Class of 2017 PG Quade Green (PA) Verbaled to Kentucky

[Sithlyone]

I assume you don't mean a student in the classroom

Absolutely I do, and before you go unc* on me you may want to look into UK GPA for their scholarship players. One of the highest if not the highest in the SEC. So yes, Cal makes them keep their grades up and finish their studies prior to leaving for the draft.

 

[Funk Doc]

It doesn't take an elite coach to put John Wall, Eric Bledsoe, Derrick Rose, etc. in the NBA. MCW was unheard of his JR YR in HS to a star on a FF team and a lotto pick.

Yeah, he and Ennis were projected 4 year players and went for a combined 3, one for MCW really shouldn't even count, and both ended up in round 1.
We like to say JB hands over the keys...he pretty much does!

 

[Jack Hall]

I was always in the 1. NBA 2. UConn 3. UK ... 4. Cuse camp for Hami. Then the word came that he wanted to play with Quade and I put us more close to UConn/UK than I had us originally. I truly think Hami does go to the NBA. But if Green came here and Hami decided to go to college, I loved our chances. Now I think Hami either goes to the NBA or UK. Kid is too big for UConn and no way he comes here without Q.

not quite following the logic. you have said QG is going to uk. you have also indicated HD will only come to Cuse if QG comes first, which again you said isnt happenin. Yet JB is watching HD tonite...crazy world i guess

 

[huck]

This has been a great thread... to me, UK here... hey UK nuts why don't you just read and notice how some have discussions.

 

[Funk Doc]

not quite following the logic. you have said QG is going to uk. you have also indicated HD will only come to Cuse if QG comes first, which again you said isnt happenin. Yet JB is watching HD tonite...crazy world i guess

Prolly more a two for one since his kid is playing first.

 

[jdubs30]

not quite following the logic. you have said QG is going to uk. you have also indicated HD will only come to Cuse if QG comes first, which again you said isnt happenin. Yet JB is watching HD tonite...crazy world i guess

Well, QG going to UK doesn't completely eliminate us from the Hami sweepstakes, but it certainly doesn't help us. Perhaps JB seeing Hami makes us think we're still in play for Green. Regardless, we have potentially 7 scholarships open for 2017 and missed on Lonnie and Richards - and are 30 minutes away from probably missing on Green. The staff is doing all they can to avoid missing out on anyone else. Can't blame them.

 

[Sithlyone]

Well yeah the conversation started when it was mentioned that Quade was promised the NBA within two years. So yeah comparing him to a previous PG recruited prior to him does make sense.

Also, Briscoe has been playing basketball his whole life I would imagine and is now just deciding to work on his jumper! Come on, keep drinking the Kool-Aid with that one.

As far as his passing ability being off the chart. I think his career at Kentucky assist to turnover ratio would say otherwise. Come on, I get it, your a UK fan, but take off the blinders and look at him for what he is. He's really great at taking people off the dribble and getting to the basket. That's about it!

He won a three point shooting contest coming out of high school. So I'm pretty sure he worked on his shot prior to this season. As UK fans we think it's in his head because at times when he isn't thinking about it and he is in the flow of the game he'll put up a great looking shot and we just wonder where the heck that is all the time.

For your second point, he was playing with two other PG's last season so he wasn't asked to run the point that often. As such he didn't get many assists. And when he did handle the ball and get a turnover it made his numbers look terrible. Not having the chance to get an assist as a PG will take away from your opportunities and thus make your TO's stand out.

So, no I don't have blinders on. I know he has weaknesses in his game but they are fixable and they are far less than what many here are suggesting. When you just look at stat sheet you don't get the full picture.

 

[Jack Hall]

Prolly more a two for one since his kid is playing first.

but why bother if "no way he comes here wo Q". JB obviously knows Q aint comin here already

 

[jordville]

 

[bornagainOrange]

I just hope this lose on Green fires up the coaching staff, which how could it not. I'm sure a guy like Gmac is not depressed by this, but more angry and motivated. I think we get one of these big fish left in the spring.

 

[jdubs30]

So who's more upset about Quade committing to UK ? Trae, Alexander, or Cuse fans? lol

 

[jdubs30]

I just hope this lose on Green fires up the coaching staff, which how could it not. I'm sure a guy like Gmac is not depressed by this, but more angry and motivated. I think we get one of these big fish left in the spring.

