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  • This guy has to be harder. You would think that with his ability to shoot and spread the court, his ballhandling to bring the ball up the court to take pressure off the point guard, and being a naturally big bodied defender, he would have been in conversation for rookie of the year. The Grizz are still in search of a shooter until this guy can quickly show he is that man.

  • Sorry, but, is the referee a armless? 0:33

  • Hes gotten way bigger since high school

  • Joey Graham 2.0

  • @stinkeyboy22 brandon jennings

  • PLEASE tell me what his jump shot compares to

  • PLEASE tell me what his jump shot compares to

  • PLEASE tell me what his jump shot looks like

  • I would love to see him go to the Lakers and learn under Kobe and take over after kobe leaves

  • xavier looks like a little kid here

  • it seems like he's playing with people 5-6 years younger than him.

    Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk!!!

  • His game reminds me of Calbert Cheany (IU). The one major difference is his build. His body is definitely NBA ready. However, he doesn't look that quick nor does he have great handles yet.

  • @ThaRighteous1 i agree. i watched him play a couple times in high school and ive always been a huge ku fan... ive never really seen him drive much, just shoot threes. but either way hes an amazing talent and he should be real good in the nba. still a ways off from lebron though

  • rock chalk..ku.all the way.its X time baby..!

  • reminds me of lebron in HS ( jumpshot wise)

  • What if Calipari managed to get this guy in UK along with Wall and his other recruits? OMG!!! Kentucky would definitely = OWNAGE!

  • too late now i think wall is better though

  • No. now ku = ownage

    even though hes only staying one year

  • hes staying for more than one year..he changed his mind

  • rock chalk baby

  • he's good but clebrates way to much after a basket!

  • I totally agree. He celebrates after nearly every basket. It's like ,"Ok dude, we know you're good." LoL.

  • @Y2jandMannyR4life i know whats up with that...cant have that much confidence or u wont make it in the NBA

  • kenny boynton is way better.

  • they play different positions, but 1 on 1 X would def win, he has a better spot up shot but boynton's one of the best guards

  • this cat the truth, 1 love from the streets

  • I see alot of comments about how much leadership you guys have coming back, but besides Collins( who doesn't do well against bigger guards) you have no real vocal leadership. Aldrich is a great big man, but he is not very vocal..imo

  • He's big and physical, plus that's a nice silky jumper there, he's probably one and done (if it weren't for the damn age limit he'd go straight to the NBA). He looks like a scoring 2 guard. I'm excited more about him than other player in the 09 draft class.

  • he goin to kanas no doubt

  • Kansas. He got out of his agreement with Memphis when Calipari left. Go Jayhawks!

  • he commited to memphis look it up

  • no. he didnt.

  • good player, weird shot though. we'll see how he does in Kanas

  • Good shooter..Reminds me of cj miles

  • I'd like to say that a lot of us KU ppl couldn't have cared less if we had lost Henry. The fact is that we were considered serious contenders for the title next year BEFORE all the talk about Henry coming to KU. Not saying I don't want him at KU, I'm delighted he's going, but it wouldn't mean we would suck if he didn't go. We may not have as many 5 star recruits, but we do have everybody back from last year and I'll take that over a couple of one-and-done's. This is just me talking though.

  • we turn 3-4 star recruits into lottery picks =D

  • I also hate how they think beacuse they got xavier henry he is the best, look at the top 5 two of those player are at UK.

  • You may have all those recruits, but KU has the leadership needed to win in tight situations. I'm not saying Kentucky will suck this year. (On the contrary, I think that they have a serious chance of going all the way.) But KU has everybody back with the addition of the few recruits so I'm also expecting them to go far. Many games have shown that you can have all that talent, but its useless if you don't know what to do in tight situations.

  • We have a preseason #1 team who was only lacking a shooting guard. We now have the #1 shooting guard in the nation.

    Wall and Lance are ranked higher, but we didn't need them. We needed X.

