Paging PJ Washington
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totally agree...hes not overly athletic either...no rise at all. but if he can come in and give us a 3 pointer and rebound here and there ill be ok with him
Oh, burn! Not unlike PJ's stat line, I would've expected better from you.
I'm sure that he's disappointed in how he played, and he doesn't deserve this.
He had a bad game, but I still believe that he'll have a great year!!
It's none of these kid's fault that we have no upperclassmen to support them in a tough environment that none of them have ever experienced.
Maybe he'll read this and THAT will be the motivation he needs to do better next time!
Honestly, we need as many of these type games as we can get between now and March!!
PJ is a player that I am absolutely not worried about!!
He had a bad game, but I still believe that he'll have a great year!!
It's none of these kid's fault that we have no upperclassmen to support them in a tough environment that none of them have ever experienced.
Maybe he'll read this and THAT will be the motivation he needs to do better next time!
Honestly, we need as many of these type games as we can get between now and March!!
PJ is a player that I am absolutely not worried about!!
Yeah, I kinda regretted it after posting. Just didn't think it was necessary to have multiple posts trashing him in the same thread.
yeah freshmen are gonna have bad games. some of you **** fans need to cheer for another team. I think most of the ones who bash the players are bandwagon fans, they go from liking one good team to another. couch potato coaches
We don't have a junior or senior to put this team on their back and score 37 points for us.
Our kids are still realizing how DIFFERENT college basketball is compared to H.S.
They'll DEFINITELY come out more focused and aggressive next time we play a game like this!!
picture of the typical "fan" who bashes our players/ or the trolls. hate their own life so say negative **** about basketball players.
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I don't really want to bash our fans either honestly, I just think that most don't realize that complaining doesn't help and they don't realize that this will be a PROCESS!
I really don't know if some of the ones who post on this board are fans, I think they just don't like their own life so just come on here to be asses. I see the same ones post after a loss, and not show up again after a win.
picture of the typical "fan" who bashes our players/ or the trolls. hate their own life so say negative **** about basketball players.
God, these posts are so dumb.
It’s a MESSAGE BOARD! People are going to discuss the good AND bad about players.
And the “Hate their own life so they bash the player” card. (We need an eye roll emoji)
You're probably right, and we do have some entitled baby fans, but most are reasonable and just very passionate!!
Absolutely people are going to discuss the players and their shortcomings...
It's saying that a player "is worthless" and stuff like that, that I think is counter productive.
Why can't fans accept the fact that this just probably isn't our year, and just enjoy watching the team grow?
you can criticize without being a dick to players. is all I'm saying. freshmen are gonna have bad games. its the saying people are garbage worthless etc, my post wasn't bad, some peoples lifes must be
People talk about a player they've seen play three times like they've followed him his whole career. Weren't we just talking about how good of a game PJ had against Vermont? Kentucky fans are so unaccustomed to giving a player time to develop because we see them for less than a full calendar year.
Ever wonder why we always seem to have a shooting problem? Could be because in high school there is a wall behind the backboard and in college there's nothing. Depth perception messes with freshmen.
Ever wonder why we always seem to have a shooting problem? Could be because in high school there is a wall behind the backboard and in college there's nothing. Depth perception messes with freshmen.
PJ's in a rough patch and it's only the beginning of the season. I won't look at the Vermont game as a barometer just as much as I won't look at his Kansas game. Both different ends of the same spectrum.
The problem is, like many years, our fans hype these guys up to epic proportions and it's just unfair. So far, only Hami and Knox have been really good, and even they're not looking like what the hype made them seem, and that's not a knock on their game, more a knock on fans expectations and the legend that grows with every "projected starters/stats" thread.
Washington, coming in, was billed to be a freshman Patrick Patterson-esque type of freshman. A strong, agile, athletic 4 man who would fight for rebounds and garbage baskets who also was able to make his own moves if needed. Not saying he's a clone of Patterson, but as far as mentality (strong, and a leader) and production, he was billed as a guy who'd come in and be our best rebounder and one of our top 2 or 3 scorers. In reality, as a freshman who's undersized at his position, regardless of how long his arms are, we should know better by now than to make these guys guaranteed OAD prospects before they ever see D-1 competition.
