His last 4 years he stopped getting guys that were different makers in their first year in the NBA. Cason Wallace is the only player that got significant playing time his first year in the league. Compare that to his first 11 years and you can understand the drop off his last 4 at Kentucky.
Dink Pate silent verbal?
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6'8" guards don't grow on trees. That alone is exciting, even if I don't know much about him.
I'll cheer for Dink if he becomes a Cat but I really don't like that we have to go down this road.
Being honest, I don't think he should be eligible but I also realize the game has changed.
Being honest, I don't think he should be eligible but I also realize the game has changed.
He's already been through the draft and can't go back through again.
He's playing college for the money and a free agent contract which hasn't been offered yet but could be at anytime the Knicks decide to pull the trigger.
75% or more he goes college route. He’s played good this season without much love from any NBA teams so College can get him paid and possibly lead him back to the league. 4-6 weeks on a decision, maybe sooner.
Coach Hart and Dink are fairly close, they talk weekly. He is the reason we get him. I think people are sleeping on his potential, only 19 and long but has guard skills.
Cal did a good job of keeping the knuckleheads away from the program.
No, he didn't. SS
I get your concerns, but in the highlights Pate looks like he has the handles & ability to attack off the dribble, so I feel like that would allow him to fit in with those guys more.
Along those same lines, though, if I were coaching CC and Kam, there off-season program would be loaded with most intensive ball handling drills that they’ve ever been required to do.
If those 2 could become legit consistent threats to attack off the bounce, they would be deadly.
How quickly this fan base goes from woe is us to we're gonna kick *** next year back to woe is us. Never seen anything like it. In Dink We Trust!!
That’s one. I know it’s the BBN way to hate on Cal- but there is no denying he did a fantastic job bringing in high caliber guys.
I wasn't sure how the free agency worked since he wasn't drafted. Do the Knicks have his NBA rights or just G League?
Pate plays a lot like Amen Thompson, or a poor mans Tracy Mcgrady if you will. Tons of upside.
You mean fans on Rupp Rafters because most of the fans I see on a daily basis are concerned regardless of who commits
Anybody thinking the line up of Chandler, Williams,and Pate is top level talent doesn't understand basketball at all
Getting excited about that lineup is what becoming Indiana looks like.
The 3 of them don’t have to play together.. have Chandler come off the bench as a 6th man. Get a tall point guard that is about 6’5” who can shoot. 6’5” 6’8 6’8 is a starting lineup I would like to roll out with. Look at the fits Duke creates with their length because how big their guards are. Coming off the bench you can have Lowe or Jasper with Chandler, jelavic and Hawthorne. Not a bad start.
Duke's guards, are not in the same league as any of the players you mentioned. Jasper, maybe, but he needs a real coach, and he ain't getting that at UK.
I can see why the Pate news is exciting because there are 0 recruits as of now, but get ready to be disappointed again if this is the best we can do.
I bet he's not even eligible by then after the ball got rolling in DC on making new rules today.
Keep seeing pink D**k
have no idea what this is about, keep seeing the name. I’ll holdout until it says pink D committed.
have no idea what this is about, keep seeing the name. I’ll holdout until it says pink D committed.
Thanks! I don’t know if you’re intent was to make me laugh out loud, but is it the first time in several days I have had that good of a chuckle.
if that wasn’t your intent, I just want to say it was a beautiful comment. And, Coach Pope thinks it was a beautiful comment as well.
It’s always nice to come here and find everyone crapping on possible new player.
He's 6'8'' and shooting ~38% from 3 on over 8 attempts per game. That's not too shabby.
The fact this slipped through without all the reactions it deserved is a travesty. Well played, man.Pink Date?
He's definitely a wait and see type prospect.
Some people are rolling with the narrative that he's doing it against " grown men" in the g League.
For reference, Brandon Boston absolutely tore up the G league dropping 40 pt games and Reed dropped 36 in his first game when the Rockets sent him down last season.
The guy Baylor brought in is barely playable.
Up the middle against one of the best d lines in the country 4 times in a row from the one yard line? For the win? But can’t get a yard?