  • you know whats funny, all the kansas fans got 2 5stars and there flippin, you realize we have double that, and coach call, kansas is a little jealous me thinks.

  • Collins was a five star, Aldrich was a five star, Taylor was a five star, Xavier is a five star and Robinson is a five star.

  • You know what is funny is how much faith Jody had in coach cal.

    Two of our players have rings..how many do you have

  • Yeah and when coaching comes in thats when kansas wins. coach cal lost the game for memphis in the championship. kansas and self without xavier would still kick coach cal and whatever team he has. watch the memphis and ku championship game or the last 5 mins and tell us ku fans if your still excited about coach cal

  • Still excited ... Did you watch any of UK's games while Billy G was coach? Those two seasons started the recession in KY..lol

  • Can you hear that?.ROOOOOCK CHAAALK JAY- HAWK KAAAAAY-YOOOOMan this year is going to be exciting..You know, if we cut our team in half and had two different teams (because we obviously can with all our talent and leadership this year) it would do two things

    1. let UK off the hook so they won't have to go to that (I say this next word with the greatest love towards those Bubba's down in Frankfort) Dag Gum nc2a ternament and give them time to find a new coach. 2. more play for our players.

    RCJHKU

  • Kansas fans: Have fun hearing Carl Henry complain on a weekly basis for the next year.

  • I'll take Henry in a heartbeat a UK. I be damn proud.

  • @kycats06: Better luck next time, huh?

  • he looks like a catch and shoot player. how will he fit into the dribble drive?

  • X Henry will be going to KU but they still wont make the final four because of this shit.

  • It's funny going on the different message boards and reading different comments all over youtube/Henry videos, of KU fans crying and throwing a little whinny fit

  • John Wall withdraws from Kentucky, goes to Kansas.

    How would you respond to that headline?

  • There was an article written about this kid in the KC Star that ripped all over him and some idiot fans got all mad about it and ripped all over him too. Real KU fans still want this kid to play for KU, but some morons can't keep their mouths shut. He'll probably end up at UK and we'll be one 3-guard short of a National Title team.

  • if uk gets him preseason num 1 for sure. but youknow people will trash us and say we paidhim, hey we all new that once meeks left it was a strong possibility that henry would reconsider, i just didnt think it was true,

  • UK has ONE scholly open right now. CJ can walk on and have his tuition paid by The Yankees. This isn't a coincidence, and after hearing KU fans absolutely rip the Henry's all day on local radio, I wouldn't be surprised if X verbally committed tonight. Either way its a win-win for UK and I love it. C'mon X, we would love to have you in UK Blue!!!

  • hey uk has 2 open schollies right now, you think cal did it for a reason, come to uk xavier we could always use that top shooting guard to take over for meeks

  • UK wants you if KU does not fill the one hole perimeter shooting and show Kansas that you could have made a much bigger difference than they thought...

  • one more chance to get it right Wall, Meeks, Henry, cousins, Patterson thats an NBA starting 5...

  • Xavier you got another chance to get things right to not only play with the greatest recruits ever but possibly the greatest team ever even if meeks come back you should if he does not no brainer

  • The greatest team EVER? The greatest team ever, according to you, is preseason ranked #7. Kansas is preseason #1. Heavily. "Overwhelming favorite to win the title."- Andy Katz

    I will bet you 1 million dollars Henry goes to KU. I'm serious. 1 million dollars. Are you in?

  • Ok Ill take your bet fol2005...lol

  • I wanna take that bet too

  • I'll take that bet too!

  • stephenson will kill this dude and is more talented...but who will end up in the nba? this kid not stephenson...

