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Yeah that Gorgui Dieng from Africa was sure a waste of time. As was Juco transfer El Ellis who could start for 85% of the power conference teams.Soooooo. Some schools get McDonald All Americans and UofL is now getting players from Africa and players from JUCO that people have never heard of. Yikes!!!!!
I’m not going to declare that this kid won’t help us, but to be fair the criticism is definitely warranted. We’ll all see together what he can do on the court come November. The days of under the radar recruits is over. Everyone in college basketball knows who these kids are and what they’re capable of. It seems like our staff is truly the only one out there that thought this guy was worthy of a shot. He is a guard with more turnovers than assists and that’s a skill set that we already have on the roster in abundance. I guess if he comes in and balls out at an ACC level of play, then Kenny will prove to be a better judge of talent than all of the rest of college hoops. I don’t see it.Hard to understand how anyone can find criticism over this commitmen! Wow, a 6’7” guard who excelled at baseball as well as basketball ……. not sure, but perhaps KP remembers how successful Denny was with tall and athletic guards posting down low in a 1-3-1 offense.
The 1-3-1 offense is Kryptonite to a 2-3 defense if you have someone who can pass from high post. Not so much vs. a man to man. I can't understand why more teams don't use it.Hard to understand how anyone can find criticism over this commitmen! Wow, a 6’7” guard who excelled at baseball as well as basketball ……. not sure, but perhaps KP remembers how successful Denny was with tall and athletic guards posting down low in a 1-3-1 offense.
👆To me, there is a really clear distinction between criticizing the player before he even gets here and criticizing the recruiting that led to his commitment. It would be grossly unfair to a kid who’s simply trying to achieve the highest level he can in his search for a college. I truly would never do that. It is absolutely valid to question why our once proud program is going out and signing kids that no other P5 schools have any interest in. Like I said, the kid may turn out to be a diamond in the rough, but I believe it’s a huge stretch to expect it. We need kids that can come in and very quickly contribute at the highest level. We already have backup caliber players.
Just to put this in perspective, do you think NC, Duke, Kansas, KY, UCLA, Arizona or hell even Indiana (that's the neighborhood we live in) would be out recruiting kids like these ?... Hell No ! This is just more proof KP doesn't have a F'n clue what he's doing..I am not suggesting KP has found buried treasure here, but starting out with criticism of kids we have never seen play before is unfair to both of these athletes. UL has had it both ways; highly rated recruits that were disappointing, as well as unheralded recruits who exceed expectations; as well as kids who left one program with limited success, only to find great success after transferring elsewhere.
I don’t think we expected Russ Smith, Kyle Kuric, and Knowles to have the kind of impact they did on Louisville basketball. Nothing in the recruiting world suggested they be starters for this proud program.To me, there is a really clear distinction between criticizing the player before he even gets here and criticizing the recruiting that led to his commitment. It would be grossly unfair to a kid who’s simply trying to achieve the highest level he can in his search for a college. I truly would never do that. It is absolutely valid to question why our once proud program is going out and signing kids that no other P5 schools have any interest in. Like I said, the kid may turn out to be a diamond in the rough, but I believe it’s a huge stretch to expect it. We need kids that can come in and very quickly contribute at the highest level. We already have backup caliber players.
Well KP ain't Rick or Denny for beginners. Those guys earned the right to take a flyer on some kids. KP better be finding some lead pipe cinches because he can't coach..!I don’t think we expected Russ Smith, Kyle Kuric, and Knowles to have the kind of impact they did on Louisville basketball. Nothing in the recruiting world suggested they be starters for this proud program.
My point is we don’t know but we still act like we do know the future. There are 13 spots on a roster what is the harm in taking him?
Rick Pitino takes him crickets. KP takes him what the hell is he doing. I get it.
I understand the expectations on the recruiting front but this proud program has always found guys off the radar. Rick and Denny both did it.
I believe anyone who could hold their nose for those 40 minutes last night, at least had an opportunity to see half of the the two "no name recruits" that KP as attracted over the last several weeks.
Okorafor was the only bit of encouragement in his relatively brief introduction, and while it it way too premature to be projecting a long term outlook for his contribution to this UL BB Program; I think it gives some indication that Okorafor is well worth the scholarship and may possibly turn out to be a real GEM after all.
I am not trying to compare Okorafor with Oscar Tshiebwe in terms of talent, or even potential; however I would ask those who question the signing of Okorafor as to whether they knew who Tshiebwe was when he spent 2 years at WV before becoming POY at UK?
It is true, Duke, Kansas and UNC probably have no idea as to who Okorafor was in Africa, but not sure they were pursuing Tshiebwe either when UK signed him. KP has been a disaster as UL's HC, but it does not mean he cannot recruit a kid capable of playing exceptional basketball here.
I gotcha.“Tshiebwe announced a final four of Kentucky, West Virginia, Baylor and Illinois for his services on Twitter in August.
The standout from Kennedy Catholic High School in Pennsylvania is a 5-star prospect ranked as the No. 8 center and No. 22 overall player in the 2019 recruiting class by 247Sports.” Also he started all 31 games as a freshman at WVU and was second team all Big 12 and a unanimous selection to the all frosh team.
2330859 has me blocked but if someone could let him know Oscar was a five star player out of high school. He originally chose WVU over a bunch of high major schools including UK.