Did you know....
- Thread starter Quavarius
- Start date
DeMarcus Cousins could become the first player coached by John Calipari at Kentucky to play in the #NBAFinals
To have played for K since Cal started at KY and play in a finals, I’m thinking:
Quinn Cook
Kyrie Irving
Rodney Hood
In that time period Shane Battier, Dahntay Jones, and I think Shelden Williams played in the finals ( though their tenure at Duke predates Cals tenure at KY)
Quinn Cook
Kyrie Irving
Rodney Hood
In that time period Shane Battier, Dahntay Jones, and I think Shelden Williams played in the finals ( though their tenure at Duke predates Cals tenure at KY)
I’m just talking about players Coach K has had since ‘09 since that’s when Cal joined UK
Why do you make dumb posts? You act as if this is a telling stat. How many of those players besides kyrie were actually significant to their team?
No we don't and if I or Q posted pretty much the same on a UK board we would be a troll. OFC
He’s also probably better than every Duke player in the league, besides Kyrie Irving of course.
I think they’re more-so asking about your fan-hood. I wouldn’t start your yourself off on here by acting like a douchebag towards people who are established posters.
It IS a telling stat from a coach that touts his former players NBA success. He never mentions that stat! Luckily the guys at ESPN reminded everyone.
Except his former players do have NBA success. It’s a stupid stat, only 5 teams have made the NBA finals in that span of time.
Only 5 NBA teams have made the finals since 2009 when Cal’s UK tenure began?
Lakers vs Celtics in ‘10 I remember. Dirk’s Mavs beat LBJ’s Heat in ‘11. That Heat team played the Spurs and OKC in a couple finals after that. Then LBJ took the Cavs there and the Warriors emerged. Raptors are in this year. 5 teams is about halfway there.
The only team I missed was OKC. How would the first year have counted considering there would have been no Cal coached Kentucky players in the league? And this year doesn’t matter because there is a Kentucky player in it.
Last edited:
John Wall was the #1 pick in the 2010 NBA draft. Cousins and Patterson were selected in the draft lottery that year too. Also, pretty sure that Eric Bledsoe was drafted. All of those players were coached by Calipari at Kentucky. The 2010 NBA draft is after the 2010 NBA Finals (so I’ll erase C’s and Lakers from the list. - That’s my error) The 2011 NBA Finals - present have included 7 teams: Heat, Mavs, Spurs, OKC, Cavs, GS and Raptors.
I’m not sure why this year wouldn’t count, wouldn’t it could the most since there’s a former UK player involved?
Count it or don’t count it man I don’t care. My point is that it’s not some big mark against Cal and Kentucky like Quavarius seems to think it is. And you seem pretty reasonable so surely you don’t think it is either.
Woooooooo.....some thin skin over there!!
Is there a stat for most ref websites bashed? Or death threats? Or recruits life and families lives threatened if they don’t sign with them?
Maybe they can claim one of those???
Is there a stat for most ref websites bashed? Or death threats? Or recruits life and families lives threatened if they don’t sign with them?
Maybe they can claim one of those???
Didn’t intend to nit-pick your 5 team statement over 1 team. I incorrectly added Boston / LA finals and wasn’t aware that you decided this year didn’t count. I could give 2 flying dumps less about UK players and what they achieve. I don’t think his former players finals success is terrible or terrific.
Quav is a respected poster and you introduced yourself on here with disrespect. I just came back in defense. It’s the off-season bro, there’s not much topic to be had. Nothing wrong with him posting something basketball related. If you don’t care about it then don’t post.
I've looked and looked and looked, and can't find the opinions here... it looks like Q is just posting facts.
Amazing that so few of Cal's players have made the finals. One major contributing factor is actually how good they are... the higher in the draft you go, the crappier the team you go to.
Kentucky sucks and they're not our rival...........let that hit you in the chest like a Christian Laettner stomp.
BOOM
BOOM
It’s a fact yes, but obviously his opinion is that it should be counted as a bad mark against UK, maybe I’m wrong but post #24 pretty much tells me that’s his opinion. Which I think is just dumb, because like you said most of the players get drafted to crappy teams. And also, a lot of them are really young, the oldest players have been in the league 9 years.
I said I didn’t care whether you counted this year or not, I didn’t say I didn’t care about the subject as a whole. Theres nothing wrong with me disagreeing with him either.
I apologize for saying and. But is that really the worst way? Lol
I hope you bring such reason and logic to Rafters when they rave about Duke players sucking in the NBA and all the rest.
Similar threads
