You just explained what I struggled to find words for. The way I've described it is Jasper has a "way of moving" on the court and you can see he does things on offense nobody else on the team could do. It's hard to explain it, but I just see his potential. I also don't think a Pope-led staff has any chance of developing a talent like that properly, so it's mutually beneficial he go elsewhere.
They see his massive potential that he can't dribble the ball & ***** down both legs when pressured at half court? Wow, we need those scouts to help build a team here
He CAN be good. My lord, we have some myopic people on here.
Yeah, for propaganda purposes. It's one of those things that depends on how good Kentucky is and JJ
This is selection bias. There were times when JJ didn't do that, had good passes, good takes to the rim and good shots. I'm sure he could beat you 1v1 with his eyes closed.They see his massive potential that he can't dribble the ball & ***** down both legs when pressured at half court? Wow, we need those scouts to help build a team here
Popes best team in 12 or 13 yrs of being a college head coach was a group of 5 yr players. Granted, that team STILL lost 12 games. But they all, for the most part, had played four yrs of CBB. Point? They already knew how to play. It’s pretty obvious to anyone that pays attention, Pope doesn’t develop or cultivate. Problem is, he doesn’t recruit worth a crap either.
I don’t think you know what a selection bias is. We all watched him play and his plus/minus was shockingly bad. Kid has some serious flaws.
This is fiction. Nobody here was bashing Hopkins. In fact, I remember the prevailing opinion being quite the opposite, we thought Cal should play him more. And I don’t recall anyone bashing Hickman either.
His uncle knows more about the ins and outs of Pope/UK than we do.
The POS practically came out and said UK fans were racist against Jasper. Sorry but the kid just sucks.
Except his most recent tweet was not really about Pope, instead it was aimed at us, the UK fans … implicitly accusing us of unfair bias toward white players.
Of course he knows more. It don't change what we know. Jasper wasn't the answer this season. His uncle is talking like BBN is blaming this season on Jasper. He barely played.
One can argue for his potential but this past year he was mostly not good at all. He literally just fell down trying to dribble the ball up the court against ISU’s pressure. Not slipped on a wet spot, just fell down under the pressure. Let’s not forget the Florida game where the ball was taken from him while he was attempting to call a time out. He was about as weak of a player as one can be at this stage and took many bad shots when he was on the floor. He can certainly be good with increased strength and basketball IQ but those aren’t things he had this past year so yeah he was not good.
We all know the dude is slippery. He can move and force a shot. It won't ever be successful until he learns how to dribble a basketball against a defender guarding him close. Same for Chandler
Anyone that has fundamentals can be good if they keep working.
Why would anyone want a point guard that never passes the ball, shoots every time he gets the ball, and can't shoot a lick, no matter how good his uncle says he is.
. They decidedly do NOT want Cal to pursue. But it’s just us meanie UK fans…Hard to argue with a trade of junior Wagner for frosh Johnson. I would guess JJ has a higher upside, but Wagner would have gotten a lot of minutes for the Cats last year. JJ got more than he deserved.
