I don't understand why everyone is worrying about him leaving!! He is not projected in the 1st or 2nd round. Where is he going??? I don't understand the talk about him and Lee leaving at all.
Briscoe??
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I would LOVEEEEE to go all out for him anyway....we need some three point shooting pretty badly for next season.
Which is clearly not leaving . I am not worried about Briscoe leaving . Kid isn't stupid . Come back , win a title and be a top 20 pick as all he has to do is get back to his shooting ways like in HS . Make 35 % of his 3's and 70% of his freebies.
Lots of moving pieces, and Ulis' decision has an affect on Briscoe's. Imagine if Ulis were to come back, what do you do if you're Briscoe, with Ulis getting 35mpg and then cutting up the other 45mpg among 3 other guys, two of which are incoming studs?
Interestingly enough, if Ulis is announcing his intentions to go to the NBA, that could sway Briscoe into coming back.
Also have to remember, so many of these guys are waiting to see what everyone else does. If Grayson Allen really wanted to come back to Duke, he would have by now. He's doing the same thing: waiting to see what others do. Ulis and Skal will push Allen and Briscoe down two spots.. that means something.
Interestingly enough, if Ulis is announcing his intentions to go to the NBA, that could sway Briscoe into coming back.
Also have to remember, so many of these guys are waiting to see what everyone else does. If Grayson Allen really wanted to come back to Duke, he would have by now. He's doing the same thing: waiting to see what others do. Ulis and Skal will push Allen and Briscoe down two spots.. that means something.
Fergueson and Allen and anyone not named Bolden is a very very long shot . Our roster is set basically IMO . We just have to have Bolden decide and see if Lee comes back .
I realize Ferguson would be a long shot, but if Briscoe left there's a gaping hole at the 3. He would start, that would have to look very attractive. Cal could sell it.
Work hard this summer forgotten Chicago soph to be
Briscoe needs more development and I can't see him leaving. He will start and get plenty of playing time and improve his draft stock as it can only improve since he isn't even projected to get drafted right now.
This Is my expected roster for now,
Briscoe
Lee
Willis
Humphries
Mathews
Hawkins
Fox
Monk
Adebayo
Jones
Gabriel
Wynyard
Mulder
This Is my expected roster for now,
Briscoe
Lee
Willis
Humphries
Mathews
Hawkins
Fox
Monk
Adebayo
Jones
Gabriel
Wynyard
Mulder
Two entirely different situations. Aaron knew his brother was leaving and had already been here two years.
That roster is severly missing a couple big pieces. Bolden or Allen is one piece, a shooter the other.
you don't think Briscoe has great athleticism? The guy should be OK in the department IMO.
If Briscoe does leave then we do need to go all in for Fergie. It seems like a long shot, so the other plan should be a grad transfer. We could get a grad transfer who could come off the bench shoot 40plus % from 3 and give us 6-8 points a game. But with that said Briscoe will come back. As will Lee. I think we'll be ok shooting wise with Monk and Willis. Willis will be our knock down, lights out 3pt shooter, and Monk will give us what Murray did from 3. A high volume 40% 3pt shooter. If Fox and Briscoe can just shoot 32-35% we'll be fine. If Ulis goes here's our roster.
Starters
De'Aaron Fox
Malik Monk
Wenyen Gabriel
Bam Adebayo
Marques Bolden
Bench in order of minutes
Isaiah Briscoe
Derrick Willis
Marcus Lee
Sacha Killeya Jones
Dominique Hawkins
Charles Mathews
Isaac Humphries
Tai Wynyard
Mychal Mulder will not be on the team as we have to have room for Bolden, Lee, and Briscoe. Or I could see Wynyard transferring instead, but more likely it will be Mulder. I hoped he would give us a lights out shooter off the bench but it didn't work out. But that team (Our probable roster) is stacked and has every ingredient for 9. We will be really deep too with SKJ, Lee, Briscoe, and Willis all playing a lot off the bench.
