Reed Picked up an offer from UK Today, Congratulations!

 

 

I saw this earlier.  Seems like this could be one of the biggest in state recruitments in quite sometime. I personally would love to see him suit up for UK.  At the end of the day, I’d hate seeing him at Louisville but glad he stayed in state, if that were to happen. 
 

Congrats Reed!

This kid can play anywhere he wishes, shooter deluxe with a great on court savvy and quiet demeanor makes him special.

So his full list of offers:

Arizona State University
College of Charleston
High Point University
Indiana University
Iona College
Ohio State University
Stetson University
Texas A&M University
University of Iowa
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
University of South Alabama

I’m not sure how to think about this one.  It either works out great (if he ends up at UK) or it’s a disaster.  Not much in between. A recruit ranked between 30 and 50 is not a sure thing by any stretch.  The guards Calipari has brought in at that range include SGA, Stacey Poole, Juzang, Herro, Charles Mathews and Jon Hood.  Sheppard might be Herro.  He might be Hood. Kentucky fans - because he’s from Kentucky and especially because of his Dad’s history at UK - assume he’ll be Herro (if not John Wall).  If he comes in and plays better than his ranking and gets plenty of time and produces, all will be great in the world. If he merely plays to his ranking (or, heaven forbid, turns out to have been overrated), it will be a mess. Because the reaction from some (and they will be loud) won’t be that the kid was just overrated. It will be Cal is screwing the kid over, Reed should be playing more, Reed should be getting more shots, etc.  

Rivals now has Reed as a 5 star recruit. 

So Rivals has it this way, in terms of national ranking:

Reed Sheppard North Laurel 21

Kaleb Glenn Male 61

George Washington III 65

and 247 has it thus:

Glenn 38

Washington 40

Sheppard 51

And that’s a pretty big discrepancy between the two….

 

23 hours ago, Mojocat said:

So Rivals has it this way, in terms of national ranking:

Reed Sheppard North Laurel 21

Kaleb Glenn Male 61

George Washington III 65

and 247 has it thus:

Glenn 38

Washington 40

Sheppard 51

And that’s a pretty big discrepancy between the two….

 

My guess is they all are too high at this point and time.

Announcing his commitment this Saturday at 9am at North Laurel.  

On 11/15/2021 at 10:25 AM, PurplePride92 said:

Announcing his commitment this Saturday at 9am at North Laurel.  

Yep. The thinking is that it will be UK. But who knows until he picks up the chosen cap at that ceremony. 
With mom and dad both stars at UK, though, he definitely has the Big Blue DNA. 

Ok so I will ask the question....with all the talent coming in next year, does he have the ability to play right away?  I have no clue how he stacks up when looking at the talent level expected.

2 minutes ago, cincyswords said:

Ok so I will ask the question....with all the talent coming in next year, does he have the ability to play right away?  I have no clue how he stacks up when looking at the talent level expected.

He doesn't have to worry about next year's talent.  Only a junior.

Just now, nees1212 said:

He doesn't have to worry about next year's talent.  Only a junior.

OH so see I really don't follow things...Thanks!!

UK it is.