Bradshaw
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Bradshaw is our new Nick Richards. If AB is sensible, he will follow the development cycle of Bradshaw. Bradshaw worked out hard, built muscle , and, gained weight and confidence. Bradshaw may become a great player but the time frame for him to do that is not one year. I hope he follows the Nick Richards path. He definitely has more basketball skills than Nick had at this stage.
None of our bigs are alpha's on defense, Z is a wing player with a clear upside offensively, and if he can grab boards, he becomes a better option than Ugo IMO, unless it's a clear pack in grinder, the Ugo should get more minutes.When it’s not physical.
He needs to be introduced to American Pop Tarts and the weight room…. and come back to UK to show out.
Bradshaw should be the last off the bench in an 8 or 9 man rotation.
I do too- just wish a couple of his 3 pointers/jumpers would go in to give him some much needed confidence.
You realize DJ played nearly the same amount as Rob? Rob had 16 points while DJ had 4.
Nah, then he would be taking too many. He and Bradshaw should never take another 3 again.
This right here.
The worst thing that happened to Bradshaw was that 3 he made in Gainesville. He took several bad shots after that, poorly timed, and has been a terrible player since. He looks like a project who learned basketball 2-3 years ago.
Wagner, however, is an atrocious 3-pt shooter. He's missed 15 in a row? 1 for his last 22 is that right? He was called "streaky" entering college .... that's being far too kind.
I trusted Wayne Turner and Rajon Rondo firing threes more than DJ at this point. He's broken. You can blame the ankle injury all you want .... but that's a cop-out. He still drives to the hole. It's simple - he can't shoot.
Wonder why the bogeyman was OK with Bradshaw’s limited minutes against Alabama?
The monster under your bed really is Klutch. 😆
It wasn’t odd at all.
Your posts have a tendency to be pretty odd, though.
Your posts have a tendency to be pretty odd, though.
Along with that Bradshaw come up with a put back underneath and also made a great play for a big man and being a freshman. He dished off for a three in the corner instead of running over somebody on a break out. Nine out of ten young big men wouldn’t have done that. He does need to get stronger, but he can and does still help this team.
One thing is for sure, Bradshaw didn’t touch a weight while he was rehabbing his foot.
He needs another year in college minimum. It is good to see him still cheering on his teammates.
Bradshaw is not a 4 as he can not shoot very well and can not guard very well either.
B-I-N-G-O
He is just not physically strong enough, his legs are weak and he is pushed out of the play to many times.
They can't all play all the time, Bradshaw plays everyone cries for Z, Z plays now someone is crying for Bradshaw.
The fans aren’t the ones being impatient. It’s the players and their agents. And our coach pushing guys to the league doesn’t help, either. I get it if they are a lotto pick, but I don’t think Cal publically speaks out enough about guys who aren’t ready leaving prematurely. There’s nothing wrong with saying a guy isn’t ready.
Cal has said several times with the bigs if they can't guard another 5 without being pushed aside they won't play. Bradshaw and Ivisic both need an off season at UK to build good muscle like Ugo did in a years time.
I agree. It’s just honest assessment. Bradshaw is a nice kid. I think he plays hard. But he’s not really good at any one part of the game right now. Doesn’t rebound well. Not really a rim protector. Doesn’t have the mobility or skills to be a face up guy or defend on the perimeter or in PnR. I’d say he has decent hands, and a better than average touch for a guy his size. And those things COULD be solid building blocks for a decent big man coach like Antigua to work with if AB would stick around for a few seasons. Not gonna happen though.
Kid DEFINITELY needs more maturity and get stronger. Wish one of these kids would make a good decision for themselves especially now with NIL. Your life's not over because of a couple years of growing up and maturity.
And do realize Rob once again (10th time this season) Rob limited his own minutes with fouls?
Also Wagner is the better defender. Not 12 points better, but it does lessen the gap some.
And with the level of energy Rob plays with he probably needs a little more rest than typical.
I agree but still would like to see a couple go in because not sure if he is going to stop shooting them- seems he hasn't made a jump shot in forever
Were you drunk when you posted this ? lol . I understand what you were saying though.
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He is definitely not a center and how do you know he can't shoot he never plays
Yeah I put Bradshaw instead of Richards in the sentence about working out and becoming stronger etc. I am not saying Bradshaw and Richards are similar in how they play, only that Bradshaw should follow Richards path while he was at UK. Give Bradshaw another year and he may be great.
Wagner needs another year as well. Afterall, he is a year younger that Reed . One more year at UK could be life changing for him.
