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The future of Kentucky in the NBA looks a lot brighter than UConns. With John Wall and Eric Bledsoe being up and coming PGs who are better than Kemba in the nba and Demarcus cousin probably being one of the best bigs in the game. Definitely the most underrated one. Not to mention Rondo, who when healthy is one of the best guards in the game. Kentucky players have done pretty well in the league and don't look like they're going to slow down any time soon.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
The future of Kentucky in the NBA looks a lot brighter than UConns. With John Wall and Eric Bledsoe being up and coming PGs who are better than Kemba in the nba and Demarcus cousin probably being one of the best bigs in the game. Definitely the most underrated one. Not to mention Rondo, who when healthy is one of the best guards in the game. Kentucky players have done pretty well in the league and don't look like they're going to slow down any time soon.
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The thing is that once again, your list of uk players includes a grand total of zero rings. And oddly enough the single UCONN player you mentioned has one. Funny.

The way I see it if you want to see NBA success then be an NBA fan. John Wall and Demarcus Cousins and so on are indeed top NBA players on the rise, no argument here. But none of them care that they went to kentucky, it was just a stepping stone to them. I watched guys like Kemba and Shabazz pour their heart and soul into this team.

I'll take the championships, kentucky can have the nba all star game
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
The future of Kentucky in the NBA looks a lot brighter than UConns. With John Wall and Eric Bledsoe being up and coming PGs who are better than Kemba in the nba and Demarcus cousin probably being one of the best bigs in the game. Definitely the most underrated one. Not to mention Rondo, who when healthy is one of the best guards in the game. Kentucky players have done pretty well in the league and don't look like they're going to slow down any time soon.
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Who cares. The future for UConn players in the pros looks a lot better than most schools. Drummond will be better than any UK player outside of Davis. Kemba and Bledsoe are on the same level so you are reaching for that. I'd rather have the joy of watching Bazz for 4 years than any of those guys for 1 (and André as well).
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
The future of Kentucky in the NBA looks a lot brighter than UConns. With John Wall and Eric Bledsoe being up and coming PGs who are better than Kemba in the nba and Demarcus cousin probably being one of the best bigs in the game. Definitely the most underrated one. Not to mention Rondo, who when healthy is one of the best guards in the game. Kentucky players have done pretty well in the league and don't look like they're going to slow down any time soon.
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Your lovefest with UK is a bit weird. And let's not pretend that Wall and Cousins learned anything while there as we can all remember the video with both of them not even listening to Cal in the huddle during a tourney game. Anyway the future of UConn hoops is looking pretty damn good and no one really cares about the Wildcats iunless of course you want to watch the National final again?
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
The future of Kentucky in the NBA looks a lot brighter than UConns. With John Wall and Eric Bledsoe being up and coming PGs who are better than Kemba in the nba and Demarcus cousin probably being one of the best bigs in the game. Definitely the most underrated one. Not to mention Rondo, who when healthy is one of the best guards in the game. Kentucky players have done pretty well in the league and don't look like they're going to slow down any time soon.
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But they have a bunch of one and dones who make 0 development including academics who would have went straight to the league if they could have after hs and we develop players on the court and in the classroom....
 
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HuskyWarrior611 said:
The future of Kentucky in the NBA looks a lot brighter than UConns. With John Wall and Eric Bledsoe being up and coming PGs who are better than Kemba in the nba and Demarcus cousin probably being one of the best bigs in the game. Definitely the most underrated one. Not to mention Rondo, who when healthy is one of the best guards in the game. Kentucky players have done pretty well in the league and don't look like they're going to slow down any time soon.
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Neither Wall nor Bledsoe's numbers are appreciably better than Kemba's. And both play with a lot more talented players than Kemba does. Charlotte is pretty much Big Al and Kemba. They don't have anybody else that can score, which makes them easier to defend. Wall plays with Beal, Ariza and 2 good bigs.
 
