Booker leaning towards leaving...
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After all the talent that has come through the doors in the Cal era, Fresh no longer excite me. I'd like to see JR twins, Soph Book and SR WCS instead.
This post was edited on 4/8 2:13 PM by Dream Team 13
This post was edited on 4/8 2:13 PM by Dream Team 13
Newman will make people forget about Booker really quickly IMO.
And people say they don't want frosh...frosh just want Duke the national title. Jones, Winslow, Okafor and white boy Allen carried them to the title against a veteran Wisconsin team on Monday. UK will have a senior in Poythress, a a soph in Ulis, and maybe one or two of the Juniors of Lee/Hawkins/Willis can play some in the rotation.
UK will have some experience back next year. The only real surprise is DJ...but once again, he would not have played much next year anyways..
And people say they don't want frosh...frosh just want Duke the national title. Jones, Winslow, Okafor and white boy Allen carried them to the title against a veteran Wisconsin team on Monday. UK will have a senior in Poythress, a a soph in Ulis, and maybe one or two of the Juniors of Lee/Hawkins/Willis can play some in the rotation.
UK will have some experience back next year. The only real surprise is DJ...but once again, he would not have played much next year anyways..
I don't care if they are freshman, sophomore, seniors, grad students...if they can play bring them on.
RE: Newman - I know he is a prolific scorer. Does he have the 3 pt skills that Booker has? Is he a shooter or more of a drive and score type of player?
He is incredibly gifted at creating his own shot off the bounce with a varied offensive arsenal. Kobe-like offensive arsenal in terms of variety.
Even if Newman comes, I'd really prefer if Cal brought in one more shooter. Briscoe is not a shooter and Ulis is a low volume shooter. Matthews is a mid-range guy.
A role player 5th year guy would be nice, ala Julius Mays off the bench.
A role player 5th year guy would be nice, ala Julius Mays off the bench.
I'm happy for the guys but for me, it's like Sandra Bullock (I'm old) walking into the room wearing nothing but a trench coat and heels, seductively unbuttoning the top button, and then walking out. We just never see the best of these players. Booker has the potential to be a special, special college player. Instead, he takes an underdeveloped game to travel the country and make millions. You can't blame him, but you can't blame us either for wanting to see these incredible players at their best in a Kentucky uniform.
Lamb came back for his sophomore year and won a championship. Hoping Booker does the same. We need shooters and Bookers could use another year of confidently knocking down shots.
The only one of this bunch who should even consider leaving is Towns. Booker and the others will languish on the end of the bench and wander back and forth between their team and the D league playing in front of a thousand fans in some HS/city-owned gym. Of course, the first and 15th of the month will put salve on their egos.
To me Booker was key to next year. In theory, you can replace the twins with ulis, briscoe and hawkins and possibly newman. Also, in theory, you could replace lyles WCS and towns, with poythress, lee and labissiere and possibly another addition
The one guy we don't have a replacement for is Booker. And there are no dead-eye shooters left in the class. Booker could be a great player next year with a lineup of ulis, newman, booker, poythress and labissiere, without him, you don't have hardly any consitent shooting.
IMO, UK needed booker or lyles to return to be really good next year.
The one guy we don't have a replacement for is Booker. And there are no dead-eye shooters left in the class. Booker could be a great player next year with a lineup of ulis, newman, booker, poythress and labissiere, without him, you don't have hardly any consitent shooting.
IMO, UK needed booker or lyles to return to be really good next year.
Hope Booker stays. He's the guy I thought was most likely to stay (along with Dakari). We really need his shooting. He would have a monster year if he returned. Easily would be our leading scorer at 15-16 a game. But, his stock is pretty high right now...probably not going to ever be a top 10 pick so it makes sense for him to leave. Only reason for him to stay would be for a National Championship, which I also understand.
So much doom and gloom for a team coached by quite possibly the BEST RECRUITER OF ALL TIME. i can't say for sure but I would be willing to bet that Cal is not being blind-sided by any of these decisions for the players to go pro and has likely been recruiting with this scenario in mind. Why do some of you, especially considering we have a title and three other final-fours in the last five years, try and convince yourselves that next year is going to be a bad year for the Cats? Are you that miserable after Saturday? Let Cal do what he does and it will probably turn out ok for the BBN (unless you are one of the crazy f*cks who will complain no matter what happens).
I guarantee you Booker won't be a top 20 pick. He'll find himself somewhere between 21 and 30 when it's all said and done. Right now, the draft boards have Tyus Jones going after Booker. That type of projection won't hold up.
I just don't see Booker as NBA ready. He would benefit from another year and raise his stock. I hope he doesn't leave but if he does...good luck.
Booker was 19 of 64 from the three since February. 29% for 2+ months.
I think it's safe to say that we will miss the POTENTIAL of Booker being a great shooter. But if next year was a repeat of this year, we should be alright.
I think it's safe to say that we will miss the POTENTIAL of Booker being a great shooter. But if next year was a repeat of this year, we should be alright.
I won't believe it until it actually comes from him. I'm not inclined to believe a work Gary Parrish says.
That's shocking. I didn't realize this. I thought he was shooting over 40% for the year but I guess that was "at one time".
No, he is shooting 40% on the year, but the above numbers are correct. Which means he was about 50% for the first half of the season WITH a few injured games where he shot doo-doo.
Still. 2 months is a long time to be considered a slump. Not sure what to think. Was it a slump? Or was the team+Poythress and a true platoon system just killing it for the first 2 months?
Word of course. Sometimes my fingers just don't quite do what I want them to.
I wouldn't argue any of your points.
Exactly, Muhammad and Wiggins were thought to be locks and we know how that turned out. When they've signed their LOI, then they'll be locks.
IMHO Booker needs to work on his defense and consistency .... no differently than T.Jones did .... with that said ..... that's what's wrong with the NBA today. If an NBA team wants to pay to develop him he should go.
This post was edited on 4/8 5:12 PM by RuppnRoll
This post was edited on 4/8 5:12 PM by RuppnRoll
I don't ever remember thinking Wiggins was a lock. Muhammad I do remember hearing the word "lock". And he might have been had Cal wanted that to work out. But Wiggins? I never heard lock. So, no, none of us are "locks" for next year.
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