The Rise of John Calipari's NBA Empire at the University of Kentucky
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John Calipari and the University of Kentucky have produced an outlandish amount of NBA talent over the last several years, but the foundation of their "NBA empire" began back in 2009, when Calipari put together one of the most talented teams of all time.
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"Our job is to help these kids get jobs" sums it up perfectly, I mean that's why I go to college. If I could get my degree in one year, your damn right I would.
@adrianpun5469
7 жыл бұрын
Ted Young You could see that Demarcus cousins wears that headband to cover that RIP hairline
@WmTMullins
7 жыл бұрын
You're looking at his hairline? His abilities is what impresses me.
@g.lumapas7434
6 жыл бұрын
Ted Young basketball degree for 1-2years 😂🍺
@seanpayne2470
4 жыл бұрын
in what way do they get a degree in one year 😂😂😂
@Maxwell-gl8qj
4 жыл бұрын
Sean Payne are u stupid
"this ain't no spelling bee, it's a basketball game!"
YOOOOO if they stayed it would've been John Wall Eric Bledsoe Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Anthony Davis Demarcus Cousins That would be insane
@chandlerbryant9098
8 жыл бұрын
but the players like cousins and wall wouldn't be on their respective teams
@vinceolson7599
7 жыл бұрын
+Chandler Bryant Even better
@x2RAWevicted
7 жыл бұрын
Chandler Bryant that would be doing a favor for cousins lmfao
@jemandgestort
7 жыл бұрын
And boy the best shooters on this team would be PF and C. Come on
@thenekomancer3867
7 жыл бұрын
Joni Otto KAT on the bench holy shit
Davis(#1 pick) Towns(#1 pick) Wall(#1 pick) Cousins(#3 pick) Randle(#7 pick) Bledsoe Booker Knight T.Jones Nerlens Noel Cauley-Stein Patterson Lyles Archie Goodwin(recently cut but a good) Tyler Ulis There's more since 2010 . That's pretty remarkable work by Calipari.
@paulcharles1448
7 жыл бұрын
bjsw534 wow is that list real
@coonishasotomayor9217
7 жыл бұрын
And 1 Championship !
@uselessinformation3634
7 жыл бұрын
Paul Charles yea but he forgot to put Michael Kidd-Gilchrist in towards the top as a number two pick.
@Jack-pg8tn
7 жыл бұрын
Trey Lyles
@kingkushy3104
7 жыл бұрын
bjsw534 murray
I wish you could play for Kentucky in 2k
@jemandgestort
7 жыл бұрын
Andrew Stanfel go to MyTeam, make Kentucky Jerseys, buy these players, have fun
@blc0179
7 жыл бұрын
Victor Oladipo just like the ncaa... you buy the players
@TK-rz6ni
7 жыл бұрын
Andrew Stanfel yeah I really wish 2k would get on that. Kentucky, UNC, Duke, UCLA. Big programs would make the college part of mycareer way better
@shakenblake4533
6 жыл бұрын
T K UCLA was in 2k16 my career
@measelcatches3202
3 жыл бұрын
@@TK-rz6ni yup. I don’t want to play for villanova and kansas every year
It not about you, it's about THEM! #epicquote #coachcalipari
@thediscoverystudio
8 жыл бұрын
+Tre Mek Exactly bro. Those kids get taken advantage of by literally everyone around them (NCAA, TV, merchandising, etc.). He's getting these elite players because hes looks out for the kids first and foremost. Coach K is starting to do the same and he's been rewarded with getting great players recently.
Shot 0-20 from the outside and still only lost by 7...
@jacobr.4809
5 жыл бұрын
Floyd steel fr
@skleebojonesjr4906
4 жыл бұрын
A loss is a loss lmao
@patrickduff5261
4 жыл бұрын
Kwame Owens he’s not saying it isn’t. He’s just saying if they wouldn’t have shot the worst they shot all year then they probably would have won.
@skleebojonesjr4906
4 жыл бұрын
@@patrickduff5261 but they didn't is all I'm saying. Uk fans have every excuse
@bradyburns3172
4 жыл бұрын
@@skleebojonesjr4906 It's not an excuse. Take off the Kentucky hate glasses bro. Look at it.
Calipari is a hero. When every school is trying to milk tuition from their students and gain money from their popularity, Cal is focused on getting his kids paid and employed...
