3 point shooting

[davekersey]

Lot of scorers coming in and returning but what about deep shooting:

based on stats from the last year of high school or at UK

My predictions:
Allen 39%
Sestina 37%
Maxey 35%
Juzang 35%
Quickley 34%
"Blackshear" 33%
Hagans 30%
Whitney 29%
Brooks 28%
Montgomery 25%
Richards 0%

So, no Murray, Monk, Herro, or the like, in my opinion.

Am I wrong?

 

[DerekMcPwn]

This take into account the three-point line moving back? Based on the numbers I’m guessing it doesn’t. Knock everybody down another 3%.

And yeah, no Lamb or Murray on this squad.

 

[Mr_GG]

Lot of scorers coming in and returning but what about deep shooting:

based on stats from the last year of high school or at UK

My predictions:
"Blackshear" 33%

Blackshear to UK confirmed!

 

[MWes11]

Lot of scorers coming in and returning but what about deep shooting:

based on stats from the last year of high school or at UK

My predictions:
Allen 39%
Sestina 37%
Maxey 35%
Juzang 35%
Quickley 34%
"Blackshear" 33%
Hagans 30%
Whitney 29%
Brooks 28%
Montgomery 25%
Richards 0%

So, no Murray, Monk, Herro, or the like, in my opinion.

Am I wrong?

Herro shot 35% from 3. So according to your predictions, we will have 4 Tyler Herro's on next years club. I'll take it!!

 

[jcmc225]

Really gonna wanna see IQ shoot a higher % than that

 

[Bungalow Bill]

Having true back to the basket players make shooting threes so much easier. Passing out for a 3 the % goes way up. If we have a good passing team and Blackshear comes here and is a willing passer out of double teams I could see this team being a very good 3 point shooting team. Sestina should give us another back to the basket option. EJ would have to improve as he didn't show us much in the way of an offensive repertoire but I expect he will. Also getting 3's in transition or after an offensive rebound helps a lot.

 

[davekersey]

This take into account the three-point line moving back? Based on the numbers I’m guessing it doesn’t. Knock everybody down another 3%.

And yeah, no Lamb or Murray on this squad.

I didn't take into account the increased distance. I agree with you, those numbers I posted are probably too high.

 

[senonesy]

Juzang will better shooter than Herro. Maxey better shooter then Keldon, Quickley will shoot 40%. Sestina can knock down shots as well. Will be no lack of outside weapons on next years squad.

 

[BlueintheBrew]

I think by seasons end Maxey and Juzang will be 37ish% or slightly higher. Those 2 plus IQ will probably have the green light for 3's. Hopefully Sestina can give us around 35%. Teams will probably zone us a good bit until we prove to be consistently capable from deep.

 

[SPECT imaging]

There is no way Sestina shoots 37% or Allen 39% from the new 3 point arch against this schedule. Not happening.

I think Cal will continue to emphasize dribble penetration, scoring in the paint, and offensive rebounding. Kentucky will continue to be the SEC team that relies the least on 3 point shooting. The move of the 3 point line makes this a safe bet because Cal understands better than anyone where the game is going and how to exploit changes.

 

[U6Hater]

Juzang will better shooter than Herro. Maxey better shooter then Keldon, Quickley will shoot 40%. Sestina can knock down shots as well. Will be no lack of outside weapons on next years squad.

Lottery numbers?

TIA.

 

[akaukswoosh]

Lot of scorers coming in and returning but what about deep shooting:

based on stats from the last year of high school or at UK

My predictions:
Allen 39%
Sestina 37%
Maxey 35%
Juzang 35%
Quickley 34%
"Blackshear" 33%
Hagans 30%
Whitney 29%
Brooks 28%
Montgomery 25%
Richards 0%

So, no Murray, Monk, Herro, or the like, in my opinion.

Am I wrong?

Doesn’t matter how well you shoot if you can’t make shots in the NCAA. The next Rex Chapman, Herro, made THREE three-pointers in our four NCAA games. That won’t cut it.

