Scuttlebutt: Zoom Diallo and Dedan Thomas together

RedwoodHigh

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A few people on X are posting scoop that Pope is close to getting Zoom Diallo and Dedan Thomas to both come to Kentucky.

I'm not so sure this is a good combo. Neither of them are great shooters. Call me crazy, but I think we need great shooters to run Popes offense.
They would be a great combo to run Popes offense. - they easily replace OO & Aberdeen in scoring + better at distribution & getting the ball to MM. - Kam - Hawthorne .
Now go get a replacement for Jelly & Mo.
 

RedwoodHigh

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It’s for any and every player, here’s the playbook for current names:

Wright: overpaid mercenary, doesn’t impact winning
Stokes: doesn’t want to be here, overpaid
Diallo: can’t shoot
Dedan: injured
Paulius: not athletic enough
Freeman: Pope needs a stretch 4
Avdalas: can’t shoot, just tall
Cox: Colgate, omg Pope is killing the program
Hill: a guy who couldn’t start for VCU? Where are the studs!?!?
Brown: can’t shoot scorer off a bad team. These people will also weirdly make the connection to him randomly playing at Utah

On and on lol
Duke is missing its Village Troll.Here they are.
 
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Well he did HIT eight 3s in one tournament game. Not his fault Cal couldn’t coach. Had the best big man in the country and we shot over 30 3s against WVU.

EDIT: Those eight 3s were a school record. So….
You aren't kidding Cousins was damn near unstoppable down low. He made the same mistake in 2015 when he quit going to KAT too.
 

bigblue1971

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Pope apparently has Zoom Diallo at the horse track. Exactly where a 20 year old hooper does not want to be.

WTF is he thinking? What a dumb *** bad recruiter.


My goodness. That's it I'm going into my cryogenic sleep chamber for the next 12 months until this bozo is fired.
 
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Cowtown Cat

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You aren't kidding Cousins was damn near unstoppable down low. He made the same mistake in 2015 when he quit going to KAT too.
That AND we only shot FIVE 3s against Wisconsin, with two of those coming in final minute. Needed to soften up the defense and hit some outside shots. That never happened because we didn’t take any. He’s a bum.
 
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JohnRambo82

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Taking 20 year old hoopers to the horse track with old folks drinking mint juleps?

cool recruiting Mark Pope. (and that’s post #79 for me)

And I’ve seen this kind of nonsense with Woodson. It doesn’t end well.
I’m just telling him you’re an Indiana fan. I figured that’s why you haven’t been around much? You haven’t tried to hide that or anything, but considering your username some people on here might not know that
 

ukfan042

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I’m telling ya. If Pope misses on Diallo after an in person visit, while other schools are apparently just signing them over the phone. You can stick a fork in his future here.
I was just about to post the same thing! If he leaves without a commitment, this is defcon 4 levels of panic!
 

Cowtown Cat

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I’m just telling him you’re an Indiana fan. I figured that’s why you haven’t been around much? You haven’t tried to hide that or anything, but considering your username some people on here might not know that
I didn’t know. I knew he wasn’t a UK fan, even with the handle. If he isn’t trying to hide it, why that handle?
 
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Katscratch

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Where else is he supposed to take him…the mall? Lexington isn’t the most exciting city in case you didn’t know.
Ummm… where there are people he can relate to. He’s from a diverse urban neighborhood in Tacoma, Washington.

At night he should be escorted around campus by beautiful, tipsy women.
 

*Fox2Monk*

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It's a reputable source. There are reasons I can't post it here.

 
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*Fox2Monk*

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Wall and bledsoe both were bad shooters
That’s why we got cooked in the E8, I’m hoping Pope doesn’t let them fire away if they both come. That said, he hasn’t proved he can run an offense well without shooting so it’s a rock and a hard place. We need players of that caliber on the roster though.
 

*Fox2Monk*

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We could sign the number 1 portal team and the narrative will immediately switch to bagging on the coaching.
Both are issues to be fair. We need the players but coaching is a major problem and we don’t even have a full staff now.
 

Bungalow Bill

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I guess some people think the only fillies at Keeneland are horses. I'm sure a 20 year-old won't be checking out the beautiful women. What a bad place to take him.
 

*Fox2Monk*

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It’s for any and every player, here’s the playbook for current names:

Wright: overpaid mercenary, doesn’t impact winning
Stokes: doesn’t want to be here, overpaid
Diallo: can’t shoot
Dedan: injured
Paulius: not athletic enough
Freeman: Pope needs a stretch 4
Avdalas: can’t shoot, just tall
Cox: Colgate, omg Pope is killing the program
Hill: a guy who couldn’t start for VCU? Where are the studs!?!?
Brown: can’t shoot scorer off a bad team. These people will also weirdly make the connection to him randomly playing at Utah

On and on lol
That would be an amazing portal haul.
 
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