John Wall
Update: Yahoo Sports, through Rivals’ Jerry Meyer, is also reporting that Wall has committed to Kentucky.
Update: Evan Daniels of Scout.com is reporting that Wall sent him a text message confirming his commitment to Kentucky.
Update: Andy Katz reports that Wall told Miami’s Frank Haith this morning that he wanted to play for Calipari.
SLAM magazine posted online at 1:11 a.m. Tuesday that its sources report that super guard John Wall, the indecisive one from Raleigh, N.C., has finally made up his mind and committed to UK over Miami and Duke.
As of this morning, there is no confirmation of that.
But here’s an excerpt:
Sources tell SLAM that John Wall, the nation’s top high school point guard, committed to the University of Kentucky tonight. Wall picked Kentucky over Duke, Miami and Florida, among other schools. The 6-4 senior from Word of God in Raleigh, N.C., is viewed as the missing piece for new Wildcats coach John Calipari.
With forward Patrick Patterson recently deciding to return to school (and high-scoring guard Jodie Meeks rumored to also be considering pulling out of the NBA Draft) and recruits like Alabama big man DeMarcus Cousins, as well as a talented core group of returnees, Kentucky is likely to be one of the favorites to win a national championship in 2010. While Alabama point guard Eric Bledsoe signed up to play in Lexington recently, in Calipari’s dribble-drive motion offense, multiple ballhandlers can play together in the up-tempo style. In addition, the recent SLAM co-cover boy is viewed as a one-and-done prospect.
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Lets hope so. If Bledsoe is promised a starting position and Meeks comes back. A 3 guard lineup might actually work. Wall, Bledsoe, Meeks, Patterson, Cousins. This is insanity compared to the past 5 years or so.
Yahoo sports is reporting it as well as Rivals. seems to be a done deal. I never could have imagined this a couple months ago.
Wow!!! the sky’s the limit if Wall & Meeks join the 2010 roster… can’t wait for the season to begin to hopefully bring some college basketball dominance back to the bluegrass state… and UK will again be mentioned whenever the topic of “who’s the best” is discussed!