 

[jrpross_rivals]

I think by seasons end Maxey and Juzang will be 37ish% or slightly higher. Those 2 plus IQ will probably have the green light for 3's. Hopefully Sestina can give us around 35%. Teams will probably zone us a good bit until we prove to be consistently capable from deep.

I think Maxey will be better than his senior percentage indicates. I think he was given the green light to shoot wherever and whenever he wanted and that resulted in a lot of bad shots. When Cal hammers into his head what’s a good shot and what’s not, he could be a 37-40% guy.

I hope....

 

[jgodek]

I’ll take the odds and bet that at least one of these players will shoot 40%.

 

[Justwar]

Our shooting doesn't look good, kinda why Blackshear would help because he can at least hit a open one. Having 5 guys on the court you have to defend on the 3 with the line moving back is going to be important

 

[Blueisbest]

It will take a period of adjustment for a lot of players on a lot of teams but by mid season it won't be a huge problem. Good shooters gonna shoot and hit at a decent percentage. It's only moving back a few inches. That won't effect players as much as people tend to think.

 

[BlueintheBrew]

I think Maxey will be better than his senior percentage indicates. I think he was given the green light to shoot wherever and whenever he wanted and that resulted in a lot of bad shots. When Cal hammers into his head what’s a good shot and what’s not, he could be a 37-40% guy.

I hope....

I think this is very plausible. All of them should be able to get better quality shots than in HS. I don't think we will be reliant on the 3 by any means, but I think we will be better than expected.

 

[Drcats2025]

I will put my money on Quickley leading the team in 3pt% in about 20 mins a game off the bench. Becomes a star year three.

 

[Anon1636470744]

I will put my money on Quickley leading the team in 3pt% in about 20 mins a game off the bench. Becomes a star year three.

Yeah there were times last year especially
late in the year when I kept hoping Cal would play him more minutes. I wouldn't be shocked to see him start.

 

[Kubballfan]

You don’t need to be great from outside, just respectable. Stretch the floor and let your bigs go to work.

The more pertinent question is who is good at feeding the bigs. I don’t know as I’m not that knowledgeable about your guards.

Bottom line is that I think balance is going to be big for Kentucky this upcoming year. Gotta have some outside threat, gotta have bigs do their thing.

Obvious take is obvious, but still true. With Coach Cal, you will be fine.

 

[ggary]

Feeding the post is truly a lost art. IMO, T. Herro was the best at this last year for UK. I believe Hagan’s has the ability to be good, as well.

 

[kl40504_rivals]

Lot of scorers coming in and returning but what about deep shooting:

based on stats from the last year of high school or at UK

My predictions:
Allen 39%
Sestina 37%
Maxey 35%
Juzang 35%
Quickley 34%
"Blackshear" 33%
Hagans 30%
Whitney 29%
Brooks 28%
Montgomery 25%
Richards 0%

So, no Murray, Monk, Herro, or the like, in my opinion.

Am I wrong?

You are correct. Murray, Monk and Herro will be in the NBA. Not sure about the like

 

[caneintally]

Quickley , Juzang , Maxey , Sestina all will be between 38-44% IMO . Allen would be too but he wont play much if at all. This is his best shooting team top to bottom as we have 8-9 guys who I feel comfortable taking a 3 . Many thought Maxey was the best shooter in HS and this was said on both the McD's game and Jordan game as well. Juzang is Herro like in shooting ( not saying he is quite that good over all but he is as good of a shooter) and Setina has longgg range . But really more important then that is the fact we have guys like brooks , Hagans , EJ and Blackshear who will shoot over 30% as well so the whole team will need to guarded . This isnt like some teams in the past where we had 2 guys who needed to be guarded and the rest could be sagged off on . Cal fixed that starting 2 years ago . He now recruits shooting over athleticism . Just think about it everyone in our recruiting class / transfers can shoot minus Whitney and even he isn't bad . He is really working on that as he knows if he can even shoot 32% he is a top 10 pick with his physical tools .

