Who Stays And Who Goes: 2015 Edition

[Michael Corleone]

Twins - gone

Towns - gone

WCS - gone

Lyles - gone

Dakari - gone

Booker - depends on where he is projected, inside the top 20 gone

Poythresis - stays

Ulis - stays

Lee - stays

Willis - stays

Hawkins - stays

 

Freshman - Skal, Briscoe, Newman, Zimmerman, Matthews

 

They would be fine.

[Michael Corleone]

Agree with pretty much all of this. Booker & Dakari are the two I'm least certain on.

 

Dakari is not coming back.

[BlueTip]

Gone: WCS, KAT, Twins, Lyles, Booker

 

Probably gone: Dakari

 

Dakari has bad hands and bad feet. Bad combination. But he's 7 feet tall so I guess he's draftable. I hope he goes.

[75center]

Gone: WCS, KAT, Twins, Lyles, Booker

 

Probably gone: Dakari

 

Dakari has bad hands and bad feet. Bad combination. But he's 7 feet tall so I guess he's draftable. I hope he goes.

 

:thumb: A number of players have carved out NBA careers based on that alone.

[Randy Parker]

Cal said today that the twins, Willie, Towns, & Trey are likely to enter draft. Says Booker & Dakari may also go. Says he expects Poythress back. Says he texted Ulis & told him he would build a team around him.

[HammerTime]

Kyle Tucker ‏@KyleTucker_CJ

 

Calipari said he texted Ulis and said "I'm going to build a team" around him. Expects Poythress back but gathering NBA info on him.

[TheDeuce]

I'll be surprised if Ulis isn't around for at least three seasons.

[UKMustangFan]

Cal said today that the twins, Willie, Towns, & Trey are likely to enter draft. Says Booker & Dakari may also go. Says he expects Poythress back. Says he texted Ulis & told him he would build a team around him.

 

Translation: Alright undecided 2015 AA's, here's the guys that are gone, now come on down. :lol2:

[UKMustangFan]

I'll be surprised if Ulis is around for at least three seasons.

 

You think he goes pro after next year?

[Randy Parker]

Translation: Alright undecided 2015 AA's, here's the guys that are gone, now come on down. :lol2:

 

Pretty much.

[TheDeuce]

You think he goes pro after next year?

 

Isn't*... Sorry, typo.

[UKMustangFan]

Isn't*... Sorry, typo.

 

Gotcha, yeah I agree.

 

I know he's said one of his goals is to become the all-time assist leader in school history. That'll take at least 3 seasons, probably 4.

[HammerTime]

Dang it Randy.

[Walter]

Unfortunately, now we move onto the part of the season where we wonder who will go and who will stay. John Calipari was asked that question this afternoon in Indy, and said seven players are now considering entering the NBA Draft.

 

“I’d say seven guys are considering their options,” Cal said, telling reporters that he met with all of them yesterday. “There’s not going to be any brainwashing.”

 

“I would guess five is the minimum, but seven is a possibility,” Cal added. “I hope they surprise me like they did last year.”

 

Of the five, Cal says that Willie Cauley-Stein, Karl Towns, the Harrison Twins, and Trey Lyles are the most likely to go. “I’d be surprised if they’re not both first-round picks,” Cal said of the Harrisons.

 

That leaves Devin Booker and Dakari Johnson as maybes. Sounds about right to me.

 

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[Science Friction]

Dakari is not coming back.

 

 

Darkari is as ready for the NBA as I am. But you're right, he probably has delusions of grandeur and will declare. Its just the state of affairs in college BBall now.