Kentucky Wildcats Basketball: In The Business of Sending Players To NBA?

When Julius Randle makes his college decision, it will be one of a business decision. Julius Randle’s AAU coach who has been coaching him since 5th grade said that Kentucky basketball is in the business of sending players to the NBA. So, when Julius Randle pulls the trigger on a school that will part of the “business” decision in whether the schools sends players to the NBA.

Aaron Gordon is a top five player in the class of 2013, and he will making an unofficial visit to Kentucky. He says there is no “number one” on his list right now. He said he likes Coach John Calipari a lot. Kentucky is however in Aaron Gordon’s top three choices for a college, along with Arizona and Washington.  . Even though those are his top three schools, Gordon will be taking five official visits and is planning on going to Oregon  and Kansas as well

Joker Phillips is really giddy about his sophomore full back. DJ Warren has really impressed Coach Joker Phillips a lot. Phillips says DJ Warren is a hammer head. Warren has improved his catching and running skills a lot. Here is a video of Joker Phillips talking about DJ Warren.

NFLDraftScout.com has four Kentucky Football players rated to potentially get drafted. La’Rod King is an obvious choice. The cornerback Martavius Neloms is on the list. One of the permanent captians for this season Defensive End Collins Ukwu is on the list. Last, but not least, the other permanent captian Center Matt Smith made the list for NFLDraftScout.com. Here is what the had to say about each of them.

Mar 16, 2012; Greensboro, NC, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Jerian Grant (22) and Xavier Musketeers guards Dezmine Wells (5) and Tu Holloway (52) react late in the game. The Musketeers defeated the Irish 67-63 in the second round of the 2012 NCAA men

Dezmine Wells has been expelled from the University of Xavier. This  was because of a serious violation. What does this have to do with Kentucky? Well, Dez Wells is a good player. We want good players at Kentucky. Would it hurt to take a look at possibly bringing in Dezmine Wells? I think it should considered at least, unless the “serious violation” is not in code for what Kentucky is about morally.  As always, John Calipari has a pretty good gauge on what players are a fit and there doew not seem to be any movement in that direction.