Kids want to be wanted, but at the end of the day they want to go where they feel they can succeed the most. GMac did all he could. If I'm an elite recruit if Wake Forest called me 4 times a day every day for a year straight and I had an offer from UK or Duke and they only talked to me once a week, I'd probably go to UK or Duke.

 

[Funk Doc]

So who's more upset about Quade committing to UK ? Trae, Alexander, or Cuse fans? lol

Alexander prolly asking for a release already! He's gonna miss two years playing now. His freshman year and the year he has to sit out after he transfers!

 

[dasher]

You my friend have no clue what you're talking about, but you are welcome to your opinion.

Well, I know someone who played for him and he tells the story that he showed up late for practice because he had a class and Rupp lit him up. Told him to get his priorities straight. True story.

 

[jdubs30]

Alexander prolly asking for a release already! He's gonna miss two years playing now. This year and the year he has to sit out after he transfers!

It's funny if we focused on Alexander or Coleman, this QG loss would feel minimal. The staff's only mistake in this whole thing was pretty much telling Matt Coleman and Alexander to off

 

[EastCoast2]

It's funny if we focused on Alexander or Coleman, this QG loss would feel minimal. The staff's only mistake in this whole thing was pretty much telling Matt Coleman and Alexander to off

Also the fact that Quade made the staff feel like he was 100% on board for several months going back to last winter/spring. The longer this went on, the worse off I felt about it. Gotta put a ring on it at some point.

 

[dasher]

Absolutely I do, and before you go unc* on me you may want to look into UK GPA for their scholarship players. One of the highest if not the highest in the SEC. So yes, Cal makes them keep their grades up and finish their studies prior to leaving for the draft.

lol yeah. The one and done guys are held to a real strict academic schedule. You want to fool yourself with that crap, fine. But don't expect others to believe that fantasy crap. I knew Cal at UMass. He didn't care if a kid opened a book and he doesn't care now. Those kids didn't go to Kentucky to study math.

 

[20Plus]

lol yeah. The one and done guys are held to a real strict academic schedule. You want to fool yourself with that crap, fine. But don't expect others to believe that fantasy crap. I knew Cal at UMass. He didn't care if a kid opened a book and he doesn't care now. Those kids didn't go to Kentucky to study math.

Want to play Kentucky in the East region this year and beat their ass and talk so much to their fans

 

[dasher]

but why bother if "no way he comes here wo Q". JB obviously knows Q aint comin here already

JB is there to see his son play.

 

[Funk Doc]

lol yeah. The one and done guys are held to a real strict academic schedule. You want to fool yourself with that crap, fine. But don't expect others to believe that fantasy crap. I knew Cal at UMass. He didn't care if a kid opened a book and he doesn't care now. Those kids didn't go to Kentucky to study math.

Yeah the quote from Blue Chips comes to mind here. "Get Tony a tutor, he's failing TV!"
Hahaha!!!

 

[jdubs30]

Also the fact that Quade made the staff feel like he was 100% on board for several months going back to last winter/spring. The longer this went on, the worse off I felt about it. Gotta put a ring on it at some point.

Brisset committed in 2 months. The longer the kid waits around and mentions UK/Duke, the more of a sign it is to move on and look at back-up plans. We were Quade's Plan B but he UK's Plan B as well.

 

[PauliePeppas]

So who's more upset about Quade committing to UK ? Trae, Alexander, or Cuse fans? lol

Throw Uconn in there now too, Uk didnt get Petty, Lonnie...huge opening at SG for Hami to play with Quade

 

[dasher]

It's funny if we focused on Alexander or Coleman, this QG loss would feel minimal. The staff's only mistake in this whole thing was pretty much telling Matt Coleman and Alexander to off

I have to believe that was a ploy by the staff. they didn't think they could get Coleman and thought hey, why not show green how much we love him by cancelling Coleman's visit. He isn't going to come here anyway.

 

[TacoTime75]

Twitter is too painful right now.

Somebody please let us all down easy and break the news here

 

[Delmar]

Why go to Kentucky when you can go to college?