Why is everyone so upset about an undrafted player scouting services rated poorly?

BBN9 · Aug 31, 2026

Mark Mitchell struggles with consistent outside shooting, mechanical shooting form, and limited playmaking capabilities off the bounce.

Offensive Limitations

•Poor spacing: Lacks a reliable three-point shot with a mechanical release and low shooting percentages.

Rigid ball-handling: Tends to play hunched over, rarely beats defenders with a dynamic dribble, and picks up the ball too early.
Slow processing: Can be slow making reads as a passer and rarely passes while on the move.
One-speed style: Relies heavily on physical tools rather than offensive creativity, sometimes disappearing for stretches of a game.

0r1c · Aug 31, 2026

BBN9 said:
Mark Mitchell struggles with consistent outside shooting, mechanical shooting form, and limited playmaking capabilities off the bounce.

Offensive Limitations

• Poor spacing: Lacks a reliable three-point shot with a mechanical release and low shooting percentages.

Rigid ball-handling: Tends to play hunched over, rarely beats defenders with a dynamic dribble, and picks up the ball too early.

Slow processing: Can be slow making reads as a passer and rarely passes while on the move.

One-speed style: Relies heavily on physical tools rather than offensive creativity, sometimes disappearing for stretches of a game."

"Why would you want a 1st team all-SEC player when you have a guy who played at JMU and a guy from Senegal."

BBN9 · Aug 31, 2026

0r1c said:
"Why would you want a 1st team all-SEC player when you have a guy who played at JMU and a guy from Senegal."

2nd team

Missouri’s Mark Mitchell earns Second Team All-SEC honors

Missouri senior Mark Mitchell was named to the All-SEC Second Team on Monday, recognizing one of the most versatile seasons in the conference. Mitchell is averaging 17.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game and is

www.ktlo.com

BBN9 · Aug 31, 2026

0r1c said:
"Why would you want a 1st team all-SEC player when you have a guy who played at JMU and a guy from Senegal."

0r1c · Aug 31, 2026

BBN9 said:
2nd team

Missouri’s Mark Mitchell earns Second Team All-SEC honors

Missouri senior Mark Mitchell was named to the All-SEC Second Team on Monday, recognizing one of the most versatile seasons in the conference. Mitchell is averaging 17.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game and is

www.ktlo.com

He'll be 1st team this year. But even if he is 2nd team, we still have a dude with 1 three minute highlight tape from Senegal, so WE'RE GOOD.

cornbreadnmilk · Aug 31, 2026

OP looks dumber with every post.

Snarks · Aug 31, 2026

Because we’re desperate

HalHR2500 · Aug 31, 2026

He is a highly overrated player if you look at the metrics.

Do a deeper diver on him, and the warts show.

cornbreadnmilk · Aug 31, 2026

HalHR2500 said:
He is a highly overrated player if you look at the metrics.

Do a deeper diver on him, and the warts show.

Now do one for the great Justin Mcbride.

DudahUK · Aug 31, 2026

BBN9 said:
Mark Mitchell struggles with consistent outside shooting, mechanical shooting form, and limited playmaking capabilities off the bounce.

Offensive Limitations

•Poor spacing: Lacks a reliable three-point shot with a mechanical release and low shooting percentages.

Rigid ball-handling: Tends to play hunched over, rarely beats defenders with a dynamic dribble, and picks up the ball too early.

Slow processing: Can be slow making reads as a passer and rarely passes while on the move.

One-speed style: Relies heavily on physical tools rather than offensive creativity, sometimes disappearing for stretches of a game.

Lmao. Now do the rest of our team.

KOF98 · Aug 31, 2026

HalHR2500 said:
He is a highly overrated player if you look at the metrics.

Do a deeper diver on him, and the warts show.

4th best player in the portal by projected Bayesian Performance Rating for 2026-27. Ranked #6 in the portal by 247. The idea that he's not a playmaker is wild. He's an incredible playmaker for a PF. It's one of the strongest aspects of his game.

DudahUK · Aug 31, 2026

Wasting your time responding to this jackass. He’s Dirty Harry as well. He will be blocked from this username I imagine shortly. Unless telling someone they can suck off their dead friend is alright around here? If so? I’m feeling to go bananas.

NociHTTP · Aug 31, 2026

KOF98 said:
4th best player in the portal by projected Bayesian Performance Rating for 2026-27. Ranked #6 in the portal by 247. The idea that he's not a playmaker is wild. He's an incredible playmaker for a PF. It's one of the strongest aspects of his game.

What's wild is thinking the post you quoted said anything about playmaking. Your post says more about the portal than anything.

#1 cat fan · Aug 31, 2026

BBN9 said:
Mark Mitchell struggles with consistent outside shooting, mechanical shooting form, and limited playmaking capabilities off the bounce.

Offensive Limitations

•Poor spacing: Lacks a reliable three-point shot with a mechanical release and low shooting percentages.

