Is E5 serious?

He has the potential they drool over, yes, he might not have reached it all here yet, which frustrates some of us UL fans, but he undoubtedly has “it”. Plus he has a child on the way and was wanting to leave after last season.

Wish him well.

NBA teams rarely if ever draft a player based on his collegiate accomplishments. They’re FAR more interested in a player with the right body type and raw skills. Then all too often they give up on said player when he doesn’t mature as quickly as they’d like and said player realizes his potential somewhere else.

I think Earl would benefit greatly from staying in school another year and polishing his game, but he’d be crazy to pass up the money he’ll get being drafted in the top ten, which is where he’s likely to end up.

You should have had atleast 2 by now. Shawn Kemp had like 7 at that point (that we know about)

….and stop calling him E5

Who else watched the Marquette game and was surprised to see another double-double from Clark? Of course, he scored two for the opponents, but his reaction was worth giving them the deuce. The guy is just smooth. He’s one of those players that looks like he’s dogging or bored most of the time, but then you scan the stats and he’s got double digit points and high single or double digit rebounds. We will miss him next year. Hope he makes a boatload of cash in the bigs.

But the Doctors of Dunk have swagger…

Earl is a taller version of TWill’s junior season—immense talent, improving basketball IQ but in need of macro-refinement in several areas of his game…but, if you will excuse the homoerotic adjectives of Jay Bilas, his “length” and “tremendous upside potential” make him a lottery pick…and yet the all-around basketball acumen that is TWill gets nary a mention in the Player of the Year discussion and only in the last 2 weeks was he considered late 1st round talent in the Association.

For the curious, on Chad Ford’s Top 100 List:
Earl Clark sits at # 18
Patrick Patterson #28
TWill is #30 (Wedged between Free Throw Marksman Nick Calathes and Craig Brackins)
Jodie Meeks #53
Samardo #81

the last few years.

of some post earlier this year – someone made the astute point that as Cardinals fans we should be happy right now because we are playing with house money. In this metaphor e5 = house money. We have no right to have him playing for us this season. He was likely a top 10 pick last year and is a top 10 pick this year. It is simply unrealistic for fans to expect 4 years out of an Earl Clark calibre of player. If we want 4-star MDAA level guys then we’ll have to get used to getting two years out of them because three is a miracle.
Pitino has always given the impression that he has the kids’ professional interests at heart, whether they mesh with UofL’s needs or not. It’s a smart position to take. The last thing we want is for top recruits to think Pitino is going to give them a load of crap about sticking around when they really want to play two or three and bounce.
And honestly we don’t need 4-stars here for 4 years. Hopefully we’ll always have few guys like TWill who have played under the radar a little and need a senior season in the national spotlight to elevate their nba status. Williams is a great example of why a 4th year can work well for some players. I hope edgar is watching.
And let’s not kid ourselves. The reason we get a little bummed about Earl leaving isn’t b/c we are concerned he’s not ready. It’s because we start to drool when we think about what that guy could do for the cards in a senior year. But after a third season it’s time for US to be happy for Earl and to wish him the best and hope he plays so well in the NBA that people start to see the quality of player that comes out of UofL.
Just sayin’