Jabari Parker on the cover of Sports Illustrated
Check out this week’s Sports Illustrated cover boy: Jabari Parker, the top recruit in the 2013 class. The magazine calls Parker the “best high school player since LeBron James.” Good thing he’s been high on Cal’s list for a while now…
38 Comments for Jabari Parker on the cover of Sports Illustrated
Don’t mormons usually go to utah or byu?
I’ll be shocked if we get him… he might be high on Cal’s list, but Im not sure the love is mutual
Baseball Cats take a lose from the worst team in the OVC… Nice.
2. Says who?
I would never count Cal out on a recruit he is interested in. I have a good gut feeling he will be spending a year under Cal. GBB!
One player does not a team make. We have been to three elite 8’s; 2 final 4’s; and, an NT since Cal has come here. We have (will after this season) sent/will send 15 or so players to the NBA. In Cal’s three years we have averaged 34+ wins per years. I trust in Cal. And, it has nothing to do with whether we get Parker or not.
He’ll go to Kentucky or Duke
Will they re-release the magazine with Wiggins on there after the summer AAU circuit.
more jesus BS?
Harrison Twins, Randle, Parker, and a top center and we will be golden
I hate when the baseball team takes a lose
11) There aren’t really any elite centers in that class. That’s probably why Cal signed Cauley, who’s kind of a project.
Actually Bret Bearup and Mark Pope were both LDS players who played at UK..May have been 1 or 2 more but I can’t recall…
i mean 10
U some kinda Mormon bigot or something
Stop the generalizations of people
Join the 21st century
I hope we get the kid
Being lds he’s probably a good kid
All the recruiting gurus or whatever seem to think this kid is going to Illinois or dook. I’d love to have him although I would be ok with Julius Randle. I think they are similar even though Randle is more of a 4. Next year is a long year away. You never know who will pop-up on Cal’s radar or if we can put the press on this kid. He is an animal
15. Hates bigots and racists. Says they guy will be a good kid bc of his religion. Come on…
13. Vernon Hatton was LDS not Bearup. Nate Knight was too and quite a few football players.
Best since Lebron? Apparently whoever said that had never seen Wiggins play.
#18..Bearup was LDS …he spoke at our ward while at UK…and yes several fb players were LDS….
#15, Cauley is not a project!
everybody meet harrison barnes 2.0
Harrison Barnes 2.0? Hahaha Isn’t it funny, UK fans would view a team full of Harrison Barnes as BAD, yet uofl fans would happily welcome a team full of Harrison Barnes. …It would also be interesting to ask true unc fans what they thought of ole Harrison.
With all of the talk about how Cal is in with so many of the top recruits in the 2013 class, he won’t sign Parker or Randle. In fact, I bet he loses out on nearly all of the top players. His influence on the kids is overrated. We should all be realistic and hope Cal surprises us. In Cal we trust. Go Cats!
Cauley is going to surprise a lot of folks. He far and away better than most are thinking. He will be a monster his second year and rest assured that he “will” be getting lots of playing time this coming year.
24–yeah, you’re probably right. i guess his recruiting effort just in the last 3 years proves out your assertion.
I love how #15 says “Stop the generalizations of people.” Then immediately follows it with “Being LDS he’s probably a good kid”
Quit making fun of our alien cousins!
kid can ball
I think it’s hysterical they call Duncan the least appreciated player of his generation…and give the cover to a high school kid.
He’s going to Duke. Again this is a “student athlete” that actually takes pride in his academics. He will not be a part of Calipari’s puppy mill. Too much integrity for that.
This kid values academics and is a true student athlete. Therefore, UK has no shot. He will go to Duke and play for the greatest of all time.
I thought MKG was the next LeBron when he signed. Every year or 2 it’s the same stuff this one or that one is the next LeBron. Just let them be who they are. MKG is a lot different then LeBron and that worked out pretty good for us.
#31 That is Champion puppy mill to you pal.
20. I’m not sure if Bearup was LDS at one time a quick google search mentions that he converted in 1984. But he likely is not practicing LDS any more. I don’t know the guy personally, so I could be wrong. I have just read a few articles that state he enjoys cigars and whiskey, which are big no-nos for Mormons.
33. agree. it used to be the “next Jordan.” oh well, hope we get the kid. and Duke still sucks.
#32 & #33 – That’s right, because Coach K never has one-and-done’s…except for Rivers….and Irving….and Deng….and Magette.
I randomly stumbled on this forum, but, Parker is graduating from Simeon, the same school Derrick Rose went to. Rose spent his mandatory 1 year of college at Memphis where Calipari was coaching. I’m guessing Rose and Parker communicate, so that may help. I’m an Illinois fan, so I’d love to see him there, but he’s gonna go to a school where he has a shot at winning the Final Four the first year, cuz he’s gonna jump ship to the NBA.