  • Just sayin, I have sources that I know -meaning more than one that have confirmed talk by Xavier Henry not being happy w/ his decision to go to KU and is upset by the fact he did what his mom wanted and maybe not what he wanted. He is only VERBALLY committed to KU, They arent saying anything definite but the possibility of him once again decommitting and coming to UK is a good chance since Meeks is considered now doubtful to return to UK...this becomes a vacated area, perfect for him to fit into

  • ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK. Talent + experience beats raw talent alone. And john wall hasn't even played one second of college basketball yet. Collins and Aldrich will be the best inside-outside duo in the nation next year, plus we have the BEST COACH IN THE COUNTRY, bill self, and xavier and c.j. henry. Plus our bench next year could probably be a starting lineup. Kentucky fans, that smacktalk is gonna backfire on you. Oh and success starts at the free throw line. Just a reminder :]

  • if KU makes the NC think his mommy will let him stay up that late on a school night?? doesn't matter cause better player Wall, Cousins and prolly Orton who would have been top 5 if he hadn't got hurt...will hang their banner

  • if KU makes it to the NC will xaviers mommy let him stay up that late on a school night doesn't matter BC Wall, cousins you know better players who made their own choices will win the title....

  • xavier henery goes to my school

  • like paul pierce this kid it dumb paul may not dunk on ppl but he is one of the bet player in the nba you dont gotta be exlposive to win championships and that's what xavier henry is gonna do at KU go jawhawks

  • i hate pleyers like this boring.... not exlposive very slow like paul pierce it just pisses me off i want to see people getting posterized not slow pokes like this its just so boring be like derrick rose or lebron james whom both are quick even kevin durant who is 6'10 this dude a bust gurantee

  • Kentucky fan hahahaa

  • yea, ur dumb

  • OK so don't be like Paul Pierce, NBA champion and future hall of famer. Be like Derrick Rose, loser to KU.

    Whatever Arizona fan. The big 5 are talking here, go back to your B-list chats with the likes of Louisville and Utah and leave the championship discussions to the relevant teams, KU, UK, UCLA, NC and Duke.

  • be like derrick rose huh? the same derrick rose that was posterized on chalmers three point shot? ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK

  • posterized? what game were you watching? rose was mm away from blocking that shot. john wall is the truth.

  • yeah but brandon rush is kinda like paul pierce.. rush is way promising dan this guy tho.

  • welcome ta kansas baby

  • hes a good shooter.. big bodied. but he is slow as hell.. hes going to be a bust... mark my word!!!!! elijah johnson will have a better career than him...

  • henry will be one and done and elijah will be like tyshawn and stay awhile

  • big,slow, shooter

    thats the exact same description i would give to brandon rush.

    he playing in the nba.

  • This makes for a wierd home coming next year because We play Memphis next year in St Louis.

  • u already know the schedule? if u wld, send me the link as to where it is plz, and ty

  • We have a CHANCE to play Memphis. We're in some tournament with them, so if we win our game and Memphis wins their game, than we end up playing each other.

    We have a good team next year but our schedule is already looking tough. AT Temple, AT Tennessee and AT UCLA

  • TARdmgHEEL... are you kidding me? The scouting report on Wall is that his outside shot needs improvement... Wall may be good, but not because he's a pure shooter. Oh, and Wall is ranked behind Henry in alot of the recruiting rags.

  • Welcome to LAWRENCE!!

  • welcome to Kansas.

  • WELCOME TO KU

  • bringing it back to lawrence next year... cant wait to storm mass street again.

  • He's such a good shooter...BUT if you haven't seen John Wall, you haven't seen anything. Props to Griffin and Rubio and whomever else, I think Wall would be the #1 pick if he was in this draft.

  • ha man i hate north carolina but the john wall kid is a stud

  • x to KU.

    Rock chalk Jay hawk.

    Bill Self is the man!

  • i just want to say rock chalk jayhawk!!!! nat champs, look out!!!!

  • He is going to Kansas :) National champs baby!!!!!!

  • looks like he just commited to kansas boys!

  • Hes coming to Kansas, why would he go to kentucky? His parents went here and it is has the most tradition out of any school in the country. I respect Kentucky for all their amazing accomplishments but their program will not be good for a couple more years, Calipari will get it back though.

  • wrong on two counts. He is visiting Kentucky. Plus if he wanted to commit to Kansas why not do it already.

