Scuttlebutt: Zoom Diallo and Dedan Thomas together

RedwoodHigh · Friday at 9:45 PM

Pope just looks out of place. He needs to let Mo & Goose do the recruiting- And Players like MM & Kam & Noah & Hawthorne hang with these potential Point Guards + 2’s .
I also say Pope needs to let his Hair grow out & maybe even beard - That Phil Jackson Look

BBNinSCar · Friday at 9:47 PM

bigblue1971 said:
My goodness. That's it I'm going into my cryogenic sleep chamber for the next 12 months until this bozo is fired.

You’d miss the 2026 football Wildcats visit to see President Vance at the White House.

Genediesel · Friday at 9:53 PM

ChocoChicken said:
Wouldn’t shock me. People are now saying Arizona is in on Zoom now?

Yeah, but Zoom saw the UK women in sundresses today.

JASUN74 · Friday at 9:54 PM

philstat said:
I could see this happening, concerned DT will be on the bench a lot, nursing “injuries” par the course at this point.

I feel the same about Thomas! However, lol, if they’re best friends young man can get 100% and stay healthy he’s a home run get in my opinion. I really think he has Sec player of the year potential. I like Zoom but he just doesn’t mov the needle for me the way Wright and a couple others do. Still would be a great addition if he is willing to be team first, pass first type player.

Dead Cat Bounce · Friday at 9:54 PM

RedwoodHigh said:
I also say Pope needs to let his Hair grow out

Pope has a full-*** hairline and shaves his head. It’s no wonder Self cancelled his retirement.

ZaytovenCat · Friday at 9:56 PM

I’m not big on that combo unless Stokes comes too. Otherwise I’d rather go all in on Wright. The last thing we need is an even worse shooting team than last year.

Dead Cat Bounce · Friday at 9:57 PM

BBNinSCar said:
You’d miss the 2026 football Wildcats visit to see President Vance at the White House.

seccats04 · Friday at 9:59 PM

#1 cat fan said:
Wall and bledsoe both were bad shooters

Bledsoe was a pretty good shooter. Just had a bad game in the NCAAT.

JASUN74 · Friday at 9:59 PM

Pensacola_Cat_Fan said:
We don’t need both of those guys. We need shooters.Playing for Pope we also need backups who are comparable and not lose anything when they come in. Maybe comparable isn’t the word, I’ll say they should at least be as good. I agree with you we need a couple or three shooters in this system or is just won’t work firing up 30 threes a game. lol. Now if we got shot makers it’s on.

Genediesel · Friday at 10:00 PM

ParadiseKy said:
Damn you act like the freaking hall monitor

He called me out one time too.

Said I was a basement dweller that looked like the Unabomber. Then said he looked through all my posts as well. Proceeded to call me a hypocrite who isn't actually smart. Then said I have nothing of value to add and that he will not be looking at anymore posts from me in the future. Then proceeded to supposedly block me.

I see him call out people/get in thread arguments more than once a week.

fisherscatfan · Friday at 10:03 PM

Katscratch said:
Pope apparently has Zoom Diallo at the horse track. Exactly where a 20 year old hooper does not want to be.

WTF is he thinking? What a dumb *** bad recruiter.

I have to say I don’t get this either but I couldn’t care less about horse racing.

fisherscatfan · Friday at 10:04 PM

Cowtown Cat said:
So many trolls on here. It’s wayyyy worse than the old board ever was.

By design?

ParadiseKy · Friday at 10:05 PM

loublue22_rivals308424 said:
How did that work out in the tournament

FARRRRR Bledsoe

Genediesel said:
He called me out one time too.

Said I was a basement dweller that looked like the Unabomber. Then said he looked through all my posts as well. Proceeded to call me a hypocrite who isn't actually smart. Then said I have nothing of value to add and that he will not be looking at anymore posts from me in the future. Then proceeded to supposedly block me.

