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Nevermind you “why.” Why ain’t in yo repertoire no mo
Let's just say not every guard from Kentucky is some hidden basketball god.
Nevermind you “why.” Why ain’t in yo repertoire no mo
His gleague numbers would be what I would have expected from Scoot in his second gleague season.
Enough drafted ones are that it's a "thing".
Devin Booker
D'Aaron Fox
SGA
Tyler Herro
Tyrese Maxey
Malik Monk
Jamal Murray
Emanuel Quickley
You have some absolute stars, but even the late first rounders like Maxey and Quickley seem to turn into serviceable players, which is all you're looking for at that point. The only absolute failure/washout would have been BJ Boston.
There are a lot of others that have sucked. It's just a numbers thing. Calipari gets the pick of the litter between him and Duke every year. There's bound to be a lot of good players who come through his program. It has nothing to do with Kentucky itself.
One who were drafted? Name them, please.
I get that you don't want Tyty on the Spurs but trying to tear down the solid legacy of drafted UK guards isn't the way to make your point, and in fact works against you.
I never said I didn't want Washington on the team, lmao. But a Kentucky guard getting drafted isn't a guarantee to s om. Stop masturbating in public, it's shameful.
Never actually said that, but it is a pretty good guarantee of an NBA career beyond the rookie contract, and they do produce SOME stars, more than a few, and a bunch of really good players with the later picks.
You still haven't named any UK drafted guards that flamed out in the Calipari era. I spotted you BJ Boston, a second rounder. It's also hilarious that you cry about them and Duke divvying up all the good players in each HS class. Well, duh, when you start with a crop of good to great players every year, that's what comes out of your program. That's the ing point.
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Just go through yourself. https://basketball.realgm.com/ncaa/c.../258/nba-draft
Like I said, Kentucky gets like four blue chip players a year. Most of them don't make it into the NBA. Does Calipari ruin more good prospects than he turns out? Maybe. The ones that go through do pretty well. I wouldn't go crazy over Maxey or Herro, who are basically the same player. SGA and Fox are made for this era -- they're coddled by no-defense rules. Jamal Murray and SGA are probably the best, and Murray needed Jokic and a good coach to get him there.
It's not some magic trick that Kentucky players do well in the NBA. It's just that Cal throws so many top 10-15 high school guys at the wall that a number of them make it. Duke under K did the same thing, 4-5 top prospects every single year. Most players in those programs don't make it. So, yeah, you're trying to find a signal in the noise by claiming "UK player + drafted = star" and that's inept thinking. You'll get your Trey Lyles out of that way of thinking.
Your reading comprehension is like 2nd grade level. In every post in this exchange I have made a point to say DRAFTED UK guards, not recruited UK guards. Name some DRAFTED UK guards that flamed out, besides BJ Boston, who I've already named. Come up with a list as long as the success stories and flat superstars on the list I made, then you may have a point. Just to emphasize for your feeble reading skills, DRAFTED UK guards. DRAFTED UK guards, one more time.
The subject is also GUARDS, not UK players. They don't produce nearly as many top players at other positions. Lyles is only one of the big men busts they've had, but nice attempt to move the goal posts once again.
Bucks signed Tyty to a two-way
damn, and we still have an open 2-way spot
Do you realize how many guards we have?
i realize we have several players on the roster listed at guard, yes
Closer to half. Maybe the Spurs weren't interested. Maybe they were but Mr. TyTy wanted to get playing time somewhere else. Right now the Spurs have a huge glut of guards as it is.
the thing is, that doesnt really mean anything to me. we are talking abouta 2-way spot. we might have a lot of nominal guards. thats fine. we dont really know if any of them will be good or starting caliber players outside of Vassell, who isn't currently under contract beyond this season.
this is all plausible. i thought tyty would be worthy two-way player given his potential and skill set, while playing at a position where we are lacking proven talent. no harm in adding another lottery ticket. maybe the spurs had interest and he wanted to go elsewhere. if so, damn. hence my post saying "damn, and we still have an open two-way spot"Maybe the Spurs weren't interested. Maybe they were but Mr. TyTy wanted to get playing time somewhere else. Right now the Spurs have a huge glut of guards as it is.
Yeah I was hoping they would snag Tyty for a two way but Body has a point, heck, one of our two ways already is a point guard so I guess they are rolling the dice with Rice rather than Washington.
The three two way players and players like Wesley and Cissoko will end up playing together in Austin. They will influence each other development.
Tyty Washington is a ball dominant player in G-League and will take away a lot of offensive touches from other Spurs' prospects. Signing him wouldn't be a neutral move for the rest of the roster.
I think Spurs have signed Sir'Jabari Rice with that in mind. He certainly isn't the most exciting prospect, mostly because he is already 24 years old, but he has a good at ude and plays the right way. He may never become a NBA player but he will be a player that will bring quality and stability to the Austin Spurs which will help other Spurs' prospects.
As it stands, Spurs don't have a roster spot to sign a third two way player. They have 20 players under contract. The 21st and last roster spot should be Charles Bediako with a training camp contract. They can always waive someone before training camp to sign the third two way player or they can simply wait roster cuts at the end of training camps to see if there is an opportunity to add a player they like with a two way contract.
Javale McGee signs min contract with the Sacramento Kings
Shaq’tin a Fool will continue.
Surprised he's not traumatized that Joel's gonna fall on his knee again
You all laughed at the Dillon Brooks signing, but he worth every penny Houston threw at him, absolutely steal, Memphis would be very sorry letting him go...
He did seem like a Memphis type of guy, but it felt like the relationship their had taken a turn. The concern in Houston is not fit but finding minutes for the young guys after paying Brooks big money.
They’ll end up paying to offload young guys with draft picks again, just like they did with TyTy and Garuba this summer.
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