Kam Williams in a Walking Boot and Crutches
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It's mid July. I'm all for Kam taking the necessary precautions and time to fully heal right now. This is more nonsense hand wringing by this fan base.
Thanks for your whining input. Troll
Feels good to laugh doesn't it
You seem to be the only one whining. Get a sense of humor little fella.Surely this is sarcasm. If not can you elaborate? Where do you see depth ? What is a coach supposed to inherit? It's year three in the NIL era where you can do what Dusty May just did.
Serious question. What happens if Diallo Wilkins or Mason have an injury? Just one of the three. This team will get beat on anyway because if anyone hasn't watched the last two seasons or seen when we play Georgia...the way to beat a Pope team is literally beat on them and punk them off the court.
Well, we do have the best three-point shooter in the nation. I mean, if that's not a unicorn I'm not sure what is. You why you had their unicorn last year as in Kansas and how did that work out for them?
I've mentioned Mom many times and said the same thing. I think he will have a good season. Just not some savior. You don't think teams will suffocate him? Make sure he doesn't get a shot off?
Do you not remember the last two seasons when we wondered why we couldn't get Brea a shot? And he was shooting 50% at one point in the season. Or Chandler a look last season?
People think Mom is going to be sitting in the corner busting threes all game. Hes going to be pressured and bullied. He's not a creator. At least Brea could get in the lane or to the rim. When Mom doesn't get wide open threes or room to dribble just like Chandler last year then what?
Moreno isn't taking a game over. Do the two guards we got have the ability to take a game over? Maybe. I just don't see it this year. Popes already blowing smoke up our *** talking about Noah.
If you’re going to compare any coach to Dusty May and his two-year turnaround at Michigan, you’re going to wind up miserably disappointed.
As far as the depth convo, I don’t know whether we have elite depth or not. Last season, everyone was certain we had two of everything until injuries and busts. Jasper stunk, Garrison didn’t take a leap and Noah didn’t translate. This year, I see a lot of top-end potential but a small likelihood much of it becomes top shelf.
PG - Diallo B- to A, likely B+
Backup PG - Morton D+ to B-, likely C
Backup PG - M. Williams D+ to B+, likely C
Backup PG - Wilkins C- to A+, likely B
SG - Wilkins C+ to A+, likely B+
Backup SG - B. Hawthorne D+ to A, likely C
Backup SG - K. Williams C+ to A, likely B-
Backup SG - M. Williams C- to B+, likely C
SF - K. Williams B- to A, likely B
Backup SF - Noah C to B, likely B-
Backup SF - B. Hawthorne C- to A, likely C+
Backup SF - Momcilovic A to A+, likely A
Backup SF - McBride D+ to B-, likely C
PF - Momcilovic A- to A+, likely A
Backup PF - N’Diaye C- to A, likely B-
Backup PF - McBride C to B+, likely B
Backup PF - Noah D+ to B-, likely C
C - Moreno B to A+, likely B+
Backup C - Kepnang B- to A-, likely B
Backup C - Potter D+ to B-, likely C
Backup C - McBride D to C, likely C-
That’s how I see the roster volatility. Yes, there’s a lot of potential depth but also a lot of variability with a lot of these guys. We have to hope for good development and cohesion IMO.
I hope these guys aren't doing anything but cardio this summer. A lot of the starters need to play more than 30 minutes a game this year imo. Playing ten or eleven people isn't going to cut it.
I’m not certain I agree with the majority on that one. I believe widening the rotation early on is the correct play.
1.) We have a lot of high-upside guys and you want to see how many of them flourish in real-game action.
2.) You have to find out how much depth you have before you shorten the rotation.
3.) Many of us talk about fatigue, but seldom do we talk about progressive fatigue, which affects players who carry a load throughout the year. This is a specific concern due to injuries.
4.) There’s also the general development aspect. I’m not sure Moreno is where he is right now if it weren’t for the early season minutes. Mason Williams may need those to develop. Especially under the new 5 for 5 rule, it is worth investing in guys for long-term development. In-game minutes are huge for that.
5.) Pope has historically shortened rotations as the year goes on. He did at BYU, he did in 2025 at UK and he did it last year also. I expect this year to be no different.
I agree, I hope Hawthorne reaches the potential he has pretty quickly. It would be awesome for Kam to be ready to go though. He could have a nice year 2. He started playing well before his injury.
This team's ceiling is a 4 seed. Most likely, they'll be below that.
But the good thing is that we have a TON of really really stupid fans who will lap it up.
I think I heard Pope mention a Lisfranc injury when discussing last year. If that was Kam’a diagnosis, it is a hard injury to shake and heal.
Hopefully, to save on medical costs, we pass the same walking boot and shoulder brace down year after year.
