Brandon Garrison.
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You have to have dedicated your life to following the poster. Kind of creepy not gonna lie.
@JFCats22 i agree we don’t want to lose garrison. He’s central to our early season success. If he’s trying to lock up a starting spot though idk. I wouldn’t guarantee him anything. That’s the only caveat. If it’s internal instead of money. If he’s demanding to start that’s easy to say “peace”. And watch him go sign with pitino lol
Quaintance is most certainly a college 5.
6’9-6’10, 225-230 lbs as a 17 yr old freshman. 8 RPG and 2.6 BPG. He mostly played with Jihad at ASU, who is a 4. Sometimes, Hurley played Quaintance and Shawn Phillips (the backup 5) together, where JQ would be the 4, but he mostly played the 5.
And this was in his freshman year. He’ll be bigger next year.
It's actually easy and quick with a functioning brain. No surprise you're the one white knighting for him lol.
It’s rather easy to do a quick key word search for a specific poster.
Honestly if it's UK they care about a lot more go ask Kanter how playing worked out for him. Don't get me wrong I loved Harrelson but Kanter would've made a bigger difference in 2011.
JQ even said in the interview that Pope told him he would play the Williams role next season.
And he’s a rim protector. Excellent shot blocker. You want him at the 5 on the defensive end as well.
There is no guarantee JQ won’t still be rehabbing his knee in Oct/Nov. would still need a 5 man capable of starting
JQ and Moreno being here move BG over to the four, which he likely prefers and would be if he ever sniffs the NBA. BG is not even a very good four right now and IMO probably never will be elite. Alvaro is exactly what we need to round things out at the four and that is what I hope happens.
Not sure if Alvaro wants to visit before committing somewhere but I’d think he may have been waiting for something like this to happen because I’ve heard no info for any other school recently. I know he went back to Spain and is back stateside, but I could see him wrapping it up soon if he wanted to come here.
Not worried, just concerned.
Adding a quality big is going to be tricky.
Who is going to want to come here and play behind JQ once JQ gets healthy? Especially with a McD’s AA Freshman also on the bench.
If he returns fine if he doesn't fine. I think he was the least matched for Pope's system
of anyone on this year's team. He will be the easiest to replace of any of the possible
returnees
of anyone on this year's team. He will be the easiest to replace of any of the possible
returnees
I can’t see any of those posts but I can imagine what they say so it’s a definite 😂.
Bringing your usual ray of sunshine to the site. Sorely missed you over the weekend when lots of good news was happening .
Interesting, UK is a large canvas. A lot of players to paint!
Well done. It was already crystal clear that @JFCats22 had an anti-Pope pro-Cal agenda. But you’ve nicely illustrated the absurdity of it. Ain’t it funny how his opinion of BG completely changed today?
If JQ isn’t ready by beginning of szn then he isn’t gonna magically just jump in front of the player that’s been playing ahead of him. Hes gonna have to work his way back in.
And on Moreno…Pope isn’t Cal, Moreno won’t get minutes just cuz he’s MCDAA. He’s gonna have to earn and prove his way into the rotation
IF necessary, I'm thinking Pope could still find a C from a smaller school who is big & athletic enough to compete in the SEC but wasn't recruited by the larger schools b/c they didn't have the best basketball skills like ball handling/shooting.
Again, not looking at those guys to play big minutes, but they could come in for a few minutes here and there with clear purpose...defense/rebounding.
They could still get NIL money (even if it's just 100-200k, which could still be more than their current school). I'm thinking a few guys like that would still be out there
Oh man, I knew this was coming when he posted on the last page.
Hilarious
Agreed.
But here is the problem.
Let’s say JQ is not ready to start the season.
We start Moreno at the 5? He’s the only legit 5 man on the roster until JQ is medically cleared.
That means the next biggest guy is Folgueiras (if we can get him), at 6’9, 215-ish. So when Moreno picks up two early fouls, Folgueiras is the 5 man, unless you prefer a 6’7 Dioubate as your Center?
Could be tough sledding, especially if JQ isn’t back in time for the start of SEC play.
A Moreno, Folgueiras, Dioubate, William, and Noah rotation at the 4/5 doesn’t really instill much confidence in me.