  • He's not visiting Kentucky. Henry said he's going to be making his decision this week and that a visit to Kentucky wasn't necessary.

    Even as a KU fan, I don't know if that means he's going to UK or KU. I don't think any kid would go to a school he's never been too. But this is a one and done guy so maybe it doesn't matter to him.

  • wrong he said in an article today on zagsblog he is visiting.

  • Wrong. He is going to his prom instead. He says a visit isn't necessary to make a decision.

    You're own sports writer said Henry is for sure going to Henry and that everyone is just waiting for him to announce that this week.

  • He is going to prom on friday, thus the reason why he won't take a visit

  • HES GOING TO KANSAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITs Legit

  • lol

    speaking of being wrong on 2 counts.

    No visit to Kentucky

    Committing to KU tomorrow morning.

  • no Kansas has 3 national titles. Kentucky has 7. If you say Kansas has 5 then Kentucky has 9 because that would be the truth. Helms titles were titles among who won the most games.

  • I would like to say that your Legend of a coach Adolf Rupp is a Kansas Alum so you can thank us for that

  • Incorrect. Helms titles were voted on by members of the Helms Athletic Foundation. They actually voted on a champion until the early '80's. They are also listed in the official NCAA record books.

  • i dnt see him as 1 and done if hes jst a jumpshooter.. i think he nids a goodteamate 2 make his game works..

  • he wants to come to kansas, they just trying to nullify the letter of intent he signed with memphis... why would he even want to go to kentucky ? just casue calipari is money hungry and sold out memphis, does not mean he will follow..

    he has a letter of transfer if calipari bolted, which he did... he has never even visited kentucky, but he has visited kansas, what does that tell u ? look 4 henry to be in a jaywaks uniform this fall... sorry kentucky, he does not want to play for you

  • clueless. that is the reason why he is visiting and said he wouldn't even have to visit to go to kentucky.

  • ok lets stop this madness now, this guy wants to come to kansas, they are trying to work out him geting out that signed letter of intent he signed with memphis, when calipari ditched memohis 4 all that money (

    where the honor calipari? huh, tell me that- memphis said they would match the money, but calipari bolted anyway..... this guy will be at kansas playing along side collins. u watch n see

  • im sorry but if kentucky getts at least john wall or henry they will be good because meeks and patterson will come back + they got john calipari now

  • YOU gon see preseason fav. when kentucky gets Xavier A.K.A. X-man,john wall,jodie meeks,darius miller,patrick patterson,demarcus cousins daniel orton and etc. kentucky is goin ta have depth and there gonna go postal

  • i hardly saw him do anything but catch and shoot, is he mainly just a shooter

  • I think Kentucky would be a perfect fit. Calipari knows how to prepare players for the pros and Henry would be joining one of the most powerful front lines in the country, and a fan base that is unmatched anywhere. It would be a good fit, but I wish you the best wherever you go! You are a fine basketball player!

  • KU wasn't nothing until 1 year ago when self finally won kansas a championsip. It took him since the 80s to get Kansas back. Kentucky has 4 more championships than them, more wins, better percentage, more coaches with titles, more nba players

  • If he's thinking about being one and done, then would he want kansas?

    With Aldrich and collins returning, plus this years' returning freshman class....and Self

    If he wants a ring in college, KU is his best bet because they're all ready the preseason favorites

  • umm, ku has more nba players. better nba players all time history, maybe ku doesnt have as many wins, or champ, but ku invented basketball, oo and ku was good more than a year ago. remember when roy williams took them to an ncaa championship, and ku has been in the sweet 16 or better every year for the past 4 years. get ur story straight. oo and ku has the best nba player on record besides kareem abdul jabar in WILT CHAMBERLAIN!!!!!!!!

  • KU has 5 championships.

  • i cant beleive anybody would say that they have more history than kansas basketball. Wow u should be at your knees thanking for makin the game!!!! if we didnt make it u wouldnt be talkin. Carolina isnt special at all. Kentucky used to be somtin but now is terrible

  • henry is smooth as silk if him and wall comes to uk and if meeks descides to come back for his senior year and our big guys patterson and orton stay healthy we would be final four contenders next season GO BIG BLUE

  • I count 5 'ifs" in that statement.

