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johnlg00 writes:

in response to Lizardgrad89:

Kentucky will never have kids stay under Cal. Since he likes Freshman starters, kids know if you stay, you will ride the pine every year until you graduate. Nobody makes it to the NBA from UK except as a one and done. Those who don't pan out as one and dones will transfer rather than stay.

Don't believe me? Ask Stacey Poole Jr. A legacy from UF, where his dad was a legend, he was close to signing with UF when he was swayed by Cal's promises of one and done glory. Well, he turned out to not be good enough for the NBA right away. Did he stay at UK? Nope, he transferred. Just like every other kid who doesn't become a one-and-done will do. As long as Cal is there, UK is going to be 5 stud freshmen and 8 walk-ons on scholarship.

Well, no doubt that happens to some kids at UK, but Jones, Patterson, Lamb, and several others have gone to the NBA after two, three, and four years at UK under Calapari. If the incoming class is as good as some say, no doubt some starters might lose their spots, but that only means that UK will have a much better bench than they have this year, with experienced, NBA-quality players coming off of it. Almost anybody would be better off staying at UK even if they don't start, but lots of those highly-rated kids aren't realistic about such things. In fact, many of them aren't really all that interested in college ball at all. About all the rest of the SEC can hope is that some of those guys won't like the pine time enough to stick it out and some of the new guys turn out not to be "all that".

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