Here we go again:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...atereddown-nba
I may have gone a bit far last week, speculating that Kentucky's starting unit could knock off the five that took the floor for the Toronto Raptors against the Boston Celtics.
Maybe it was somewhat of an overreaction after watching the aging ones from Beantown pummel that group from north of the border -- the one that featured James Johnson, Ed Davis and Aaron Gray up front and Jose Calderon and Demar DeRozan in the backcourt.
But I still honestly believe that the Wildcats could give them a run.
I know it sounds utterly ridiculous and insane that the top college team in the land could stand toe-to-toe with a bunch of so-called grown men in the NBA, but let's face it: The NBA isn't what is used to be and this Kentucky group is LOADED.
That Toronto starting five is abysmal. Sure, the Raptors were without Andrea Bargnani, but that's about as lackluster a group as I've seen take the floor to start an NBA game since ... well, maybe ever. And that's a team that somehow has won eight games already this season and stands within striking distance of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Maybe it was somewhat of an overreaction after watching the aging ones from Beantown pummel that group from north of the border -- the one that featured James Johnson, Ed Davis and Aaron Gray up front and Jose Calderon and Demar DeRozan in the backcourt.
But I still honestly believe that the Wildcats could give them a run.
I know it sounds utterly ridiculous and insane that the top college team in the land could stand toe-to-toe with a bunch of so-called grown men in the NBA, but let's face it: The NBA isn't what is used to be and this Kentucky group is LOADED.
That Toronto starting five is abysmal. Sure, the Raptors were without Andrea Bargnani, but that's about as lackluster a group as I've seen take the floor to start an NBA game since ... well, maybe ever. And that's a team that somehow has won eight games already this season and stands within striking distance of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
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