Shanoff's W.U.C.: Wall, Lottery, NBA Picks

And again Shanoff falls to his Knee’s to pray at the throne of Obama. Why do you have to be his sports reporter lapdog? And why not have the respect to call President Bush by his name instead of number 43? We don’t go around calling you the guy that used to write for ESPN!

Great article! I was slightly worried The Sporting Blog might decrease in value but so far so good! keep the articles a coming!

wall as number one without a year in school? ricky rubio is a batter ballhandler, shooter, defender and all around point guard and has proven it against top flight international players. wall could be d rose or just another felipe lopez or sebastian telfair. i will miss kornhauser-why do we need another expert in the booth?

Obama? he is kneeling to the throne of Tebow…how he can fit Tebow in a discussion about MNF when he hasn’t played a down in the NFL (and won’t for 16 months) is absolutely disgusting.  It’s people like you that make a lot of people outside of the Gator fan base dislike Tebow. 

AC: We are well aware of your hatred of Obama, but how is Shanoff kneeling? Many journalists have called the fils Bush 43 to avoid confusion with his father.
Geo32: Rubio is another european that the hype machine is in love with, Kornholio was an annoying wonk who whined about baseball and American Idol
Shanoff: You are as stupid as the other snarky wonks who hate LeBron, the Magic beat a depleted Celtics squad in 7 and are facing a well rested Cavs team. You just want your former employer to commit suicide since they would have a nightmare finals matchup.
And before you hand UK the national title, lets see if Patrick Patterson can improve his inconsistent play enough for the 6 game grind that is the NCAA, he always has a wander offgame. Wall is biding his one year to jump to the NBA

Regarding the East Finals: whether you believe it will have an effect or not, I think you have to the mention the fact that the Magic have played 13 games in the playoffs to the Cavs 8. 

I happen to believe that a well-rested Cavs team will obliterate the Magic, but that’s just me.

Maybe we should wait and see if these KY recruits can even qualify to set foot on campus before we start handing out trophies…..

had to get that Celtics dig in there, eh?  Here’s to Tim Tebow tearing his ACL this summer!

As a die hard UK fan, I’d love to say that it is a given that we’ll take the 2010 title. But as any true hardwood fan knows, even a poorly informed one at that, anything can happen when it comes to college sports and athletes. With that being said, it truly saddens me to read all of the negative pub that coach Cal gets… you’d think the man had sold his soul to satan (And I am sure I’ll receive plenty of responses claiming just that). Was coach Williams blasted with the same kind of slander when he left Kansas for his "dream job"? Coach Cal and his recruits/players deserve better.

I agree, Conlon. What a nerd this guy is.

Sorry, but KU not UK will take home the title.  I will take a senior PG with a ring the best returning center in the country, along with a top 2 recruiting class over UK any day.  Mark it down, KU not UK wins the title.

Dan Shanoff is a moron give me a break. hands down UK is gonna win it? only a idiot would say that. Patrick Patterson couldn’t even get his team into the NCAA tournament and now he is the best post player in america. thats laughable. Did this guy go to Kentucky or does he just like to lick cal’s nuts?

Always fun to go out on a limb but Cal can’t make a "team" out of the impressive parts in a year that will be better than KU, Michigan St., or another team of veterans.  Shanoff apparently hasn’t watched the last 5 championship games which were won by veteran teams that had either won (FLA) or were knocking on the door in prior years.  

I put down Kentucky. Shanoff can put down the KY when he’s writing about Cal.

How many McDonald’s All-American’s does Michigan State have? If I am mistaken. they had none. Yet, they made it to the title game. Kansas and Michigan State are the two teams to really watch out for. After that Nova is up there. Let us see Kentucky play before we anoint them. Last year the SEC was weak, but it is a lot better than C-USA. It is hard to say that this Kentucky is substantially better than Memphis team that played Kansas in the title game. Sure, Kentucky may be a title contender, but it may take a little while. Considering that Kentucky is young and its best player is a one and doner, it make take a little longer than Kentucky fans may want to admit. In the BCS conferences, consistency and experiance are very valuable.

kentucky is the favorite next year based on the fact that all freshman teams win the ncaa tournemant so often-i believe that is inever. the fab five lost, lost, lost. good luck to uk and their rent a team but lets see how they do in their conference schedule first.

With all this fodder about KU, Uk, MSU, etc etc….I’ll throw UNC into the favorite role debate as well. We DO have the belt this year, and a very good class coming in. So to use UK’s logic, our outstanding incoming class is coupled with a 2 time NC winning coach Williams, not a coach with POTENTIAL like Cal. Our forntline will be HUMONGOUS, with upper classmen as well as the twin towers freshmen coming in. PG is a question…but then again all this talk is merely CONJECTURE at this time of year. So there!! Ha ha!!

GO HEELS!!

Recruiting classes don’t guarantee titles, because if they did Cal would have a title by now as he consistently reels in top flight classes. UK has a lot of work to do in crafting a team, as they have to decide who loses a scholarship since they are over the limit now, and trying to meld the newcomers with the holdovers. All of that with an attempt by the UK players to learn a new coach, new teammates, and a new system. And what if the newcomers, especially Wall and Cousins are more interested in getting their stats ready for the NBA jump, as are Jodie Meeks (if he comes back) and Patrick Patterson?

Getting these recruits does mean that UK is back as a major player and that is a good thing for college hoops; it is always a good thing to have the flagship programs be strong. But just getting these guys does not mean that we should just be handing championship trophies out to them, because the competiton is always fierce for the title…and this upcoming year will be no different. And as much as everyone loves John Calipari, until he wins a title he is not one of the elite coaches IMO. His teams always seem to have a fatal flaw that keeps them from winning the titles that sportwriters act like he already has. Until he proves that he can win a title, maybe there should be some restraint in HANDING him one based on a recruiting class.