@carsonc29
5 жыл бұрын
those kids dont need Cal to make the NBA..virtually every kid that he recruits is NBA bound with or without him..and no BBALL coach at any school has anything to do with what students pay in tuition???
@carsonc29
5 жыл бұрын
@Raghav Sriram Ulis was a 5* kid coming out of HS and there have been many other players his height that have made the NBA..quit acting like Cal took some 1* bench player and performed some miracle with him
@skleebojonesjr4906
4 жыл бұрын
@Raghav Sriram ulis was a 5 star recruit
@carsonc29
4 жыл бұрын
@Raghav Sriram all those kids would have been NBA draft picks had they been allowed to jump from HS
@tyr3sem705
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly and thats why calipari is the best
They forgot to put Devin Booker at the end
They should talk about AD & Ghilchrist's Wildcats too.
@traphs2863
8 жыл бұрын
They started this shit
@simeonnate9938
8 жыл бұрын
+Ahmad Martin wall, bledsoe ,cousins and Patterson started it
@TheDeceptiveGaming
8 жыл бұрын
+Ahmad Martin uhhh davis was not 1, but 2 years after the boogie and wall group.... so how the hell did they start anything?
@peepeethefrooge3219
8 жыл бұрын
+TheDeceptiveGaming I think he means walls group started it
@justinbuska3499
8 жыл бұрын
+Simeon Nate Patterson was a Gillepsie recruit and developed by him.
They need to make a 30 for 30 about this
@mercnsiku15
7 жыл бұрын
Drake Reid nah they just need to make a 30 for 30 in general about any topic it would be good
@uselessinformation3634
7 жыл бұрын
Mercidi Nsiku you mean anything except for duke, right?
@mercnsiku15
7 жыл бұрын
The Burger King But they already made one for Duke, called "I Hate Christian Lattener"
@uselessinformation3634
7 жыл бұрын
Mercidi Nsiku I know. I watched it.
@lilwolfy18
7 жыл бұрын
They are...it's called "one and not done" it will be on espn I April
"This ain't no spelling bee... it's a basketball game" lmfao I love Boogie.
Calipari could have 5-6 titles if his great players would have stayed 2-3 years
@Amm17ar
7 жыл бұрын
Why would they stay and play for a league that exploits their names and talent for no pay when they could make money as top ranked NBA draft prospects.....
@aaronwalker1678
7 жыл бұрын
Yup
@jonathangasana
7 жыл бұрын
Ammar Hafeez thank you
@bignizzle6973
7 жыл бұрын
Maybe not since he'd have a harder time recruiting players in that case
@JoshuaFrick3
6 жыл бұрын
This assumes that no other programs like Duke, Kansas, North Carolina, etc retained their top players for 2-3 years also. If staying 2-3 years was the norm over all of college basketball, then the road would be much tougher & likely 5-6 titles would be on the high side.
Imagine this team as an NBA team, beastly....
@rileyjones9458
7 жыл бұрын
Was just thinking of that lol
@kurtcometa4818
6 жыл бұрын
still nah
@jordanr3963
5 жыл бұрын
icee Zachary Rd cr cxxxgj
2k should add Kentucky all time team and I bet y’all that team is better than Nets, Hornets, Hawks and Kings lmfao
@blakeruby3881
5 жыл бұрын
xlynsanity BB they would beat everyone but warriors fuck u mean
@aldiggty
5 жыл бұрын
Gallintry -FDA APPROVED- How? KAT, AD, John wall, Boogie, Booker etc
@provokepubgm4401
5 жыл бұрын
@@aldiggty that team would beat warriors easily, they'd even have a solid bench
@dogemaster4228
5 жыл бұрын
Not the Kings, never the Kings.
@aldiggty
5 жыл бұрын
Gallintry -FDA APPROVED- I thought you meant that they wouldn’t beat every team
It would be Great if Cousins and bledsoe joined the Wizards
@nigelcooper7886
7 жыл бұрын
It's a possibility Cousins joins, but not Bledsoe
@blakejude497
7 жыл бұрын
Nigel Cooper cousins won't join. Kings won't get rid of him he's their franchise player.
