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Topic: Worst decision in Cal era?
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PaulCat
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posted 07-31-2018 05:01 PM
Who do you all think made the worst decision of leaving early under Calipari? My vote goes to Dakari Johnson. He was drafted in the second round and has bounced around the D-League and sniffed the NBA just a little bit. But I think if he would've stayed one more year he would've averaged 15 points and possibly double-digit rebounds. Skal would've been his backup, and Dakari almost certainly would've been drafted in the first round and got the guaranteed money. Dakari has a lot of talent - I think he should've stayed just one more year.
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Trey Ball
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posted 07-31-2018 10:23 PM
No doubt in my mind it was Aaron Harrison. He should have entered the draft after his Freshmen year after his tournament performances (greatest clutch shooting over a three game span in NCAA Tourney history in my mind). That had propelled him into the late first round potentially.
He came back to school only to go undrafted if I remember correctly.
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ukcatfannfl
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posted 07-31-2018 10:30 PM
Marques Teague and Doran Lamp
one more yr for both and they would still be in the league....
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Bama Cat
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posted 08-01-2018 08:30 AM
Daniel Orton didn't make a very good decision either.
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rlt4uk
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posted 08-01-2018 11:28 AM
Dakari, for sure. I believe he should have stayed his whole four years, and got his degree. I didn't think he was good enough to play at UK, much less the NBA. I feel the same way about Nick Richard's. Just because you're tall don't mean you have basketball skills. I'm small and can ride a horse, but I have no illusions of being a jockey.
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Tiptree
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posted 08-01-2018 02:05 PM
I hope Richards surprises us. Big man offensive skills can be taught (mainly footwork), strength gained, and 'bad hands' improved. It is easier to develop a decent big man out of a raw player than it is to develop a decent point guard, for example.
But I agree that Dakari and Orton should have stayed longer, and Aaron Harrison should have gone earlier. I don't think Teague was ever NBA material, and Lamb was going to be a role-player anywhere he went. But this is all 20-20 hindsight. It is much harder to make the right decision without such information.
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Bama Cat
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posted 08-02-2018 11:07 AM
Two more that were just tall......that's all were Orbzut and Shagari Alleyne 7-3. Not really BB players.
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catmandoo
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posted 08-02-2018 11:23 AM
Dakari...
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PaulCat
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posted 08-02-2018 02:10 PM
quote:
Originally posted by rlt4uk:
I'm small and can ride a horse, but I have no illusions of being a jockey.
Rlt4uk, don't ever give up on your dreams, man! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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m hamilton
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posted 08-03-2018 06:34 AM
Woo and Allyene were here during the tubby era!
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