OT: Quade Green
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Why beat Michigan St at MSG when you can lose to Baylor in Alaska?
Better question would b, would b, anybody keep EJ over Jaden cause i would take him 1000 times over EJ!
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So far, it would be hard for me to disagree with you. Here's hoping EJ has some rabbits to pull out of that hat of his.
Huskies pulled it out.
McDaniels looked solid for a debut game. I'd have loved to see him playing the stretch four spot for us this season.
Oh well. At least we got EJ back, right? :smiley:
I agree 100% on Baker. He was taken out far too often . This issue is kinda what Wenyen was touching on with his text. If you are not the man here Cal overlooks you at times.
I love every one on our team this season though, so I wish him the best .
I was going to write almost exactly this. I hate to lose any player that signs with Kentucky and will forever be proud that he was a Wildcat!! But in Green’s case, it was best for everyone and I hope he has a great career out there and makes some good money playing the game he loves. He’s got a lot to offer a team being a good teammate, and he seems to fit in pretty good with Washington’s kids.
They beat #16 Baylor tonight so they should have a pretty good season. Honestly, Stewart would be a good fit here! Him or the kid from Memphis, Precious. Either one of those two would be pretty good in our system with the guys we have this year. Anyway, I’m just rambling now. Lol. Go Cats!!
I didn’t take offense. My point is why make a post about it on a UK message board? He was having an average game, that’s not post worthy and simply posting it here is implying exactly that. I wasn’t offended at all. Simply why clutter the board with BS especially on a game night?
I really wanted McDaniels for this year, just like I also wanted Isiah Stewart for next year. Both are going to be special.
Because he's a former UK player and the OP felt like it. If you're not interested in the subject of the post, just read other posts. 1 post about Quade Green doesn't clutter the board.
Cal tries to give the most talented players enough leash that they can develop into the best versions of themselves by March.
It’s one philosophy, and there are others, but since he’s won more tournament games than anyone else over the last decade, it at least appears to be a sound philosophy.
I wish the kid the best. He put on a UK jersey and represented the school well. It didn’t work out here and it was best for both sides. Hope he does well the rest of his college career, unless he is playing us of course.
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Do you see the irony in your post? Quade had a 2pt performance , I simply ask which of our guards OP would play him over. Then you come after me about my reply and tell me just read other posts if I don’t like it..... pot meet kettle.
Curious, what part of his post screams "I miss Quade and I wish we still had him, because our guards suck"?
All he said was the kid looked good.
The part where you start a post when it was 5 minutes into the game his team was losing and he had next to zero on the stat sheet. What part of this is hard to understand? If it was halftime and he had 10 points and 6 assists and was leading them against a ranked Baylor team then I’d understand a go check out Quade post. That wasn’t the case when this post was made.
I wish Quade the best, he is a good player just doesn’t fit in Cals system. Too slow, can’t guard athletic guards and not athletic enough himself to be impactful. I hope he does well at Washington. My point being the only reason to make the post when he did is for Nefarious reasons.
In fairness he was prettygood "for us" until he hurt his back.
He's not in the same league as maxey hagans quickly, but he was recruited by john calipari none the less. If we are to be fair to green, then lets see how he's performing at the end of the year.
He's not in the same league as maxey hagans quickly, but he was recruited by john calipari none the less. If we are to be fair to green, then lets see how he's performing at the end of the year.
Man Jaden McDaniels will be in the running for a top 3 pick. I didn’t realize his handles were so damn good. Can play the two or the three easily. Way more aggressive than he was the last time I saw him
yep. McDaniels is easily better. It isn’t even a debate. EJ is taller but does nothing else better
He started the thread because he’s a former UK recruit . It happens often on this board . I don’t see how anyone could possibly take his post as saying he wanted Quade on this team over any of the guards .
I think everyone on this board understands that Quade transferring was good for both parties .
He obviously wouldn't start ahead of our guards and that's why he transferred, you act like he said or implied Quade would be a better option than our current guards. He simply said he's playing decent. You seem to have comprehension issues. I didnt say read other posts if you don't like it, I said if you're not interested in the subject of the post just read another post. That's common sense advice that most people would get.
He has been an awesome finisher in his career here . He wasnt against MSU but that was 1 game. He has shown the ability to shoot well now he just needs to show it consistently. BUT even without that he is one of the top 2-3 pg in CBB . Green isn't even a top 25 pg .
Green would be the 9th best player on this team this year just like he was the 6th or 7th last season . WIsh him well but he is where he should be - a lesser program where you don't play real D just rely on a zone.
I wish him well, also, but he made the right decision by transferring. He was clearly recruited over, and probably would have had limited minutes for the remainder of his UK career. At 6 feet tall, you have to be really athletic/quick and shoot lights out. Quade was neither. If he had been 3" taller, he would have been in the league by now.
He won't come close to being as good as Mcdaniels but that is fine . You don't kick out a kid for a recruit . EJ did the right thing coming back and I welcome him as he works to improve . I think he will be our 4th best big all season but that is mostly because Richards and Sestina have way more skill and Brooks is just way more talented and future top 20 pick . EJ just needs to find confidence like Richards has shown since the Blue/white game on .
Kinda disagree with the first sentence. I just didn't think he was a playmaker, for himself or anyone else . And I want my point guard to be a playmaker.
Pin this to the top. Nobody doubted he could score when given high volume of shots. You can't do what we are trying do with him on d. Period. Like Cal says " I can't hide you".
I wish him well and he will forever be a Cat but he is a liability on defense.
Did he say he would play him over any of our guys? Or did he say he looked decent?
Maybe I missed where he said he’d play Quade over Quick, Maxey and Hagans... show me?
We have at least 3 players that can play the point guard position better than Quade . He can not create , or penetrate, and is not a good passer .
Everyone says something happened on his visit. I'd sure as hell like to know what it was , I mean it's all water under the bridge now, why not spill the beans ?
It’s far less clutter to start a thread about a former UK player than another Penny, Wiseman, Memphis, or Duke thread.
I'm rooting hard for him. He made a business decision. He WOULD NOT be playing over any of Hagans, Quickley, or Maxey.
I get it and hope he has success.
I get it and hope he has success.
Agreed. We will never know. The bottom line is some kids have certain things they want or need to hear. I doubt Cal does that for anyone. So if Stewart wanted some sort of guarantee he probably didn't get it and that might be the whole story.
He may be taller but MaDaniels is longer . The commentators were saying he has a 7'5 wingspan.
It makes you wonder how he was mickie d and top 3 (maybe top?) p.g. coming outta high school?