A familiar name from last year. But not sure how I feel about recruiting another guy with an injury history.
Dedan Thomas
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A familiar name from last year. But not sure how I feel about recruiting another guy with an injury history.
It could be a decent pickup but a 15 ppg scorer on a <.500 team just can’t get me that excited.
If healthy he’s the best facilitator PG in the portal. I’d be happy with him. IF HEALTHY.
I’m a Pope doomer but D Thomas is legit yall are goofy
6.5 assists a game. That's why we are going after him. The rest is gravy
Then we have to recruit another PG close to his caliber snd if that means Dedan walks than so be it.
In the NFL, if you have a big injury in a contract year, you usually dont get the contract you want the following year. Thats how this should work for a player like this. I hope we dont have a JQ 2.0 again. You cant give these guys the big pay day for 1 year coming off of injury. You just cant.
Going after these guys that turned us down last year really makes me question the level of scouting going on. Seems very unimaginative.
Dedan was also super inefficient in the few games he played against quality opponents this season too. Against Florida, Arkansas, SMU, and Texas Tech he shot 19-57 from the field (33%)
Dedan was also super inefficient in the few games he played against quality opponents this season too. Against Florida, Arkansas, SMU, and Texas Tech he shot 19-57 from the field (33%)
Only a 30% 3P shooter last season. Sounds about right for a Pope recruit.
Out of the true PG he is best available in the portal and is a must take IMO.
Injured guy that shot 30% from 3. I guess Pope will never learn.
Great on paper in regards to true passing pg, but the melt down would be nuclear level if Pope goes 3 straight years with pg injuries.
You’re just not gonna get 2 PG’s of his quality and have money to fill the other spots. I don’t think his injury is major , but if wanting to avoid any injury history at all, I certainly understand that. He’s a really good pure PG though.
It makes me nervous he had foot surgery this past season after what we just went through.
If he is legit as some are saying, why is Will wade not making him a strong azz offer?
If it happens all you can do is shrug your shoulders and tell CMP that you did it to yourself. No one else to blame here.
2 seasons with injured PGs!
I'm telling you, Pope has resorted to gambling on injured players.
After injuries to point guards for 2 seasons just don't understand why he would put faith in another injured one.
Then I dont want 1 injury prone PG. Gotta look elsehwhere. We cant do that again.
Im not even sure WHAT this injury is, maybe its not major. But still, we can't take on guys who might be compromised with no backup, especially if they are getting millions.
To be fair. Neither of the 2 previous guys had injuries prior to coming here. I don’t think they did anyway.
2 major drawbacks(at least the first one is for us UK fans)
1. Injury. UK has had enough ******* injuries. So even if he's not prone just having had one that cost him a season is a bit concerning for UK fans psyche
2. 3pt shooting.
However, when you look a little deeper you find that in his 2 seasons priot to this one he shot a more respectable 35.8%.(58/162) Still not a great %, but when you factor in having a higher usage rate along with a 4:1 assist to turnover ratio and a correlating 4:1 asst% to turnoever % you have a playmaking PG with an ability to get to the rim and make the right decision with the ball. He does a real good job at drawing fouls and is a career 75.3 FT shooter. Will he shoot 30%(43 attempts) from there again? Who knows, but he has shown an ability to shoot them a bit better,
1. Injury. UK has had enough ******* injuries. So even if he's not prone just having had one that cost him a season is a bit concerning for UK fans psyche
2. 3pt shooting.
However, when you look a little deeper you find that in his 2 seasons priot to this one he shot a more respectable 35.8%.(58/162) Still not a great %, but when you factor in having a higher usage rate along with a 4:1 assist to turnover ratio and a correlating 4:1 asst% to turnoever % you have a playmaking PG with an ability to get to the rim and make the right decision with the ball. He does a real good job at drawing fouls and is a career 75.3 FT shooter. Will he shoot 30%(43 attempts) from there again? Who knows, but he has shown an ability to shoot them a bit better,
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He'll be showing up for the season opener in these bad boysso far its a pretty weak PG class. thomas will be top 3 or 5 on any portal rankings for PGs. if you can get him, take him. likely you end up with way worse if you dont
Meh. Not gonna make you amped up for our PG spot next year. Small guard who’s injured with poor shooting numbers.
RUN DEDAN, RUN!!!!
Butler did. If I’m not mistaken he broke his wrist the season before he came to UK
Agreed. Also might help recruiting other players if they know who is getting them the ball.
100%. a guy that will get 6 apg makes getting someone like vanterpool and a stretch 4 big man a lot easier knowing they will get shots.
Also not great defensively. I loved having Butler as the defensive point of attack in year 1. Lowe and Dedan are small and can’t guard. I dunno
It's not my favorite option. He's probably a top 5 option. He CAN be very good. He has been very good.
But there's risk with the injury.
My understanding is the injury itself was minor. He aggravated an old injury and had to have surgery to clean up some scar tissue from a previous surgery.
I wish we were 100% in the business of avoiding question marks. But it seems like we're not.
Surely there will be some sort of "Required to pass a physical." And I'm assuming that we're negotiating him down quite a bit if we're taking a gamble.
But there's risk with the injury.
My understanding is the injury itself was minor. He aggravated an old injury and had to have surgery to clean up some scar tissue from a previous surgery.
I wish we were 100% in the business of avoiding question marks. But it seems like we're not.
Surely there will be some sort of "Required to pass a physical." And I'm assuming that we're negotiating him down quite a bit if we're taking a gamble.
I wonder, is last year's injury related to the games he missed(7) his sophomore year?
I can’t find any report as to what Thomas’ specific injury was. I think that matters a lot with a foot surgery because foot injuries in Guards are one of the injury types where explosiveness and maneuverability can lag behind “official recovery.” Surely, however, Pope would be fully aware of the medicals and advised by UK doctors before taking Thomas. Still, as a fan and given the injury history with UK's PGs I'd be more than a little nervous about it.
I'd take an uninjured Butler every year.
True. I could be sold on this move if we put the right guys next to him. Allow his passing skills to thrive and not feel pressured to be a scorer. Would need some shot makers at the 2 and 3 and someone to throw the ball to inside and get a bucket
They were 12-1 when he got hurt tho so hard to say what they may have done with him. Look pretty good when he was healthy. I’m injury shy to my friend.