For the season, he's averaging 8 and 5. Good for a freshman on any other team, but not what we need when we're so full of youth on a team without a definitive 4 man. Would it be great to get 20 and 10 out of him? Absolutely. Realistically, if he can get closer to 11-12 points and 7-8 rebounds and keep up blocking the shots the way he does, I'll be ecstatic. Anything beyond that is gravy. And those numbers are attainable once he figures out how his style of play can score at this level consistently and once he learns to engage for 40 minutes and not go blank when there's a loose ball in his area. He needs to gobble those rebounds up and I think that's an adjustment to the speed of the game issue which comes with time.
To recap, he's not been as good as billed to date (not his fault, and not an insult). No need to worry, it's a long season. Plenty of players who ended the season amazing didn't start off so hot themselves. Regardless, he needs to do better and he unfortunately doesn't have a lot of time to figure it out before we'll need him. We got more out of conference opponents we'll need him for and the SEC is looking better than most years.
The problem is, like many years, our fans hype these guys up to epic proportions and it's just unfair. So far, only Hami and Knox have been really good, and even they're not looking like what the hype made them seem, and that's not a knock on their game, more a knock on fans expectations and the legend that grows with every "projected starters/stats" thread.
Washington, coming in, was billed to be a freshman Patrick Patterson-esque type of freshman. A strong, agile, athletic 4 man who would fight for rebounds and garbage baskets who also was able to make his own moves if needed. Not saying he's a clone of Patterson, but as far as mentality (strong, and a leader) and production, he was billed as a guy who'd come in and be our best rebounder and one of our top 2 or 3 scorers. In reality, as a freshman who's undersized at his position, regardless of how long his arms are, we should know better by now than to make these guys guaranteed OAD prospects before they ever see D-1 competition.
For the season, he's averaging 8 and 5. Good for a freshman on any other team, but not what we need when we're so full of youth on a team without a definitive 4 man. Would it be great to get 20 and 10 out of him? Absolutely. Realistically, if he can get closer to 11-12 points and 7-8 rebounds and keep up blocking the shots the way he does, I'll be ecstatic. Anything beyond that is gravy. And those numbers are attainable once he figures out how his style of play can score at this level consistently and once he learns to engage for 40 minutes and not go blank when there's a loose ball in his area. He needs to gobble those rebounds up and I think that's an adjustment to the speed of the game issue which comes with time.
To recap, he's not been as good as billed to date (not his fault, and not an insult). No need to worry, it's a long season. Plenty of players who ended the season amazing didn't start off so hot themselves. Regardless, he needs to do better and he unfortunately doesn't have a lot of time to figure it out before we'll need him. We got more out of conference opponents we'll need him for and the SEC is looking better than most years.
We are really young and depending on guys like Washington to do things he really shouldn’t be asked to do. When more help arrived and he’s not the focal point, he will be a beast.
Cal throwing it inside to him when he clearly couldn’t pass out of it, and damn sure couldn’t make a move to the basket?
Problem number 1.
Cal will have to coach these guys better.
Cal throwing it inside to him when he clearly couldn’t pass out of it, and damn sure couldn’t make a move to the basket?
Problem number 1.
Cal will have to coach these guys better.
This is why I’ve never liked the way Cal depends on freshman shooters. It’s worked before (Harrison) but the majority of the time freshman will have trouble hitting, especially in domes.
When Herro is a soph/junior and lighting up the tournament people will finally see it. And the posters that mock the idea of shooters will be silent.
Honestly though, I think if you had played 24 minutes, you could have gone 0 for 3 and had at least two rebounds fall into your hands .
Brother you are right , sick of fans putting the cats down. Believe me coach will has us back on top. We are Kentucky the greatest program of all time.
People might think that depth perception is just an excuse but I have experienced it first hand. I could count on one hand how many air balls I Have ever shot n my life. First shot in a massive auditorium, air ball, right in front of a lot of people who thought I could shoot. Very Drake like if you will. Lol. Your post brought back bad memories. Lol
Cal and or his dad have to light a fire under PJ's ***. He was my favorite recruit i wanted after Bagley.. He really plays small. reminds me of Chuck Hayes without the heart