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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-07-2021, 11:58 AM:

When Brandon Boston arrived in Lexington, it was a certainty he would spend one year and then enter the NBA Draft.

But after some struggles in his freshman season at Kentucky where Boston has seen his draft stock dip and the team has struggled mightily, could Boston come back to Kentucky for a sophomore season?

It doesn’t seem likely still, but some fans wondered if a statement made by John Calipari after yesterday’s victory over South Carolina was referencing Boston needing a second year.

“He’s never lost the fight. This stuff has been hard for him. And it’s also eye-opening to know as an individual player, man, physically, this is — I’m not where I need to be physically and so, we’ve had other guys. It’s like Immanuel Quickley. Immanuel Quickley walked in my office and said, ‘Coach I know you said this would be hard.’ This is after his freshman year. ‘This is way harder than I thought and I didn’t have a good year. But I’m coming back and you watch. No one will outwork me.’ Those are the guys that should come back. That mentality. PJ Washington. That mentality. I’m not coming back to do showtime. I’m not coming back to say, ‘Hey, this is my team.’ I am coming back because I’m going to get better and I can accept that I didn’t play the way I needed to play. And this is way harder than I thought.”

I’m usually someone who supports players jumping to the NBA, but I think Boston’s case is different. A second year could be extremely beneficial and if he came back, led next year’s team in scoring and Kentucky bounces back to have a good season, Boston would be right back as a top 10 pick.

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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-07-2021, 01:12 PM:

Cal made some good points and if Boston could make a top 10 pick by staying it would make him alot of money!