Wynard ?
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As he is enters the maize of life. His path will lead to his destiny. He must follow the path to his own destination so he will know that he has arrived.
Something like that. No wonder I get confused crossing the road.
You are absolutely ridiculous and wrong. Yes calipari has said Wynyard has a ways to go as far as getting in shape goes. In this quote, nowhere does Cal say 'he has a ways to go before contributing' all it says is that 'he's got a ways to go' and also said the same about many players. And in no way do you know what he meant by 'he's got a ways to go' you can't just assume that means until he contributes because nowhere did he say that. I'm going to assume though when he said 'he's got a ways to go' that he was talking about conditioning, and not contributing. Because he has talked about tai needing to get in better shape many times. And when talking about tai's game. That's usually the only thing he says as far as where he needs to improve. So in that quote where he says 'he's got a ways to go' I'm going to assume he meant conditioning considering he always talks about how he needs to get in better shape and nothing else. Good try though. Nowhere in that quote does it say he's got a ways to go before contributing, had he said that you may have been onto something.... troll.
he did, and he said that before he was eligible to play
No where in that does that quote say the word conditioning. I think you could say it's a quote directed to his play since he says in the same quote "Eventually, Tai's going to be a good player, but it's going to take time." Now how do you get he's talking about his conditioning in that quote? And also in my previous post I said that I thought the actual quote said "a ways to go" and you came in calling me a troll and said there was nothing along those lines said.
And Andre Iguodala didn't sign with uk dipshit.
I think everybody on the team will play big minutes and everybody on the team is the most versatile and important player, just like the OP
Doesn't sound at all like something negative. Wished we had someone "tough and strong" last year. Sounds more positive than some comments made by those who have never seen him play.
There are so many here who Cal evidently trusts with his innermost thoughts. Morning coffee must be crowded.
There are so many here who Cal evidently trusts with his innermost thoughts. Morning coffee must be crowded.
“We’ll probably sit down and talk here on the way to South Carolina,” Calipari said Friday. “I’m not sure he wants to redshirt. I think he does. But we haven’t really talked about it. I was going to put him in the game and I kind of looked, like, ‘You don’t want to go in, do you?’
Excerpt from : http://ukrecruiting.bloginky.com/2016/02/12/calipari-preparing-for-redshirt-talk-with-tai-wynyard/
Excerpt from : http://ukrecruiting.bloginky.com/2016/02/12/calipari-preparing-for-redshirt-talk-with-tai-wynyard/
I think that Wynyard will get around 10 mins per game next season and we will ABSOLUTELY need his 5 fouls in the post.
From what I've seen, he has a similar skill set and attributes as Josh Harrelson, and I see no reason that he can't eventually be a major contributor.
Eventually...
From what I've seen, he has a similar skill set and attributes as Josh Harrelson, and I see no reason that he can't eventually be a major contributor.
Eventually...
Wynyard will see serious minutes in many games this coming season, but it will probably be in a backup role. People are paying way too much attention to a couple of oblique comments Calipari made in February. At the time, Calipari badly needed his bigs to produce, but Wynyard was leaning toward redshirting. Because Wynyard joined the team in January, he had no chance to move ahead of Humphries in the rotation. But Calipari wanted to push him and make sure Wynyard was set on redshirting. No different from the way Calipari has challenged many of his players in the past. Fans interpret this as a statement that Wynyard is way behind. Last February, Wynyard was behind. That doesn't mean he hasn't learned and improved. I think Humphries and Wynyard will both be big surprises next season. These guys are skilled low post players with international playing experience, who only need to sharpen their defensive skills.
Way too early to prejudge any player/ recruit IMO. Like Cal said different players have different paths due to whatever reasons, age, outside influences, athletic backgrounds, etc. I don't believe that most UK fans would have expected the two seasons that Booker and Skal had in comparison with what actually happened. Remember Wynyard just turned 18 in February 2016.