Rigid ball-handling: Tends to play hunched over, rarely beats defenders with a dynamic dribble, and picks up the ball too early.

Slow processing: Can be slow making reads as a passer and rarely passes while on the move.

One-speed style: Relies heavily on physical tools rather than offensive creativity, sometimes disappearing for stretches of a game.

Learn to form your own opinion. Inconsistent out side shooting? He's a 6'10power forward , I wouldn't care if he ever took shot from outside. Give him the ball when you need a basket and see what happens. He scored on us whenever he wanted

KOF98 · Aug 31, 2026

NociHTTP said:
What's wild is thinking the post you quoted said anything about playmaking. Your post says more about the portal than anything.

Lay off the crack pipe, dawg.

UKBB4Ever · Sep 1, 2026

BBN9 said:
Mark Mitchell struggles with consistent outside shooting, mechanical shooting form, and limited playmaking capabilities off the bounce.

Offensive Limitations

•Poor spacing: Lacks a reliable three-point shot with a mechanical release and low shooting percentages.

Rigid ball-handling: Tends to play hunched over, rarely beats defenders with a dynamic dribble, and picks up the ball too early.

Slow processing: Can be slow making reads as a passer and rarely passes while on the move.

One-speed style: Relies heavily on physical tools rather than offensive creativity, sometimes disappearing for stretches of a game.

I agree with that and my concern was that even with those limitations he would have been a top two player on this team.

That is more the problem than missing on him.

But he was not a fit anyway. Just highlights the circus that UK basketball has become under Pope.

UK4Life#9 · Sep 1, 2026

Low IQ fans rely on other men (analyst) to tell them how and what to think instead of forming their own opinion.

BlueSince92 · Sep 1, 2026

Have some emotional strength, people. He’s a great player and we lost him. Cool, so we move on.

Needing to lash out at Pope over it is weakness.

Needing to tear Mitchell down to minimize the pain of losing him is weakness.

Weakness is bad, mmkay?

Don’t do that sh*t. Don’t be weak.

Mmkay?

Drogon · Sep 1, 2026

21% assist rate and 3.6APG(meaning he's a capable and willing passer). 12% turnover rate, but considering a 25% usage rate Id actually expect it to be closer to Amari WIlliams' 20%

.713 free throw rate(Moreno was even better in less usage)

4 or more assists in 14 of Missouri's 33 games

darkshadesofblue · Sep 1, 2026

As soon as we don’t get him, he’s overrated lol

KYAnywhereEverywhere · Sep 1, 2026

OP, I've wondered about this or at least have had similar thoughts. He's not NBA talent level talented. That said, I think it comes down to this: if you need points, you can give him the ball and he's going to get you points, at least at the college level. Milan keeps defenses honest on the perimeter and Mitchell would have kept defenses honest on the interior. That dynamic would have lead to awesome spacing for the whole team on offense.

kyjeff1 · Sep 1, 2026

BBN9 said:
Mark Mitchell struggles with consistent outside shooting, mechanical shooting form, and limited playmaking capabilities off the bounce.

Offensive Limitations

•Poor spacing: Lacks a reliable three-point shot with a mechanical release and low shooting percentages.

Rigid ball-handling: Tends to play hunched over, rarely beats defenders with a dynamic dribble, and picks up the ball too early.

Slow processing: Can be slow making reads as a passer and rarely passes while on the move.

One-speed style: Relies heavily on physical tools rather than offensive creativity, sometimes disappearing for stretches of a game.

Who did this analysis? Is this an NBA analyst looking at Mitchell and comparing him to NBA players? It sure seems like it.

You don't see too many college analysts saying a PF is a poor 3 point shooter.

We have got to stop using NBA standards when looking at college kids. We aren't the NBA draft, we are UK and UK plays at the college level.

The NBA is a totally different game, please realize that when you're judging potential UK players.

Mark Mitchell might not be an NBA talent, but he is a legit first team all SEC PF and would be a big problem for everyone we play… .at the college level.

Trinity45 · Sep 1, 2026

BBN9 said:
Mark Mitchell struggles with consistent outside shooting, mechanical shooting form, and limited playmaking capabilities off the bounce.

Offensive Limitations

•Poor spacing: Lacks a reliable three-point shot with a mechanical release and low shooting percentages.

Rigid ball-handling: Tends to play hunched over, rarely beats defenders with a dynamic dribble, and picks up the ball too early.

Slow processing: Can be slow making reads as a passer and rarely passes while on the move.

One-speed style: Relies heavily on physical tools rather than offensive creativity, sometimes disappearing for stretches of a game.

There are some, mostly trolls but not all who look for any reason to run UK or Pope down.

