Class of 2019 - General Discussion

[Dwight Schrute]

If Cal misses out on all our targets again I wonder if he'll hang it up after this year. If we lose most of the team to the NBA again this year and miss out on most of our targets, it could get kinda ugly for him next year.

[Joneslab]

Our best hope now is probably McDaniels.

Also I've heard on Rivals that there's a chance N'Faly Dante will reclassify.

[Dwight Schrute]

Assuming the tea leaves are accurate and Wiseman goes to Memphis, probably marks the first time I've felt bad about the future of the program in 10 years. Cal's system relies on getting elite top level guys - a series of one-and-dones with second tier guys is just brutal.

[DA#23]

It’s one thing to lose out on Wiseman. It’s disaster if we miss on all four Wiseman, Carey, Stewart, and Hurt. That’s not counting the misses on the secondary level bigs.

Because at the end of the day we have 3 of the best 5 or 6 big guys in the world actively playing in the NBA

[JFCats22]

Not expected? Being negative is expected. Just making stuff up is something totally different.

What the heck are you talking about? Adam Zagoria, Evan Daniels, TJ Walker, Matt Jones all today said UK is not expected to be in his top three...what exactly am I making up? I guess I missed the catfaninin blog, Twitter account, radio show, and podcast you host showing off your recruiting expertise.

[Joneslab]

Probably wrong but recruits seem to want to play in a system that is more open and very few plays are ran. Just my opinion.

I can't imagine this is it because Cal's system is pretty open. I mean right now they're just running some version of the dribble-drive that's essentially based on reads.

Like all things in life, putting one explanation on the recruiting trouble probably won't fit. It's likely a bunch of different things. A major thing Cal has had to contend with that wasn't the case just a few years ago is that now everybody is after these top five players. It isn't just Kansas, Duke, and Carolina. When you have to battle with everybody it gets exponentially harder.

But I've sort of wondered for the last couple of years if Cal still has the fire. Some guys burn really bright and when the window closes they just can't connect to players like they once did. Cal may just not have the drive he once had and where that's going to show up is in these recruiting wars.

[catfaninin]

Carey announcing his top 3 this weekend and UK is not expected to be included in it.

Yikes....I have no clue why top guys (not even one lately) have any interest in playing at UK for Cal. It's baffling.

Not expected? Being negative is expected. Just making stuff up is something totally different.

[catfaninin]

We need a real shocker tomorrow.

If not, this thing could potentially go real bad real quick.

I just keep thinking back to the Noel commitment when everyone already had his Georgetown uniform laid out.

[justford]

Probably wrong but recruits seem to want to play in a system that is more open and very few plays are ran. Just my opinion.

[Dwight Schrute]

The one hope is Evan Daniels still seems pretty sure that Wiseman is coming to Kentucky.

But yeah, not optimistic.

[JFCats22]

We need a real shocker tomorrow.

If not, this thing could potentially go real bad real quick.

Carey announcing his top 3 this weekend and UK is not expected to be included in it.

Yikes....I have no clue why top guys (not even one lately) have any interest in playing at UK for Cal. It's baffling.

[Joneslab]

We need a real shocker tomorrow.

If not, this thing could potentially go real bad real quick.

[JFCats22]

Wiseman announcing his decision tomorrow.

This is not going to be good news for UK and Cal. Another miss on a top 5 guy and another guy who at one point was a lock to choose UK who will now pick elsewhere instead.

[Joneslab]

Even if he signed would that lock him in if he decided to go the G League route? I have no idea.

No, he could sign and then still jump. Nothing Kentucky could do to stop him either way.

But by not signing he could POSSIBLY be sort of sending a message that he's open to the G-League's offer.

[justford]

Walker knows a lot more than I do, but I absolutely think there should be concern over Whitney never making it to UK.

One of the most pro-ready guys coming out of high school. He's the exact sort of player the G-League will target and he's one of the few who would be able to do well in that league right out of HS.

Even if he signed would that lock him in if he decided to go the G League route? I have no idea.