There is no stud game changer coming here to play for Pope.
Pope Flying to Israel
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6'9, 250 lbs is certainly center material. Oscar Tshiebwe would be a prime example.
Can’t wait for Raindouche to jump in here and tell everyone how amazing this guy is and he’s someone every school wants and is on NBA draft boards.
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Well I guess its almost a done deal. 6"8 backup center.
Oscar T. was a an exceptional player, though.
I would take his skill set and experience as a backup. Hopefully he doesn't cost more than $1m
This guy doesn't seem to be that good. a short center like this tells me he isn't skilled. His stats are mid to bad. Under 4 rebounds? Yikes. Contingency plan F.
I wish he was flying some where for some more guards at this point since he apparently is holding Morton from committing.
IDGAF where he's from if he's not from the US. College sports is not a 2nd tier professional league which is what it is turning into. It was designed for 18-22 year olds who are getting an education and playing for their school. This has been destroyed.
I thought of Oscar when I typed that (size wise). Seems they have two very different games though Oscar was relentless, an absolute ball hawk. Santos seems to be more of a scorer who stretches to more like a NCAA PF. Seems like if he is playing the post for the Cats for a stretch it will be to draw big defenders out of the paint to open up the dribble drive. I'm not down on Santos, but he is not going to be throwing elbows down low every play and pulling down 15 boards.
I do not disagree. I have no issue with the geography, but do with the age. There needs to be an age cap. Many of these kids these days care little about the education aspect, which sucks. It is now professional sports ("The New G League" as the separate thread infers). That said, a 24 yo "Freshman" is odd when his educational peers are 18.
Eh, we will see how all this works out on the court.
These players aren't gonna help Pope prepare for games or avoid double digit deficits. That's coaching.
These players aren't gonna help Pope prepare for games or avoid double digit deficits. That's coaching.
Or that the Israeli League is much higher quality than the SEC and he'll be a 20/10 guy in college. Rsindouche!!! Why didn't I think of that
Exactly. When are people going to realize this??
In fairness to Pope, beating regular season mid majors isn’t where struggles. It’s with high major teams who have equal or better talent.
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Kentucky coach will arrive in Israel tonight to meet Marcio Santos
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University of Kentucky in talks with Marcio Santos for next season @IsraelHayomHeb
Tomer Givati
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Kentucky coach will arrive in Israel tonight to meet Marcio Santos
@IsraelHayomHeb
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Tomer Givati
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University of Kentucky in talks with Marcio Santos for next season @IsraelHayomHeb
I'm not opposed to adding older players. I'm tired of watching highly rated 17 and 18 year old's, drive 1 on 4 and dribble the ball off their foot. Maturity goes a long way.
I like what i saw from the Marcio clips. I think he would be solid as a stretch 4. Seems to have a good motor and plays aggressively.
I like what i saw from the Marcio clips. I think he would be solid as a stretch 4. Seems to have a good motor and plays aggressively.
Pope getting a shout-out from the Sports Rabbi
His game should have started 10 minutes ago, I'd expect a boom this evening.
I gotta admit it is kind of weird to be 5-6 months out from the start of the next season, and I am already anticipating the offseason AFTER that because Pope will almost certainly be fired by then. Like…I kinda just don’t give a **** about next season at all. Sort of preemptively giving my brain a break from it.
Am I looking at bad information? Everything I see indicates the Israeli league isn't very good. Like the 8th best league in Europe according to some power rankings. I'm definitely not an expert on international basketball, so Google might be giving me bad information.
It’s sad, really. My son is an exceptional soccer player. But the majority of scholarship players at D1 and D2 are international. It’s happening across all sports, and American born athletes have a major disadvantage. Especially when the sport is not pay to play in most other countries like it is in the States.
I guess when they finally wake the **** up!
At this point I truly don’t know what to think. Selling anyone on playing behind Moreno, who will most likely eat up the majority of the center minutes, is most likely hard enough. Guess we just need bodies at this point, looks like he moves well, know nothing about the league he plays in.
Hmmm..SEC officials. Either this guy will foul out in less than 10 minutes of play or he will play 20 mpg and can’t get open because of grabbing and holding! Lol
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