Class of 2019 - General Discussion

[justford]

Kentucky officially out of the R.J. Hampton sweepstakes.

Never had a good feeling about him coming here. My question is why is Memphis still on the list with the amount of guards they have?

[DA#23]

Saw on KSR that Juwan Howard is a cousin to Jaden McDaniels. Michigan just hired Howard as head coach....

how do we go from being the premier program for big men to not being able to get more than one of our true targets from tier 1 or even 2 over the last two years?

EJ Montgomery is the only win on that front. If Richards stays, he is one of eight guys from his class still in the program.

Craziness abounds !

[Matt Dillon]

Jaden McDaniels commits to Washington.

https://twitter.com/br_CBB/status/1131084019783704576

[TrueblueCATfan]

Oh well..UK is not for everyone.....guess EJ and Nick are coming back too

[Matt Dillon]

Oh well..UK is not for everyone.....guess EJ and Nick are coming back too

I hope so. If either one or both of them leave, and we don't get Blackshear, next season may be a long one.

[Joneslab]

Cal's vacation timing was odd, though I'm not sure if it would've mattered. Seems like we were in good shape before he left the country.

McDaniels is a bit of a project IMO but has tremendous potential. Not a huge loss on the surface...but that's assuming that Montgomery comes back. That said, I would've loved to have had him simply because you don't know what kind of player those types can be when they get college coaching.

Haven't heard a word about Blackshear in more than a week.

[Joneslab]

I hope so. If either one or both of them leave, and we don't get Blackshear, next season may be a long one.

I don't really factor in Nick Richards much when thinking about next year's team, and honestly the only way Montgomery helps us consistently is if he puts in a ton of work this offseason.

So I'm going to say if we don't get Blackshear, and it's looking pretty bleak right now, Kentucky is probably a middle of the pack SEC team next year. We have the potential to be a donut like we were in the Ulis/Murray year.

[GOCAT15]

Tony delk says he thinks Montgomery will stay in the draft, what on earth could that kid be thinking to do that?

[Joneslab]

Tony delk says he thinks Montgomery will stay in the draft, what on earth could that kid be thinking to do that?

This would be devastating for Kentucky. But I'm not sure Kentucky is going to be much anyway unless Montgomery came back and totally changed himself.

Without him and assuming we don't get anybody else, UK might be an NIT team.

[Joneslab]

R.J. Hampton has signed a professional contract in New Zealand.

[justford]

R.J. Hampton has signed a professional contract in New Zealand.

Just a stopover before he goes to the NBA.

[TrueblueCATfan]

Today is the Day......will Nick and EJ come back

[Dwight Schrute]

Assuming we don't get Kerry Blackshear, even with Richards and Montgomery we're going to be pretty raw inside. Cal's recruiting has fallen off and it's hard to get excited about next season.

[Joneslab]

Today is the Day......will Nick and EJ come back

I believe the deadline is actually tomorrow.

I would assume we will hear something today however.

[Joneslab]

Assuming we don't get Kerry Blackshear, even with Richards and Montgomery we're going to be pretty raw inside. Cal's recruiting has fallen off and it's hard to get excited about next season.

Well it's particularly disappointing because we have two players on the perimeter in Maxey and Whitney who are going to be tremendous. Maxey in particular has a chance to be an All-American.

But you can't put a team together with nothing inside and expect to tread water. Poor old Nick Sestina is apparently going to get the chance of a lifetime.