The Harrisons were top-5 recruits until everyone saw them in live college competition. I would argue that they were always 2nd round talents that would have been lottery busts. And both will probably stick at the end of an NBA bench somewhere.
Depends upon your definition of "success." As I mentioned, WCS is a Birdman Andersen-type, and without Birdman LeBron still has zero titles.
Nolan obviously has some mental issues going on. He progressed and then regressed. That is on him and not the coaches. There's some underlying things going on that we don't know about. Facey can't put on weight. Hes only been playing basketball for 5-6 years and so hasn't developed a skill set for the 3 and simply isnt heavy and strong enough to play the 4. If facey suddenly added 20 pounds of muscle, then he could average a double double. He has shown the rebounding potential and flashes of what he can do offensivey. He needs to get bigger to get consistent playing time. There's not much the basketball staff can do about that.
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You're right - he didn't come til the next year.
This needs to be said (but the talking heads wouldn't dare say something that would damage Calipari's recruiting). These kids are sold a bill of goods that they get a ton of attention and hype, play as part of talented enough group of players that they'll always look good and when they decide it's time to enter the draft, they'll be lottery picks. The truth is that the three names above would have been better served if they took a year off from basketball and then entered the draft as they may never sniff the contract they would have gotten if they didn't go to Kentucky.
So a tall, athletic kid who always hustled on defense but had no discernible skills when he came out of high school hits the draft three years later as a tall, athletic kid who always hustles on defense but has no discernible skills and this is evidence that Calipari develops talent?
