Originally Posted by
CDu
I think you're looking at the wrong 80-minute allotment, though. Jefferson is looking at minutes the 4 or 3 position, not the 4-5. Parker will be looking for minutes at the 5. The two do not overlap. We have 3 guys at the 3 and 4 position (Kelly, Hairston, Murphy) and 2 guys at the 5 position (the Plumlees). Parker's decision would affect Marshall, but would not affect the minutes available at the 4 spot (because neither Plumlee was going to play PF next year). So Parker's decision does not affect Jefferson.
Conversely, there are 80 minutes at the 3 and 4 spots. Kentucky currently has 2 guys playing those spots, and both would likely play ahead of Jefferson. But there would (currently) be plenty of minutes available for him there. But they are recruiting another PF (Bennett) and SG/SF (Pollard) who would play ahead of Jefferson. By comparison, we have only 3 guys at the 3/4 spots, and it's possible that Jefferson could beat out Murphy or Hairston for minutes. As such, it would seem that the decisions most relevant to Jefferson are those of Bennett and Pollard - not Parker.