Look at some of the front line players that were at UK in the previous 10-12 years before Cal and compare them to Wynyard (J. Harrellson pre-10/11, J. Carter, AJ Stewart, M. Coury, M. Williams, S. Thomas, L. Obrzut, S. Alleyne, B. Cote). He doesn't look hardly as bad, especially for a 3-4 year (role) player, got to see him in competition (2016 Midnight Madness/ Blue/ White).
Also, TW was the youngest player at the 2015 Nike Hoop Summit on April 11, 2015 (against his first real american competition). Not comparing talent, just an example of performance:
My $.02
Look at some of the front line players that were at UK in the previous 10-12 years before Cal and compare them to Wynyard (J. Harrellson pre-10/11, J. Carter, AJ Stewart, M. Coury, M. Williams, S. Thomas, L. Obrzut, S. Alleyne, B. Cote). He doesn't look hardly as bad, especially for a 3-4 year (role) player, got to see him in competition (2016 Midnight Madness/ Blue/ White).
Also, TW was the youngest player at the 2015 Nike Hoop Summit on April 11, 2015 (against his first real american competition). Not comparing talent, just an example of performance:
TW (bd 2-5-1998): 10:31-min./ 2-pts./ 1-reb./ 2-ast.
Swanigan (bd 4-18-1997): 11:56-min./ 2-pts./ 3-reb./ 0-ast.
Rabb (2-4-1997): 8:34-min./ 2-pts./3-reb./0-ast.
Swanigan (bd 4-18-1997): 11:56-min./ 2-pts./ 3-reb./ 0-ast.
Rabb (2-4-1997): 8:34-min./ 2-pts./3-reb./0-ast.
My $.02
I hope he proves the opposite of the "summer reports" of Josh Carrier and others. Meaning, those who can't miss, are going to be awesome, etc, etc. etc. Then when the season rolls around, those can't miss..............miss! Maybe, we will hear, "he isn't ready," "he has a long way to go," etc. etc. etc. and he will when the season rolls around.....can't miss.
I have never seen this young man play a minute of college Basketball, so I am quite eager to see what kind of skills he has.
Yes, his only problem is his conditioning so he has a ways to go with conditioning before becoming a really good player, but not before contributing. Yes tai eventually will be a good player once he's in better shape, agreed. That's how I take the word 'eventually' take it how you want but he's talked about how he needs to get in better condition before logging in minutes multiple times in the past so im going to assume that's what he meant this time as well, especially since I've never once heard cal talk about him becoming a better player with his skillset before he can contribute at any point in the past.
Besides some obscure YouTube video, has anyone on this board ever seen Wynyard dribble a basketball? I hear all these things about him (plus and minus) and I've never seen him play one second of basketball.
I think many on this board have taken assumptions about Wynyard, based on him not playing last year, and RAN WITH THEM. But what we do know is that Tai told Cal that he didn't want to or wasn't ready to play. It was his decision, not Cal's. But the fact that he made that decision indicates he probably wasn't ready in one way or another. If it is just a matter of conditioning, that is the EASIEST to remedy, that just takes hard work and proper training.
Now while I don't think he will contribute much this coming year, I'm not basing that on him not being good enough, but rather that we are deep in the frontcourt with 5 or 6 good 6'9+ guys ahead of him. I think by Oct, he will be in a position to be able to contribute if called upon. And that in the following year, I think there is a good chance that he will be a contributing player (10+ mpg) as one of the few non-FR on that team.
He never misses. Will probably start and get 42 minutes a game.opcorn:
so what you're saying is he is basically Matt Pilgrim 2.0
rumor has it that Matt Pilgrim would eat folding chairs for breakfast.
Wynard did not play last seasons for two reasons: 1) his skill set translating immediately to the speed of the college game 2) Cal thought his best chance for tourney success rested with Skal becoming more consistent.
Wynard offers us a player who knows his limits and embraces his role. (Rebound, screening, and physical defense) Whether he plays will be determined by the fact that none of the higher recruits can provide these attributes when needed. Either way I'm glad we have a bruiser that can only get better and exceed expectations. Tai's perception is one carefully scripted by Cal to set him up for over achieving.
Can't understand why Smooth is allowed to post here. He's a strange individual.
Are there really people who didn't see his anti-UK tirades on the UNC board?