Calipari Missed on Kemba...damn right!

[HuskyFich]

https://www.sny.tv/college-recruiti...-nowitzki/158660000?tcid=tw_article_158660000


"Oh yeah," Calipari said before launching into his analysis of Kemba Walker, then at Rice High School in New York.

"I watched him play in high school and I said, 'He's not big enough for me and I'm not sure how good he is,'" Calipari said. "And then he beats us early in the year, and he beat us in the Final Four game [in 2011], 57-56. But he had like 30 himself."

(Walker actually had 18 points, seven assists and six rebounds in a 56-55 UConn win.)

 

[MexicoHusky]

Calapari knows what the recruiting agencies tell him

 

[MexicoHusky]

It's not like landing Kemba would have helped Calapari's chances in 11'. It may have helped Memphis though.

 

[BUConn10]

Calipari: "I took one look at this Kemba kid at Rice High School and thought to myself? 'Can this kid be a lottery pick after one year without me having to coach him?'"

 

[auggie22]

Calipari: "I took one look at this Kemba kid at Rice High School and thought to myself? 'Can this kid be a lottery pick after one year without me having to coach him?'"

Awesome.

 

[Kitaman]

The underlying point is that year's later he is still suffering from Kemba's beatdowns. He's whiffed on better recruits than Kemba, but Kemba's face always comes up.

Its good to know UConn pain is eternal.

 

[huskiesnyc]

Cal acts as if Kemba would've automatically chosen him over JC. Sorry Squid, Kemba is a great kid and never would have played for a scumbag like you!

 

[Mrs. Fleud]

Your loss, Calipari. Oh, well....