SI.com writer Luke Winn had the opportunity to talk to Isaiah Thomas and he asked him about Terrence Jones. For those of you that have been under a rock for the past month, Terrence Jones was the top recruit from the west coast who originally picked Washington while nearly 30,000 people watched via the internet. He then reversed his decision and in the 11th hour chose Kentucky.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]
Here is what Isaiah had to say about the situation:
[quote=Isaiah Thomas]
“It was the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen in recruiting,” Thomas said, “because everything [Jones] did made it seem like he was coming to Washington.
“I wouldn’t have anything to do with a school if I wasn’t going there, but [Jones], on the day before he signed with Kentucky, came up to campus for the whole day. He surprised us and the coaches by showing up with his teammate who might walk on at Washington. [Jones] was chilling with us, he worked out, he hooped, he stayed the night … and I didn’t really ask him about the situation, because I know how recruiting is — everybody asks you questions about it — but then he picked the Wildcats, and we were like, damn.”[/quote]
Read the rest of the SI article [URL=”http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/luke_winn/06/14/paul.camp/1.html”]here[/URL].
Seems that UW staff and fans were just as surprised as Kentucky fans were. Maybe more so since he was casually hanging out with the group the day before D-day. It provides some proof to Jones’ statements that he really didn’t know what he was going to do until the last moment.
It was bizarre, tiring and even a bit annoying. All that aside, we’re still glad to welcome Terrence to Big Blue Nation!