@nigelcooper7886
7 жыл бұрын
Blake Jude depends on if Cousins would resign next year (or in 2 years, whenever his contract is up). Will he take more money or a better chance at winning. They would trade him before the deadline or his contract's expiration if he won't resign because he's too good to lose without getting some assets
@joonant1
7 жыл бұрын
Blake Jude ha!! they just got rid of him for nothing
@stkthefirst3463
6 жыл бұрын
Anton Riley, have you heard an NBA player from Oklahoma State who's shooting good in Sacramento
As a Kentucky that grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, I remember this year like it was yesterday, everyone in my family that were Kentucky fans were excited. There was a new level of energy in Big Blue Nation that hadn't been seen in years and no one expected what ended up coming afterwards.
I feel like cousins being on the kings has really affected his maturity.
@jonn8911
7 жыл бұрын
*Y O U G R E E D Y D I R T B A G* hahahahaha
Eric Bledsoe is still the most underrated guard in the NBA
@infinitelz2
5 жыл бұрын
Ian Martin you mean Drew Bledsoe?
This team had a lot in common with his Memphis team that had Drose and CD-R, extremely talented but couldn't shoot to save their lives lol
@bjsw534
7 жыл бұрын
franchisejr15 except Kentucky was supremely more talented
@aboutmillions
7 жыл бұрын
bjsw534 trueeee
D cousins should get the hell out of Sacramento and go play with John Wall in DC. They might beat lebron and come out of the east.
@alitoofresh9044
7 жыл бұрын
W
@joonant1
7 жыл бұрын
+NBA2K16 Master's Dc would be the new lob city.
@alitoofresh9044
7 жыл бұрын
+anton riley-burton keep your ring
@isaacschaaf9652
7 жыл бұрын
Anton Riley well he left Sacramento
@joonant1
7 жыл бұрын
KJ THA GAWD the dumbass kings traded him to NOLA for nuthing
Great documentary. Keep on producing them bleacher report. We really appreciate them!
My Favorite college team I literally watched them like they were a nba team
Amazing. They averaged almost 5 guys going to the NBA every year through 2010-2015. That’s crazy.
Really great video! One of the best teams we had at uk!
... I hope one day that John, Eric and Boogie play on the same nba team one day.
@josephbuchanan1940
8 жыл бұрын
That would pretty cool but I don't which team it would happen on
@TheShadowhog759
8 жыл бұрын
+Joseph Buchanan well Boogie is rumored to want to go to DC to play with Wall but that can't happen until 2018 when Boogies contract is up.
@josephbuchanan1940
8 жыл бұрын
+TheShadowhog759 yea unless some like 3 team blockbuster deal goes down but I don't think anyone sees that happening any time in the next two-three years
@CuhhDiii
Жыл бұрын
I’m from the future where Wall and Cousins were on the rockets at one point
Hats off to coach Cal. Thank you for all you have done for the big blue. Good luck with your next coaching legacy. Proud of John Calipari here in Bell County KY. Class act.
John Wall is the most underrated point guard.
@alitoofresh9044
7 жыл бұрын
keep your ring
@KingKel37
7 жыл бұрын
He's considered a top 5 PG. How is that underrated?
@bryanttang1056
7 жыл бұрын
+Kelvon Keith top 5 is curry, westbrook, lillard, kyrie, cp
@KingKel37
7 жыл бұрын
+Bryant Tang replace Kyrie with Wall IMO
@shamidullah1
7 жыл бұрын
wall, kyrie, and cp better than lillard. ask Coach K and team USA.
These guys make it look easy. Shows how practice and hard work can pay off.
I met him once he signed my t-shirt and I told him I would see him in 5 years
@adrianmojnarowski2766
7 жыл бұрын
K
@fifty3975
7 жыл бұрын
CPMS NEWS savage looool
@ajc3289
5 жыл бұрын
FIFTY 39 cringy looooool
This video was super good Bleacher Report
young bledsoe looks like bobby shmurda
Have mad respect for him. I respect him much more than Coach K.
@skleebojonesjr4906
4 жыл бұрын
Why ?
@johnsexton4250
4 жыл бұрын
Because he's the greatest players coach ever.
@skleebojonesjr4906
4 жыл бұрын
@@johnsexton4250 with one ring huh
It's not "made in Kentucky". It's just a 1 year transition ground for super recruits for 1 season, and for one reason. Because the NCAA requires them to before they turn pro. These players arent loyal to Kentucky, it's coach Cal. Thats it. Now credit what he's done at Kentucky as far as recruiting from a pop culture perspective sure, but my point is it's coach Cal. No matter what power 6 university he would be coaching at right now, that's where these players would all be going.