That's why getting Blackshear is huge - we will have no big weaknesses . Right now without him we have 1 - no proven big time inside scorer . KB solves that.

 

[catsfan1983_rivals389816]

I'd say the chances are very high that Allen redshirts this season. He tore his ACL January 2019. According to my research: "Recovery from an ACL surgery can take anywhere from two to six months. However, it can nine months or more before you return to your pre-injurycondition with a full range of motion and stability in the knee joint."
With the log-jam of wings on this roster, I don't see him playing the 2019-2020 season.

This team is gonna be full of 3 point shooters. The sophomores are definitely gonna improve their stroke. Maxey and Juzang have some very pure shooting strokes. Quickley's 3 point shooting was (35%) overshadowed by Herro last season. In my opinion, this will be the best 3 point shooting team Coach Cal has had at UK. Maxey, Juzang, Quickley, Sestina and Hagans all should be close to 40%. It'll be between Maxey, Juzang and Quickley for the teams best shooter.

 

[catsfan1983_rivals389816]

Juzang will better shooter than Herro. Maxey better shooter then Keldon, Quickley will shoot 40%. Sestina can knock down shots as well. Will be no lack of outside weapons on next years squad.

Sestina has some videos on YouTube...he is a good 3-3.5 feet behind the 3 point line draining them

 

[nerdcat_rivals308595]

Quickley , Juzang , Maxey , Sestina all will be between 38-44% IMO . Allen would be too but he wont play much if at all. This is his best shooting team top to bottom as we have 8-9 guys who I feel comfortable taking a 3 . Many thought Maxey was the best shooter in HS and this was said on both the McD's game and Jordan game as well. Juzang is Herro like in shooting ( not saying he is quite that good over all but he is as good of a shooter) and Setina has longgg range . But really more important then that is the fact we have guys like brooks , Hagans , EJ and Blackshear who will shoot over 30% as well so the whole team will need to guarded . This isnt like some teams in the past where we had 2 guys who needed to be guarded and the rest could be sagged off on . Cal fixed that starting 2 years ago . He now recruits shooting over athleticism . Just think about it everyone in our recruiting class / transfers can shoot minus Whitney and even he isn't bad . He is really working on that as he knows if he can even shoot 32% he is a top 10 pick with his physical tools .

That's why getting Blackshear is huge - we will have no big weaknesses . Right now without him we have 1 - no proven big time inside scorer . KB solves that.

No.

 

[emurphy24]

FWIW Keion shot above 40% in the high school championship tournament. I know it was three games but his shot is much better than what it used to be. He will surprise people

 

[Wildcats1st]

Our best shooters next season 1-5
Juzang
Quickley
Sestina
Maxey
Hagans (should be improved)

Juzang will hit over 40% quickley close to 40% same with Sestina then big drop to maxey 35%. I don’t think Allen plays this year and if he does his time will be limited imo

 

[Nicholascat]

Didn't Juzang shoot 45% from 3? I'd think he and Quickley will be our best shooters.

 

[jrpross_rivals]

Didn't Juzang shoot 45% from 3? I'd think he and Quickley will be our best shooters.

35% as a junior, 31% as a senior. But he did hit 42% in his last aau season. Hopefully that’s more indicative of his ability. I am optimistically hoping he hits in the mid-upper 30s.

 

[mjj_2K]

Didn't Juzang shoot 45% from 3? I'd think he and Quickley will be our best shooters.

He did in Adidas AAU events last year.

The weird thing is that he was barely above 50% on FT's in those same events. So who knows what to expect. He's definitely the mystery man of the recruiting class.

Another thing some people seem to be ignoring is that Brooks and Whitney both took a lot of 3's in the EYBL. Brooks was 19/53, Whitney 29/79. Add in Sestina, and UK will have more frontcourt players who are perimeter threats than Cal has had in a long time. Whether he chooses to utilize that?

