Welcome young man! Get ready to be run out of town the first time you go 3-13
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We are so back! Honestly it’s a good pick up.
Great news! He will be embraced and appreciated. Love that he's 6'4" and built.
43 minutes played in a game. Might have 1 guy that doesn’t fatigue!
Well, well, well.
Finally something positive.
Finally something positive.
Are you serious?
We have six players on the roster for next year, with three of those being Potter, Hawthorne and Noah. Diallo is a nice piece, but he's a 4th option on a Final Four team.
Also, there is no hating. Just a bunch of passionate UK fans who know Mark Pope is not the man for the job.
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I’m happy to have him! We needed good news and I don’t care what anybody says I’m glad we picked him up.
The interviews I had watched last week to get a better feel for his personality all were very positive. Good speaker and seems like a good dude. Should be easy to root for from that perspective which I always appreciate. (Separate from him as a player)
Absolutely. We still have work to do, but this may finally get the ball rolling. Thank you, Zoom!
We're not finished. Didn't you see Freeman will choose is by tomorrow afternoon?
I actually think he’s going to be better, the eye test looks good. He looks to be quicker with the ball in his hands. DA at times looked uncoordinated and slow.
When did Goodman become someone to start breaking down offenses? And why would we listen to him?
Now lets grab Alex Wilkins from Furman and have our starting back court
It's good to have A point guard but Diallo is essentially Denzel Aberdeen. Not a star, not a "big fish" in Pope's last year to prove himself. Not even really a fit for Pope's "system," Just another 2nd option but we'll see.
Freeman would be huge.
We're all hoping for a good class. Pope will still have to coach them though, and that's what concerns me.
Jeeezus. 2 was his highest made 3’s for a game last year. SMH.
Goodman is a jackass. He's mad that the bleeding has been stopped momentarily. He would have loved to report that Zoom told UK to eat ****.
I’m glad we got him as opposed to the alternative of striking out and having to scour the portal for plan C at point guard. How much he actually moves the needle remains to be seen. If we can get a couple more players like Stokes and Freeman who can be our go to scoring options that he just needs to distribute the ball to, I think he can succeed in that role. If we miss on them and end up needing Zoom to do more of the heavy lifting, I’m considerably less optimistic.
Last 10 years you say? Odd… wonder what hasn’t happened in that time frame…
He was the original top target, him and Dedan. We have literally only missed on Wright and everyone ran with it. Let’s get Rancik, Freeman and Cox and get this portal going. First domino finally done.
You really need to give up this little schtick. You don't know this, you have no way of knowing this. Quit moving the goalposts trying to make yourself look good
Wright was also going to pick us yesterday.
Bottom line is this, freeman coming here won’t matter unless UK gets Stokes. They need Stokes, Freeman and one more high level scorer/shooter for next year to be a contender.
He’s a terrible fit for Pope’s system. Unless he has some seriously skilled guys waiting to sign, next year’s team won’t look much different than this year, IMO. Diallo isn’t a bad player. But, he’s the antithesis of what a PG should be in Pope’s offense. I can’t even pretend to be happy about this. He’s a really nice piece in the right system, surrounded by the right players. But, he’s just gonna be a liability here. If our 2,3 & 4 aren’t knockdown shooters next year is gonna be ugly af.
I'll take a team full of almost Aberdeens at this point given how things are going
I feel the exact same. This is the same as Diaboute last year. He’s a good player but he has to be surrounded by shooting. Mo wasn’t and I’m not seeing anything to think Zoom will be either. This is just last portal season all over again striking out on plan A and B and then having to (id bet money) overpay on plan C.
Well, he is apparently a willing passer. That’s a trait we didn’t have last year.
