If LSU promised him a starting role and paid him more, why would he come here to be a backup for less money? Sucks that Pope flew all the way to Israel to whiff on this guy, but if he got a better deal, good for him.
"We are UK" no longer holds any more weight than "We are Vandy", or We are Texas," or "We are Indiana". Nil has made blueblood status inconsequential unless we become the Dodgers or Yankees and have the wealthiest donors.
I don't know how we plan to compete in the long term with Mark Cuban...
Agree completely. The Rancik kid seemed like a better choice for Pope's system even if he wasn't better all around. ON seems a better fit than Freeman too. And the injury thing, how were we justifying that?
Pope has buried himself by being to proud to hire a GM who can actually negotiate with agents instead of being punked by them over and over. I hope he can pull some rabbits out of his hat, but it certainly isn't trending in that direction. You're right though, he should be gone after next season...
MM can play the 3 or 4. He would be a MUCH BETTER complement to Stokes because he is a MUCH better 3 pt shooter. 48.6% v 31%. We also have 2 guards who can get to the basket if we have guys at the 3 and 4 that have to be guarded outside the lane. I don't think his injury history is bad like...
He'll get more time in the gym in the off season and won't be as soft next year. Give him a minute to develop. He's not a bulky muscle guy like Bam or JQ.
I watched the Razornecks fold like a cheap card table and lose by 34 to Florida. Our guys have fight, their bigs are too much for our current lineup. JQ would have been helpful.