  • well with a new coach we won't lose anything. plus we still will have a better winning percentage more titles and more conference titles. You know little about college basketball don't you

  • this kid isn't going to kansas. He's had his whole life the think about going to kansas. He will take his sweet time and take a visit to kentucky where he will almost certainly go. Poor lance stephenson should be pissed that he has to wait for this kid to make up his mind.

  • You are crazy Rupp won 4 National Titles and 2 Helms titles more than the 2 inventors of college basketball. Him coming from Kansas or not

  • Kentucky might have had tradition 60 years ago but in this decade there has certainly been no tradition. Sorry guys your past your prime.

  • if your a kansas fan you got one championship in this decade. if your a duke fan you weren't even a program until the 90s. if your carolina, carolina has a case with all time program. you say we haven't had tradition since 60 years ago you are stupid. We have won attendance titles year in and year out and went to 3 championships 96-98.

  • im sorry, but kentucky has no idea what basketball is about. y dont u go smoke some more blue grass and leave basketball up to where its set in root!!! ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK 4 LIFE

  • There is no Kentucky program without Kansas!

    Naismith>Allen>Rupp.

    Chew on that!

  • Well they weren't successful until they got to Kentucky. Without you stealing Illinois coach you wouldn't have a third national championship.

  • kansas -- coach of the year-bill self, preseason #1, and uh, kentucky is a nobody nowadays. who cares if jodie meeks and whoever his name is were "numbering one scorers." you lost in the NIT to a team that was on a seven game losing streak during the season.

  • if you idiots didn't know anything kentucky has number one attendance. number 2 in championships. number one in wins. number one in conf. tourny wins. number one in percentage. 4 or 5 more titles than Kansas.....

  • That was last year under Bill Self's assistant which was his fault mainly. Kansas has only won two or three titles. I wonder who has better fans ones who break attendance records or your team

  • We have 5. - 1922, 1923, 1952, 1988, 2008!

  • you don't have 5 championships your an idiot, if your including helms titles kentucky has 9. 1933,

    1948, 1949, 1951,1954, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998

  • 2 jayhawks just transferred opening up room for cj and xavier. Jayhawks national champs 2010.

  • boehman.... i have one thing to say. ur a moron.

  • wow, bigger stage? BIGGER STAGE??????? are u crazy? Kansas is where bastketball was invented, they are a pre season number one, and they are undefeated at home for the pst 2 years. cole aldrich, and sherron are already better than anybody uk could even get straight out of high school, so tell me how is UK, which has been the bucket of the ncaa the past 10 years is a bigger stage?

  • your soooo stupid lol. im pretty sure xavier puts a pretty big amount of thought about the fact that kansas was the place where basketball was invented into his decision. kentucky is still alltime wins leader, lets not forget. uk went to the elite 8 not to long ago. and jodie meeks and patrick patterson were the highest scoring 1-2 punch in the ncaa this year. kentucky will be the biggest stage in the country if he or even john wall goes, uk will start 5 future pros and be in a NC running

  • lets not forget they are about to lose the all time wins spot, then what will your come back be?

  • sorry but no kentucky will gain this year if anything. Kentucky 7 national championships. How about your program?

  • yea, ur right ur team was good in the past. can u beat kansas now? o btw, we have 5 nat titles, and have been to the champ game more than u have, and kansas is where basketball originated from...... so dont tell me we arent the most prestigious, and most historical school when it comes to basketball.

  • he will be at kentucky i almost guarantee it..Meeks SUPPOSEDLY is declaring for the draft cuz he wants but Calipari is VERY SMART. check this out....meeks and calipari have meeting....he tells meeks to put his name out for the draft as a bait...xavier sees the opening....uh oh instant playing time.....he commits to UK, what? meeks returning. GOTCHA haha, Cousins, Henry and the fact Wall's dad said he would not be thinking logically to go away from calipari due to his great NBA grooming ability.

