would getting only Newman and Brown work?

[Fadhi]

The team would be small but playing Poythress and Brown together sandwiching Skal would be interesting on the offensive boards. This scenerio would give Lee and Poy a good chance to show their worth and Kentucky would have so much skill on the floor at guard.
Lee would have to step up if Skal got foul trouble but with so many play makers the team would always be dangerous.

 

[Pope John Wall II]

I'd be more than fine with

Ulis
Newman
Brown
Poy
Skal

Briscoe
Matthews
Lee

 

[JerseyCat84_rivals57050]

Yes please!

 

[UKcatXXXL]

I'd be fine with that

From what is out there it seems there is almost no chance it will happen

 

[UKcatXXXL]

I'd be fine with that

From what is out there it seems there is almost no chance it will happen

 

[Catlogic15]

So what if Brown and Ingram are not here? I'm thinking we don't get either.
Leaves us short on the wing, like this year. Then what?

.

 

[JerseyCat84_rivals57050]

Originally posted by catlogic15:
So what if Brown and Ingram are not here? I'm thinking we don't get either.
Leaves us short on the wing, like this year. Then what?

.

Matthews or Willis

 

[caneintally]

Yes but we are getting Zimmerman as well.

 

[bucsrule8872]

Starters
G Ulis- guards the 1.
G Newman- guards the 2.
G Briscoe- guards the 3.
F Poythress- guards the 4.
F Labissiere- guards the 5.

Matthews comes in at the 3 when one of the guards needs a blow. Poythress moves over to the 3 if we face a team with a big SF (Dekker type) that gives us fits.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

Originally posted by catlogic15:
So what if Brown and Ingram are not here? I'm thinking we don't get either.
Leaves us short on the wing, like this year. Then what?

.

What would make you think Newman is headed elsewhere?

In your bleak scenario, Calipari would go the route of the graduate transfers. There's current quite a few quality transfers who would be instantly eligible to play.

 

[UKcatXXXL]

Newman and Zimm are gonna be ours

it's that OTHER player who we do not yet know............

 

[O-Ville_CAT_FAN]

Why are so many people suddenly of the opinion that Briscoe will play the 3? The guy is a 6'3 point guard!

 

[hotelblue]

newman/zimmerman is what everyone seems to be saying. not gonna lie i wish we'd get brown, maker too. i like ingram a lot. but would be surprised if he gets out of carolina. i think he'd be a stud wildcat.

 

[O-Ville_CAT_FAN]

Just because his wing span is a little above average doesn't mean he's going to move up 2 positions from where he's been playing his entire life. Hey maybe the Mavs should move Rondo to Power Forward. How has nobody figured it out yet?

 

[sluggercatfan]

Originally posted by Pope John Wall II:
I'd be more than fine with

Ulis
Newman
Brown
Poy
Skal

Briscoe
Matthews
Lee

Why does everyone continually leave out Hawkins and Willis in these equations...They are still on the team , right???

If not for Hawks defense against Michigan and Wisconsin last year we probably lose both games

 

[yoshukai]

Because they won't play much . Get angry if you want , doesn't change a thing .

 

[bucsrule8872]

So here is what a lot of people are saying:

1. We are not getting an elite SF (Brown or Ingram).

2. Poythress is not a 3 and he is better off playing the 4.

3. Matthews isn't going to be ready to be a starter for us next season.

4. We can't go with a 3 guard lineup because none of our projected guards (Ulis, Newman, Briscoe) can defend a 3.

So, who plays the 3 for us next year?

Do we go with Poythress, who at least has the size to guard a 3? If so, we negate our speed and have a 3 with minimum perimeter skills on offense.

Do we go small and have our biggest elite guard (Briscoe) defend the 3? If so, it likely hurts us on the boards and on defense, but our offense probably flows a little better.

Do we go after a graduate transfer? Do we go with Matthews?

I'm not sure we can know yet.

Personally, I don't see us getting an elite SF and I cringe at the thought of Poythress at the 3 on offense, so I am predicting a 3 guard lineup with Briscoe guarding the 3 spot most of the time. When we face a Dekker type SF we move Poythress over and go big.

Small ball. Speed kills. DDMO. Drive the ball with our 3 guards. Attack, attack, attack.

That's what I think we should do.

It will be interesting to see what Cal will do if he doesn't land an elite SF. He probably goes with Poythress since he seems to value defense and rebounding over offense.

Cal will figure it out and we will be fine. I just enjoy discussing and debating it.

Thoughts?

Once again, I cringe at the thought of Poythress at the 3. He's a natural 4 in college.

 

[hotelblue]

as big as we have been in the post it's easy to foget that the real size mismatch we had was with poythress and lyles at the 3. which is when we looked dominant. if after the signing period we have a full rotation for the 4 and 5 set not including poythress, then i can see cal using him at the three for 15-20 minutes. it's a complete mismatch on the glass for us. the thing is i for some reason rather see twin towers again should we get maker. then poythress i think could have a monster year. not a knock on zimmerman, it's just poy and zimmerman on the court at the same time could be a bit weird for us offensively. this of course would be up to zimmerman. he has skill alright, is jmho. i almost rather have maker than zimmerman or newman. they're studs of course, call me crazy i'd love to see this...

ulis
hawkins
briscoe
matthews
willis
poythress
lee
labissiere
maker

i think that would be an insanely good one v one team defensively. spread out or packed in. crazy quick top to bottom and very long. if we got brown or ingram on top we'd be the most hyped team again and deservedly so imo. not gonna happen probably i know. i think newman is on board and with briscoe and ulis our days of going extra big are over. the harrisons i thought were great, but we are going to be welcoming a much much quicker perimeter game next year. it just won't be as fluid early like we had with sophomore twins and ulis/booker off the bench. by the end of the year we will likely have the best back court. hopefully that will be the same on the front court.

 

[cats#1again]

As of right now we have a few good players and one stud. Skal is gonna be great, most everyone knows this by now.
Cal has proved that he needs atleast 3 great play makers to compete at the highest level(title).
Our best bet would be Ingrim, swanigan, n either Newman or Brown.
I can't see ulis and Newman working well together. It's almost like a Brandon knight and Tyler Ulis backcourt. Just seems a little weird.

We are in serious need of a stud or two,and soon