I see him call out people/get in thread arguments more than once a week.

He's definitely a weird dude.

JohnRambo82 · Friday at 10:07 PM

*Fox2Monk* said:
Both are issues to be fair. We need the players but coaching is a major problem and we don’t even have a full staff now.

Don’t pay attention to ftp. He’s an Ohio state football fan/ ky basketball fan. One of those guys that never has a nice thing to say about our fans. Ohio guys can be really hateful people

JASUN74 · Friday at 10:07 PM

JASUN74 said:
I feel the same about Thomas! However, lol, if they’re best friends young man can get 100% and stay healthy he’s a home run get in my opinion. I really think he has Sec player of the year potential. I like Zoom but he just doesn’t mov the needle for me the way Wright and a couple others do. Still would be a great addition if he is willing to be team first, pass first type player.

I have no idea where that best friends comment came from. I promise I didn’t write it.

. Spellcheck is crazy today I guess. I wrote “if the young man can get 100% “. Anyway, sorry bout that

fisherscatfan · Friday at 10:08 PM

loublue22_rivals308424 said:
How did that work out in the tournament

The same as every other team but one. I guess every team was loaded with bad shooters.

JASUN74 · Friday at 10:11 PM

seccats04 said:
Bledsoe was a pretty good shooter. Just had a bad game in the NCAAT.

I’d take him back in a second. His freshman year here I mean. Had something happen and Wall wouldn’t have been able to play it’s Untelling what he may have become. I’m sure glad we got to see both of them though.

RedwoodHigh · Friday at 10:12 PM

Have you ever been to rec league draft or little league tryouts . You build a team from your first pick. We have :
2 - 7foot centers -
a 6-10 Small forward -
a 6-8 former guard
+ Noah & frosh 6-2 point guard with skills.
We need Guards & a power forward Who are Turn Key.

James Arington · Friday at 10:18 PM

Pensacola_Cat_Fan said:
We don’t need both of those guys. We need shooters.

Where are you coaching? You are sure.

Bruce9 · Friday at 10:23 PM

ChocoChicken said:
Wouldn’t shock me. People are now saying Arizona is in on Zoom now?

No that's was a couple of days ago before he took his visit,Rivals he as him to Kebtucky

Bruce9 · Friday at 10:24 PM

Cowtown Cat said:
Being said that Diallo and Wright would be the first option. Then Diallo and Thomas. The former would be incredible.

So would the later ,you guys dont realize how good Thomas is

ParadiseKy · Friday at 10:28 PM

Bruce9 said:
No that's was a couple of days ago before he took his visit,Rivals he as him to Kebtucky

Keb what?

Cowtown Cat · Friday at 10:40 PM

Bruce9 said:
So would the later ,you guys dont realize how good Thomas is

He’s good. He’s not better than Wright. Also, he’s injury prone.

Genediesel · Friday at 10:42 PM

ParadiseKy said:
FARRRRR Bledsoe

He's definitely a weird dude.

Lol, it's why I removed my actual photo from my profile picture.

JohnRambo82 · Friday at 10:59 PM

Genediesel said:
He called me out one time too.

Said I was a basement dweller that looked like the Unabomber. Then said he looked through all my posts as well. Proceeded to call me a hypocrite who isn't actually smart. Then said I have nothing of value to add and that he will not be looking at anymore posts from me in the future. Then proceeded to supposedly block me.

I see him call out people/get in thread arguments more than once a week.

Nitro flying into each thread!!!!!!

Prince is STILL KING! · Saturday at 9:14 AM

Katscratch said:
Ummm… where there are people he can relate to. He’s from a diverse urban neighborhood in Tacoma, Washington.

At night he should be escorted around campus by beautiful, tipsy women.

Great idea!

RunninRichie · Saturday at 9:20 AM

Monday Nitro said:
I just looked at your posts and you aren't even trying to hide the fact that you are here to do absolutely nothing but troll. Sadly, you're almost surely a regular poster here such as runninbichy.

