Davis from Hofstra
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Apparently Davis is the real deal. I am excited to hear he’s planning a visit.
I think I read that he plays both 1 or 2.
Presumably just one of them.
Cruz was in a unique spot where he averaged 4+ assists each of the last 2 years but he also had a different guard do the same alongside him.
Cruz seems like the higher percentage 3P shooter, Wilkins perhaps the more explosive scorer/athlete. I'd love to have both, but that probably isn't happening.
Along with Mo’s kid, we’d end up 3 deep at PG. At least one could get minutes at 2G if needed. Kam is versatile too. Not terrible. Need a stretch 4/backup center. Not dead yet
Would we have to install the left handed PG offense for him if he gets minutes at the 1?
Hopefully he stays healthy so we can see this amazing left handed offense
He has a very hard time getting separation and past his man. In the sec that's a big problem
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Yeah. You can always slide Zoom to the 2. Or play with 2 primary ball handlers like Wall/Bledsoe
For every one of these players, ask yourself one question: Could you see this guy starting for a title-winning team such as Michigan, Duke, UConn, or Florida?
I don't really get the appeal of this guy. His shooting efficiency is not great (.562 TS%) despite being an excellent 3P (40%) and FT (83%) shooter with high volume on both. That's a red flag because it means he's taking a lot of 2P shots and missing them. Shooting only 37% on midrange jumpers and only 52% at the rim.
Here's the shot chart. You can tell from this pattern that he's mostly working with the ball in his hands from the lack of corner threes and all of the key and paint attempts. I'm not a fan of this at all. Too much inefficiency for a guy who obviously has 3P shooting talent.
That is just dumb basketball. It's like all of those Cal teams that didn't realize 3 > 2 and would take one step inside the line for a terrible contested grenade. That said, good coaching could improve his efficiency to some degree, but it's not clear how effective he might be working off ball. Some players are off-the-dribble and pull-up rhythm shooters that don't flourish in catch-and-shoot roles where they're required to move without the ball. A good coach would be finding ways to get this guy corner threes -- the most efficient FGA in basketball -- instead of those 20 foot jumpers.
Here's the shot chart. You can tell from this pattern that he's mostly working with the ball in his hands from the lack of corner threes and all of the key and paint attempts. I'm not a fan of this at all. Too much inefficiency for a guy who obviously has 3P shooting talent.
That is just dumb basketball. It's like all of those Cal teams that didn't realize 3 > 2 and would take one step inside the line for a terrible contested grenade. That said, good coaching could improve his efficiency to some degree, but it's not clear how effective he might be working off ball. Some players are off-the-dribble and pull-up rhythm shooters that don't flourish in catch-and-shoot roles where they're required to move without the ball. A good coach would be finding ways to get this guy corner threes -- the most efficient FGA in basketball -- instead of those 20 foot jumpers.
Compare that to a true 3P sniper's shot chart. This is Paul McNeil of NC State, the guy Kentucky should be aggressively pursuing as the off-ball pure shooter. You can almost hear the cha-ching sound in the jpeg.
With a good recruiter it would. We only have Diallo in our backcourt/wing positions. A good recruiter would see Davis, Wilkins, and Diallo all playing together.
I just don't understand why they're sniffing around for these diamond-in-the-rough value proposition project players. There was a report that already linked with them with McNeil who's the Koby Brea of this portal season. If you're Kentucky, you have to go nuclear for that guy or Blackwell. All of the title contenders are gunning for those dudes.
The SEC big can stay attached if that dude isn’t getting around Ivy League (or whatever effing league Hofstra is in) defenders.
You literally answered you own question. “A good coach would be finding a way to get this guy corner threes”. That’s fairly hard to do when the guy is the main PG and maybe the coach isn’t good. It he played more off the ball he could get more 3s.
Stokes and Freeman are exactly what is needed at the forward spots.
UKs not a title winning team and won’t be until they get a new coach & AD
The sooner you wrap your head around that, the less negativity you’ll have brotha ..
Why not both? Davis a PG Wilkins a 2 guard… Davis would just have to be ok with being a back up.. I want both
He's wasn't the main PG. That was #1 (Edmead) who is also in the portal. It's just bad coaching.
Davis is a legit CG and would get minutes at both the 1 and 2. Wilkins is the same way. Would give us four legitimate options at PG while also making sure our 2 is a passing threat.
Honestly, I could see UK pitching 1 & 2 minutes. Probably leaning on SG and relying on them for PG in "break in case of emergency" situations. I think we could pitch that to both these guys... and it would work.
If we get both, that frees Kam to switch to the 3 almost exclusively. We all know how he loves that deep corner 3.
Any idea who is going after McNeil? All I could find is maybe UNC. I'm with you, if we had a chance at a Brea-type shooter, you gotta go after him. Pope's portal strategy is so confusing to me.
Kentucky, UNC, and LSU (following Wade) are the only ones I've seen. It's been quiet. The criticism I've seen around various analyst media that I agree with is that Pope casts way too wide of a net. There's absolutely no reason to zoom and meet all of these players when you are Kentucky and should be focusing narrowly on the top targets.
How many pros to those teams have in their back courts?
No one thought Cadeau would be a championship pg this time last year.
I don't remember one person on RR wanting him as our PG 1.
I get what you're saying, but it's just not that easy. Especially when he'd be defended like the #1 or #2 option on offense.
Agreed. But man, we sure have to do a lot of hoping around here.
Teams absolutely killed us with extended ball pressure/traps early in offense last year because we had no true PG. I like the strategy of having two main PGs but making sure your other guards have the frame and/or ball handling to attack that pressure.
It’s one of the reasons I want Stokes so badly is because I think he’s actually going to show out in his one year in college as a playmaker more than a scorer. And when things break down he already has the size and strength to get to the rim.