UNC Persuing SKJ

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Probably a good move for him development wise though.

Get to focus 100% on basketball without worrying about class but without some of the pressures or hassles of professional ball if he were to enter the draft and end up in the G league.
He still has to go to classes and pass, he just has to sit out the year basketball wise but he must enroll in school.
 

jrm693

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I personally like SKJ he did nothing as a freshman, but he really tried during SEC tournament made me wonder why he had not started all season. I believe he out hustled Nick Richards and with a season of playing might have developed, obviously Cal sees them every day and knows more than us, but its possible he missed on him. I do wish him good luck.
 

seccats04

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He needs a more structured offense to thrive, which he would get at UNCheat. He does not have the skills or athletic ability to create his own shot, therefore, he struggled in our AAU offense.
 
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bcox13

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I like Jones a lot. I thought Cal did his worst coaching job with him.

That being said, if he ends up at UNC, I will not be able to root for him. I can't stand those cheating losers.
In what way was it his worst coaching job? We have no clue what goes on %99 of the time with these guys and Cal throughout the season.

I will say, that based on what I saw this year, I felt he should have started over Richards. He seemed to give better effort and towards the end of the year seemed to be the all around better player.

But again, I don’t know the reasons he didn’t.

Oh yea, F UNC and unfortunately if he goes there, F him too.
 

Cats192

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He'll go there and play way better. He'll be the focus of some redemption story.
 

katwest

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From the kids standpoint, I guess he feels like if he couldn't start over Richards even late in the season his situation was hopeless as far as more playing time in the future. I liked the kid and hate to see him go to UNCHEAT* after two years here. He actually was getting more time but he must not have been happy.
 

UK90

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It would be really annoying if SKJ has a Matthews/Wiltjer type transformation for the stinkingTar Heels. And then there'll be all these "redemption" stories about how Roy and UNC got out of him what Cal and UK could not.

Lord I hope that doesn't happen.
 

Seth_C

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No offense, but if you van go from Kentucky to UNC then you wee never, ever a Wildcat and I don't care.
 
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UKnCincy_rivals

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He needs a more structured offense to thrive, which he would get at UNCheat. He does not have the skills or athletic ability to create his own shot, therefore, he struggled in our AAU offense.

In what way(s) does UNC have a more structured offense?
 

morgousky

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I do, I want the Cheats to lose every game. I think Jones will do well in Roy's system. Rebound and run, that the system that best fits Jones. All he was used for here was a screener.

No I mean guys who transfer. I don't always but generally do root against them.
 

seccats04

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In what way(s) does UNC have a more structured offense?
They actually set picks for shooters, have back door cuts, pick and rolls, etc. We do none of that. We resemble an NBA offense, which means somebody make a play. There is no structure or set plays. We are always too young to practice set plays. We have to teach how to run layup drills.
 
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anon_013cn8yrfncx2

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Didn't read article and thread title has me confused.

Bad spelling? Dyslexia?

Not sure if it's about how they plan on using him. ....

Or if they're trying to get a read on him ...

Or if it's about a court ordered judgment they're seeking against him ...

What?
 

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I personally like SKJ he did nothing as a freshman, but he really tried during SEC tournament made me wonder why he had not started all season. I believe he out hustled Nick Richards and with a season of playing might have developed, obviously Cal sees them every day and knows more than us, but its possible he missed on him. I do wish him good luck.

He's not a center. He has always been a PF.
 

FactCheckerUSA

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Not out to belittle Nick, but he wasn't a very effective center hisself.

I hear ya. But if you go back and read the scouting reports on SKJ after high school, it was clear that he excelled as a power forward who played alongside a true center, and as a guy who could be a focal point on offense. Cal didn't use SKJ that way. Cal played him as a center alongside comboforwards, and instead of being an offensive focal point he was expected to just patrol the paint on defense and set screens on offense.

That's the long-winded way of saying Cal never used SKJ in the way scouts expected. We never saw SKJ playing the role that optimized his talent.
 
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KingOfBBN

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Good bye. You could stay and put in the work like guys like Willis did and earn more time if you could get better. Good luck, unless it is at UNCheat, if there I hope you wreck your bike and knock your front teeth out.


Ridiculous post.
 
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UKnCincy_rivals

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They actually set picks for shooters, have back door cuts, pick and rolls, etc. We do none of that. We resemble an NBA offense, which means somebody make a play. There is no structure or set plays. We are always too young to practice set plays. We have to teach how to run layup drills.

You don’t seem to be very familiar with how Roy Williams coaches. Set plays aren’t exactly part of his repertoire. His offense as always been predicated on elite athletes utilizing transition and secondary breaks. That’s why their teams have been so up and down in terms of success once Calipari and the AFAM cloud started hurting their recruiting.

Below is a quote from an article from last year.

“North Carolina’s offense is fairly unique in the college ranks. They don’t run many set plays at all; players and staff estimate that about 70 percent of their half court possessions are what the Heels call ‘freelance,’ which is exactly what it sounds like: “Everybody does what they want,” Paige said.”
UNC is one of the worst examples you could have picked when it comes to talking about a structured offense. Roy Williams has at many points in his career been the poster child for just “rolling the ball out there.”

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports....ly-proof-hes-one-of-college-basketballs-best/
 
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Lovebaskelball

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No offense, but you’re failing to live up to your account name. You might want to do some more research on Carolina’s offense.

True. Carolina's motion offense is passing, ball reversal and screening. You do not see the point guard pounding the ball for 20 seconds and then pick and roll. The successful Carolina teams space, cut, pass, look low, reverse, peel around, pass to low post, screen, pass, back door, pass to low post..
 

DerekMcPwn

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Can OP or mod please edit thread title so “pursuing” is spelled correctly? It’s making me twitchy.