@CarsonRandol
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you
what a great man.
Damn man amazing video!
This was really good.
Cal is a great recuiter and a great coach. Look at what this man did and still doing. Much love and respect.
They look like brothers man, great chemistry from the start....
wall and Kemba Walker look they could be brothers
@fifty3975
7 жыл бұрын
Allen Sanor exactly what I thought
Watching this made me realise how amazing it would be if wall and DMC teamed up again...
Pretty sure I saw Harrison Barnes brick a corner three early on. He's still doing that, except he's getting paid $84 million now.
@jamalb7101
7 жыл бұрын
Quantum Leap he went to nort Carolina bro
@Veyronp87
7 жыл бұрын
and now averaging 20 ppg lol
@5:30 “idk what there deal is but they drunk the hatorade !” 😹😹😹
you can add the short memphis resume to this as well with Derrick Rose and Tyreke Evans
@DatOneGuy901
8 жыл бұрын
i give him props for that squad back in the day, but i meant as far as successively sending NBA bound kids to the LG. 2008, 2009, and then the guys in this video in 2010. for all intents and purposes, this team had already committed to memphis before Coach Cal decided to switch schools so those two years before hand count to me in the success of kentucky.*****
@DatOneGuy901
8 жыл бұрын
eh...they washed out the lg tho (so did wagner).these guys are superstars *****
@bjsw534
7 жыл бұрын
Arrahdre that's true.
@razkable
6 жыл бұрын
It started with Marcus Canby at umass
Legend baby!
And the crazy thing is with UK's one and done many of these "Cats" were going top 5 in the draft. Crazy!!
WVU was sweet that year dasean butler was on a whole other level
This team can legitimately can compete in the NBA. And probably even compete for the playoffs. Wall, Bledsoe, Patrick Patterson, Cousin.
Since this video went up, Kentucky has still not made it back to the Final Four
still my favorite uk team
All of that talent and one national championship. Alabama has won 7 national championships in roughly the same time period and it's so much harder to accomplish in football too.
@JohnSmith-zw8vp
11 ай бұрын
Because you gotta have experience. And you won't get that from one-year-wonders.
this is good
Remember this team like yesterday.
I love John Calipari
anyone know what the instrumental is when theyre playing cornell
6:54 Best part of this video
I still play ncaa basketball 2010 because of this team
@christschool
5 жыл бұрын
That's sad.
Caliperi has the right mindset about these one and done players. Take care of them and they’ll take care of you.
Oooo yeah thos my boys
My dad was at that U.K. vs West Virginia game he was soooo mad. we are hardcore UK fans
He said he never seen guys like that since until you have zion,rj barret,cam reddish and tre jones on a team
270 Owensboro, ky. We are so proud of our cats.
What's the song at the end
One and Done revived Calipari's career.
Who's the fool drinking the coke at 5:27 lmaoo
@seanjones2090
8 жыл бұрын
Daniel Orton. Even in high school basketball I never would even think of touching soda
GO BIG BLUE!!!! LEGENDS Of College Basketball!!
Man I wanna go to Kentucky so bad
the captions in 5:44 - 5:47 "this is basketball, so have a baby"
Calipari has coached 4 1st overall draft picks. No other coach has more than 2.
You can see boogie in Washington soon 👍🏾
@SteadyFlockin
7 жыл бұрын
Mario Franklin was thinking about the same thing
@brentonjones7689
7 жыл бұрын
Mario Franklin portland
@EA-ps4wc
5 жыл бұрын
This comment didn't age well 😂
I’ll always respect Calipari (as much as I think he’s a prick) for being a maverick as far as emphasizing the players over the program, and getting them in the workforce over spending 4 years and graduating for no reason
The fall of the Kentucky Tradition with Calipari. The University now is a basketball clinic financed by Kentucky.
Now walls and cousins reunite in houston, ready to run as one 👍
What orchestra instrumental is that
Man i would love to see john wall and cousins in one team together
Most amazing stat in modern college basketball: through nine seasons at Kentucky, all Calipari one-and-done players have been drafted in the first round, meaning they got guaranteed contracts.
never heard eric blesdoe speak until now
5:28 gotta keep them sponsors lol
Who else here to get hyped??? Let’s go BIG BLUE NATION!!!!!
