Jeff Goodman is worried about all the National attention that Quincy Miller and Tony Wroten Jr. seem to yearn for. Of course, Goodman has to start out taking a jab at the BBN.
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I worry about Quincy Miller. I’m concerned about Tony Wroten, too.
Before the Big Blue Nation makes this into a [URL=”http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/team/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/71687″][B][COLOR=#556670]Kentucky[/COLOR][/B][/URL] conspiracy (which, of course, they will), it has nothing to do with the fact that both players are considering heading to Lexington in about a year or so.
It’s more that Miller and Wroten have their priorities out of whack.
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Wroten seems to be the worse of the two. If you follow his twitter account, it won’t be long before you know how Tony feels about a lot of things.
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The Seattle native is exceptionally talented. He’s a big, strong and athletic guard who has all the tools to be one of the elite players in the country, but he can be difficult to watch because he plays as if he knows all of that.
This is what he tweeted from his ToneTone13 account last week:
“#ToBeHonest. If I’m not top 5 in the country then there shouldn’t b any rankings. Not being cocky just telling y’all how I feel.”
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I like kids that are cocky and back it up on the court. I do agree though you can go a little far.
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It’s because Wroten and Miller, who both remain uncommitted in the college recruiting game, both welcome the attention.
In fact, they bask in it.
And it could wind up being their downfall.
I’ve seen it too often with recruits who are consumed by the recruiting process instead of just going out and letting their play dictate the story.
It’s become a red flag.
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With the recent visit John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins made back to Lexington you know how good of kids they are and how much they love the University. These are the type of kids I want representing Kentucky.
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Guys like John Wall, Evan Turner, Derrick Favors, Wesley Johnson, DeMarcus Cousins, Ekpe Udoh, Greg Monroe, Al-Farouq Aminu and Gordon Hayward — who occupied the first nine slots — had something in common.
Go back to the 2009 NBA draft, and it was more of the same with Blake Griffin, James Harden, Tyreke Evans, Jonny Flynn and Stephen Curry.
They didn’t yearn for or seem to care about all the attention
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Michael Gilchrist is already representing Kentucky well. I can’t wait till he gets to Rupp.
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Here’s what Gilchrist had to say:
“Shout out to Anthony Davis, a lot of people think I would be mad that he’s number 1 but I’m happy for him for real.”
Gilchrist [I]gets[/I] it.
Miller and Wroten?
They get it, also.
Attention, that is
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Hopefully Miller and Wroten will get their cockiness and bravado in check and just play basketball. Coach Cal wants givers, not takers. If you want to play at UK, you better be ready to give a lot, because the team is going to be loaded with talent every year.
