Some good basketball news today (Jaylen Brown)
Good news on the Jaylen Brown front. Definitely do not want to copy and paste straight from Scout, but to paraphrase a little bit, two separate sources (Sam Webb and Brian Snow) have heard that not only is Michigan in the running for Brown's services next year, but that we are in the top TWO. Both insiders are unsure who the other team in the top two would be. Kentucky, Kansas, and UCLA are possibilities.
For those who have a Scout membership, the information can be found here:
http://michigan.scout.com/forums/1088-the-victors-club/13768960-jaylen-…
Trying not to get my hopes up too high here, but I think if we somehow scored Brown, and Caris came back, we would be a top five team next year.
I was hoping this was a "hello" post. :T it's been too long
have felt like. . .
Those were part of Dave Brandon's celebrity tour rider.
To be fair, we did have a "Hello-ish" post for football just the other day (granted, it was more of a formality than an actual announcement), but yeah, it has definitely been a while for basketball, as I recall. A "Hello: Jaylen Brown" post, if there was ever a need to post such a thing, would definitely be welcome and probably be the cause of one of those famous protracted 502 / 503 periods on the blog.
But even with that "Hello-ish," it has been pretty much a done deal that we were getting him for months now. It only now becoming "official," doesn't mean much. I've found myself getting excited about the "Hello: (insert walk-on name here)" posts.
football team are not going to be named Wayne Lyons? i thought we were locking down all the Wayne Lyons.
All your Wayne Lyons are belong to us
Nice! Let's hope we move up one more spot...
this is great news. really need the gold medal on this one; silver just won't do.
landing jaylen brown could have a snowball effect on subsequent classes
Beilein really needs a breakout here. He's due.
Beilein really needs a breakout here. He's due.
The ultimate dong punch would be UK winning the tourney and getting Brown.
Calipari better leave for the NBA after this season
>_<
Unfortunately, this is a highly likely scenario, save for that scumbag bolting for the association.
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Calipari might lose 9 guys to the draft, and we'll be loaded with veteran depth regardless of Caris' decision and before theoretically adding Brown. This doesn't take a rocket scientist. Nice to get into the top 2, I guess.
Really? He's the honest one. He does more or less exactly what he tells recruits.
They are sharing playing time among 9-10 enormously talented players. He could have screwed the bottom 3-4 and left them riding the bench after promising them the world.
I have zero problem with what he is doing at Kentucky. Everyone else talks publicly about fighting for dear alma mater, but privately tells recruits he'll get them to the NBA. Caliperi is honest and everyone hates him for it.
He's honest now.
If you think he was honest at the great basketball bastions of UMass and Memphis, I got a bridge to sell ya!
I'm sure a young "honest" Calipari recruited Marcus Camby to UMass of all fucking places purely on merit.
Coach Cal will be gone either this year or next. even most UK fans know the ridiculous benefits going on there is going to be brought to light, and some time soon.
Or is there proof of this that I haven't seen? Seriously asking, not being snarky.
I know of one recent Kentucky player who wanted to come back for his sophomore year, but was told by Calipari he had to leave because his spot was promised to an incoming frosh.
Who was that?
March 29th, 2015 at 10:32 PM ^
and I don't see who that could be. Calipari and UK are sleazy enough, we don't need to pass untrue stuff along.
Archie Goodwin is my guess
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March 30th, 2015 at 12:00 AM ^
i def respect him being honest with recruits and doing whatevers best for his players, sure, but he still pays 100k plus for big time players - thats just a fact
I highly doubt that...all he has to do is tell guards that they will be the next Derrick Rose or John Wall if they sign. For big man he'll say play for me and I can turn you into Boogie Cousins or Anthony Davis. Cal is getting kids because of his track record for pumping out 1st rd. Draft picks.
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How do you think he got those other guys initially at Memphis and UMass?
Cal didn't always have his NBA prep reputation. A little green can surely help him get on his way though to attaining it.
I'm just speaking of him at Kentucky
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Yes, who doesn't want to be like Cousins? He's gonna really do something stupid one day. I'd venture a guess that he'll wind up just like Antoine Walker.
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Cousins has a mean streak on the court, off of it he's never been involved in anything
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They consistently bring in at least 4-5 McDonald's All-Americans year after year, and you don't think anything is fishy?
Don't be so naive. As for the NBA argument, aside from John Wall and Anthony Davis, how many early entries have panned out so far?
I think he's a mercenary at best and lower than pond scum at the worst. Two FFs vacated at two different schools, Hell, Doron Lamb made a rather cryptic tweet about enticements that UK dangles in front of recruits.
I'd rather lose knowing I've done it honestly than cut corners.
But that's just me.
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March 30th, 2015 at 11:39 AM ^
Most of them aren't doing too bad. 12 of their 16 early entrees have been first round draft picks so the received guaranteed contracts. Some of the better performers after Wall and Davis:
Patrick Patterson is in his 7th yr in the NBA.
Erik Bledsoe is in his 5th yr in the NBA. This past off season he signed a 5 yr $70 million dollar contract.
Brandon Knight has been in the NBA 4 years. He made the All-rookie team his first year and has a career scoring average of 15 pts/game.
Michael Kidd Gilcrest is in his 3rd year in the NBA. He made the All-Rookie second team his first year.
Terrence Jones is in his 3rd year in the NBA and averaged 12 pts/game last year.
He's not announcing any time soon, right?
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Webb said that he thought by the end of April we'd have an announcement. Obviously that could still be awhile yet.
I thought that he is announcing April 1. At the McDonald's All American Game.
Same. I remember Webb saying on the radio last week his plan is to announce at the McDonald's game.
He clarified on scout today saying he thinks it'll be end of April.
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March 29th, 2015 at 10:35 PM ^
for Wagner and Miller. But if we really are in the top 2, we better make sure we keep a scholly open.
Seems like a bad idea to announce on April 1st.
I miss colbert
Holy crap
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For hoops this would be like getting a Harbaugh.
Not even close to JH. Maybe it's similar to getting Peppers though.
its bigger than Peppers. Brown effects every single play of the game, Peppers effects maybe 20%. elite bball players are far more important to their teams than a single elite player in football
True, but you get elite football players for three years and elite basketball players for one.
This will be ultimate dong punch. Getting our hopes only to choose a different school.