Not whining....laughing....at youFeels good to laugh doesn't it
Exactly right, but Pope was spewing crap that UK hadn't been in contact for couple months. Either a lie or display of stupidity by entire staff, especially with Williams still nursing injury.
Sure hope this ad has a lot of contacts and can land a good coach that can recruit
As long as he can make a sexual assault case disappear I'm sure that's enough for Cap
Pope Sweet 16 his first year inheriting zero players.
Lucas and Byington both out in the round of 32 in their first years - not as good as CMP- and both inherited good rosters as did May who also made a Sweet 16 like CMP in his first year.
I’m guessing you think May won it all his first year but you would be wrong. Look it up.
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You forgot to end your post in the usual way, "You people make me sick"
I see more than adequate depth. Experienced starters with young and old players behind them. C spot has 2 experienced back ups. Morton is an experienced pg off the bench. Noah experienced. N’Diaye a 6 10 pro. Hawthorne’s pretty good and will help. I see Mc Bride as a starter at the 3. Very versatile bench.
Do think our starters will play more minutes together but I don’t think that’s a bad thing.
He’s going to stay with giving guys developmental minutes through the season and tighten it up closer to tournament time, basically said so a couple of weeks ago. I can understand the mindset but it just seems like he doesn’t have the feel when to pull the guys. I just hate seeing blown leads or going down double digits because we stick with guys who don’t match up a little too long. JMO
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/pope-discusses-importance-developmental-minutes-104000342.html
Step into the present and stop rehashing your version of the past. And pray that if Pope fails we don’t get stuck with the likes of his last basketball hire.
no it doesn’t. Again, this is just not true and it hasn’t been true since NIL. Pope would be totally dead and floating without the NIL. The only reason he was hired in the first place was they assumed the money would make recruiting possible for
Him. Without it, he couldn’t have even been interviewed.
It does not take years to build a team anymore. Continuing to pretend this doesn’t make it true. Saying it year to year doesn’t make it true. We’ve got coaches with championships in both sports who immediately built championship rosters. This is a pro league, it doesn’t take 3/4/5 years to build. It doesn’t matter how many times you say it, it’s not true. It’s false, as in, not accurate at all.
Pope has been, not just a failure at this point, an abysmal failure for Kentucky standards. Add in that he’s allowed to recruit with the top brand, who has the most money, and is sitting 0-35ish for top recruits at a program like this and it turns to a pathetic showing. Let’s not get into the blowouts which we’ve never seen to this degree.
Pope will be ran out of here after this season, but there will be about 5% fanboys screaming he needs 4/5 years. It will happen, but it won’t matter.
Penetrating insight there. The fact is YOU or anybody else knows what this team will look like on a college floor. Lots of questions that can only be answered when we see them play, your statement that we will be also rans shows that perhaps you are the one is stupid
You missed where he said started with nothing....
Well to be fair....
1. UK went out and got Momlonivic to be the starting SF and best portal shooter.....which is Kam's best postions.
2. Kam can also play some stretch PF....and UK went out and got McBride and Ndyia.......
3. UK also kept Hawthorne at the SF spot
So while I sill love Kam as a backup SF and some stretch PF in some minutes as well.....and he's a better defensive presence in rotation as well....UK has no excuse as we have guys for his minutes. I do agree the constant injuries under Pope (and at end of Cal era ) were irritating. There is no excuses with Kam....we have guys paid to play even if he can't go.
1. UK went out and got Momlonivic to be the starting SF and best portal shooter.....which is Kam's best postions.
2. Kam can also play some stretch PF....and UK went out and got McBride and Ndyia.......
3. UK also kept Hawthorne at the SF spot
So while I sill love Kam as a backup SF and some stretch PF in some minutes as well.....and he's a better defensive presence in rotation as well....UK has no excuse as we have guys for his minutes. I do agree the constant injuries under Pope (and at end of Cal era ) were irritating. There is no excuses with Kam....we have guys paid to play even if he can't go.
Unless his boot is on the other foot, I have to believe this is a continuation of his injury last year. Must suck for Kam. Kid pushed it back to get on the floor. He seems old school to me when it comes to helping his team. Hope this is just a summer moment for him.
Although I loved him for it, coming back last year may not have been a good idea. However, I don’t think there’s been any additional surgeries/procedures or additional injuries.
The optimist in me says they’re in Vegas walking around a lot so smart to wear the boot. The pessimist says, it just isn’t healing.
The old "nuh uh, you are" response. Clever. Wait till you learn the one about rubber and glue. You'll have a full arsenal of 3rd grade come-backs.Feels good to laugh doesn't it
I see the fan base is in mid season form in irrationality.... It's JULY PEOPLE.... go outside and enjoy the summer
If we only had 2 PG I'd be more worried, we have 3 which is much better than 1 last year. Georgia ain't beating this team, you can quote me on that.