Said this two weeks ago still true
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First game hot takes
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His handle I agree with, not the best but it’s not horrid like a Whitney. His athleticism isn’t mind blowing but he has the frame, good enough athleticism, and everything else to be really good. I think he will be like Knox but hit his potential more often and sooner. I think with this team you will have 5-7 guys fighting for who plays the best each night, which is a good problem but will make it seem like sometimes they aren’t playing the best overall.
He’s soft. There’s no getting around it. A finesse guy. We’ll just need him to hit the open threes, grab some boards, and move without the ball to get easy dunks. If you could inject him with Thiero’s strength and aggression, then he might be the top pick.
Why would you even think reeves would cause locker room issues? Has hardly ever shown the traits of a selfish player. Just a weird comment.
Did you see a top lotto pick in Karl Towns when he averaged 6.4 points per game in his first five college games? He turned out to be the #1 pick.
Give it time, man.
There’s just no way that Cal is going to send Wagner and Edwards to the bench. He’ll probably start both of them all season for better or worse.
Same thing with him on that team was stacked with lots of guys fighting for stats too.
I think you're right. That is the Cal move. But, I'm actually liking Wagner so far. I think he's gonna be legit down the stretch.
Not getting too crazy either way until the Kansas game. These games are basically glorified exhibitions until then.
My hot take is the same one I had this summer: Kentucky dodged a bullet not getting Hunter Dickinson and is a better team —faster, more aggressive, better balanced—without him.
I actually really like what I've seen from Edwards so far. His two backcuts were NBA-level. He's not an elite ball handler, but for a 3, he's pretty solid and he'll only get better. His midrange game is already NBA level. That midrange pullup for his first jump shot will be his go-to move by March.
I think you guys were expecting RJ Barrett level production from Edwards, but he's not an explosive scorer and never probably will be. He's a do-it-all guy, and tonight he showed that. He's only going to get better.
I think you guys were expecting RJ Barrett level production from Edwards, but he's not an explosive scorer and never probably will be. He's a do-it-all guy, and tonight he showed that. He's only going to get better.
My hot take is that THIS team will NEVER lose at home to the likes of an Evansville
I hope you’re right. But with Cal, anything is possible.
RJ Barrett played a lot of bully ball and had success, no reason Edwards can't do the same. Comparable games.
He really didn't want to come back to UK, so I hope if this happens he doesn't become another Wheeler.
Guards are next level! We are in for an exciting year ahead!
Such a bad take for anyone leaving Edwards out of the starting 5.
That dude does so many things for us that don't show up in the box score. Wagner also- our starting 5 right now is great with 2 enormous spark plugs off the bench.
I think Edwards looks great. Very agressive, good shooter and great finisher. Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s a too 5 pick.
my hot take on this is :
Damn, that's a great hot take. Md.
Well said. I like it.
Best for the chemistry of this team without a doubt.
Then I try to be extra optimistic thinking about plugging some of our bigs into this mix.
Why cannot this be an absolutely Lethal TEAM ?
Wagner played ok, he is just not a consistent shooter, plays hard.
Disagree on thiero, he is the weak link. UK should have gotten the kid that went to Tennessee from the portal. He can score inside and out
Eh.....this is one year I don't think a loss at the KU game will mean much. Don't get me wrong I want that win bad. But as long as we don't get torched by 20 we will be fine.
As far as glorified exhibitions, well, ask Izzo how that worked out.
James Madison was picked to win their conference. They are a good team and showed it. Yeah if we play well and still lose I'm fine with that. Just saying it's hard to gauge a team against subpar competition.
a lot of upside to this team and it seems the floor is high. Steam rolling teams isn’t something we’ve done well in a long time. That and cal looking like a pro instead of waking up from moms basement.
Rob and Shep are great players, but Wagner is way better. He's the best guard on the team.
My hot take: Rob should start over DJ and/or be in the game in the last five minutes over DJ if it’s one or the other. I also think Sheppard deserves starter minutes, which he got as he was the most efficient guard for UK.
I’m also surprised by how many of you are getting bent out of shape over some controversial takes in a thread titled “first game hot takes.”
It’s like jumping in chummed shark infested waters and expecting not to get to bit.
I’m also surprised by how many of you are getting bent out of shape over some controversial takes in a thread titled “first game hot takes.”
It’s like jumping in chummed shark infested waters and expecting not to get to bit.
Not a hot take but we're explosive and fast. Gonna be a lot of big scoring runs on a lot of teams. Love the chemistry we're showing so early. The fact that we have 3 7 footers on the bench is crazy. I'm glad we're ranked lower than usual. It's gonna be a really fun season. We're due for one.
Couple of takeaways from a numbers standpoint
Just turnovers on 8.6% of their possessions. Pretty good given that normally this is a problem for freshman first half the season.
Just rebounds on 28% of our misses. Obviously the lack of big men hurts in this regard. But even when they do eventually play it might be a far cry from the numbers Oscar was helping put up.
Took a ridiculous amount of 3s. Again lack of big men might have been the reason but we took 44% of our shots from 3. That's a sharp departure from anything we have done in previous years under Cal. Unfortunately, we only shot 31% from 3 as opposed to 63% from 2. Maybe should have taken a little bit more 2s.
Played at an extremely fast tempo. Averaged only 14 seconds on offense.
Just turnovers on 8.6% of their possessions. Pretty good given that normally this is a problem for freshman first half the season.
Just rebounds on 28% of our misses. Obviously the lack of big men hurts in this regard. But even when they do eventually play it might be a far cry from the numbers Oscar was helping put up.
Took a ridiculous amount of 3s. Again lack of big men might have been the reason but we took 44% of our shots from 3. That's a sharp departure from anything we have done in previous years under Cal. Unfortunately, we only shot 31% from 3 as opposed to 63% from 2. Maybe should have taken a little bit more 2s.
Played at an extremely fast tempo. Averaged only 14 seconds on offense.
I love early morning hot cakes.
I thought he was one of the better players last night, but truth be told, I am old and fell asleep early in the second half (long day) so, I am going by first half play.