Butler available
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Tough guy, plays hurt but still 100% effort. Great teammate and leader.
I’d try and use him as sparingly as possible for as long as possible. Kid is hurt and plays full bore. Man this tournament is going to be nerve wracking.
We need him, even 80% of him. We need to play Amari, Butler, OO, Brea, and Carr about 80% of games here on out. Garrison, Chandler, AA for subs, and Noah/Perry for spot duty rest.
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I say sweet 16 is the goal. Make it there an I will be happy with the bones of a team we have left. That would be a great season end to build off of.
Totally. Two wins and a competitive third game would be better than we’ve had for a number of years.
Game 1 against a likely 14 seed is still no gimme - upsets happen and those games are sometimes close - but we should try to limit his minutes if we can. After that, you play to win today and you figure out tomorrow tomorrow.
What about using him to build up a lead, and then pulling him while the other guys hold down things until the final buzzer?
That would be the correct approach.
No thanks.. just gonna play 1st half and get hurt. Don't do the team that way. Just sit out and get ready for the NBA or NHL. I mean the dude wasn't ready enough for 10 minutes to help out 36 hours ago but throws his hands up saying I'm ready now. Maybe it's just me but been working with a herniated disc for over a year now and if I missed everytime I wasn't comfortable I'd be working at the intersections with the rest of the bums.
Need to put the heavy brace back on. They said he switched to a lighter brace to allow more movement in the game he reinjured. ….he had a torn labrum; we don’t need more movement. We need him on the court. I get it; it’s uncomfortable and restricts overhead (hyperextension) mobility. But the team needs his parallel extension and downward…basically we need his ball handling and defense….not his shooting or a weak brace that doesn’t support the contact when he sticks and arm in to try to rip a ball
I hope we get a Friday first round game. That one extra day to heal could make a difference for him.
Pretty awful take directed at someone playing through a torn labrum trying to give his team the best chance to win. It isn’t just “uncomfortable”. We’ve been atrocious in every game but 1 without Butler/Jax combo. If both are out in the NCAAT we likely drop game 1 or 2.
They are saying he will be available by Thursday… that’s a week of letting swelling and soreness subside and (hopefully) going back to the heavy brace that was working. For a few games before they switched to a lighter brace
This might be the dumbest post ever put on this site and that’s saying a lot. We have a dude playing though a serious shoulder injury and we got posts like yours calling him weak. Fans can fan however they want but with a dumb take like this, your a fan I wish would go support another program.
You sound like an idiot in this post.
Terrible take. You don't throw your hurt leader out there to appease the will of the fans. You don't get imaging for shits and giggles.
Well he's not working an intersection with a go and stop sign. Butler is playing high level basketball and I doubt he can lift his left arm above his shoulder. I can see how you would translate an intersection job with high level basketball. They're so similar. Plus if the Dr says you sit, you sit. He doesn't have a say so about it.
No matter how this season ends, everyone should give a standing ovation to our injured players.
These players wanted to play despite their injury and have more character and courage than those "injured" players under Cal.
These players wanted to play despite their injury and have more character and courage than those "injured" players under Cal.
Agree. If we can give him first round game off that would be ideal. But be dressed just in case needed.
I think e needs to play in game 1 for 20 minutes or so. when/If we have a workable lead then sit him
Is there any chance that Bulter really isn’t gonna be available but UK doesn’t want the committee to punish them for it?
Really couldn't see Coach Pope doing that. From Butler's demeanor Friday night I thought he was ready then, but the staff decided to hold him out for the NCAA Tournament.
I suspect most of the Butler news is for selection committee to hear. Hope I’m wrong, but I don’t expect Butler to be playing when horn goes off on this season. He’ll start the next game, but he’s playing with a bad wing. Just a matter of time before he’s out again. Hope we can get two more games out of him and see where things go from there, but I don’t expect for him to complete two games.
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