BB: Serbian F/C Pavle Backo zoom with Pope
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Not convinced by our C position depth, don’t think adding another guy that could contribute minutes behind MM would be a bad addition at all. If we’re lucky, Cronin will do what Cronin does and Nikola will be portalling after his year at UCLA (speculative as nothing is official with him to the Bruins)
Well that shows Nikola is out. Sucks because guy is a stud and IMO we need another piece.
Watching that video creates a lot of concern for me. Slow release, has to have the ball in his hands, actually slow footed, seems to shoot well when no contact, but no evidence of great passing skills or rebounding. Agree with others that we may have missed on a truly talented player that could have been a difference maker.
Momcilovic doesn't have talent?
Not sure how he'd play on the defensive end in the SEC. But can you stack lottery talent around what we already have committed and expect it to work? We need a guy who will be happy filling in when Moreno has a breather or is in foul trouble, if Kepnang can't go. Skilled big men are where the game is going. If we can't get Kusturica, you've got to look at gaps and needs more.
I think the chances getting a contributor or game changer at this point is slim to none.
1st of all i never mentioned momcilovic
2nd of all in terms of game changing season changing talent, also no
Good college players, but theres a reason why he wont ever be a contributer at the highest level of professional basketball
evaluation of the big SERB--with videos
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What in the living **** does it matter what he will do at the next level? Would you like me to go down the list of players who will never sniff an NBA roster that won titles or kicked the crap out of us the last 20 years? How about the two top 5 NBA guards we had that got smashed by a guy who is probably working at Home Depot now?
It's a good thing UK doesn’t play in the NBA then.
So, the next question is, FOR THE COLLEGE GAME, would you, or would you not consider Wilkins, MM, Diallo and Momcilovic game changers?
Who gives a squat about the NBA, when UK plays college ball?
The teams winning titles, are not doing so with stacked NBA talent, it's the teams with veteran college dudes that are good enough to catch a cup of coffee in the NBA. The games are completely different.
"Who gives a squat about the NBA, when UK plays college ball?"
You gotta have guys like that to win
Hurley had em, may had em, cal had em when he won here, scheyer has em, self had em, pitini had em, florida was an outlier
but to be an elite team you gotta have elite coaching or elite players, ideally both
Pope isnt elite, so we have to get elite players to be really good and we dont have that, which is why we are constantly 10 loss teams
this logic is how you end up with a team full of trent noah's and wonder why at the end of the year you have 14 losses.
This dude isn't Trent Noah. He's close to 7 feet tall and is highly skilled. We've got multiple guys who can play minutes on the wing. It's the minutes behind Moreno that I am more concerned about. If we can't land Kustarica, I think we need another post player.
I get the cynicism from some of our fans. I was intrigued by Jelavic's highlights last summer only to be disappointed by how he was used and how he played when he got floor time. Backo looks like he could play a stretch four and a backup five. I will reserve judgement until I see him play against American/SEC players (if we get him).
I want to hear him say nuclear wessels
you are just adding bodies for the sake of adding bodies. "we have guys that can play"......thats the problem. they can play, but are they dudes? no one knows and its just banking on hope. we need to add studs for it to really impact the trajectory of the season.
Ok, but there’s also a reason why contributors at the highest level of professional basketball were not good enough at 18 years old to take a college team to a title.
I think the evidence points to the fact that those “good college players” – especially college All-Americans and proven All-conference players – are the surest way to win in CBB. And many of those upperclassmen do/will contribute in the NBA.
On the other hand, I believe it’s clear that an OAD 18 yr. old freshman (regardless of where he’s from) is not a necessary component of a title contender; and if he’s your team’s go-to-guy then it’s like playing the lottery and expecting to win big. Meaning it could happen but it’s not likely. So, why go the more difficult route if you don’t have to? The high school players that are expected to be (or are determined to be) OAD are generally just not worth the investment of time and money that seems to be required – and I think the college coaches willing to make that investment are dwindling more all the time.
When i said nba guys didnt necessarily mean oad guys
yaxel wasnt a OAD but he was a lotto pick
Another "Anony" no talent post.
I'll be the negative Nancy for everyone. I'm tired of having big men with half inch verticals. We need rim protectors and rebounders.
BS, the teams with freshmen lottery picks aren’t winning sh*t and Cal's 2012 title was a long time ago and was aided by a lockout and a generational talent.
Look at the teams winning titles, they're loaded with juniors, seniors and super seniors.
Duke has been absolutely loaded with NBA talent the last few years, what have they won? Look at the makeup of the teams they keep losing to when it really counts.
If you want lottery picks, go watch the NBA, give me a senior laden team that has battled to get here.
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So Walter Clayton, Will Richard, Alijah Martin, Denzel Aberdeen, Chinyelu, Thomas Haugh, Tristan Newton, Donovan Clingan, Cam Spenser, Alex Karaban, Hassan Diarra, Elliot Cadeau and Yaxel Lendenborg are Trent Noah level guys???
Trent Noah is a glorified walk on, I thought we all knew that. Guess not. Your point is garbage.
Can you list all the freshmen lottery picks that won a title.
Stephon Castle is one, but it's not like he was Carmello Anthony in 2003, he was a piece on a dominant, senior laden team.
He played himself into the NBA, just like Brea and Amari Williams did.
We've got one spot left. Pope already has multiple guys slated to play the wing spots. If you can get a sure fire contributor like a Kusturica, then you do it. But aside from that, we do need another post body down low. Kepnang can't be counted on to give you those minutes all season.
Maybe plenty of wings in quantity not quality. Need more scoring from wing and guard
I hate Duke more than anybody but give credit where credit's due. In Scheyer's four years, they have won the ACC twice (with only one loss each season), finished second another year, have won the ACC tournament three times, has two E8's and a F4. I know the current ACC is pretty much what the SEC used to be most years, garbage, but we would love to be in their current position as a program. We are turning into Georgia basketball unless Pope can turn things around this year.
More than Pope at this point. Farrrrrr Anon!
And the ACC has been soooooo impressive during that time. I guess “Georgia” beat Sheyer’s Duke, but who notices such things??? You sure hate Duke!!!