I cannot in any way compare him to Sharpe, Q came here after a major surgery, maybe tried to get back on the floor to fast, swelling of that knee is no joke, coming from some one who pushed my knee to far and now pay a price every day for it. Sharpe had no excuse.
JQ Status? Vandy
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I don’t want to say anything bad about Jayden because I want him to be able to play. On the other hand I don’t want us to ever recruit someone that’s been hurt the previous year, because they will get here and can’t play for some reason or another. If we spent 20 mil on our roster, at least 5 million is not going to be playing anymore this year. This is ridiculous, then the other schools pay half of that and beat our a— or give us all we want with players making a lot less. Very frustrating!
This, the dude quit on us after 3 games. SMFH. If he plays again I will be super surprised, but even then if he doesn’t play well that will be the last time.
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Me too, he will look amazing in practice and be ready for Summer League though.
Because he can’t recruit anyone and wanted to somehow seem like he signed a stud.
Seems like the players get all the benefits and one of the drawbacks in these deals.
I believe he has swelling, I also believe he will have swelling for a long time and it’s something he will have to ice and treat after games. I also believe he can play thru it and that his dad shut him down when he looked bad for two games.
And then some bozo will post in the coming years how well he's doing in the NBA.
Man every sngle post of yours is bitching.
Yeah man, you and RunninRichie have the answers. If only Pope didn't bring in bigs who were projected to go top 3 in the draft that 20 other schools wanted.
I hope JQ isn’t shutting it down for the wrong reasons because NBA scouts will need more evaluation of his game. It’s looking like the kid isn’t getting good advice .
You're right the dad is in charge and Pope won't say anything contrary to the families position.
If Pope makes any statement on JQ it will be with the families blessing.
Other than that Pope won't say anything other that "he's out".
Pope will not do anything different than Cal did with Sharpe which is in line with 95% of all coaches in this situation.
You might get the blunt truth from a guy like Rick Barnes who's at the end of his coaching career
When thinking about it. That might be possible. Supposedly you can’t link the NIL to performance. I would try to link it to actually playing through. Your Name is not valuable to a team you don’t actually play for. How is his name valuable to a team he’s not playing for?? Legal things are so stupid though. What seems perfectly reasonable to anybody would probably be illegal.
This- the NBA just LOVES guys that wont play with a little ache or swelling......kind of gives them a little knowledge of what to expect from him during that 82 game season. And just like us, who wants to gamble and pay $$$$ for a guy thats always DNP because he is knicked up. JQ needs to come back even if its just for 5-10 minutes per game.
JQ needs to come in and play 10 minutes or so and work up from there. He can spell Malachi.......playing no minutes at all doesn't add up, and hurts his draft value. Personally, until proven otherwise, I saw nothing on tape from his pre injury play last year that showed me he was > than Mr. Moreno.
He may hurt his draft value but to what degree?
Looking at the mocks, I can't see him falling out of the teens.
He still gets a guaranteed contract and 3 years to prove his worth at the NBA level..
JQ is playing with house money at this point and he knows it.
He attended RunninBichie’s PowerPoint presentation on how to spread misery.
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He did! I was excited. But, Big Z sure looked great in his first game for us as well.
prediction....
- he plays vs ARK (auditions in front of Cal)
- shuts it down after because of "swelling"
- enters the portal in the off season
- transfers to ARK
- kills it next year
Just another example of, damned if you do, damned if you don’t…
JQ’s “camp” has been walking this tight rope since he was pegged as a NBA prospect, playing against others who were simply less physically mature than him in HS.
Then they decided to navigate the college route, and soon realized he was average at best, and voila, a season ending ACL injury! Fast forward to this season… Because of the ACL issue, JQ had the built in excuse to miss half of the season, and his “camp” decided to roll the dice and play him a little to see what he looked like…
And just like that, he once again looked like the player he actually is, a physical specimen with a good wing span, and the offensive game of an eighth grader who’s been playing basketball since the seventh grade!
Simply put, if JQ continues to play college basketball, he’s going to play himself out of the draft… Period! No one can just come right out and say that, so they have to keep making excuses why he’s not playing, thus, the longest swelling episode in the history of knee swelling!
JQ’s “camp” has been walking this tight rope since he was pegged as a NBA prospect, playing against others who were simply less physically mature than him in HS.
Then they decided to navigate the college route, and soon realized he was average at best, and voila, a season ending ACL injury! Fast forward to this season… Because of the ACL issue, JQ had the built in excuse to miss half of the season, and his “camp” decided to roll the dice and play him a little to see what he looked like…
And just like that, he once again looked like the player he actually is, a physical specimen with a good wing span, and the offensive game of an eighth grader who’s been playing basketball since the seventh grade!
Simply put, if JQ continues to play college basketball, he’s going to play himself out of the draft… Period! No one can just come right out and say that, so they have to keep making excuses why he’s not playing, thus, the longest swelling episode in the history of knee swelling!
IMO, reading all I can, JQ is done for the season. only my opinion. no source.
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Please tell me the 3 million isn’t real.
The metric ****-ton of money this athletic department flushes down the toilet with nothing to show for it is shameful.
The metric ****-ton of money this athletic department flushes down the toilet with nothing to show for it is shameful.
If he plays or doesn't play, I don't see him falling below 20.
JQ and Isiah Jackson are basically the same player and Jackson turned 10/7 on a terrible team into a first round selection.
And this is the issue you run into when you swim in those 5 star waters. You are at their mercy. If you do anything to upset them, it will be broadcast and you can forget about getting any top ranked kids in the next class. You have to kiss their asses and that's a game I hope Pope stays away from.
Say what you want about Jon Scheyer, but he doesn't seem to have these issues at duke and they keep getting the best of the best and those kids play like they care.
Cal acted like a boss, but that dude got owned by a lot of kids the last 6 or 7 years here and some of the ones that held him hostage, weren't even that good. Boston, Wheeler, Wagner and Edwards to name a few. Promises were made to those dudes. If you're truly a boss, you shouldn't need to make promises. The whole Sharpe fiasco was a joke and Cal looked really bad there. But, he's such a narcissist, it didn't matter.
Do you think publicly calling out JQ would help with future recruiting?
Why would he do that if he plans on being in the draft? There’s a very plausible scenario where he’s actually having lingering issues with the knee and he still wants to play at some point to try and improve draft status.
What promises were made to those players?
Where can I find this information on what’s promised?
Vanderbilt does not belong in that discussion. That guy was hurt far worse than most knew.
He didn’t play in the NBA until Feb of his rookie season.
Yes, a resounding yes. Because it would do a number of things with recruits:
* show that he's serious about team-building, and that those hiding from competition won't get to compete
* show recruits that playing in a system where there is favoritism won't be an issue
* would help staff whittle out future players who might be candidates for SS/JQ type behavior
You don't even know if the kid is cleared to play SMH. How about getting the story straight before publicly calling a kid out
That’s the best case scenario for the fans but he would never get another elite player if he did that. He’s struggling already but if the other coaches can point to him selling out JQ absolutely no one will feel Pope will have their back.
Maybe he truly is having trouble with the knee? Where did he get it repaired? If at another school, maybe the UK medical staff needs to get in there and fix what’s wrong.
