BRIGGS wrote:Calipari said he only played hard for 3 minutes and then coasted his last 25 in the last game. He only sprinted the first 3 minutes and then jogged and coasted. He only scored 4 points in the last 25 he played.

This is why you've seen him drop a bit in the draft---what anyone can notice watching Kentucky. he can have his moments but they are simply not sustained. He might have all of the skill in the world--but if you are not giving 110% at 19 years old---then you'd better wake up. In a few posts I said I wanted to see 2-3 dominant 20-10-4 games from him. The only way to do that is sustained effort--if he cant do that for 15 games how does he do it for 38 minutes a night for 100 games?

I hate to say this but this draft at the top somewhat scks. The one time we sck--the draft at the top blows.

Finestrg wrote:

nyk4ever wrote:its a big deal for calipari to say this because he knows what it does to the kids draft stock. watching several kentucky games this year, towns has looked uninterested in playing the game. i would not spend a top pick on this guy.

Agreed. Towns gives me the most trepidation out of these top 3 guys. Okafor's the given, then this kid Mudiay is really growing on me. A skilled 6'5" athletic PG is nothing to sneeze at.

Incidentally, what's the deal with Mudiay's ankle injury? Anyone know the severity? Did he wind up making it back? Thought I read he may have been cut by Guangdong to make room for Will Bynum? Is that true?

BRIGGS wrote:Calipari said he only played hard for 3 minutes and then coasted his last 25 in the last game. He only sprinted the first 3 minutes and then jogged and coasted. He only scored 4 points in the last 25 he played.

This is why you've seen him drop a bit in the draft---what anyone can notice watching Kentucky. he can have his moments but they are simply not sustained. He might have all of the skill in the world--but if you are not giving 110% at 19 years old---then you'd better wake up. In a few posts I said I wanted to see 2-3 dominant 20-10-4 games from him. The only way to do that is sustained effort--if he cant do that for 15 games how does he do it for 38 minutes a night for 100 games?

I hate to say this but this draft at the top somewhat scks. The one time we sck--the draft at the top blows.

Its not nearly as bad at 2 years ago. And Towns doesn't come across as a low-character player. It sounds like Calipari is just trying to light a fire. I wouldn't put too much stock into it.

Finestrg wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Finestrg wrote:

nyk4ever wrote:its a big deal for calipari to say this because he knows what it does to the kids draft stock. watching several kentucky games this year, towns has looked uninterested in playing the game. i would not spend a top pick on this guy.

Agreed. Towns gives me the most trepidation out of these top 3 guys. Okafor's the given, then this kid Mudiay is really growing on me. A skilled 6'5" athletic PG is nothing to sneeze at.

Incidentally, what's the deal with Mudiay's ankle injury? Anyone know the severity? Did he wind up making it back? Thought I read he may have been cut by Guangdong to make room for Will Bynum? Is that true?

How? I feel like he played sparingly in China and hasnt been in any action for awhile. The problem with him is there is very little to go on

Unfortunately, the few video clips are all we have to go on. And then yeah, he went down with the ankle injury. I get the reluctance from some to really consider him but to me he looks promising enough, even with the limited amount of material to go on. A little bit of a leap of faith on my part, I understand, but I like what I've seen and read. I see an advanced looking PG prospect for an 18 year old that should only get better and better. The one major criticism is his jump-shooting but I think that he can clean that up in a hurry. His mechanics look clean/smooth enough. I dunno--everything else from his size/athleticism, to his ball-handling/passing, to his ability to score the ball--it all looks advanced to me for a guy so young. I think there's a lot of promise here. I lot of it has to do with fit and if we don't get the #1 pick too -- what do we do at 2 or 3, etc..

His vids show a lot of Westbrook... maybe not a true PG but a nice mix of power and quickness. If we picked 2 and took this guy I would be pretty pumped if the FO thought so highly of him

fishmike wrote:

mreinman wrote:Calipari is a dik for saying that in public about one of his kids.

why? I see transparency and obviously Calipari was pissed with his effort.

tell him privately.

things like that can affect the kid forever and will kill him in the draft.

you dont do that to your own kid.

mreinman wrote:Calipari is a dik for saying that in public about one of his kids.

if you go and play at kentucky, you're signing up for a different set of circumstances. every single one of these kids that commits to go there, know what they are signing up for. if they can reap the benefits of bigtime expoosure like calipari gives them, then they can certainly handle the adversity.

fishmike wrote:

mreinman wrote:

fishmike wrote:

mreinman wrote:Calipari is a dik for saying that in public about one of his kids.

why? I see transparency and obviously Calipari was pissed with his effort.

tell him privately.

things like that can affect the kid forever and will kill him in the draft.

you dont do that to your own kid.

maybe he has... many times. How do you know? Calipari's big thing is that he grooms NBA players right? I mean Towns gets limited minutes as it is.. he uses them to coast? Im inclined to give Calipari the benefit of the doubt here. He strikes me a class a douche but I think he called this one straight.

fair enough ...

lets give him the benefit of the doubt that he did this for the right reasons.