Detailed SR(video) on Canada teams …this is gonna be a tough tournament
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KENTUCKY VS. GERMANY The Wildcats, who will be representing the United States in this international event, tip things off against a team from Germany on Wednesday afternoon. Ten of the 12 players on that roster are pros — many playing in the top level of German basketball — and the other two are Division I college players in the United States. Six of the German players are listed at 6-7 or taller, and a couple are 7-footers.
One of Germany’s big men is 7-footer Bent Leuchten, who averaged 9.3 points and 5.7 rebounds in 18.0 minutes per game as a sophomore for UC Irvine last season. Topping the list of players to watch might be Johannes Patrick, a 6-foot guard who averaged 14.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game at the highest level of German pro ball last season.
Another intriguing player will be Simonas Lukosius, a 6-6 guard with a do-everything reputation who averaged 11.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game at Butler during 2022-23. He also made 38 percent of his three-point attempts, with 59 makes in 32 games. Lukosius hit the transfer portal this spring and ended up at Cincinnati, where he’ll be teammates with ex-Cat CJ Fredrick next season. Every player on the German team is at least 21 years old (or will be by the end of 2023). Of course, most of Kentucky’s players are still teenagers.
KENTUCKY VS. CANADA The Thursday night matchup will pit UK versus a team of Canadians, and the home squad has plenty of veteran players with high-level college basketball experience. Kellen Tynes, a 6-3 guard, averaged 14.3 points per game at Maine last season.
Joel Brown, another 6-3 guard, has started 93 games at California and transferred to Iona this offseason. Marko Maletic, a 6-6 guard, led LIU in scoring during 2022-23, averaging 15.9 points per game and hitting 38.8 percent from three-point range, averaging nearly three makes per game. Nana Owusu-Anane, a 6-8 forward, was a team captain at Brown as a sophomore last season, averaging 10.3 points and a team-high 8.2 rebounds, the latter stat good enough for second in the Ivy League.
Addison Patterson (6-6 forward) is a former top 100 U.S. recruit who was a junior-college star last season and will spend his next one at Northwestern State. Jahmyl Telfort (6-6 guard) has been a double-figure scorer in all three of his seasons at Northeastern. And Enoch Boakye (6-10 center) was once on UK’s recruiting radar. He played sparingly at Arizona State last season and will be with Fresno State for 2023-24. This team isn’t huge on star power, but there’s plenty of experience here, and the rest of the roster features a mix of Canadian pros and college players.
KENTUCKY VS. AFRICA Perhaps the most interesting opposing roster in the GLOBL JAM belongs to Africa, which Kentucky will face in Saturday’s pool-play finale. Topping the list of players to watch here will be 6-2 guard Jean Jacques Boissy, who was a first-team All-BAL selection last season. The BAL, which has backing from the NBA and FIBA, is the premier basketball league in Africa, and Boissy is regarded as one of its very top players. The point guard was also a league all-defensive team selection. He is 22 years old and a member of the Senegal national team.Victor Ezeh, a 6-5 guard, turned 20 years old in February and debuted for the Nigeria senior national team later that month. He’s already playing in the BAL and is viewed as one of the top young stars in Nigeria, the most populous country on the continent. The African squad will also feature several U.S. college players. One name in particular should stand out to Kentucky fans: Emmanuel Okorafor, who joined Louisville’s team midway through the 2022-23 season and made immediate contributions. The 6-10 big man is an alumnus of NBA Academy Africa in Senegal, the same program that developed Kentucky’s Ugonna Onyenso. Babacar Faye — a 6-8 forward — averaged 4.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per game at Charleston last season, helping that program to a 31-4 record and NCAA Tournament berth. He’ll play at Western Kentucky this season after a spring transfer.
Nelly Joseph — a 6-10 forward — was one of Rick Pitino’s best players at Iona, scoring in double figures each of his three years there and averaging 14.9 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.5 blocks (leading the Gaels in the two latter categories) last season. He’s headed to New Mexico as a transfer this season, where he’ll play for Pitino’s son, Richard Pitino. Yet another big man to watch will be Aly Khalifa, a 6-11 post player who has started 64 games in two years at Charlotte and averaged 11.7 points and 6.3 rebounds last season. He’s nicknamed the “Egyptian Magician” due to his unique passing and playmaking ability for a frontcourt player, and he’ll be at BYU this season under the tutelage of Coach Mark Pope, the former UK player. The Cats could have their hands full with this opponent. But that’s likely to be true of the entire trip.