Much rather have Garrison and Moreno manning the 5 with Dioubate at the 4 until JQ is ready and then slide Garrison over to the 4 once JQ is back.
But if JQ is ready to roll in November/early December, then Folgueiras is probably an upgrade. Better shooter and passer at the 4 spot than BG.
I guess I am a loyalist. I hate to see a player leave, even if there is an upgrade waiting in the wings.
I personally hope BG stays.
Feels a lot like it’s an either or scenario of Keeping Garrison or getting Alvaro. Just don’t think both things happen.
I started threads. Where were you? I want a guy on our current roster to stick around. The only problem I see the only negativity I see is you and a few others who think following and harassing other fans is ok. Peace bro good luck with that.
I respectfully disagree replacing Garrison won't be all that problematic. He can be replaced with a true 4 or a true 5 or a hybrid of the two. There are plenty of options out there, as you point out JQ is not likely
to be ready on day 1(or Moreno for that matter) There are minutes available. Garrison didn't excel
at any one thing in the Pope system, he was serviceable. To paraphrase Spock his liabilities outweighed
his assets
here are some guys that COULD fit that description...
Grand Canyon - Duke Brennan; his Stats
Youngstown St. - Gabe Dynes - this dude is from N. KY, Stats
High Point - Juslin Bodo Bodo; his Stats
Samford - Riley Allenspach - his Stats
Coastal Carolina - Noah Amen Hauser - his Stats
Central Michigan - Ugnius Jarusevicius - his Stats
UNLV - Pape N'Daiye - his Stats
Not saying ANY of these guys are being (or should be) considered by UK at this time. This was just a quick glance at centers currently in the portal from smaller schools.
I am just using them as examples of guys who played for smaller schools who could be willing to come in to compete for the backup C role to give spot minutes for reasons:
- chance to play for a blueblood like UK
- chance to play for a national championship team
- still earn more NIL than they are currently earning
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I think Garrison must have pissed in some of these guy’s Cheerios.
Just looking at it from a portal players perspective.
Do I take a chance and sign with UK to maybe be the starter or go somewhere else and be the starter? What if JQ is ready by early December and the starter by late December? And if so, can I beat out a pretty talented Freshman for backup minutes?
A portal player has to make that call in the next few weeks with little information on JQ’s timeline.
Pope is going to have to figure all this out and put together an excellent pitch to lure a quality big man here with all this uncertainty.
I’m sure it will all work out, but I am concerned about being short handed after this past season’s stream of injuries.
That’s a huge what if…if he’s out til Dec then he’s not gonna be starting a couple weeks after that…Pope obviously knows a lot more than we do with JQ’s injury and he’s obviously explained the situation to JQ if he’s gonna be out that long …I think you are thinking too much into the situation.
If BG leaves then Pope will replace him. Still ton of time and similar dudes available.
But Kanter wasn't about academics. He was about being considered a "pro" player for his compensation he received from the semi pro team.
If he chooses to stay fine, he has a year in the system and is ahead of the game in that respect
but he doesn't seem to bring to the table the passing or rebounding skills of Williams or the 3 point
shooting or the mobility of Carr. There are plenty of options out there if he leaves
Question for the group since we know so much of these decisions is about money.
Is BG worth more or less than he was at this time last year?
I think his agent could make a compelling case that he should be worth more and it would also be very easy for UK to say he should be worth less. Think it would be a fascinating negotiation.
For the record I’m on the value is lessened side as analytically he was very disappointing and so much of his value last year was “potential”. Now we’ve seen him multiple years with ample playing time in major conferences to know who he is at this point. Rarely do highly regarded C prospects that aren’t elite top 20 guys change their stripes once they’ve shown them.
Is BG worth more or less than he was at this time last year?
I think his agent could make a compelling case that he should be worth more and it would also be very easy for UK to say he should be worth less. Think it would be a fascinating negotiation.
For the record I’m on the value is lessened side as analytically he was very disappointing and so much of his value last year was “potential”. Now we’ve seen him multiple years with ample playing time in major conferences to know who he is at this point. Rarely do highly regarded C prospects that aren’t elite top 20 guys change their stripes once they’ve shown them.
Worth less imo…his immaturity scares the shit outta me.
I thought he fuc$ed us at the ending of the first OU game…thought a T was coming for sure.
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