Kentucky Rumored to be leading for Jaylen Brown

For some reason this made me feel better about the whole thing. I can actually go back to work now and maybe get something accomplished. Not going to promise anything though.

Yep - and I'm beyond thrilled they lost to Wisconsin

Your penis shouldn't need to breathe, sir.

A good number of them come in with the skill set to play right away in the league.

But, since they have to go play skool for 9 months, they choose the path of least resistance and go to a bastion of higher learning like Kentucky.

I agree with you and retract some of what I said. They'd be first rounders regardless.
Cal's skill (for extreme lack of a better word) has been aggregating first round talent at a single program, and then selling blue chippers that their best route to the pros is spending a year at his promotional machine. And that glitz is very appealing to high school seniors.
He can sell "player X came here, now he's a first rounder" and it's true. Obviously it doesn't mean "player X came here, now he's a first rounder BECAUSE he went here." But I don't think most teenagers know the difference, and Cal exploits that ignorance.
But no, I don't think UK does jack in terms of player development.

So the best example given is a guy who was a 2x first team all-state player in high school, played his first two college seasons under other coaches, was recgonized enough to be recruited by a number of top D1 schools as a juco transfer, barely played his first (junior) season under Calipari, had his first breakout success playing on an exhibition team not coached by Calipari over the summer, started out his senior season great but then regressed through the season (as his summer experience with another coach became more distant) and averaged 6 points as a starter, was drafted mid-2nd round, and had an NBA career consisting of 75 games with an average 3.5 pts and 3 rebs.

Yeah, wow, playing for Calipari really opened worlds for Josh Harrellson.

Really, it seems like the only Kentucky players who ever end up meeting and surpassing potential are ones who turn pro after their freshman seasons.  The one's who don't escape after 1 year just watch their draft stock decline as other prospects pass them over (and most of his one-and-dones also drop over the course of their year with Calipari).

Basically, what an elite recruit gets by playing for Kentucky is the opportunity to play on the most talented team against mediocre SEC competition (in games no one watches outside of KY) for a coach who's good enough, but not great, at in-game coaching and doesn't need to waste time bothering with teaching his players how they can get better, since the talent gap between his recruits and other teams starts out too wide to be closed.  It doesn't seem like taking the easy route in college is great prep for the next level up.

His AAU coach I'm sure talks to other people other than Webb and they don't seem to be getting the impression that Webb is.  The basketball recruting guys would have the better contacts for a player like Brown.