Lance Stephenson (McDonalds All American Game)

He looked pretty bad at the start of the game. Didn't pass the ball very much, took bad shots, and turned the ball over several times. He got better over the course of the game. Then, in the last four minutes, he really came alive. He had some nice steals and hit a couple of clutch shots. In the last minute, he had a great lob pass to Derrick Favors that helped his team win.

He is clearly very talented, but early in the game, he showed some poor decision-making abilities. I'm sure he was not 100% focused on the game, with all of the recent turmoil going in recruiting, so I don't want to be too harsh though.

Here are his official stats:

6/11 FGs, 0/2 3pt FGs, 12 points, 4 rebounds, 5 fouls, 6 assists, 6 turnovers, 3 steals in 23 minutes.

Stats for 2009 Game

Until Calipari went to UK, it seemed like Stephenson was destined to go to Kansas. Now, it's much more confusing. Even though they don't play the exact same position, I doubt that Xavier Henry and Stephenson will end up at the same place. However, Henry seems to be the least likely of the Big 3 (Cousins, Stephenson, and Wall) to follow Calipari to UK, based on his comments so far. Henry has family connections to Kansas, and it was the only other program he seriously considered. I think Stephenson delayed his announcement because he wanted to see how everything will play out in the next few weeks.

Henry has a clause in his scholorship that if Calipai takes another job he can back out of his signing.

All the Memphis recruits have in worded in their LOI's that they can get out of it if Cal left. It also states there are no restrictions and that they can follow Cal.

I wish Trent would start to recuit MCD All-Americans instead of honor students. Someone tell him great LA HS players are lucky to have a 2.0 grade point and he is not at DUKE or STANFORD, he is at LSU.

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Henry has a clause in his scholorship that if Calipai takes another job he can back out of his signing.

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Hogwash.