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Let's tell the truth of Wagner's ranking....a large part of his high rating was because who his father and grandfather were. In fact, he lacks the quickness, jumping ability, athleticism, and basketball IQ of Milt and Dejuan. Who are the 50 greatest pro basketball players of time? How many of them fathered a son good enough to play in the NBA? Very few! The combination of genes to produce a pro quality athlete are thousands to one odds. Horses have been bred by humans for thousands of years, but the stallion Winner of the Kentucky Derby might not sire even one champion horse, even when bred with a quality thoroughbred mare.
Plus , their mothers are probably unathletic hot divas . So the genes were severely weakened.
 
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Let's tell the truth of Wagner's ranking....a large part of his high rating was because who his father and grandfather were. In fact, he lacks the quickness, jumping ability, athleticism, and basketball IQ of Milt and Dejuan. Who are the 50 greatest pro basketball players of time? How many of them fathered a son good enough to play in the NBA? Very few! The combination of genes to produce a pro quality athlete are thousands to one odds. Horses have been bred by humans for thousands of years, but the stallion Winner of the Kentucky Derby might not sire even one champion horse, even when bred with a quality thoroughbred mare.
I don’t get the he was ranked high because of his dad thing though.

If that’s the case Carmelo son would be ranked higher . Peja son would have been ranked higher .

DJ was productive in HS but it just seems like he peaked .
 
Why are we shooting 3s to start the game. I mean what are wedoing? 🤣 🤣 🤣
Heard this press conference roughly a couple hundred times.


Did you hear after Cal left say that Cal is like a first year coach still trying to figure out the team. They had heard the whispers that Cal was a prima-donna but they have sniffed him out already.
 
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I know Pope can flat out coach and I get its nice to have a elite Freshmen on the team.
But I certainly hope UK has many, many expirenced players every year going forward.
My biggest fear is relying on mostly Freshmen in the future. It doesn't work.
Judging by how well Pope put this team together in the portal this year, I fully trust him to get the perfect portal pieces to compliment star incoming freshman.
 
Cal's a swine and will always be a swine.
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Yall remember Will Riley? He was down to us and Illinois. Jaxson committed here so Riley went to Illinois. Would have been nice having Riley. The numbers he’s putting up off the bench are crazy. Chaz Lanier at UT is another name from the summer that’s having a big year.
Robinson has been fine, he just needs to be more agressive. The staff also needs to find ways to Robinson more involved. Against lipscomb they got him some floaters, which he should be getting every game
 
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Did you hear after Cal left say that Cal is like a first year coach still trying to figure out the team. They had heard the whispers that Cal was a prima-donna but they have sniffed him out already.
The Ceiling is always there but it’s never reached. Always have never practiced with the team. Always injured. Always don’t wanna shoot 3’s. Woulda coulda shoulda. Always gotta lot to learn and thankfully it’s early. It’s only November guys! Same old tired excuses. Get this guys, we only started practicing with 5 guys 3 days before the season started. Kenny Payne was playing the post for the practice team.
 
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When Illinois shoots like that it'll be hard for them to lose. I see the pic & roll defense from a Cal team is still struggling bad! It's a big mystery to me.
Their shooting is a function of that Arkansas defense, or lack thereof. They shoot 35% from 3 on the season, including today's numbers. They shot 48.4% today. Arkansas has the same issues under Calipari as UK had last season. The defense looks ok against most of these nonconference teams but when the better teams roll in, it just isn't very good.
 
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