Mid season he went into a “Slump” if you want to call it that but it was due to lack of confidence. He went 5-6 games where he caught but didn’t shoot. He seems to have his confidence back and with a little swagger on top and I’m glad to see it. If he can learn not to drove into heavy traffic because that’s just not his game he will be a stud next year IMO. He can drive one on one if he beats his man and finish or finish over people, but when he drives into a clogged lane it rarely ends well. I’m proud of the young man.
Would love to see him develop that little floater that Antonio Reeves had. Man, that was so smooth to watch. Poetry. Reeves really gets overlooked.
And, Richie Saunders wasn't the Richie Saunders we know now until his Jr. season. Chandler will be a Jr. next season...just saying.
If Chandler can be Saunders we will have an all American piece. If he’s a more athletic Saunders then we have the player of the year lol
He could be. And if he is a more athletic Saunders he could bring a lottery pick. Not bad for a guy that many on here thought he belonged in D2 and deserved to sit behind Perry last season
I won’t lie, Mark and Kentucky hanging the 9th banner with a final four MVP from Collin during Calipari’s retirement season would be….I just hope we get to watch him and Pope mature into #9
Hey I’ll take that though. We get our turn at a 30 year old senior due to “situations” like all these others have been getting for years it’s seems.
You must have only been around during Cal's time. I think Chandler is a throwback to a lot of old school KY teams. I mean, I can't be the only one who sees a little of that kid from Owensboro that wore #3. Not as good, but some of his game.
Exactly. I echoed this in the other threads. He's confident from the outside now and starting to get more confidence driving the ball now where we was tentative before. But his last piece of confidence fix is getting comfortable pulling up in the lane and scoring. Most of the time he drives right through that area without even looking at the rim. He's so strong and quick he can get in there anytime he wants and now that he's becoming a threat to get to the basket this mid range will be open to him even more. He develops that soft jumper or floater and he's a legit 3 level scorer.
With Cal I agree. He wouldn’t get a chance.
He’s already more athletic than Saunders. I don’t think that’s even debatable. Saunders is more experienced, he’s older and stronger at the moment and plays every second like it’s his last, he’s great because of his effort as much as talent. Chandler is close and has this coming off season to work hard and get that man strength. lol. While I think there’s some similarities, Chandler has a chance to be the better player when it all said and done in my opinion. It’s going to be all about what he wants and if he brings that same energy and passion, he can be great. That could be special to watch as a Cat fan.
You're kidding right? He's shooting 40% from 3, 86% from the FT line, is second on the team in steals....He's an above average player on an above average team in an above average league. There are tons of high D1 teams that would LOVE to have CC on their squad. Get a clue.
Would be funny
He also seems to avoid contact when driving. Guy is a great FT shooter, so he needs to try and go through contact and force a foul. But I agree with what folks are saying. He’s never the “star” but has turned into an incredibly valuable part of the team, and on the scoring end he may be our most important guy outside of Oweh.
He is better than that. The 2014-15 squad was a great team, he is easily the 7th man on that team. 6th or 7th man on the 09-10 teams. He starts on a lot of Cal teams
I think he's been driving the ball more this year, he gets cutoff pretty fast though & has to make a quick decision, he got cutoff against Arkansas & decided to shoot the fall away mid range & canned it, that shot was big late.
Saunders comes off those curl screens from the top of the key ready to shoot the same way Padgett & Shephard did, Chandler is more of a catch & shoot guy right now imo. When he starts shooting from the curl screens he'll be even more deadly. You're 100% right, he's more athletic than Saunders right now.
It is mind boggling just how far out he can shoot.
He reminds me of Jeff Sheppard more than of Rex.
Wow.
LMAO WOOF! Cal also didn’t start Reed, Dilly, Ulis and/or Booker. So there’s that. Oh, and SGA for awhile.