CJ will start
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Cal has some tough decisions ahead of him for sure but I like Grady in the lineup
Besides Oscar, Grady is the most assured player to start next season.
Grady is going to start.
CJ has bad wheels. Needs to come off the bench.
Just don’t see it. CJ is the guy you bring off the bench to hit shots. The more he makes the longer he stays in. We have other makers with more well rounded games. That is not a big knock on CJ, he certainly is not completely one dimensional. He got game.
Wheeler
Mintz
Grady
Jackson
Big O
Talk about a squad with a bench for daaaaaaayz.
Mintz
Grady
Jackson
Big O
Talk about a squad with a bench for daaaaaaayz.
Pretty confident starting lineup will be:
Wheeler
Washington
Grady
Brooks
Tshiebwe
If anyone in that lineup gets replaced by Fredrick it’s Washington, not Grady.
Wheeler
Washington
Grady
Brooks
Tshiebwe
If anyone in that lineup gets replaced by Fredrick it’s Washington, not Grady.
Lol all this Frederick love is looney at best. The guy is less than average for any UK team. If he starts we are nit bound period. The guy is a 7th man on next seasons team and wouldn’t get off the bench for any other year under cal. Dontaie Allen IMO is a much more rounded player.
I don’t think I we should assume there are any locks at this point.
Maybe Oscar, but these dudes are gonna have to come in and earn it. We are about 6 months from the season starting. Lots of blood, sweat and tears ahead. Guys are gonna battle and cal will start who he sees fit. We stay healthy and we will have 9-10 dudes who can go.
Can’t wait.
Maybe Oscar, but these dudes are gonna have to come in and earn it. We are about 6 months from the season starting. Lots of blood, sweat and tears ahead. Guys are gonna battle and cal will start who he sees fit. We stay healthy and we will have 9-10 dudes who can go.
Can’t wait.
Exactly, I am not sure Cal can have six starters. By the way, who is IMHO, is he a transfer? lol
Best shooter on the team and second best in the whole country. Would say so. He and Grady on the wings and Allen at the three, we should start scoring in the eighties.
CJ will start. Kid was runnerup frosh of the year in Big Ten and was on his was to All Big Ten this year till he got hurt. Iowa rannothing for the kid. He will shoot close to 50% from 3, wont turn it over, and is a high level defender when healthy. How does he not start. Plus he is a great glue guy tough as nails. My bet he starts. Carolina promised him he will start no way hes coming off bench for us.
Grady is a 2000 point scorer. He is not coming off of anybody's bench. Wheeler was 2nd team all SEC so he is not coming off the bench. The battle will be Ty Ty and CJ but I feel Ty Ty will be the starting 2 guard. CJ to me will be like Darius Miller coming off the bench who will still get a lot of minutes.
Let us just hope this pampering potential crap is over and the best players are starting and playing most of the time. Just need a good scoring big and the team will have everything it needs if the best players are on the floor most of the time.
Also, his mere presence on the floor opens things up for the bigs, and for dribble penetration, because he really spreads the defense. Iowa's offense was so much more effective when he was in the game, even when he wasn't scoring.
Don’t care who starts as long as they earned it
That will be the biggest, and most important, change Cal could make IMO
That will be the biggest, and most important, change Cal could make IMO
You really think he looks at where a kid was born and says “nah I won’t start that dude he is from that state?”
Yeah. Ok. Suuuuuuure.
Oscar, Washington, and Grady are guaranteed starters. If Jackson or Mintz return, they would start as well. If those 2 don't return, Wheeler takes that other starting guard spot and Brooks starts at the 4
Whoa! It’s everybody’s favorite eternal optimist, Cane! Where you been, man?
You still thinking 80-0 this year?
I want to see this lineup on the floor the majority of the time:
G Washington
G Fredrick
G Grady
F Toppin
F Tshiebwe
That’s the best offensive and defensive combo we have.
Most people don’t realize that Fredrick, when healthy, is a very good defender. That’s not my opinion, that is straight from Cal after watching tape on the kid. Also a respected poster (ralphdaltonfan) has mentioned this as well. That’s two guys I trust when it comes to evaluating players. Most of us only saw a handful of Fredrick’s games and most probably saw him after his injury. I admittedly haven’t seen him play much at all, but I trust the stats (47% from 3) and the aforementioned evaluations of his defense.
Toppin is the best option for a 4 out motion offense (which Cal supposedly wants to play). He can defend every perimeter spot and has the length to defend inside. He has the best handles of the 4 man candidates and is the best shooter (31% from 3). Collins might turn out to be better in the long run, but I like Toppin’s combination of skills and experience.
Grady is a fifth year Senior and proven winner. Tshiebwe is our best post option. Washington is a better shooter and overall talent than Wheeler.
I would give Wheeler good minutes off the bench backing up Washington and Fredrick. Bring Allen in for Grady at the 3.
I would play Collins as the backup at the 4 and 5.
Let Brooks, Hopkins, and Ware fight it out for the scraps.
But Cal will likely go with Wheeler at PG, Washington and Grady on the wings, and Brooks and Tshiebwe at the 4 and 5. Or maybe Collins instead of Brooks at the 4.
G Washington
G Fredrick
G Grady
F Toppin
F Tshiebwe
That’s the best offensive and defensive combo we have.
Most people don’t realize that Fredrick, when healthy, is a very good defender. That’s not my opinion, that is straight from Cal after watching tape on the kid. Also a respected poster (ralphdaltonfan) has mentioned this as well. That’s two guys I trust when it comes to evaluating players. Most of us only saw a handful of Fredrick’s games and most probably saw him after his injury. I admittedly haven’t seen him play much at all, but I trust the stats (47% from 3) and the aforementioned evaluations of his defense.
Toppin is the best option for a 4 out motion offense (which Cal supposedly wants to play). He can defend every perimeter spot and has the length to defend inside. He has the best handles of the 4 man candidates and is the best shooter (31% from 3). Collins might turn out to be better in the long run, but I like Toppin’s combination of skills and experience.
Grady is a fifth year Senior and proven winner. Tshiebwe is our best post option. Washington is a better shooter and overall talent than Wheeler.
I would give Wheeler good minutes off the bench backing up Washington and Fredrick. Bring Allen in for Grady at the 3.
I would play Collins as the backup at the 4 and 5.
Let Brooks, Hopkins, and Ware fight it out for the scraps.
But Cal will likely go with Wheeler at PG, Washington and Grady on the wings, and Brooks and Tshiebwe at the 4 and 5. Or maybe Collins instead of Brooks at the 4.
Who’s piling on? I’ve always liked cane. I just said he’s an eternal optimist, which he is.