Starters
De'Aaron Fox
Malik Monk
Wenyen Gabriel
Bam Adebayo
Marques Bolden
Bench in order of minutes
Isaiah Briscoe
Derrick Willis
Marcus Lee
Sacha Killeya Jones
Dominique Hawkins
Charles Mathews
Isaac Humphries
Tai Wynyard
Mychal Mulder will not be on the team as we have to have room for Bolden, Lee, and Briscoe. Or I could see Wynyard transferring instead, but more likely it will be Mulder. I hoped he would give us a lights out shooter off the bench but it didn't work out. But that team (Our probable roster) is stacked and has every ingredient for 9. We will be really deep too with SKJ, Lee, Briscoe, and Willis all playing a lot off the bench.
Yeah If Bolden goes to Duke I think it will play out like this
Starters
Fox/Monk/Briscoe/Gabriel/Bam
Bench - Willis/SKJ/Lee/Humphries/Matthews/Hawkins
WE will play 8-9 plays every night but it will never be the same 8-9 as I think Matthews will his nights of the bench as will Hawkins , as will Humphires and so on. WE will be damn deep with 5-6 top 20 NBA picks and another few like Hump who could become that one day. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD BOLDEN THOUGH because then Bam could play PF and Gabriel could play SF( their natural spots) but either way that is a top 2 team right there.
Ferguson is NOT coming, even if Briscoe leaves. 0.00000000% chance.
You forgot our most important recruit
Calapari
And of course our best dancer
Floreal
And the random white bench warmer
David
I like the roster but I don't see five freshmen starting with the upperclassmen we have. Calipari will figure it out, it's his good problem to have, not my good problem to figure out lol.
I think Briscoe would be as good or better than getting another 5 star freshman to come in. He would have a year in the system under his belt, would help with guard depth, and be a steadying influence if Fox and Monk are struggling. My guess is that he would also improve his shooting a good deal, and would provide more flexibility with lineup options.
Damn, I forgot about those guys! They will be on the floor in the Yum center with around 2 minutes to go, after all the Louisville fans left, and the UK fans are yelling go big blue just like in 2014. Ahhhhh memories.
instant gratification. The American way. Add on the culture Cal has created that if your not a star your first year your basically gone at UK. Thank goodness it didn't apply to me. I was hopeless as a freshmen. Some people are late bloomer's. Briscoe can be, or he'll be driven out by those of you who want Bolden instead. It kind of makes me sick.
He might be gone but I doubt it will be because he kicked ***. Briscoe is talented but has a lot of holes in his game
Fox and Briscoe will NOT be starting together. If they are, get ready for a long season and collapsing defenses. I don't know why some of you want 2 non shooters on the floor at the same time.
Because he is one heck of a basketball player even when his free throws and jumpers aren't falling. He was a good shooter and free throw shot in high school and those things will come back to him. One darn good rebounder and defensive player.
That's what the statistic guys don't understand.
Lol can UK fans STOP bringing up his HS shooting? It means nothing.
He had one of the worst shooting seasons ever by a guard. That is no fluke. He has proven he cannot shoot over CBB athletes.
You are dead wrong. They both will start. And you need to get over the notion Fox can't shoot based on one all star game. He isn't lights out, but he isn't terrible and should continue to improve. They will be on the floor with Willis and Monk too, shooting will be fine. Everyone needs to quit tripping
Actually very few UK fans bring up his high school shooting,, clown. Get back in the basement where you spend most of your time doing Heaven knows what deviant acts with your pet goat.
How about this.
I base NOTHING off of All Star games, Fox isn't considered a shooter at all. He and Briscoe on the court together will not be a good strategy. We will be vanilla and teams will game plan easily for us. Nothing dead wrong about it.
Fox shot 34% from 3 his senior year of high school. As has been indicated with Lamb and Briscoe, high school shooting percentages are some indicator, but not an absolute indicator of how players will shoot in college. I don't think it's unreasonable for Fox to shoot around 33% from 3 at Kentucky.