One of Germany’s big men is 7-footer Bent Leuchten, who averaged 9.3 points and 5.7 rebounds in 18.0 minutes per game as a sophomore for UC Irvine last season. Topping the list of players to watch might be Johannes Patrick, a 6-foot guard who averaged 14.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game at the highest level of German pro ball last season.
Another intriguing player will be Simonas Lukosius, a 6-6 guard with a do-everything reputation who averaged 11.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game at Butler during 2022-23. He also made 38 percent of his three-point attempts, with 59 makes in 32 games. Lukosius hit the transfer portal this spring and ended up at Cincinnati, where he’ll be teammates with ex-Cat CJ Fredrick next season. Every player on the German team is at least 21 years old (or will be by the end of 2023). Of course, most of Kentucky’s players are still teenagers.
KENTUCKY VS. CANADA The Thursday night matchup will pit UK versus a team of Canadians, and the home squad has plenty of veteran players with high-level college basketball experience. Kellen Tynes, a 6-3 guard, averaged 14.3 points per game at Maine last season.
Joel Brown, another 6-3 guard, has started 93 games at California and transferred to Iona this offseason. Marko Maletic, a 6-6 guard, led LIU in scoring during 2022-23, averaging 15.9 points per game and hitting 38.8 percent from three-point range, averaging nearly three makes per game. Nana Owusu-Anane, a 6-8 forward, was a team captain at Brown as a sophomore last season, averaging 10.3 points and a team-high 8.2 rebounds, the latter stat good enough for second in the Ivy League.
Addison Patterson (6-6 forward) is a former top 100 U.S. recruit who was a junior-college star last season and will spend his next one at Northwestern State. Jahmyl Telfort (6-6 guard) has been a double-figure scorer in all three of his seasons at Northeastern. And Enoch Boakye (6-10 center) was once on UK’s recruiting radar. He played sparingly at Arizona State last season and will be with Fresno State for 2023-24. This team isn’t huge on star power, but there’s plenty of experience here, and the rest of the roster features a mix of Canadian pros and college players.
KENTUCKY VS. AFRICA Perhaps the most interesting opposing roster in the GLOBL JAM belongs to Africa, which Kentucky will face in Saturday’s pool-play finale. Topping the list of players to watch here will be 6-2 guard Jean Jacques Boissy, who was a first-team All-BAL selection last season. The BAL, which has backing from the NBA and FIBA, is the premier basketball league in Africa, and Boissy is regarded as one of its very top players. The point guard was also a league all-defensive team selection. He is 22 years old and a member of the Senegal national team.Victor Ezeh, a 6-5 guard, turned 20 years old in February and debuted for the Nigeria senior national team later that month. He’s already playing in the BAL and is viewed as one of the top young stars in Nigeria, the most populous country on the continent. The African squad will also feature several U.S. college players. One name in particular should stand out to Kentucky fans: Emmanuel Okorafor, who joined Louisville’s team midway through the 2022-23 season and made immediate contributions. The 6-10 big man is an alumnus of NBA Academy Africa in Senegal, the same program that developed Kentucky’s Ugonna Onyenso. Babacar Faye — a 6-8 forward — averaged 4.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per game at Charleston last season, helping that program to a 31-4 record and NCAA Tournament berth. He’ll play at Western Kentucky this season after a spring transfer.
Nelly Joseph — a 6-10 forward — was one of Rick Pitino’s best players at Iona, scoring in double figures each of his three years there and averaging 14.9 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.5 blocks (leading the Gaels in the two latter categories) last season. He’s headed to New Mexico as a transfer this season, where he’ll play for Pitino’s son, Richard Pitino. Yet another big man to watch will be Aly Khalifa, a 6-11 post player who has started 64 games in two years at Charlotte and averaged 11.7 points and 6.3 rebounds last season. He’s nicknamed the “Egyptian Magician” due to his unique passing and playmaking ability for a frontcourt player, and he’ll be at BYU this season under the tutelage of Coach Mark Pope, the former UK player. The Cats could have their hands full with this opponent. But that’s likely to be true of the entire trip.
Doubt we will see much new from Cal, new players sure, better players maybe. Hopefully better ball movement ,more offensive skill and more getting up and down the court. Probably a little less rebounding, I expect the defense to be about the same, maybe a few more blocked shots
Why is Shaedon Sharpe and his swollen vagina posing as lips being shown in this thread?
