Comments on: Lance to Cincy Official

By: wcburrs

wcburrs — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:54:08 +0000

He’s a very muscular young boy.

By: Big Ben

Big Ben — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:53:09 +0000

It is very unlikely that Self has been calling Stephenson as Cronin says he talked to Self about Stephenson to get the OK to sign him.

By: pastaboy

pastaboy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:30:51 +0000

I called Xavier going to Ky….and I called Self talking him out of it …..face it … I’m a genius on these matters ….now where are all the idiots who were saying yesterday that Ku didn’t Xavier …that Xavier was too slow …that Ku was better without him …….you guys are hypocrites to the max

By: USC.trojan

USC.trojan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:41:37 +0000

AZ,

So, BS has reached out to the Lances in the recent past?

Hopefully, your story will shed some light on these facts….

Very interesting that …”Neither Stephenson nor his father, Lance Stephenson Sr., were immediately available for comment. ”

Is Lance Sr not on board?
Or has Lance Sr. said NO to BS….
(Score: BS:1 , Lance Sr: 1….)

If Cali and X have been talking these past weeks….
Then, BS has also been talking to Lance Sr.
Look forward to YOUR new articles…

By: RockChalkWoody

RockChalkWoody — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:28:11 +0000

Do you really think that Calipari will care if X goes to class? He knows that the kid is one-and-done.

By: Big Ben

Big Ben — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:06:16 +0000

That’s for sure. Especially when one of the reasons Carl gave is that “Xavier doesn’t want to go to class”. What? Don’t they have classes in Kentucky?

By: DiamondbackRuss

DiamondbackRuss — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:50:19 +0000

16 year olds with AA talent have camps.

If the Henry’s leave KU and head to UK that should hopefully be enough for the NBA to end this stupid age limit thing they created that has led to the one-and-done player. These are not “student-athletes”, they care nothing about the academic institution, have no desire to get a degree they’re just following a coach.

They take a couple of cake summer classes and a couple of cake fall semester classes. Get a 2.0 and never go to class after the fall semester of their freshman (only) year ends. David Stern is the devil and must be stopped.

By: Big Ben

Big Ben — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:48:09 +0000

Just saying the precedence would be that Self wouldn’t take him. Self has taken a lot of guys after they’ve been released from commitments of course, but has also remained true to that unwritten coaching rule book, even to the detriment to his own career.

By: memtiger87

memtiger87 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:41:34 +0000

If Lance Stephenson’s camp (sad that a 18 year old has a camp) called Self and said that he would rather go to Kansas, do you think he would tell them to get lost? I don’t think I believe that..

Calipari sure ain’t following those unofficial rules. He’ll take Henry in a New York minute. Hell, he was contacting Memphis recruits while he was “pondering his decision” to go to Kentucky. The ones he recruited to go to Memphis and were paid for by Memphis.

By: bxpapi95

bxpapi95 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:41:22 +0000

I don’t think anyone could have predicted this but at the same time nobody could have ruled it out. This was possibly the most topsy-turvey recruiting process ever and I think the Stephensons are glad its over.

I don’t think the kid is going to bounce to Europe or decommit. I’m glad that Stephenson, a manchild who’s got a flair for the game, is playing in the talent-dripping Big East.

Stephenson is likely a 1-and-done, but are the Bearcats be a contender in this ultra-competitive landscape next season?

http://zsmart.blogspot.com/2009/06/stephenson-heading-to-bearcat-country.html