<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">CHICAGO ? Sorry, Kentucky and Louisville fans. You probably missed your chance to see Randolph Morris battle Amir Johnson in the post for Commonwealth bragging rights. It happened, here, of all places, at the Lakeshore Athletic Club in downtown Chicago Wednesday afternoon, in a workout set up by SFX and attended by nearly every NBA team. It wasn't much, mostly drills ? entry passes into the post, some dunking and setting screens for the other two members of the workout, Duke senior Daniel Ewing and Arkansas sophomore Olu Famutimi. But it was enough that both centers are leaning toward staying in the draft. "It's probably pretty slim," Morris said of the chance he and Cardinals recruit Johnson will meet in a highly anticipated matchup at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. "He might decide to go [to the NBA] or I might or one of us," Morris said. Morris pulled out of the Chicago predraft camp Tuesday and instead opted for this private workout. When asked who advised him to do that, he laughed and said, "a source." It's unclear whether Johnson was invited to the NBA predraft camp going on here this week at the Moody Bible Institute. Regardless, Johnson is pursuing draft options, too. He wouldn't rule out going to Louisville, even if he were a second-round pick. He said he has talked to Louisville coach Rick Pitino about still going to school if he lands in the second round. High school seniors can stay in the draft, get selected and still go to school if they don't sign with an agent. But the team that drafts the high school player owns his rights until a year after his eligibility expires.</div> Read More
If I were a Kentucky or Louisville fan, I would really resent Morris and Johnson. Yes, Johnson's decision to go to the NBA was based on academic problems, but I'm not going to forgive him for that. The scores he needed to get into Louisville were not that high. If Johnson just put in a little bit of work in the classroom, he wouldn't be in this situation. Neither one of these kids will be special in the NBA, but they both could have been special college players.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Voodoo Child:</div><div class="quote_post">If I were a Kentucky or Louisville fan, I would really resent Morris and Johnson. Yes, Johnson's decision to go to the NBA was based on academic problems, but I'm not going to forgive him for that. The scores he needed to get into Louisville were not that high. If Johnson just put in a little bit of work in the classroom, he wouldn't be in this situation. Neither one of these kids will be special in the NBA, but they both could have been special college players.</div> This will also be the second straight year that Louisville was supposed to pickup a top recruit that would end up going pro(Telfair the other). But I just don't understand what Morris' problem is. He faxed his NBA papers to Tubby instead of talking to him, and he also won't return calls from Tubby or the players. Morris should be signing an agent in the next few days if you ask me and I'm actually going to hope he gets dominated and is never nothing more than a bench guy. His maturity is horrible and best bet would be come back to school for a year because he obviously isn't even close to being ready.
