Looks like he will be out another game, Wagner could make a return Saturday but not 100% on that actually happening
Mitchell out against the Zags
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If that is the case...good! Give me Z and Burks at the 4, Ugo and Bradshaw at the 5.
Mitchell, when he does return, should play no more then 5-10 min.
All he has is the ability to hit pick and pop 3s. If he isn't hitting, he provides nothing of value. He sucks defensively, lacks physicality, and is constantly slow/late on help.
Mitchell, when he does return, should play no more then 5-10 min.
All he has is the ability to hit pick and pop 3s. If he isn't hitting, he provides nothing of value. He sucks defensively, lacks physicality, and is constantly slow/late on help.
That's crazy without him our record would be worse
Burks and Z!! Play them. Z looks he could be the best player on the team and Burks the best athlete that can play! Hopefully we have someone smart enough to play them!?
The point is Mitchell brings nothing else to the table if he isn't hitting from the outside....absolutely nothing.
Give me Z and Burks at the 4 until the season ends. They will be our best bet...not Tre.
So a dose of Thiero, Big Z and Burks at the four.
Our injuries are truly amazing, the recovery time for 20 yr old players and some older take forever at uk. Maybe we can all get healthy by sec and ncaa tourney time & be 100 percent or close to it.
Michell should play about 25 minutes a game when healthy. He was one our best players for many games. I agree his defense and rebounding aren’t great though.
Been a UK fan for decades & I can never remember a time that we had 2 players out with back problems at the same time. A player here gets a hangnail & he's out 2 weeks. What a dumpster fire Calipari has created. If it's not one thing it's something else.
This is a terrible take. He's had a couple bad games in a row, but I'd venture to say that he's been our most important player for half of our games.
I think Cal needs to play this lineup
Rob
Reed
Reeves
Justin
Big Z or Bradshaw
Put Justin at the 4 like he did last night, it worked so why change it? Plus you have 3 guards who can score at a high level along with a big that can knock down the outside shot
Rob
Reed
Reeves
Justin
Big Z or Bradshaw
Put Justin at the 4 like he did last night, it worked so why change it? Plus you have 3 guards who can score at a high level along with a big that can knock down the outside shot
Not in the slightest. Mitchell has one thing he can do...pick and pop from 3. He does nothing else, at all. His screens suck, he is slow, he is out of position, is late constantly on defense, and has no physicality.
Give me Z and Burks for the rest of the year at the 4. They both have more untapped talent then Mitchell, a fifth yr player could ever have. UK reaches their potential with Z and Burks getting minutes, not with Tre.
Lmao. Seems likely... Got a video showing this?
He has been one of the best passers on the team and rebounders
You're too harsh on a player who kept things from going completely to hell down low while we waited for our bigs to heal/get eligible. Dude's a damned good facilitator from either post position, too. Big reason the team got off to such a great start this year on offense w/ sharing the ball.
Did Matt Jones leak that this morning on the show?? They have been spreading rumors lately.
Mitchell and Wagner are the most important players to a run in the tournament
Burks had a good game against an inferior team. Lets not make him the best 4 we have. If anyone other than Mitchell should start at the 4 it is Adou. Big Z cannot start at the 4 (due to his horrible fouling tendency). He starts and will sit after 3 minutes till the 2nd half. Bring him off the bench at the 4 or 5.
Reed / Reeves / Dilly / Wagner should play the 1-3 with (Adou, Burks and Edwards as back up at the 3). 4 should be Adou (till mitchell is back) then Mitchell and Adou with Big Z. 5 should be UGO/Bradshaw with Big Z if both are in foul trouble.
burks should not get more than 10 minutes a game in back up roll only.
Reed / Reeves / Dilly / Wagner should play the 1-3 with (Adou, Burks and Edwards as back up at the 3). 4 should be Adou (till mitchell is back) then Mitchell and Adou with Big Z. 5 should be UGO/Bradshaw with Big Z if both are in foul trouble.
burks should not get more than 10 minutes a game in back up roll only.
I also saw Wagner with his arm around Reed. What does that mean?
I agree with the poster before, this is a terrible take. So let me spell it out for you, since you think he can only pick and pop...
Scoring 12 points per game, dishing out 3 assists per game, shoots 50% from the field, he just had a double-double against Arkansas...
He has 4 double-doubles on the season, 6 games with double digit rebounds.
He has 9 games with 4 or more assists,
He has 13 games where he's attempt 5 or more 2-pt FG attempts (and finished at over 60%), so so much for pick and pop..
He's the best leader we have on the floor. He guards multiple positions.
Z and Shep both have an intuitive passing ability. Our other guys better be ready to catch a pass out of nowhere because these two can deliver it.
It was during the game when Edwards came out. They even showed it in slow motion replay. Hopefully it was nothing. I heard Edwards came back and got DJ so it probably was nothing.
Mitchell was playing very well and was one of the darlings of this board earlier this year, now some are saying he is trash.
Apparently, if you get injured and try to play through the injury and you don’t play well, you go from being the glue that holds the team together to trash, just like that.
Let’s wait and see how he plays once he is back to 100% (if he ever is) before we pronounce the death sentence on his UK career.
BTW, I do believe I said early in the season that if Cal kept playing Mitchell so many minutes, he would get injured. It was inevitable. Wear and tear. It takes its toll on a player.
You just can’t play a kid 35-40 minutes a game every game and expect them to stay healthy.
We’ve got to get Wagner back or Sheppard or Dillingham will be the next to go down. Wait and see.
Apparently, if you get injured and try to play through the injury and you don’t play well, you go from being the glue that holds the team together to trash, just like that.
Let’s wait and see how he plays once he is back to 100% (if he ever is) before we pronounce the death sentence on his UK career.
BTW, I do believe I said early in the season that if Cal kept playing Mitchell so many minutes, he would get injured. It was inevitable. Wear and tear. It takes its toll on a player.
You just can’t play a kid 35-40 minutes a game every game and expect them to stay healthy.
We’ve got to get Wagner back or Sheppard or Dillingham will be the next to go down. Wait and see.
These guys are good teammates and there isn’t friction among the players. Unless Bradshaw was caught kissing the UT player and someone is jealous. 
You ride with Mitchell, I choose to ride with Z and Burks. There is nothing, at all, remotely special about those stats when Tre is playing as many minutes as he has.
There is not one reason he shouldn't be averaging double digit rebs with all the minutes he averages...aside from the fact that he is slow, defensively lazy, doesn't box out, and refuses to be physical.
He's the best rebounder on the team. He also has the best low post game.
So yeah, he brings some other things besides pick-and-pop threes.
No, he doesn't...the guy averages 34 min a game, has been the biggest guy on our team that was on the court since our three 7 footers have been out for a good portion of the season...and has only averaged 7 rebs a game.
You think that is good?? Give me a break.
Like all three, but if TM can't go, I now trust Burks and Z to get the job done.
Yep, Mitchell back AT 100% is a key piece. He can sit as long as he needs to in order to get to 100%. (Same for Wagner for that matter.)
Love Mitchell on offense but he's a Matador on defense. Team actually looked a lot better interior defense last game. Granted tslent of who we played likely effected that but did look better on D regardless.
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