Took the words out of my mouth. We need him to string this together for like 3 games in a row. I will say, his shooting form looks improved.
Justin Edwards!
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You can clearly see his progression over the past few games. His breakout game has been coming for a couple of weeks.
Really happy for Edwards. I hope he keeps it up as this will take these Cats to another level.
No it wasn't. He hadn't done anything to warrant such belief. To feel otherwise would be illogical
Ok, Capt. Hindsight. Please direct me to your post where you called this happening before the game.
Unless you called this before the game then I am being anything other than contrary. You committed hindsight bias and now you’re trying to gaslight me.
You’re the one who needs to take a break.
Tell you what, I’ll make it easier for you. Show me where you called it before tonight OR where you liked someone’s post calling tonight’s performance.
I’ll wait.
He's actually been good for about the last 5 games. Could Def see this coming few games back
9 pts per game is def not the worst we've seen. Should be around 14 and we would all be happier with him
He is a difference maker for this team if he can start averaging double figures each game from here on out. His confidence level has to be high now.
I agree with this and paying off now. Better late than never. Hopefully DJ can come around as well.
This is stupid. I made no claims about anyone’s performance. I made a post about Edwards playing better over the past few games. Go sell your ******** somewhere else.
You sound triggered. If you don’t want to be called for being logically fallacious then the solution is entirely within your own hands.
Best part of the day imo. Had his struggles but kept going. Hope this gets him really going
as one of his biggest critics nothing made me happier for him to breakout against a good opponent, not only that his hustle on defense is becoming more and more apparent, i'm really digging it. not only that but after his chance for a 4 point opportunity how the whole team got hyped around him made me extremely happy and thankful to have a team of such good kids.
give me a break dude . He is a freshman . TO give up on a player after what ? 20 games ? Is a straight moronic microwave culture rookie move.
No, you give me a break and learn to reason. @stereonut said everyone who correctly stated that Edwards was playing poorly, when he was playing poorly, needed to eat crow. No. That's not how that works. That's called discussing reality at that time. Why do you struggle with that concept?
Maybe you should stick to giving us your projected lineups for the 2026 season and drop the logical fallacies.
A lot of people here seem to forget the way in which Edwards was criticized. It was nasty and personal as if Edwards had kidnapped a child instead of being a basketball freshman struggling to find his game.
Why are there people in here claiming they saw this coming? None of us saw this coming. Does anyone see it coming with DJ, just to get it on the table?
And even then, predicting it is just a 50/50 gamble as there are only two possible outcomes - he does, or he doesn’t. Low risk for the “prophet”.
i am absolutely thrilled he had a great game
we have always needed him to play like he has been playing the last few games
I never saw anyone berating the kid as you claim. I saw everyone moaning at Cal for shoving him in there when he hadn't proven worthy of a starting spot on this team.
And don’t give me the “well looks like Cal was right and knows what he was doing” bologna. I’m happy for Kentucky and Edwards that he had this break out, but I’m also hesitant to jump on the overly excited boat because I know Bama is a horrible defensive team. We need at least half of that Edwards (and Z) outburst against a team or two that plays hard nosed defense. Then I’ll be 100% sold that the Edwards we expected to see has finally arrived for good.
agreed instead of being called "haters" they should be called the "BMG" group
Well, I think the problem for some that leads to a lot of the frustration is the expectations. I thought Edwards would be better than he has played, but I didn’t expect anything dominant at all. I also figured if Edwards was made UK’s go to guy we would fail miserably. At the same time, I thought – and think – Edwards is a really good freshman player. Those two things are not contradictory. That’s the norm with players good enough to contribute, even start, as freshmen. They are best as role players, not the guy you rely on for consistency and to lead your team.
Matt Jones is a very smart guy. But one thing he constantly says that strikes me as so unaware (and evidences such a blind spot) is when he’s arguing or suggesting that a particular freshman should be drastically better and says something along the lines of: So-and-so “is the #1 player in the Country” – and he says it with great emphasis, as if that statement is really supposed to say it all right there; no explanation needed. But all it says is that he doesn’t understand himself (or doesn’t want to acknowledge) what that ranking meant. He never qualifies that what the player actually was, was the #1 ranked high school player by a recruiting service – a recruiting service ranking players on their potential draft position and/or their potential as an NBA player in a few years. Why would anyone think that means the freshman should be expected to be the best player in CBB – or even one of the best players in CBB? I doubt that anyone that has played a lot of basketball or been a long time CBB fan would ever expect that freshman to be the best player in CBB based on his recruiting ranking or anything else. In fact, I think they would be quite surprised if not out-right shocked if that turned out to be true.
Same thing basically with the mock drafts – e.g., the statement “UK has 3 draft picks” thrown out as a criticism like we’re all supposed to know what that means. But if you pay attention, they never actually state what that is supposed to mean. The reason is they don’t know themselves exactly what it is supposed to mean even to them. To me what it means is the NBA thinks that player has the potential (there’s that word again) to eventually be an impactful player in the NBA. I believe NBA teams absolutely would draft the #1 ranked 8th grader if they could, based on POTENTIAL.
So, I think frustration with, and criticism of, recruits would go way down if expectations stopped be based on a false narrative.
Did Justin mention an adjustment he made to his shooting technique which has improved his accuracy?
This could as easily be a 1 off like a few other times with struggling players or it could be a coming out party . No idea. I loved what I saw but thinking next day I'm cautiously optimistic as it could just be a Wenyen Gabriel game an then he dissapears agsin or ot could be Mercer where it just started to click late . Hoping for best MSU Jr. Will tell alot if regards to
So proud of Justin! Such a great kid. He's persevered through a lot. I really hope Cal keeps playing him at the 4. Worked so well playing him at the 4 and that allows the 3 guards in the lineup at the same time.
Defense and toughness. We don’t need him to average more than 8 ppg. He’s playing hard while getting back up to speed.
Cal saw him several hours a week for a few months. He had more data than gripe board experts. As did his teammates who were uniformly supportive.
He's figured out his role and become a cog. He's a guy that's been used to having the ball and being able to do whatever he wants. Earlier in the year, he was trying to create his own shot a lot more. Of late, he's letting his teammates create, and he's finishing. He's making open 3's with some consistency. He's cutting to the basket and finishing when teammates set up.
Sophomore Terrance Jones went through a similar thing. Early in the season, it felt like he was really trying to force the offense. As the season progressed, he accepted a specific role. Actually really similar to what Edwards has been doing. He finished around the rim. He knocked down the occasional open 3.
Sophomore Terrance Jones went through a similar thing. Early in the season, it felt like he was really trying to force the offense. As the season progressed, he accepted a specific role. Actually really similar to what Edwards has been doing. He finished around the rim. He knocked down the occasional open 3.
Guess he never sees DJ, or will he have a breakout game and then suddenly our coaching staff will again be "geniuses"?
Let's do this for all the past players Cal has recruited, shoved into a high-minute role, but never had any breakout games. What were those all about? Just a bunch of anomalies? How did Genius Cal and his staff miss those but somehow they get credit for one breakout game today?
You can't give Cal credit and then ignore the many times he's never had any output/breakout game from previous busts.
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Love the typo "breaktout". It sounds like someone an English bookie would hire to collect a debt.
You seem to be making references to other posts than mine in your post.