PurplePride92 Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 These are the kids that made the KY All Star team after yesterday’s tryouts: Trevon Faulkner-Mercer County Adam Kunkel-Cooper Skyelar Potter-Warren Central Jalen Johnson-Hopkinsville Mickey Pearson-John Hardin Cooper Robb-Scott County Markelo Sullivan-Fairdale Pierce Kiesler-St. Xavier Carter Hendrickson-Lexington Christian Eric “Boss” Boone-Bryan Station Mekell Burries-Newport Cobe Penny-Anderson County Cameron Cartwright-McCracken County
16thBBall Fan Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 Congrats to these young men. CJ Fredrick not want to play I guess
mooremiller31 Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 The following kids were not at the tryouts. They either no showed or chose in advance not to participate. CJ Frederick Jake Walter Andrew Taylor Markelle Turner Jay Scrubb Curt Lewis Makes a difference when you don’t have those kids as an option to pick from.
Smallhoops Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 I liked Kentucky's chances against Indiana a lot better when I though Scrubb, Frederick and Walter were going to be on the team. But they are not, so good luck to those who made the team.
PurplePride92 Posted April 16, 2018 Author Posted April 16, 2018 I definitely feel better about Trevon Faulkner winning Mr. Basketball. I’d hate to have a kid on the team who is only playing in the game because he feels obligated to be there.
TheSteelCat Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 Kunkel was not at tryouts either and made the team.
mooremiller31 Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 Kunkel was not at tryouts either and made the team. Kunkel had a family emergency the night before that kept him from being able to attend the tryouts. He notified all parties involved with the tryout and explained the situation. At least he made an effort to inform people and didn't say "I don't want to play" or just didn't show up.
Wireman Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 Sadly, when it gets to the point that top players don't care enough to represent their own state, it's probably time to do away with the game. Personally, I would have given anything to have had the opportunity to represent Kentucky back in the day.
PurplePride92 Posted April 16, 2018 Author Posted April 16, 2018 Sadly, when it gets to the point that top players don't care enough to represent their own state, it's probably time to do away with the game. Personally, I would have given anything to have had the opportunity to represent Kentucky back in the day. It is sad that the top players don’t want to play but I wouldn’t do away with the game just because a select few don’t care enough to represent Kentucky. That’s on them. Not the game. There will always be kids who care enough to represent Kentucky that would be honored to play in that game. The kids that want to be in the game should have the chance to play in it.
TAC Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 Kunkel was not at tryouts either and made the team. And they still call them tryouts? Wonder why some kids don't attend?? It was mentioned in the other thread that most picks are predetermined anyway. I've witnessed the tryouts before. The little workout they do, can not help determine a kid making the team.
dognation2 Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 Yeah, I don't like how this looks. I was watching the Jordan Classic game this year and one of the comments made was that this class as a whole is not very tough or competitive (they were responding to questions about about Cam Reddish and Zion Williamson). The word entitled was thrown around a lot. I don't know the real reasons for some of the kids not attending, maybe they all have legitimate reasons as to why they couldn't show up. It's just disappointing and it makes this team a lot weaker. This one might get ugly.
cowboy90 Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 I know it could interfere with Spring sports, but I think you'd get some these kids to play if it was in April vs. June. By the middle of June some of these kids are already on a college campus
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