  • yeah that all sounds great except for the fact that the only reason henry choose memphis over kansas(where his mon and dad played) was because his brother walked on at memphis after signed a baseball contract not because of coach calipari.

    now that his brother is free its only logical that both his brother and him play at their parents alma matter

  • Did you not see the article where his dad said he wanted to go to Kansas?

  • Kentucky is still in the mix for sure. I heard Kansas a few days ago but he has`t made up his mind yet. I mean he already committed to Calipari before, so i don`t see any reason he won`t follow. Cousins just made it official, and Wall might do the same. The only thing that has changed is the fact that he will be on a bigger stage at Kentucky. If anything the situation has improved.

  • Bigger stage? You mean the SEC? For a school who lost in the NIT?

    Or the preseason #1, longest home winning streak in the nation Kansas Jayhawks? Henry's dad said he wants to go to Kansas. Besides Self is a better coach than Calapari.

  • hes goin to kansas

  • KU all the way why wouldn't u

  • lol guys.. the kids going to memphis. not uk..

  • callipari left,

    he decommited to memphis and is now looking at kansas and kentucky

  • His father reported that espn and rivals report was totally untrue and that they hadnt even discussed his choice yet as of today

  • ESPN said hers going to kansas

  • be smart nd come 2 kentucky

  • He's a Jayhawk

  • his pops said hes goin to sign wit ku as soon as he gets released frm memphis

    ......das wat espn reported on their website

  • dude i go to this guys school this guy is freakin tall

  • KANSAS

  • Xavier,

    Just remember how many timeouts are left, and you and kentucky will do what michigan couldn't.

  • he gonna help bring UK # 8

  • UK all the way

  • BECOME A JAYHAWK

  • Sure Xavier good but who is that double zero

  • The jayhawks have made a huge mistake. Xavier Henry will go to kentucky and Lance will be pissed that KU wanted Xavier more. Lance will go to Maryland or St. Johns.

  • you can win titles at uk too go cats

  • true.. but kentuckys gotta little while before they will win another national champ.

  • i think hes gonna be a jayhawk. at least i hope he will be... his last two schools were memphis and kansas, now that calipari is gone i think hes gonna come to kansas so he can experience a national champ.

  • don't forget... he said last night after the all-american game that he will visit kentucky and kansas and then will decide after his two visits are done

  • COME TO UK!

  • This kid would really look good in UK Blue. But even if he doesn't come, we still got Jodie Meeks and Darius Miller. GO CATS!!!!!!

  • He should go to Oklahoma to play for Jeff Capel. He would be paired with two other McDonald's All-Americans.

  • None of you know what Xavier Henry is doing. None.  You know who might know where Xavier Henry is going to play next year? Xavier Henry. Keep the ignorant assumptions rollin'.

  • He's not going to UK, idiots. He wants to play with his brother in Memphis, and if he didn't want to play in Memphis.. he would go to Kansas.

  • dude this kid is sick he will kick ass at kentucky GO BIG BLUE

  • Kentucky isn't getting Calapari's recruits.

    Henry narrowed it down to Kansas and Memphis last year.

  • well now hes narrowed it down to kansas kentucky

  • then y demarcus cousins say uk is at the top of his list nw calipari is at uk

  • Hey guys, lets keep a tally of how many ignorant and arrogant kentucky fans say that all of memphis' recruits are coming to uk. If that were true, wouldn't orton and hood go with gillispie, of course not, right? Uk is the center of the universe and will get every recruit in the world. As long as they got enough money to pay wall, henry, cousins, etc.....sadly they do.

  • Kansas was almost his first choice......If calipari leaves he's going to KANSAS. Sorry kentucky fans you can't buy your way out of everything!

  • He going to Kansas if calipari leaves that was almost his first choice. Sorry but Kentucky can't buy their way into everything you know!

  • KENTUCKY!!!!!