walker11 said:
Who cares. The future for UConn players in the pros looks a lot better than most schools. Drummond will be better than any UK player outside of Davis. Kemba and Bledsoe are on the same level so you are reaching for that. I'd rather have the joy of watching Bazz for 4 years than any of those guys for 1 (and André as well).
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Drummond WILL be better than Davis. And better than most we've ever seen before. You could see how special he was long ago. He's a monster and has the strength to dominate in the league that Davis lacks.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
The future of Kentucky in the NBA looks a lot brighter than UConns. With John Wall and Eric Bledsoe being up and coming PGs who are better than Kemba in the nba and Demarcus cousin probably being one of the best bigs in the game. Definitely the most underrated one. Not to mention Rondo, who when healthy is one of the best guards in the game. Kentucky players have done pretty well in the league and don't look like they're going to slow down any time soon.
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Hey bro I think you got some remnants of a busted UK nut on your face, bad look
 
otp85 said:
Drummond WILL be better than Davis. And better than most we've ever seen before. You could see how special he was long ago. He's a monster and has the strength to dominate in the league that Davis lacks.
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I'm not certain he'll be better but they'll both be high-level players in the league. I'll admit that Anthony Davis made a huge leap this year. He's a lot better offensive player than I thought.
 
ESPN has us as the 40th rated recruiting class, is that because the verbals don't count yet?
 
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dogfan96 said:
I'm not certain he'll be better but they'll both be high-level players in the league. I'll admit that Anthony Davis made a huge leap this year. He's a lot better offensive player than I thought.
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Anthony Davis is a great player, but for me he'll never have the strength to be a true big man. For me he seems like a skinny LeMarcus Aldridge but shot blocking skills or a skinay DeAndre Jordan with a jump shot. He doesn't have what it takes to bang inside. Sure, he can bulk up, but then he's just a non skinny version of either one.

Drummond on the other, size and athleticism that hasn't been seen since Shaq. You don't have to do anything but throw the ball in their general area and let them do the rest. Shaq scored wayyyyy more points but he also played in a much different era, one where you actually got the big man the ball. And he had Penny to get it to him. Physical presence, Drummond isn't just tall, his wide and he's strong. You don't see real big men like him anymore. He will be the best big of his era. Only time can convince otherwise.
 
It's not a love rest it's reality. UK is the other program that competes with us nowadays. They might not develop their nba products but they still go there. They're still Kentucky products in the eyes of the non uconn faithful. Let's not pretend Kemba is going to be better than either John or Eric in his career. Both of their numbers are actually significantly better in the points and assists area. Don't just compare Kemba and Bledsoe because Bledsoe isn't UKs only or best PG product right now. Same with drummond vs Davis. UKs best big man product is Demarcus which none of ours our competing with right now. My thing is if we got the players a Kentucky did Ollie would be able to do 10x more with those type of guys.
 
walker11 said:
Who cares. The future for UConn players in the pros looks a lot better than most schools. Drummond will be better than any UK player outside of Davis. Kemba and Bledsoe are on the same level so you are reaching for that. I'd rather have the joy of watching Bazz for 4 years than any of those guys for 1 (and André as well).
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Bledsoe avg above 20 ppg and avg more assists in his first year starting.
 
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otp85 said:
The thing is that once again, your list of uk players includes a grand total of zero rings. And oddly enough the single UCONN player you mentioned has one. Funny.

The way I see it if you want to see NBA success then be an NBA fan. John Wall and Demarcus Cousins and so on are indeed top NBA players on the rise, no argument here. But none of them care that they went to kentucky, it was just a stepping stone to them. I watched guys like Kemba and Shabazz pour their heart and soul into this team.

I'll take the championships, kentucky can have the nba all star game
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Rondo, Anthony Davis, MKG, and Tayshaun all have rings...

I want NBA success because that's another factor in being a great program. I want our program to be the best ever eventually in all facets and with Kevin Ollie I believe we can do that. But you can't have great NBA HOF players without the talent .
 
otp85 said:
Drummond on the other, size and athleticism that hasn't been seen since Shaq. You don't have to do anything but throw the ball in their general area and let them do the rest. Shaq scored wayyyyy more points but he also played in a much different era, one where you actually got the big man the ball. And he had Penny to get it to him. Physical presence, Drummond isn't just tall, his wide and he's strong. You don't see real big men like him anymore. He will be the best big of his era. Only time can convince otherwise.
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Did you really just compare Drummond to Shaq? Isn't the the sane comp to Dwight Howard? Also, I didn't read the whole thread but I saw enough of the "Kentucky one and done's are meaningless to UKs rep" since they didn't improve/weren't there long enough. So we can't be claiming Drummond then, right?
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Bledsoe avg above 20 ppg and avg more assists in his first year starting.
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Bledsoe actually averaged less assists and the exact same amount of points and he played in a way more up tempo offense. Google is your friend.
 