Who cares if they are one-and-done? It's there life not yours.
@ashleybarloweNC
8 жыл бұрын
Umm, it's "their" NOT "there"......maybe YOU need to go back and try to graduate. Smh.
@peepeethefrooge3219
8 жыл бұрын
+Ashley Barlowe maybe stop being a bitch for no reason
@ashleybarloweNC
8 жыл бұрын
+Sam Hunter Oh, burn! You think calling me a "bitch" phases me in the least? I'm a female sports fan who can rival any man on the game. The only type of "men" who turn to calling a woman a "bitch," is a "man" that can't put together a decent argument, so that's their comeback. Cute attempt though. Try again....... #Duke4Life
@peepeethefrooge3219
8 жыл бұрын
+Ashley Barlowe no I'm calling you a bitch because you're being a pretentious ass
@ashleybarloweNC
8 жыл бұрын
+Sam Hunter More name calling. The epitome of someone who has no legitimate argument. Move along.......✌🏼️
Take all the teams KY has had in the last 20 years and all the teams of any other school and KY still dominates. Calipari literally brought back KY basketball dominance since the 90s. Since in the 90s KY dominated that decade but went on a dry spell after Pitino left up until cal came. And he brought it back to life. Now it's 2022 and we have a team now that could hang another banner. Go BBN
Calipari GOAT
@bigpapi2658
8 жыл бұрын
Gets Outrageous All Star Talent
@treyblair7238
8 жыл бұрын
+Ed Jones you say that like it's a horrible thing
@austins5238
8 жыл бұрын
Coach K GOAT
@BROSKIALLDAY
8 жыл бұрын
You spelled John Wooden wrong
@moonpuppy9919
8 жыл бұрын
No
what people don't know, is that calipari coached at memphis when d rose was there
WERE IS THE MADE IN KENSUCKY , THE 2021 VERSION ?
They should do one with Brandon Knights Kentucky.
is that russell westbrook @0:18 ?
That's why he's the best coach in college. Selfless is this man job, great man!!
@skleebojonesjr4906
4 жыл бұрын
He doesn't win titles though how is he the best ? Because he can recruit ? He's far from the best in terms of coaching be real with yourself
@wizkiddomik6140
4 жыл бұрын
Kwame Owens who leads the country in wins tournament wins final fours elite eights title game appearances
@wizkiddomik6140
4 жыл бұрын
Kwame Owens you forget he took UMASS a program with only one tournament appearance (1962) to a final four and a elite eight with only one 4 star players stop talking sports
@skleebojonesjr4906
4 жыл бұрын
@@wizkiddomik6140 how many titles coach Cal have ? How many more titles he have than tubby Smith ?
@skleebojonesjr4906
4 жыл бұрын
@@wizkiddomik6140 mfers love to bring up wins like it was a even playing field back in the day but fail to bring up how yaw hated utep for having all blacks. Fuck corupp arena yaw act like yaw was alive for most of those wins
at 0:18 the guy looks just like russel westbrook👀
@brentandy4233
6 жыл бұрын
daniel orton
@kurtcometa4818
6 жыл бұрын
Daniel Orton. He a stupid bitch, trash ass player
7:53 John Wall starts rapping, thank me later x
@bape7372
3 жыл бұрын
Bro I’m dyin🤣🤣🤣
Uk l am a Kentucky fan
Cousins will have his first winning season in 2018-19 since this
"Our job is to ensure that these kids ensure my job."
Let's go mountaineers! Best WVU moment ever
@mercnsiku15
7 жыл бұрын
SavageAlexFTW but who won that final four that year... hint look at the profile pic
@jonn8911
7 жыл бұрын
Mercidi Nsiku who just lost to Syracuse? A 17-12 team.. duke did
Kinda reminds me of Zion, Cam, RJ and Tre this year
8:50 Gordon Hayward at the back
WVU Baby
J WALL & D FOX both played in kentucky
DC gonna go play in DC this offseason
I could see EB and Boogie going to Washington one day for some reason
@aaronssworld1613
8 жыл бұрын
That would be cool
@KxngKUDA
8 жыл бұрын
that would be a huge upgrade on all accounts. they should
Patterson a straight force on the wing for the Raps, straight up robbery in that Rudy Gay deal.