without a commit that I would be excited about. But yes I know it's not happening. Just seems like scraps out there unless someone good enters.
his 3 ball has gone up every year so that’s promising. Sellers would still be my first choice
Someone just said Graf posted UK is trying to get in on Jackson. Likely too little,too late but worth a shot.
Confirmed. Just a regular poster but confirmed by Graf
Yes, no idea how serious. Just mixing it up. Was said to be trying to get involved
UK seems to back off when they ask for money so hard to get my hopes up.
I feel like it's far too late.
Probably so. And Jackson is a level of guy who probably wants the shots, the minutes and the bag. Might be a kick the tires type of deal
Starting to feel like Pope didn't have a backup plan to missing on Lamar.
We would never know. Most of the time when we know he’s contacting someone, it’s no dice. The ones he usually bakes we don’t know until the food is served.
Do you honestly believe the coach at Kentucky with as detailed orientated and analytical as he is, didn’t have backup guys they liked and did homework?
Seems strange to reach out to Jackson this late if he had solid guys waiting.
We need to start doing some analytics on what it will take to actually lure some elite kids here and not try to underpay them. We got JQ for cheap. That shizz won't cut it long-term.
This program still doesn't have a killer mindset. You get the deal done when you're in the 11th hour with someone like Wilkerson. Calling it anything else but that is BS. We were all saying as much yesterday until it didn't happen, and now the narrative is changing once again.
I don’t know if that’s what happened here. I think he used Kentucky, had no interest in playing for Kentucky at all, and knew Indiana would overpay
Same people that were panicking a week into the portal are back again with doom and gloom. Go figure.
Jackson could very easily be on the spreadsheet they have.
We keep saying this every time we swing and miss on an elite kid. At some point we need to land the elite kid. Like I said, we even had to offer JQ less. Remarkably, he took it. That can't be a long-term strategy, however.
But why wait this late to make a move? Kid said he was going to make a decision soon.
We have spent more than IU already and have a guy in Oweh who will be back. Indiana doesn't have that so they can pay him Oweh money.
Wilkerson didn’t even seem to be on the radar until a few days ago. Get real.
You do realize that we were literally one piece away from a final four level team?
I know that you utilized a lot of patience in the John Calipari years, but we were close with Wilkerson. We can't take that type of moment for granted when we get that close to the mountaintop. It's damn hard to win a championship in college basketball and our last four national champions were absolutely stacked. Kentucky is not going to "kinda sorta" feel their way into a final four. It doesn't work that way. We need an absolute behemoths of a team.
I think we should go all in on Ian Jackson at this point. I like Sellers and I also like Cedric Coward. But they are west coast kids and west coast kids just never seem to pan out for us.
Yeah it’s clear Wilkerson was choice one, but I think it’s kinda silly to think they don’t have alternative options they like
At least with the guys we do get, you know they really wanted to be here. It’s probably best long term. And yes, I wanted Wilkerson very badly. Truthfully, though —-out-talenting isnt what wins. We need players to stay in the program. I wanted to drop the bag on Wilkerson, but I think it will work out
Good god when did Wilkerson become an elite player?