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Matrim55 said:
Nobody is this guy's friend.

Anyway, he's right about Kentucky's superior talent. That's why they keep beating us in the Final 4.
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So by that logic the 2010 Butler team had more talent than the 2010 UK team.
 
walker11 said:
Bledsoe actually averaged less assists and the exact same amount of points and he played in a way more up tempo offense. Google is your friend.
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That's my fault. Doesn't erase the fact that we're comparing our best PG to their 3rd best in the league... (Rondo, Wall)
 
Yes we have owned UK in college basketball head to head but for what I'm making my case for (The NBA) they're future looks a lot better right now with 3 all star PGs and 2 All star big men in the making.
 
Guess I'm a little impatient but Duke, Kentucky, and North Carolina have top 10 recruits coming next year and we were the ones to win the national championship. They seem to get them every year but shouldn't we get at least one this year? It's like we're Rodney Dangerfield or something, still a tough sell to these kids.
 
jibsey said:
Guess I'm a little impatient but Duke, Kentucky, and North Carolina have top 10 recruits coming next year and we were the ones to win the national championship. They seem to get them every year but shouldn't we get at least one this year? It's like we're Rodney Dangerfield or something, still a tough sell to these kids.
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Olllie would need a time machine to recruit this year's class with a national championship.
 
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HuskyWarrior611 said:
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Rondo, Anthony Davis, MKG, and Tayshaun all have rings...

I want NBA success because that's another factor in being a great program. I want our program to be the best ever eventually in all facets and with Kevin Ollie I believe we can do that. But you can't have great NBA HOF players without the talent .
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Rondo does not have a ring. Not an NC ring, I'm not talking NBA success, like I said kentucky can have the NBA if we keep winning NC. And the other 3 you didn't list in your post. You listed Wall, Cousins, Bledsoe and Rondo. Grand total of ZERO national championships.
 
3for3 said:
Understatement of the century. I'll take UConn's NBA starting five against Kentucky's NBA starting five.

UConn
PG- Kemba Walker (Shabazz)
SG- Ray Allen
SF- Caron Butler
PF- Rudy Gay
C- Andre Drummond

Kentucky
PG- John Wall (Rondo)
SG- Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
SF- Tayshaun Prince
PF- DeMarcus Cousins
C- Anthony Davis
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If you're gonna include Shabazz on that list you should include Randle/Young.... Either way, I honestly wouldn't like UConn's chances at this point in time.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Bledsoe avg above 20 ppg and avg more assists in his first year starting.
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First off, Bledsoe averages 17.7 ppg not 20. Kemba Walker also averages 17.7 on the dot. And Kemba averaged 6.1 apg to Bledsoe's 5.5. Check your stats before you post
 
Nnocu said:
If you're gonna include Shabazz on that list you should include Randle/Young.... Either way, I honestly wouldn't like UConn's chances at this point in time.
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You probably didn't like UCONN's chances against uk the last few times we've played them either did you?

This proves the point that NBA talent does not equal collegiate success. I love our system and stick to my original point that I would hate it if our program resembled john calapri's glorified AAU teams.
 
If you guys really need me to break down the nba talent...
Kentucky
PG- Rondo, Wall, Bledsoe, Knight, Teague
SG- Meeks, Lamb,
SF- MKG, Prince
PF- Jones, Patterson
C- Davis, Cousins

UConn
PG- Kemba, Price
SG- Lamb, Gordon
SF- Butler, Gay
PF- Adrien, Villanueva
C- Drummond, Armstrong, Thabeet

Now which one would you really take?
 
otp85 said:
First off, Bledsoe averages 17.7 ppg not 20. Kemba Walker also averages 17.7 on the dot. And Kemba averaged 6.1 apg to Bledsoe's 5.5. Check your stats before you post
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Either way like I said we're comparing our best pg to their 3rd best. It's clear whose the winner there.
 
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