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Bama Cat
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posted 12-26-2015 10:18 PM
This is just about what I've been saying since the UCLA game. Those that keep talking potntial better find another horse to put that potential on. Sorry to say I don't think Cal can turn this around in 1 year. The sure top 5 draft pick is turning into possibly a 4 year player.
"""Kentucky sophomore point guard Tyler Ulis could turn out to be the next player under 6-feet to enjoy some NBA success. The 5-9 Ulis is currently projected at No. 43 by DraftExpress.com, and at least one scout who watched Ulis help Kentucky beat Louisville on Saturday believes the diminutive floor general will get drafted.
"Yes he can [play in the NBA] and he will be drafted," said the scout who attended Kentucky's 75-73 win over Louisville at Rupp Arena. "The question is where. He's a first-round talent and he's got middle-school size."
The scout added: "He's the smartest player [on Kentucky], he's the most highly skilled, he has the best understanding of how to play. He's a coach on the floor. He loves the big stage. He had 21 points, he had 8 assists, 1 turnover. He carried Big Blue Nation on his little 5-foot-9 shoulders."
As for 6-foot-11 big man Skal Labissiere, who has now managed just 4 combined points in his last three games and 22 points in his last six, the scout was not nearly as kind.
"Big Skal, no strength, no toughness, no game," the scout said. "Comes off the bench, plays 10 minutes, had 2 points, 3 rebounds, 0-for-3 from the floor. Shot an air ball on an easy hook.
"That guy is what you call a 'Paper Tiger,' a mock draft myth. He's a f***in' fantasy, that guy."
Told that DraftExpress.com had Labissiere projected as the No. 5 pick in the draft after he was once at No. 1, the scout said: "No. 5, he's not No. 1, he's not No. 5, he's not No. 51. That's a joke.
"He's not going to play anymore for Kentucky, I don't think. There's nothing he could do. The Louisville big men are mediocre at best. Truth be told, they're below mediocre. He couldn't do nothing with them. He's a fraud. The thing is going the other way fast."
He added: "You gotta see kids play against big-time college athletes and then you can make some kind of assessment. ...This is Rupp Arena, sold out, this is religious tribal warfare. It's one of the great rivalries in college basketball and if the kid didn't have a big name, he wouldn't even have played because he didn't deserve to play. That's my opinion."
Kentucky freshman guard Jamal Murray is projected as the No. 7 pick at the moment. He managed 12 points on 3-for-14 shooting with 7 turnovers.
"Jamal got picked, seven times they took the ball out of his hands," the scout said. "He shows the ball when he drives. He shot 3-for-14. The only baskets that he made he shot 3's that Tyler Ulis set him up for when he drives through the defense and kicked the ball so Murray could get an open shot.
"Murray has strength, Murray has a chance to be a decent player. He has a lot to learn. If he's going to be taken in the first round it's hard to pass on that money."""
[ 12-26-2015, 10:19 PM: Message edited by: Bama Cat ]
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SCWC
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posted 12-27-2015 03:15 PM
KSR is reporting that Cal felt this assessment was totally inappropriate and he responded with the following remarks. I am glad he did. I find it unusual that an NBA scout would be so negative about certain individual players from any team this early in their potential careers:
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Coach Calipari responded to one scout’s report on Tyler Ulis, Jamal Murray, and Skal Labissiere. The scout praised Ulis and Murray, but had harsh words for Skal. Coach Cal responded to the criticism as only he could.
“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Every one of my players is on their own timetable. Kids grow at their own pace & shouldn’t be judged by anyone else’s timetable. We’re here to serve these kids & help them reach their dreams. Ultimately they’ve got to do it, but if anyone wants to attack one of my kids personally, they won’t be welcomed here. Evaluating guys is one thing, personal attacks are another. These are young kids and they deserve better.” – Cal in a series of tweets.
The original story with quotes from Adam Zagoria’s report can be found here.
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handycat
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posted 12-27-2015 04:08 PM
Good for Cal.
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Old Norm
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posted 12-27-2015 04:16 PM
Cal posted that on Facebook. I saw it earlier.
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m hamilton
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posted 12-27-2015 04:35 PM
Cal said that if guys like him came in to his program and made negative comments about his boys he would prevent them from coming in to see his boys!
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catmandoo
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posted 12-27-2015 11:54 PM
The best way to handle this scout is for Skal to use it as "incentive" to play harder and improve to the point by the end of the season he has the stats that will get him to the NBA. If it takes longer keep working at it till you get there. Like Cal says all his players are on their own timetable. That said the scout is a A$$.
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