A glimpse into the future

by Mike Rutherford on Apr 10, 2009 3:40 PM EDT in Basketball Comment 26 comments

From Jody Demling's blog:

Damn Mike Marra is tatted up, and damn Rakeem Buckles is not swayed by peer pressure.

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For some reason, I was thinking that Rakeem was bigger – not height-wise, but weight. Anyway, if Marra is the shooter that Coach thinks he is and will become, watch out. You also get the impression that Siva is going to push Edgar hard for the point starting job.

I’m still in a funk over the Eilte Eight.

by BR7 on Apr 10, 2009 8:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

me too

damn…

you’d think at 55 i wouldn’t care what a bunch of 18-21 yr olds did (who weren’t my kids)

but i do

by frankpos on Apr 10, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Siva got the corredt hand for the L now

Next—mr buckles

by frankpos on Apr 10, 2009 8:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He’ll regret that one in a couple of years.

"You win some, You lose some but you never stop trying to do your best" Denny Crum

by DANCARD on Apr 10, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

Doesn’t it look like Siva has a hair scrunchie around his left wrist?

by thecraphead on Apr 11, 2009 2:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

thats a shooting sleeve... but yes thats what it looks like

chillin villian

by JimmyClifford on Apr 11, 2009 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

thoughts

-I think Van Treese will suck and transfer at some point.
-Peyton is cool.
-Agree that Buckles is a lot smaller than expected
-Holy shit Marra is a dirtbag. We dont need an Eric Devendorf. No idea what his personality is like and yes its very unfair for me to compare them but its safe to say the 2 have a decent amount in common. Hopefully not the same approach to women.

by Web on Apr 11, 2009 4:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

you take one look

see that’s he’s white and has some tattoos and call him a dirtbag and liken him to devendorf? that’s weak. they have a decent amount in common? you got anything besides that they’re both white and have some tattoos?

I’m just pumped the kids coming to UofL.

by jbrobe04 on Apr 11, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

they are both shooters

they are both 6’ 4" and espn.com says he considered Cuse Theres 3 more things they have in common slick Your tellin me he doesnt look like a dirtbag?

by Web on Apr 12, 2009 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

haha c'mon Web

You can’t stereotype kids like that. Its 2009. My retired English professor Grandma just got a freakin tatoo.

by UL is my hot hot sex on Apr 12, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

if youre not used to tats by now

you better start looking elsewhere for a team to cheer for..lol

Im not making any assumptions until I see the fellas on the court.

by twistedwedge on Apr 12, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

haha, no kidding...

Tats in the basketball world are the equivalent to steroids in baseball and men wearing women’s clothing in figure skating. Doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re a difficult person to get along with—its merely just a product of the culture each respective sport has manufactured over the years.

by UL is my hot hot sex on Apr 12, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Kick Rocks for that comment.

Don’t forget these are kids just coming out of H.S.
geez show sum class….ass!

by AllinWithMyCards on Apr 12, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice oop...

…Siva to Buckles.

Hopefully see that combo a few times in the next couple of years. Buckles needs to put on some weight but I imagine he will under Pitino.

by CardsFan922 on Apr 11, 2009 7:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

are you kidding????

dirtbag? do you know the kid?

by FreddyC on Apr 11, 2009 10:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

nope

I dont know John Calipari either

by Web on Apr 12, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Looks to me like a great shooter

we definitely dont need shooters on this high powered offensive team…heavy sarcasm

by twistedwedge on Apr 12, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

talked to marra tonight...

he looks a little devendorf like… but he is a very humble kid…

he dont even talk with all the slang that he would look like he would…

very nice to fans after the classic…

if Siva stays all 4 years, he mat be loved more than T-Will… he has that kind of personality…

buckles will be decent… he will be a better george goode….

van treese might see the court his jr year… if he stays…

chillin villian

by JimmyClifford on Apr 11, 2009 10:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

better George Goode?

But we don’t know yet how goode George can be. (Couldn’t resist.) Seriously, I thought GG had a couple of great showings around turn of year, then coach disappeared him. ???

by 97E3LPL on Apr 13, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

From the C-J:

bq.Siva was the first to try the most ambitious dunk, to the delight of the current U of L players assembled at midcourt. He had Sosa lob the ball from the bleachers. The ball bounced too high on the first attempt, so Siva waited to catch it and dunk it the second time around.

bq.“It was my idea,” Siva said. “I wanted to show everyone we’re going to be good teammates next year, but the ball was too bouncy.”

That last quote pretty much sums up Sosa’s relationship with UL basketball as a whole.

by UL is my hot hot sex on Apr 12, 2009 12:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

(do-over) From the C-J:

Siva was the first to try the most ambitious dunk, to the delight of the current U of L players assembled at midcourt. He had Sosa lob the ball from the bleachers. The ball bounced too high on the first attempt, so Siva waited to catch it and dunk it the second time around.