Eric Heinrich

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@UKFREAK00 Come December the guys he gets to commit will not "fit the system". Book it.

Pope is clearly big game hunting in the portal. We won't land them all, but we can't strike out. Gotta land a couple

@eric_heinrich Give it a month then your portal will start, let everyone decide who they want then UD can take a look at what's left.

Kentucky basketball needs less media. It's 14 hours into portal season and we're "strongly in the mix" for any guy the staff has shown any interest in Zoom calls will happen, the staff will back off, players won't be interested, deals won't get done. Stop hyping up every call

@DaytonBC I'd condense it even more at a place like Dayton. Spend 90% on 5 guys.

This direction may be the future of college basketball roster construction where top 8-10 players get revenue share/NIL and next players scholarship only.

@CB__chris5 This is similar to saying "The sun will come out tomorrow". Put some names on it.

We are about to see a few players enter the portal. Next day or two.

I was flying Southwest from Dallas to New York. Three rows ahead of me, there was a young soldier in uniform. He looked barely 18. He was staring straight ahead, gripping the armrests. He looked nervous. When the drink cart came around, the flight attendant asked him what he wanted. 'Coke, please,' he said. 'Heading home?' she asked kindly. 'No, ma'am,' he said. 'Deploying. First time.' The whole row went quiet. The flight attendant didn't say a word. she handed him his Coke. Then, she got on the PA system. 'Ladies and gentlemen, we have a very special guest in Row 8 today. Private Miller is on his first deployment to serve our country. Since I can't buy him a drink, I’m going to ask a favor. If you want to write him a note of encouragement, pass it forward.' I grabbed a napkin. I wrote: 'You got this. Stay safe. - A dad from Row 12.' I watched as napkins traveled up the aisle. Napkins, receipts, pages torn from books. By the time we landed, the soldier had a pile of paper on his tray table three inches high. He stood up to get his bag, and he was wiping his eyes. He carefully packed every single scrap of paper into his rucksack. 'Thank you,' he told the flight attendant. 'No,' she said. 'Thank you.' We all walked off that plane a little quieter, reminded that freedom is just a word until you meet the kid who is defending it. Credit: Margie Lee

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

Can we stop having Keonte Jones on the same side as the post up? Just dumb. They can just double the post with no worries.

@DYTChrisKing He has been disappointing offensively but the kid plays hard as hell. If Montgomery played as hard as him he would be 1st team all A10.

Shoutout to Keonte Jones massive OReb on Javon blocked layup

@DaytonDers Watched him against Centerville in the state title game. He looked like a high schooler playing against middle schoolers in a game with multiple future d1 players on the floor. Truly #builtdifferent.

Wanted him as a Flyer

@meekmiller44 @TheDegenWeekly @Costco And you're telling me to stop posting about this stuff due to my diet???

@TheDegenWeekly ELITE sold @Costco

Alright I wasn’t going to tell anyone but I can’t keep it a secret any longer… I ate a frozen pizza last night 😬 Just had the weirdest craving. I never eat frozen pizza. Went with Digiorno. It was meh. Like 5.5/10 So I’m curious - what’s an elite frozen pizza?

@UKFREAK00 I need to know if you're making love to Mark Pope. You spend your day defending the guy. He's a good coach...that's it. Nothing more nothing less. Wrap your mind around it.

@DaltonJJones19 Last Coach lost at home to UNC-Wilmington at this app talked about how good UNCW was UNCW lost to Appalachian State by 30. Terrible loss tonight but the revisionist history on this app is insane

Mark Pope now has more home losses (6) than Calipari did in his first 5 seasons. 41-21 as a head coach at Kentucky….. Injuries or not, you don’t lose to a 5-7 SEC team at home which had also lost 4 straight. Last coach would be getting blasted online for this performance.

Benito Santiago throwing runners out from his knees is baseball nostalgia at its best!

@UKFREAK00 In the words of Ken Rebok: "Excuses are like butts. Everyone has one, and they stink."

@eric_heinrich How I imagine you fire off basketball takes

The "This is Kentucky. Still not good enough" are lazy When you average a season ending injury to one of your Top 7 rotation players an average of every 12 games over two seasons, this context has to matter. Mark Pope is coaching his ass off. Don't be too lazy to see it.

@OfficialAJHawk Remember this squad? My parents found some old Beavercreek Stars throwbacks. #NattyChamps

@meekmiller44 Body. 2 shots.

@eric_heinrich No way that’s what you see

Worst call in history

Update the stat! Sub-200 KenPom losses: Brian Gregory (8 years): 2 Archie Miller (6 years): 2 Anthony Grant (9 years): 16