I think he does. Also, I think a lot of people have given up on Askew, but I think he has a good year next year and I can see him succeeding kind of like Quickly did here off the ball. He has had a couple of bad games in a row, but I still think he comes on this year too. He hustles he is just a bit overwhelmed being a reclass kid running a team who has struggled to score. That would be tough on most PG's let alone a Sr. in HS.
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If you want Brooks to come back, you’re going to have to hope he sucks from here on out this season. That's the only way.
All it takes is a couple of phone calls from Cal and Brooks will have a deal.
Doesn’t matter, this team is turning a corner and some of these players will start to show out. Brooks will be one of them.
Hopefully he comes back, but the GL is a better option than limited practice time and having to go to class.
If Cal cares anything at all about getting this program back to where it should be, he will advise all the freshman and brooks to return. No one on this team will see a minute in a NBA game at this point.
But would you want 2 of them playing together in the same lineup? Or would you rather have one playing Center alongside Brooks or Toppin?
I think Jackson is an easy 1st rounder on his obvious potential, so I think he will be gone. But, Collins is in a similar vein to Jackson - it just sucks that UK has to start over teaching another guy how to play in a team concept and wait for him to get acclimated to the college game, instead of enjoying the fruits of the labor already put into Jackson.
If we don’t get Sallies, I think we still will need a really good grad transfer PG/Combo to avoid what we ran into this year. Unless there is true college ready skill at PG, Cal’s teams will struggle. Askew is not going to get that much faster or quicker in a year.
So many question marks for next year!!!!
Clarke's stock has plummeted, but if he returns this year, especially at the PG, he really could recover most of it.
Sarr's stock has dropped, it conceivable he could try to use the extra year and return.
No reason for Mintz to not use the extra year and return.
Brooks probably isn't getting drafted, so likely to return.
Toppin might be the most draftable after Boston, Clarke & Sarr, but he probably returns.
Does Askew realize he won't be starting PG next year, and transfer
Does Ware see a logjam at PF and transfer
Does Fletcher giving up result in transfer
Could Boston continue to struggle (a SG who can't shoot, can't go in 1st can he?) could he return?
Will Allen continue making shots and getting minutes, especially if Clarke returns (actually Clarke could be good for Allen w/ his penetration), if Allen gets 15mpg I think he returns, but if <10mpg he may transfer.
Would Jackson go (be told by Cal to go) if projected late 1st round or early 2nd. I really think he could be top 5 pick next year (much bigger 1st contract).
Does Oscar T practice with us for 4 months and then go into draft (like we thought Diallo might do)
IMO, odds to return:
5% Boston
10% Sarr
15% Clarke
15% Jackson
40% Fletcher
60% Brooks
70% Mintz
70% Allen
70% Askew
75% Oscar T
80% Toppin
80% Ware
Clarke's stock has plummeted, but if he returns this year, especially at the PG, he really could recover most of it.
Sarr's stock has dropped, it conceivable he could try to use the extra year and return.
No reason for Mintz to not use the extra year and return.
Brooks probably isn't getting drafted, so likely to return.
Toppin might be the most draftable after Boston, Clarke & Sarr, but he probably returns.
Does Askew realize he won't be starting PG next year, and transfer
Does Ware see a logjam at PF and transfer
Does Fletcher giving up result in transfer
Could Boston continue to struggle (a SG who can't shoot, can't go in 1st can he?) could he return?
Will Allen continue making shots and getting minutes, especially if Clarke returns (actually Clarke could be good for Allen w/ his penetration), if Allen gets 15mpg I think he returns, but if <10mpg he may transfer.
Would Jackson go (be told by Cal to go) if projected late 1st round or early 2nd. I really think he could be top 5 pick next year (much bigger 1st contract).
Does Oscar T practice with us for 4 months and then go into draft (like we thought Diallo might do)
IMO, odds to return:
5% Boston
10% Sarr
15% Clarke
15% Jackson
40% Fletcher
60% Brooks
70% Mintz
70% Allen
70% Askew
75% Oscar T
80% Toppin
80% Ware
I'm hoping Mintz gives it another go here. We need someone better, but maybe he'll come back and be good enough. Maybe the team around the pg spot will be good enough to overcome, like in 11/12.
If he does that would be even more of a log-jam of Bigs. But that's a good problem to have, I guess.
What I don't want to see, however, are college 4s playing SF because there's no room at the 4 or 5 spots. If that happens, I believe you have a situation of bad roster construction and a team that has too much difficulty scoring. If I had any say so (which, nobody has to remind me that I don't), then Brooks and Toppin would never play SF on my team. But I really like them at the 4. Same with Hopkins coming in next year - I really like his potential at the 4.
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Jackson has nowhere near the offensive skills that PJ had as a frosh. No way he could be what PJ was in year 2 IMO
I disagree. He went from horrible at the line to a guy who is now knocking them down regularly. He was missing 4 footers and now he is finishing around the rim. We are only 14 games into his year one.
PJ could score at will on the post during his freshman year. He was never a good free throw shooter, but he was very good in the post.
Jackson is the direct opposite.
Once again 14 games in during a shortened COVID year and very little interior passing on a struggling team. All I said is he could have a bigger jump than PJ if he came back for his Sophomore season. This one isn't even over yet so hard to know how good he will be. He has really started to get it the last few games.
Chill out, no need to swell up over it.
Yeah, the season isn't over, but my points still stand. The two players can't be more opposite given the fact that they play/played the same position. PJ scored at will in the paint and shot pretty well from 3 point range, he created his own shots. Jackson can't create his own shot, can't shoot the 3, but he is an elite shot blocker.
I don’t see how this is even a debate.
Swell up, WTF LOL? I am chill. Just responding to you responding to my post. You quoted my post and I responded yet I am swelling up. I never compared them on offense. Jackson is a much better defender. All I said was that Jackson could have a bigger impact if he returned. Impact as a college player. So what if PJ was better on offense, Jackson is better on D and could be special. I loved PJ and he was great here, but I think Jackson could be special and that is all I was saying.
It just seemed like you were aggravated by my post, maybe I misunderstood. No big deal.
Yeah, no doubt, Jackson is definitely a special talent. If I were him, I would shoot jumpers until my arms fell off every night. That, coupled with his length, is what could make him a high first round draft pick.
I don't understand how his knuckles aren't scabbed up from dragging the ground when he walks.
What is the formula you use to determine these percentages? What are some difference between 70% and 60% between 15% and 5% or 10% and 5%?