CrimsonCats_rivals · Sep 1, 2026

Draft projections aren’t everything if the goal is simply to win games at the college level. Although a fringe NBA prospect, Mitchell is a proven college performer at a position where we otherwise have nothing but question marks. It isn’t that hard to see how he would have made us a better team even if you can nitpick certain parts of his game.

jeffky · Sep 2, 2026

0r1c said:
"Why would you want a 1st team all-SEC player when you have a guy who played at JMU and a guy from Senegal."

That guy from Senegal I think will be really good as the season progresses .he has the length and runs the floor good plus has a decent looking shot .we shall see

UKWildcats1987 · Sep 2, 2026

Popettes working overtime to make this into a pro for their guy. Love the passion but you guys are morons as usual.

theBlues · Sep 2, 2026

jeffky said:
That guy from Senegal I think will be really good as the season progresses .he has the length and runs the floor good plus has a decent looking shot .we shall see

His post defense will be the key; if he defends the post like AJ did, then he won't be able to play against teams with a good low post four. His decent rebounding give me a little hope. I'm pretty well sold on him on the offensive end.

Anon726530 · Sep 2, 2026

theBlues said:
His post defense will be the key; if he defends the post like AJ did, then he won't be able to play against teams with a good low post four. His decent rebounding give me a little hope. I'm pretty well sold on him on the offensive end.

Questioning if Mark Mitchell is a big loss is amongst the all time worst Rupp Rafters threads. He would have been our best player, he was previous year all SEC - we currently have none, he played excellent in the SECT - I think Kam Williams made almost no contribution on an injured foot, he was a senior.

We suck again !

theBlues · Sep 2, 2026

Anon726530 said:
Questioning if Mark Mitchell is a big loss is amongst the all time worst Rupp Rafters threads. He would have been our best player, he was previous year all SEC - we currently have none, he played excellent in the SECT - I think Kam Williams made almost no contribution on an injured foot, he was a senior.

We suck again !

Are you sure you meant to reply to me? I'm only asking because I never even implied that Mitchell wasn't a big loss.

Eagles_Ball_69 · Sep 2, 2026

BBN9 said:
Mark Mitchell struggles with consistent outside shooting, mechanical shooting form, and limited playmaking capabilities off the bounce.

Offensive Limitations

•Poor spacing: Lacks a reliable three-point shot with a mechanical release and low shooting percentages.

Rigid ball-handling: Tends to play hunched over, rarely beats defenders with a dynamic dribble, and picks up the ball too early.

Slow processing: Can be slow making reads as a passer and rarely passes while on the move.

One-speed style: Relies heavily on physical tools rather than offensive creativity, sometimes disappearing for stretches of a game.

Because he likely would’ve been the best player on this team and given them a chance to be ACTUALLY good and not pretend good.

TigerMoving · Sep 2, 2026

Bc we are a college team and he's a hell of a college player. Dont care about how he projects for the NBA.

gobigblue812_rivals29381 · Sep 3, 2026

BBN9 said:
Mark Mitchell struggles with consistent outside shooting, mechanical shooting form, and limited playmaking capabilities off the bounce.

Offensive Limitations

•Poor spacing: Lacks a reliable three-point shot with a mechanical release and low shooting percentages.

Rigid ball-handling: Tends to play hunched over, rarely beats defenders with a dynamic dribble, and picks up the ball too early.

Slow processing: Can be slow making reads as a passer and rarely passes while on the move.

One-speed style: Relies heavily on physical tools rather than offensive creativity, sometimes disappearing for stretches of a game.

Yeah, only NBA ready guys are good at the college level.

FilsonCat · Sep 3, 2026

Mitchell is such a non-factor that both Calipari and Sankey came out publicly to make sure he didn't join the roster. He would have made a pretty big difference.

seccats04 · Sep 3, 2026

How many draft picks did Cal usually have on his teams? 4 or 5? How did that turn out for us since the world turned upside down in 2020?

He's a great college player who would've significantly raised our ceiling.

wildcat111 · Sep 3, 2026

BBN9 said:
Mark Mitchell struggles with consistent outside shooting, mechanical shooting form, and limited playmaking capabilities off the bounce.

Offensive Limitations

•Poor spacing: Lacks a reliable three-point shot with a mechanical release and low shooting percentages.

Rigid ball-handling: Tends to play hunched over, rarely beats defenders with a dynamic dribble, and picks up the ball too early.

Slow processing: Can be slow making reads as a passer and rarely passes while on the move.

One-speed style: Relies heavily on physical tools rather than offensive creativity, sometimes disappearing for stretches of a game.

His stats the past 2 years disputes your conclusions!!

UKWildcats1987 · Sep 3, 2026

seccats04 said:
How many draft picks did Cal usually have on his teams? 4 or 5? How did that turn out for us since the world turned upside down in 2020?

He's a great college player who would've significantly raised our ceiling.

I just checked and we didnt have anywhere close to 4 or 5 draft picks a season from 2021 to 2024.

Recruiting and talent fell way off for cal last 4 seasons especially.

Why is everyone so upset about an undrafted player scouting services rated poorly?

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