 

[BBUK_anon]

I'd say the chances are very high that Allen redshirts this season. He tore his ACL January 2019. According to my research: "Recovery from an ACL surgery can take anywhere from two to six months. However, it can nine months or more before you return to your pre-injurycondition with a full range of motion and stability in the knee joint."
With the log-jam of wings on this roster, I don't see him playing the 2019-2020 season.

This team is gonna be full of 3 point shooters. The sophomores are definitely gonna improve their stroke. Maxey and Juzang have some very pure shooting strokes. Quickley's 3 point shooting was (35%) overshadowed by Herro last season. In my opinion, this will be the best 3 point shooting team Coach Cal has had at UK. Maxey, Juzang, Quickley, Sestina and Hagans all should be close to 40%. It'll be between Maxey, Juzang and Quickley for the teams best shooter.

Uh please pass the koolaid...that junk is spiked. Hagans' a 40% three point shooter??? Mark UK down 40-0 right now and I have never played with the 40-0 stuff previously.

 

[BBUK_anon]

I see the board now in November. The Witch Doctor clanks a few the first game and watch these same posters claiming these high shooting percentages start roasting the kid. It NEVER fails.

Baker made his first TWO three's and partly due to the over the top pressure couldn't handle the pressure to perform after that. (I wasn't there but I bet every time he touched the ball for a while he got the Brad treatment from the fans SHOOT IT at the top of their lungs...Might as well have given them air-horns...)

 

[Bowfreak.]

Our best shooters next season 1-5
Juzang
Quickley
Sestina
Maxey
Hagans (should be improved)

Juzang will hit over 40% quickley close to 40% same with Sestina then big drop to maxey 35%. I don’t think Allen plays this year and if he does his time will be limited imo

If we have 3 guys shooting 40% we won't lose a game and cut down the nets. Our issue will be outside shooting....just like always.

 

[UKrazycat2_rivals]

I see the board now in November. The Witch Doctor clanks a few the first game and watch these same posters claiming these high shooting percentages start roasting the kid. It NEVER fails.

Baker made his first TWO three's and partly due to the over the top pressure couldn't handle the pressure to perform after that. (I wasn't there but I bet every time he touched the ball for a while he got the Brad treatment from the fans SHOOT IT at the top of their lungs...Might as well have given them air-horns...)

Sad but true. On paper we look like a good shooting team. The question is, will they have the green light? Cal doesn't rely on the three ball very much.

If Cal sees the threes dropping early on, he will release the beasts. Otherwise we will probably see games with around 15 three ball attempts per game. Play smothering defense, adapt and move on.

 

[BBUK_anon]

Sad but true. On paper we look like a good shooting team. The question is, will they have the green light? Cal doesn't rely on the three ball very much.

If Cal sees the threes dropping early on, he will release the beasts. Otherwise we will probably see games with around 15 three ball attempts per game. Play smothering defense, adapt and move on.

I agree, I really just don't want to see Kentucky fan ignorance on display again so early in the process from one bad game.

I have noticed some of the posters who do this. I won't call them out but the jekyll and hyde force is strong with them...

 

[UKrazycat2_rivals]

I agree, I really just don't want to see Kentucky fan ignorance on display again so early in the process from one bad game.

I have noticed some of the posters who do this. I won't call them out but the jekyll and hyde force is strong with them...

Know exactly where you're coming from.

 

[davekersey]

been researching Juzang this morning. Raising my expectations after reading an excerpt from The Athletic. Kid prides himself on defense, and patterns his offensive game after Herro and Booker. Plus his little sister is going to sing the national anthem at a UK game. Like what I see and hear. Go Johnny Go.

 

[davekersey]

 

[BBUK_anon]

been researching Juzang this morning. Raising my expectations after reading an excerpt from The Athletic. Kid prides himself on defense, and patterns his offensive game after Herro and Booker. Plus his little sister is going to sing the national anthem at a UK game. Like what I see and hear. Go Johnny Go.

As long as Johnny be Good...