04-19-2011, 08:34 PM
[Image: danielstweet.jpg]
Daniels is talking about the reclassification of 2012 Duke commit Alex Murphy, who was #11 in Scoutâs 2012 rankings before announcing today that he will be joining Dukeâs 2011 class. If Kentucky managed this, people would probably be screaming from the rooftops about a shady deal.
However, itâs easy to see why this situation warrants no such questions. After all, Duke is a program led by the top protégé of the worldâs leading authority on honesty and integrity, Bob Knight. In line with those principles, the program would never engage in any sort of activity that would be considered questionable, including recruiting shenanigans, and would definitely never, ever, ever dip its toes in the poisonous swamp that is the âone-and-doneâ epidemic. Besides, Alex Murphy is the brother of Floridaâs Erik Murphy, who Jeff Goodman says is a good kid even though he breaks into cars. When reached for comment on his brotherâs switch to 2011, the elder Murphy only noted that âheâs not in Gainesville. I donât give a fâ.â
Just to be clear, Iâm not saying that anything shady happened, because obviously I would be the last person on Earth to know. Iâm just noting the difference in the perception of the programs. And that Erik Murphy is a criminal. Thatâs all.
Now, back to the business at hand. Although most would scoff at the notion that Kentuckyâs absurdly loaded class for next year could be touched, if Duke can also add former everywhere recruit and 9th best 2011 PF prospect DeAndre Daniels to this yearâs haul, Scoutâs expert thinks there will at least be an argument. The new guys would join Dukeâs currently third-ranked class consisting of Austin Rivers, swingman Michael Gbinije, Plumlee 3.0, and point-guard Quinn Cook, who already wishes Rivers would pass him the ball. Iâm not sure if adding two more guys that are ranked behind every one of Kentuckyâs recruits really means that they might have a claim to the top spot but, then again, I donât cover recruiting for a living.
http://kentuckysportsradio.com/?p=79075
![[Image: danielstweet.jpg]](http://kentuckysportsradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/danielstweet.jpg){kind=link}
Daniels is talking about the reclassification of 2012 Duke commit Alex Murphy, who was #11 in Scoutâs 2012 rankings before announcing today that he will be joining Dukeâs 2011 class. If Kentucky managed this, people would probably be screaming from the rooftops about a shady deal.
However, itâs easy to see why this situation warrants no such questions. After all, Duke is a program led by the top protégé of the worldâs leading authority on honesty and integrity, Bob Knight. In line with those principles, the program would never engage in any sort of activity that would be considered questionable, including recruiting shenanigans, and would definitely never, ever, ever dip its toes in the poisonous swamp that is the âone-and-doneâ epidemic. Besides, Alex Murphy is the brother of Floridaâs Erik Murphy, who Jeff Goodman says is a good kid even though he breaks into cars. When reached for comment on his brotherâs switch to 2011, the elder Murphy only noted that âheâs not in Gainesville. I donât give a fâ.â
Just to be clear, Iâm not saying that anything shady happened, because obviously I would be the last person on Earth to know. Iâm just noting the difference in the perception of the programs. And that Erik Murphy is a criminal. Thatâs all.
Now, back to the business at hand. Although most would scoff at the notion that Kentuckyâs absurdly loaded class for next year could be touched, if Duke can also add former everywhere recruit and 9th best 2011 PF prospect DeAndre Daniels to this yearâs haul, Scoutâs expert thinks there will at least be an argument. The new guys would join Dukeâs currently third-ranked class consisting of Austin Rivers, swingman Michael Gbinije, Plumlee 3.0, and point-guard Quinn Cook, who already wishes Rivers would pass him the ball. Iâm not sure if adding two more guys that are ranked behind every one of Kentuckyâs recruits really means that they might have a claim to the top spot but, then again, I donât cover recruiting for a living.
http://kentuckysportsradio.com/?p=79075