if asked, "who do you root for?" I always say Kentucky Wildcats...
^ could have been a kentucky's fan thread title. we know why you didn't say it that way though. instead of praising a player's development you took the opportunity to smear cal. maybe your thread went 3 pages because it took that long for you to drop your dumbass narrative.
Nope. He’s now a sophomore, Richards was ranked higher and you can tell Jones has never been one of Cal’s “boys”.
He’s not one of Cal’s boys, yet he gotten considerably more minutes than the guy you’re claiming is one of Cal’s boys? That makes zero sense. Gabriel was higher rated than both and several other starters, yet he doesn’t start. You think he’s not one of Cal’s boys, too? Several players have already been mentioned as guys who came off the bench and played great and are having terrific NBA careers as well. I guess they weren’t Cal’s guys either by your logic.
It means he’s not one of Cal’s favorites. Every team he has his favorites. Some of those include Wall, Cousins, Davis, the Twins and Briscoe.
The twins had already played their way to a championship game and had experience and better defense. They earned their right to start and play more. That’s a contradiction of the exact points you’ve been arguing for SKJ to play.
Actually, there have been several other arguments, you've just chosen to ignore them because they contradict your agenda which leaves you unable to argue. For instance, what if SKJ is better suited as a 6th man because of the energy he brings. I mean, you've pointed out how much he''s improved coming off the bench, why change what's working?
Nick Richards doesn’t have the natural energy level of SKJ. It’s one of the things that has always been mentioned with SKJ. Sometimes you need that energy more as a spark off the bench. That’s not a trait that’s easily taught or picked up, which is why the majority of really good 6th men are more experienced players, ie SKJ. Cal’s and the coaching staff know those players far better than you or I. Why not let them decide what’s best? Another reason you start Richards is his height and reach advantage for the tip-off. Getting that initial possession and being able to score early is a huge positive for any team, but especially younger ones. Why would you not want the player who gives you the highest likelyhood of winning that opening tip in the game?
Also, you’ve yet to mention why you would change something that’s obviously worked well for SKJ so far? As you’ve pointed out multiple times, he’s shown so much improvement coming off the bench and is playing the better of the two. Why mess with that if it’s working? What if he comes in and isn’t as productive and regresses? That wouldn’t be much benefit. What if he comes in and plays like Richards has been and Richards comes off the bench and played like SKJ has been? Do we just switch them right back? What if we switch them and it’s exactly the same? What was accomplished?
Better than paying for Whores and Cash from Adidas to get the scrubs UL gets
Remember when a lot of people wanted Lamb to start at PG instead of Teague? Yeah, I do. I think I will trust Cal to make the change or not. You ever think it's motivation for both players?
Nick is getting the Bam treatment from last year and it's messing with his confidence cant breath on a guy and he gets a foul. That will settle down and you will see who the better over center is cause honestly Skj is and was recruited as a stretch 4
You make a post that is so poorly thought out it's ridiculous. In ur eyes it's a double negative. SKJ five star soph outplaying Richards five star fresh so u think other coaches are saying don't go to UK you may get beat out by an older five star? You do know an 18 year old top 10 guy doesn't think anyone beats him out and the actual opposite is true. If Jones doesn't show this improvement then other coaches say look at how Cal has ruined Jones and isn't developing him at all. Lol what Jones is doing is making Cal look like a genius again. Because low iq fans forget how highly ranked Jones was and so has the media. So the assumption is going to be that Cal worked a developmental miracle with Jones. It's awesome. One of the best helps in recruiting in years it squashes that Cal just rolls the balls out and he doesn't develop. So I mean I guess this opposite day! Thanks for the psa almost missed a holiday.
Exactly....you, nor any here are the coaches. So you can state your opinion but to insistently assert that we agree or that we should not disagree is just plain...
