If he came to KY, he'd somehow lose all of that Steph Curry crazy shot ability and turn into a Wheeler...
Hubbard is the annoying type of player that flails into defenders on his shot to "draw" contact (more like create, which is a pet peeve of mine that refs fall for it every time), so had we tried to foul him way out at midcourt, he'd have suddenly acted like he was trying to shoot and the refs would have fallen for it and given him 3 FTs. So probably best to not foul him at all.
You mean like Sheppard and Dillingham and Reeves have lost their shot making ability? Funny how all Kentucky players lose their shot making ability, yet the Cats lead America in 3-point shooting percentage by a fairly wide margin.
Next years team needs a scorer badly, he fits that mold perfectly. He is gonna get a big nil payday, now whether state does that or not is up to them, but I can promise you bigger teams are gonna reach out and test his loyalty for sure
He is clearly joking, but Kentucky is extremely blessed this year with shooting for sure
You foul the forward that brought the ball across half court and had the ball under 12 sec that was a 68% ft shooter. You don’t wait until they hand it off to their star player
At least the refs now have the kick out foul rule. If they can parlay that into an offensive foul or no call if the offensive player creates contact such as slamming into a player that's simply standing in his defensive position or jumping straight up and they jump into them in a ridiculous shot pose, I'd be happy.
This year is an anomaly. You know as well as anyone that a good number of supposed hot shooters have come into Cal's system and flopped. Remember a guy named Booker? Herro? Heck, even Reeves last year had some major droughts.
We'd get the Hubbard that played at Rupp earlier this season going 1-9 from 3 for 3 points total.
If you got him in a situation where he didn’t have to take 20 shots a game but could be a top option maybe not the number 1 option but a top 2 or 3 option here it would work out. He is just a bucket getter and you can never have enough of those
Made a lot of tough shots but what stands out to me is 24 shots to get 30 points. His other 5 were from FT. He had only 1 assist.
With our fanbase probably but atleast with Hubbard he can shoot and doesn’t make it harder for you on offense
For state he has to be a shot chucker because he is the only guy they have on the perimeter, if he were to go to another school he may not have to do that and could just worry about getting good looks. But he is really fun to watch either way, state is gonna have a tough time keeping him there
he had a career day making shots he normally misses (very tough 3's)
No doubt, he has been on a heater recently though. I think he is very much in the mold of jr smith & Lou Williams, where when he is on he is nuclear and when he is cold he is ice cold. I would still gladly take him at Uk if that opportunity ever opened up
The poster is me, and I didn’t say I expect him to at all, I said if he ever did Kentucky should be all over that. He is 5’10 and a quote on quote shot chucker so his size might be an issue at the next level. If does return to college which is very likely state is gonna have a tough time keeping him
Gotta admit, I thought the same thing...what a joke college ball has become
I think he’s the all-time leading scorer in Mississippi State high school history
Cal needs to load up on LEGIT portal guys. The courts just basically made it the wild west in the portal/NIL landscape, so just start making offers and build a super team. I'd take a guy like Hubbard all day over another unproven top 25 recruit from HS next year.
This.^^^^^
Wheeler was never a shooter. Still isn't. He was a bad decision by Cal. Especially when you paired him with Toppin, a non-shooter from the portal.
