For what we need he is overmatched. God awful ugly shot. Be good for a midmajor team maybe but he’s not an NBA player. He did work his *** off when in the game so gotta give him props for that. Just not talented enough. It happens. Best of luck.
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Yeah, I think that 6’7” listing is being generous. As someone else noted, he actually looks closer to 6’5” when he stands next to other bigs. Other PFs just tower over him.
But he scrapped inside as well as anyone we had. I wish our taller bigs had his rebounding and defensive instincts.
No I know the answer. I asked because I never said anything about his outside shot. So I have no idea why you even commented on it. Did you even read what I wrote? lol
I read it that’s why I said not knocking on what you said, agreeing with you more because of how limited he was mid range. He put up roughly same numbers here as Alabama but with more minutes and worse shooting numbers here.
Need more motion stories like the one dude from Whisky. That’s what we want to start hearing. Sure that will pick up with the portal opening but there are teams already eyeing dudes that they know are going in.
I’m sure our staff is contacting agents but some probably already know where they want to go
Don’t dislike the kid but perfectly fine with him leaving as well. Had a good motor but terrible shot. Came on better at the end of the year, but was essentially a role player most of the season. Not gonna be upset when a role player who wants to be a starter leaves. If we can’t find a replacement for him, we are in bigger trouble than we realize.
Dioubate and Lowe are simply not Kentucky-caliber players. Hopefully, this means we will be upgrading at their positions.
I really like that dude. He gave us an intimidation factor. I could see him at Houston, seems like a Sampson kinda player.
Mo is great for any team that has a solid 7 players in front of him. Starting and getting 25 min a game isn't happening in Fayette County.
Not a superstar, but a hard working, good player with lots of potential.
Hoping we replace him with an upgrade, but that's not guaranteed.
Hoping we replace him with an upgrade, but that's not guaranteed.
Gritty, hard-nosed player with minimal offensive skills. Perfect fit for Houston.
Again. “The System”. A mythical creature in which we never seem to have anyone that “fits”,.
The frustrating thing is that Jelly’s shot looks really good. Mechanically sound as far as I can see. But they don’t go in. I could see that changing though. I still like his upside.
"Toxic fans," I see the barnhart waterboys have their new imbecilic talking point to attack the fans with.
Looks like Mo D wanted more money and Pope said no. Interesting.
These guys are out of their minds. The guy played hard but literally didn't give us much at all. But he thinks he deserves a raise?
I really liked Mo. But here is how I feel about it:
* He made some big plays to help Kentucky beat Santa Clara, a #10 seed.
* Kentucky needs players who can make big plays to help them beat a #2 seed. Nothing in his game - or virtually anyone else on the team aside from maybe Oweh -- suggested he was that guy.
* He made some big plays to help Kentucky beat Santa Clara, a #10 seed.
* Kentucky needs players who can make big plays to help them beat a #2 seed. Nothing in his game - or virtually anyone else on the team aside from maybe Oweh -- suggested he was that guy.
Lol that's funny. How would you use him? He averaged less at Alabama and shot threes better but they had a pg. He is hustle but part of our chemistry problems imo.
I think last years' starters are what you would look for in a Mark Pope system.
Defense/passing-oriented PG that you can't back off (Butler)
Elite 3pt shooting out of the SG (Brea/Robinson)
Defense/slashing ability, can shoot SF (Oweh/Robinson)
Stretch 4 PF (Carr)
Good defense & passing out of the C, ability to score in paint (Williams)
I think that team with a healthy Butler, Robinson, and Carr would have been really good, but they were a little less talented than needed for a championship contender. This past years' team didn't fit at all except for Oweh.
So comparing that to the 26/27 roster and we have:
Chandler fits if he can find more consistency at the 2 and Kam Williams sort of fits at the 3. Moreno is good, but doesn't have some of these characteristics at the 5 that I think fits. So you have to make up for these deficiencies with the backups and with other positions, or get these guys to accept being backups themselves.
Mod wanted 3 million and we said no. So he thinks he can get it on the open market. I’m not seeing him getting anywhere near that but to each their own. These NIL agents are killing some of these guys. Guarantee half of these power 4 guys leaving end up making less wherever they go.
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We’ve had a lot of MoD type players over the years. Definitely Kentucky caliber but has to be in the right role.
i get Pope got rocked year one by Bama and that led to over correction with this past season's roster construction, but wow, this roster in hindsight is even a bigger disaster than thought.
I hate to see a player with that much heart leave. But other than few bigs, we need a roster full of 35% plus from 3 shooters. That's what's needed if Pope plans to play his style next season.
He has Keegan Brown for that, balancing the money for talent value, this next team will be able to shoot, I can say that without even knowing, Pope wants to run his offense & that requires shooting. He also wants creators from the PG position, he knows this is the year he has to prove it. What happens on the defensive end is what I'm worried about more than anything. The next few weeks will be interesting.
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Let Hurley lose 3 starters and see how good a coach he is…
I agree, and the same thing with his FTs. I'm not a shot doctor, but do you think maybe its a follow through issue?
Could be. I’d have to watch closer. But it sure looks like he should make more of them than he does.
Ya like Mark Fox handled it before. Ill reserve judgement till i see results.
I like Mo, but we need a solid stretch 4 to start and if prefer an AA type as a backup in Pope's system thh
He had toughness and grit around the rim but lack of shooting and ball handling will keep him from starting at most Bluebloods.