2016 Recruit Watch

[JFCats22]

I am guessing you are referring to how long Cal is going to hang around?

Yeah, of course. There are many who think if Brad comes to UK Cal certainly wouldn't leave while he was here. Others who think if Cal (if Brad is elsewhere) is going to leave it's after this year or next year.

[GOCAT15]

Yeah, of course. There are many who think if Brad comes to UK Cal certainly wouldn't leave while he was here. Others who think if Cal (if Brad is elsewhere) is going to leave it's after this year or next year.

I could definitely see how that is true, but does anyone really think that Cal will leave after this season with this recruiting coming in?

I was hoping Brad would come to UK thought just because it would be a good sign Cal would be here for awhile.

[GOCAT15]

Duke visiting Bolden today in Texas.

[Joneslab]

New Monk mixtape.

Yikes.

[George]

New Monk mixtape.

Yikes.

I've never seen a high schooler load up for dunks the way he does. Just NASTY.

[Joneslab]

Wall and D. Rose probably had the two wildest mixtapes I've seen.

Monk is right there. Almost a comedic amount of athleticism and force.

[teamchemistry15]

Absolutely unreal.

[KevinHall]

New Monk mixtape.

Yikes.

That's all well and good. I just hope he can translate some of that in being a good college bastball player. I've seen too many of these tapes like this to get very excited. I hope more than anything he can just shoot the ball well from the outside. UK needs that more than just a bunch of fancy dunks.

[Joneslab]

That's all well and good. I just hope he can translate some of that in being a good college bastball player. I've seen too many of these tapes like this to get very excited. I hope more than anything he can just shoot the ball well from the outside. UK needs that more than just a bunch of fancy dunks.

I think Monk was the guy the staff coveted going back a couple of years. Generally guys like that pan out. (Not always.)

I also think that dunks in and of themselves aren't important...but athleticism is crucial. One thing this current team is lacking is superior athleticism. You have it in patches. Poythress, Matthews. But this isn't a team that's going to beat you with their speed and agility. Most of the time we aren't the most athletic team on the court.

There are guys that knife you with skill and others that back you down with their athletic ability, and then you get the rare player who can do both. I've no idea if Monk is one of those guys but I do think for the most part Kentucky's freshmen have lived up to their hype.

Skal hasn't, Poythress didn't, the twins didn't, Archie didn't. All the others were the players we thought we were getting. Some have been far better. You would hope that the sheer conglomeration of talent in next year's class is an indicator that the experts didn't miss the way they did on Skal.*

* And Skal was a unique situation because of his upbringing and because of some mistakes the guardian made, which obfuscated his ranking.

[DA#23]

I've seen too many of these tapes like this to get very excited.

This forum seems to have turned in to a place of Misery and Gin. The next coach at UK is bleeped.

[KevinHall]

This forum seems to have turned in to a place of Misery and Gin. The next coach at UK is bleeped.

Well I'll just bow out of WCN again. I should have stayed away like I said. I get too much of that crazzed effect and start hurting peoples feelings.

[JFCats22]

Well I'll just bow out of WCN again. I should have stayed away like I said. I get too much of that crazzed effect and start hurting peoples feelings.

Don't blame me...I haven't been here in like 2 weeks.

[teamchemistry15]

Don't blame me...I haven't been here in like 2 weeks.

And what are the odds you come back after a loss

[Joneslab]

The debate about whether a mixtape really means anything or not is a good one to have. I don't know the answer.

I do think they're fun to watch sometimes. Rose and Wall probably had the two best I've seen and both those guys did okay. You would think Monk's game will live up to the hype, but until he's here we can't know.

This is one of the dilemmas of following UK in the Cal era: the great unknown of waiting to see if freshmen are as good as their high school reputations.

But really you get that even with upperclassmen. Sometimes those guys regress too and aren't as good when they get older as they were supposed to be. Vandy's going through that this year.

[KCKUKFan]

This forum seems to have turned in to a place of Misery and Gin.

You apparently haven't stopped by Rupp's Rafters recently. This place is sunshine and lollipops compared to that collection of sad sacks.