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Topic: What would it take for Cal to leave?
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catmandoo
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posted 05-19-2014 02:52 PM
It would have to be something big (NBA) and a team that would have a premier player like Lebron or Davis. I doubt he would do it for money as he already makes top dollar so I doubt the money would sway him.imo
John Calipari, Kentucky, five years
Kentucky
He's the Jay Z of college basketball, and he's also friends with Jay Z. That's not a minor detail within his dazzling tenure in Lexington thus far. Calipari has tapped into the one-and-done market and molded squads, packed with freshmen and sophomores, into national contenders. He's hip and trendy. Some coaches bring motivational speakers into the locker room. Calipari brings Drake. It's not easy to convince those athletes, who could star for any team in America, to join forces at Kentucky. But he has turned that into an art, which has led Kentucky to three Final Four appearances and one national title in the past four seasons. And next season's squad should enter 2014-15 as the preseason favorite, yet again, to win the national title.
What would it take? Months before Mike D'Antoni, uh, resigned, there were rumors about Calipari taking the Lakers job that wasn't even available yet. He squashed that buzz during the NCAA tournament. Well, he tried to quiet the noise. But then he cracked the door to the NBA again when he recently told reporters that he'd love to coach LeBron one day. He's coached in the NBA before. But he has found more success in college than what he experienced with the New Jersey Nets in the 1990s. He seems open to the idea of coaching arguably the greatest player of our generation, though. An opportunity to guide elite talent and an NBA team positioned to compete for a title is clearly something that the Kentucky coach would consider.
Possibilities: The Miami Heat, or wherever LeBron is playing
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SCWC
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posted 05-20-2014 12:43 PM
Some writer stoking the fires for readers on Lebron James and Coach Cal and their relationship. I doubt Cal would leave UK just for a chance to coach James.
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posted 05-20-2014 01:02 PM
I personally don't understand the interest in 'coaching' Lebron. No one really coaches him do they?
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catmandoo
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posted 05-20-2014 03:43 PM
Nope, he pretty much does what he wants.
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