Padsfs07 · Saturday at 9:29 AM

Katscratch said:
Ummm… where there are people he can relate to. He’s from a diverse urban neighborhood in Tacoma, Washington.

At night he should be escorted around campus by beautiful, tipsy women.

Interestingly, Pope grew up 30 minutes away as a kid.

BlueBloodKyFan73 · Saturday at 10:19 AM

TommyMansky · Saturday at 10:25 AM

BlueBloodKyFan73 said:

Here we go.

BlueBloodKyFan73 · Saturday at 10:30 AM

TommyMansky said:
Here we go.

Who the hell knows

TommyMansky · Saturday at 10:33 AM

BlueBloodKyFan73 said:
Who the hell knows

We go back and forth between getting everyone or getting leftovers. Pope seems to overthink things with discussions and getting input from recruits instead of just locking them down.

SandyBell'sFaxMachine · Saturday at 11:29 AM

#1 cat fan said:
Wall and bledsoe both were bad shooters

Which is why it's wild Bledsoe holds the UK record for 3s made in a NCAA tournament game. That same tournament we lost shooting a thousand 3s and making almost none of them.

MichaelGray · Saturday at 11:35 AM

philstat said:
I could see this happening, concerned DT will be on the bench a lot, nursing “injuries” par the course at this point.

MichaelGray · Saturday at 11:40 AM

philstat said:
I could see this happening, concerned DT will be on the bench a lot, nursing “injuries” par the course at this point.

We do have Mason Williams now & he can actually handle the ball, unlike a player that is leaving & heading to Alabama more than likely. I am excited to watch this kid grow & his dad working with him will make it even better.

deplion · Saturday at 11:44 AM

BlueBloodKyFan73 said:

But Pope can give him 7 million reasons to like it.

UKgrad22 · Saturday at 11:52 AM

I’m in the camp that wouldn’t be overly upset letting Zoom walk. His TO numbers were markedly higher as a primary ball handler in a Washington system that wasn’t necessarily fast paced and had the luxury of being surrounded by shooters (Des Claude, Wesley Yates) and a proven big man (Hannes) and although it was early in the year, he was originally beat out for the starting position by true freshman JJ Mandaquit. He presents more as a combo guard that will hunt shots before looking to pass, not to mention his FG and 3p% (yes ik he improved from freshman to sophomore year). I think he airs more on the side of a 2 guard that simply is too loose with the ball to be a high level 1. Not to mention it’s eerily similar to Jaland Lowe (pg that put up gaudy numbers on low % on a team that didn’t even get close to winning).

mash_24 · Saturday at 12:02 PM

Would be fine with getting Zoom. And don’t mistake it. If you have the kid in for a visit in portal season and he walks without a deal, it’s a huge failure and waste of valuable time. But I’d rather have the Blyden kid if it’s an either or and I wish Pope had focused more on him. Also I wish we had put the full court press on the Hill kid from VCU. He’s my favorite guy in the portal.

Anon668007 · Saturday at 12:04 PM

I just want one commit

megablue · Saturday at 12:10 PM

*Fox2Monk* said:
That’s why we got cooked in the E8, I’m hoping Pope doesn’t let them fire away if they both come. That said, he hasn’t proved he can run an offense well without shooting so it’s a rock and a hard place. We need players of that caliber on the roster though.

You are 100% right !! WVU played a 1-3-1 against to take away the dribble-drive and dared us to beat them from outside. It worked for them.
We went 4-32 from three for the game, including Wall at 1-5 and Bledsoe at 0-5, not mention Dodson at 2-9, Liggins at 1-5, Patterson at 0-4 and Miller at 0-4. Awful shooting may even be an understatement for that performance. Darnell Dodson took nine (9) threes in only twelve (12) minutes of action ... that is beyond bizarre !! Cousins and Patterson needed more touches inside.
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