Despite a completely bogus Internet “story” to the contrary, Kentucky recruit Brandon Knight will not play in Europe next season.
“That’s not true,” Efrem Knight, Brandon’s father, said Thursday morning by phone. “All that is is people trying to mess up Kentucky’s recruiting.”
The bogus story quoted Knight saying he would spend next season in Italy, following in Brandon Jennings’s footsteps, instead of going to Kentucky. Jennings skipped college at Arizona and played a year of pro ball in Italy before getting drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks, whom he helped lead into a Game 7 against the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
Unlike Jennings, Knight has no grade issues and carries a 4.3 GPA. Knight, a senior at Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Pine Crest, is the two-time Gatorade National Player of the Year and No. 1 player in the Class of 2010, according to Rivals.
Told of the bogus report, Efrem Knight said, “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see through that. I assure you, he’s not going to Europe.”
The 6-3 Knight did not sign a binding National Letter of Intent with Kentucky, but signed scholarship papers instead. He is therefore not bound to the school.
Knight will join Queens guard Doron Lamb, Florida wing Stacey Poole and Turkish forward Enes Kanter in John Calipari’s 2010 recruiting haul.
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This site is turning into KU vs UK with AZ in there a bit too, but mostly KU vs UK and its getting out of hand. Who gives a sh^t if Cal pulls in the top 3 guys I dont. Look back at KUs 08 team which had no one and dones, you hear that none. Julian Wright was a 2 and done and sure it would of been cool to have him on that team but D Jackson emerged without him there and was a 4 year player. My point is if your team is winning year after year as is KU, who cares Self is obviously going to be just fine, he did just land the #1 guy in Selby. UK will stay good as long as Cal doen’t leave, as will KU, UNC, and DUKE. No disrespect to other schools because a few could be in that category too like a Mich St, but those 4 are blue bloods and that is not gonna change. All Im saying is Rock Chalk Jayhawk, and good luck to everyone else and we will see you on the court, Im worried about my team and my team only.
If Cali could not DO IT , with the last recruiting class…he will never win the NC.
How about that…all you – uk fans.
Great deal of truth to that.
Lets not even talk about the choke job ,from Kansas Gangster U.
Big time choke.
LMAO.
Is Knight better than Wall?
No, I do not think so.
So, UK will be a worse team then last year.
All the UK fans are not fools….YES, they were inquiries into going to Europe.
The Money is there so, you can not ignore it.
Was it a serious consideration?
“Father” damage control is understandable.
Keep it Real.
Sonny.
Jessie you are an idiot to say that was our best chance. You realize we have Teague (drawing Jwall comparisons) and Gilchrist (drawing Lebron comparisons) are commited. and we are considered co leaders for Qmiller and Twroten. And i wonder why Chandler decommited from UL. and if you think every freshman will leave after this year your crazy, Kanter will go and Knight will go. Lamb is a real toss up.
and we may be worse than last year, but we will still be better than Arizona.
Does anyone have info on Damien Leonard? He is a 2011 kid out od S.C.? Oh and big nut I’m not sure if the Kentucky Wildcats will be better than the Arizona Wildcat but the best Wildcat team will probably be either the K-State or Nova Wildcats.
We will see big nut; I wouldn’t be so sure. And Knight and Kanter are your two best freshmen so if you lose only them (no guarantee) its still a big hit.
I can’t argue the 2011 class is looking pretty amazing right now. But a lot can happen in the meantime.
If Arizona lands Eloy Vargas they will be top 25 next year, in my biased opinion.