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Is this thread aimed at individuals, or teams....and is it supposed to be about UK?

If so....my biggest UK dissapointment is the 2004 UK recruiting class.

-2004 UK signee class.
---Much like the UK class of 2009, this class was the number one class in the country, and acourding to the current star* rating...one of the greatest classes of all time. Rajon Rondo, Randolph Morris, and Joe Crawford were all 5* players that were three of the top 15 players in the country. Also in the class of 2004 were players Ramel Bradley, Patrick Sparks, and Adam Williams.

---Rajon Rondo was def. the best player in the class. He has went on to have a very good young pro career , and was named to the 2010 NBA all star game. Rondo never found his groove a UK. He was insane on defense, but never could find a shot, and only avg. around 9 PPG for the wildcats.

---Randolph Morris had one of the strangest college careers that I have ever heard of. Randoplh had good seasons his freshman and sophomore year. Putting up around 12 ppg. and 7 RPG. Not quite the numbers you would expect from the #2 rated Post player in the country outa HS ( refrence to DeMarcus Cousins, who was ranked at the same spot in 09). Then Randolph turns pro after his soph. season, but doest get drafted. Returns to the cats midseason in 06', just to turn pro again after his junior season. He barely got drafted his second try, and has had little sucsess in the NBA.

---Joe Crawford was the best player out of this group at UK. While Rondo was a lot better when he turned pro, Crawford was the cornerstone for UK for a couple season when he became an upperclassman. Crawford just never could put UK over the hump. He was the # 2 ranked guard in the country out of HS, # 9 player overall. Crawford never lived up this high ranking IMO never being on a team at UK that made it past the final four. Crawford got drafted by the Lakers barely, as he was one of the last picks in 2008. Of my knowlege he never has had a pro career, and must be in the D-league. These are back-court players that were ranked lower than Joe Crawford--- Aaron Afalo/Rajon Rondo/Boobie Gibson/Jordan Farmar/A.J. Price/Josh Shipp/Drew Neitzel/Taureen Gree/Ramel Bradley/Chris Lofton/Rodney Stucky/ and Courtney Lee.....WOW

My biggest individual dissapointment for UK is Randolph Morris. While he did put up a couple of season where he averaged double figures. Morris was supposed to be the next great big man. He was as highly ranked, if not ranked higher than current UK big men Demarcus Cousins, and Patrick Patterson. Morris was just a strange person, and was one of the oddest sports stories of 2006 when he declared for the draft, and seriously went undrafted. These are big men in 04' class ranked lower than Morris --Lamarcus Aldridge/Sasha Kaun/Goran Suton/Luke Bonner/Marvin Wlliams/Big Baby Davis/DJ White/Al Hortford/Joakim Noah/

Good post!