I hope so. I don't want us to be a second choice. Also we don't need to be a fall back option. If you are good enough to come here you will be asked to come here. It should be a one time invite.
You can always use a shooter though...
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You can always use a shooter though...
Hopefully Cal isn't as proud as some of you.
Some of you are ridiculous.
If a hot girl chooses someone else but then wants to give you a piece 3 years later, why not?
JBJ is a very good college player. He can help us win.
If a hot girl chooses someone else but then wants to give you a piece 3 years later, why not?
JBJ is a very good college player. He can help us win.
Because he played at IU, I too do not want to add a great shooter to the roster that would make us better. Very smart imo.
I don't care about his defense and I'm not too sure we'll need any more shooting than we'll already have, but I want him here just to piss in IU fans cheerios. There, I said it.
Well, I hadn't considered that. Might be worth it for that alone.
But JBJ out shot Monk in FG%, FT% and 3-PT% in 2016/17.
It won't be anyone on RR's decision to make.
The decision will be solely dependent on if JBJ does graduate in 3-years and if he doesn't want to stay at IOU and if he doesn't want play for pay (overseas) and if he wanted to transfer here and a BIG IF, if Coach Cal would except JBJ as a grad transfer.:chairshot::flush:
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It won't be anyone on RR's decision to make.
The decision will be solely dependent on if JBJ does graduate in 3-years and if he doesn't want to stay at IOU and if he doesn't want play for pay (overseas) and if he wanted to transfer here and a BIG IF, if Coach Cal would except JBJ as a grad transfer.:chairshot::flush:
kay:kay:kay:Look at the positive side. Just think how much it would piss off the moronic IU fans. That's just a plus.
Outshot? How about Monk made 95 3's for 41%, JBJ 91 3's for 42%; both were around 46% fg's, both 82% ft's. Looks like a push to me.But JBJ out shot Monk in FG%, FT% and 3-PT% in 2016/17.
It won't be anyone on RR's decision to make.
The decision will be solely dependent on if JBJ does graduate in 3-years and if he doesn't want to stay at IOU and if he doesn't want play for pay (overseas) and if he wanted to transfer here and a BIG IF, if Coach Cal would except JBJ as a grad transfer.:chairshot::flush:
When we watch him get blown by time and time, struggling to prevent the other team from scoring 80, you'll be sorry you did not want better defenders.
We'll likely have 3 7 footers in the front court next season. If they get by one of our guards so what. That just means we'll have guys already out on the break for when the shot gets pitched
So there's a guy who's a push whether he's a better shooter than Malik Monk and we don't want him? I'm confused. Lord if the kid wants to come to Kentucky, let him come. We have all the scrappy athletic rebounders we can handle. We really need someone who can hit a jumper beside Quade.
He can't score if he don't see the floor. And he won't see it if he's not playing on both sides of the ball.
Being tall doesn't equate to being a good shot blocker or defender. It just means you're tall. I will wait and actually watch them play at this level before I determine what they will be. That's why I can make the assessment that JBJ isn't a good defender. He's played D1 ball for 3 years and has yet to show ability or desire on the defensive end. He is a great shooter! I'll happily admit that, but basketball is a lot more than being a great shooter.
Monk and Fox were terrible on defense for most of the season and they've played the most minutes on the team.
I hope we add this guy.
Obviously we need shooting for next year, but we need experience even more. If Diallo is the only non-freshman in the rotation next year we may lose 10 games. We'd still be one of the most talented, and probably be one of the better teams come tourney time, but that many losses will give us a tough path.
Obviously we need shooting for next year, but we need experience even more. If Diallo is the only non-freshman in the rotation next year we may lose 10 games. We'd still be one of the most talented, and probably be one of the better teams come tourney time, but that many losses will give us a tough path.
As Good as Monk is, a lot of players are shooting better percentages than him this year. Go look at the bottom feeder D-1 schools, D2 and D3, NAIA. A ton of them have several guys who can light it up from 3. Yet, their teams still suck and they can't get the opportunities at better schools. Now, I'm not saying BJB is that level, but his D is pretty bad.
Good shooters and bad defender often go hand in hand. Why? If a guy is athletic enough to blow by you and get to the rim, he will. If a dude has to camp out and shoot 3s, he might no be much of an athlete. Seen in for years with dook guys, great shooters horrible defenders.
I completely agree with you, so who would turn down a player with either of these decent shooting %'s?
Only someone with a complete lack of any basketball knowledge whatsoever!
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Hard to imagine that any kid would transfer to UK after playing at IU. I've lived in Indiana and the hatred for UK is almost psychopathic. First day I went to the store in Evansville I saw a guy, probably in his early '40s wearing a shirt that said "IU" on the front and "Kentucky sucks" on the back, and this was in June.
WCW How can anyone have forgotten about the cheap shot to Joe B. Hall's head? Coach Hall didn't forget though as UK beat the Hoosiers during the NCAA tourney and UK went to the Final Four. He never Smacked Coach Hall again. What a sweet payback that was. Go Big Blue!
I think it's okay to have 1 of those guys on the court. Or if you have a mistake erasing big man in the front court like we had with Davis and Towns. It's when you have multiple guys on the court and no shot blocker that it becomes an issue.
Most of the kids are sane, rational human beings who want to do what's best for their future. It's how Malik Monk ended up here. It's the fans who act like psychopaths.
You realize a lot of players have better numbers than these 2 at several mid majors, D-2, D-3 and NAIA schools? Do you also think we should be handing them offers as well?
A lot of this is "coach speak". With a 30-second shot clock and for so many teams trying to zone UK, you have to be able to score the ball at some point.
All of these UK players below did not excel at defense, especially defending 1 on 1:
- Willis 20+mpg
- Booker 20+mpg
- Young 20+mpg
- Wiltjer 20+mpg
- Lamb 30+mpg
Not sure we'll need any more shooting? Have you looked at our team next year?
I know a few with better shooting numbers down at the local YMCA too but I don't think that counts for anything nor are you being realistic about what a D-2, D-3 or NAIA talented player would bring to UK.
There is NO WAY to compare stats at IOU/ BIG-10 school/ competition versus schools that Brad Calipari could have possibly started for and excelled at.
It's not even as close as comparing the NBA with an Asian or Euro league.
He's a much better shooter than Fox or Briscoe. I'll take him.
Have you watched JBJ play def? Me neither. Because he don't.
I've seen guys in wheelchairs or with prosthetic legs play better "D" than poor Kyle! He always looked like he was wearing 5-lb. ankle weights.
I doubt the alleged report but I would take him. If he is half as good as his dad we can use him
I don't want a D-2, D-3 or NAIA player to transfer here. I'm just using your logic. You're saying a player who has demonstrated those same skills should come play here simply because he can shoot. I love having a great shooter as much as the next guy, but I would much prefer just having a good shooter and strong defender vs. great shooter and bad defender.