Reeves is the 4th best backcourt player on this team and will see his minutes decrease as the season progresses.
First game hot takes
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Team plays hard every possession even with a big lead. Dont see them playing stall ball lat the end of games like we have seen in the past
You are going to take a lot of heat for this one.
My hot take is simply that Wagner is not our best point guard, nor should he be in the starting lineup.
A second take is that Thiero is the most important player on this team. He’s very active defensively and on the boards and he looks to dunk every time he blows by his man. I think he’s the glue and we need him on the court even if he’s not scoring. There are very few guys on this team that can make huge impacts without scoring, but he’s one of them.
My hot take is simply that Wagner is not our best point guard, nor should he be in the starting lineup.
A second take is that Thiero is the most important player on this team. He’s very active defensively and on the boards and he looks to dunk every time he blows by his man. I think he’s the glue and we need him on the court even if he’s not scoring. There are very few guys on this team that can make huge impacts without scoring, but he’s one of them.
Don’t think this is a hot take, but it looks like we finally have some dawgs. Dilly, Wagner, Sheppard, Edwards.
We need Reeves and Waggy to be on the floor and make shoots.
The good thing is we don’t have to lean on Reeves when he’s cold as we have other shooters. This is gonna be a good year guys. Guards can take you deep in March.
Going to be a fun team. Edwards and DJ will only get better and more reliable as the season goes along. Get those three 7 footers in the mix and who knows come March. Will be some rough stretches until after Christmas.
Hope Thiero is OK. We are thin enough
Hope Thiero is OK. We are thin enough
Looked like they wanted to pad stats. But whatever - I don’t really care about what motivates them to play hard at that stage.
This will be our most exciting team to watch since 17. They won’t win every game, but they’ll play hard and make some wow plays.
He absolutely will.
Barring injury to the other guards he will struggle to get on the floor.
Not everything has to have a point, try some things just for the stupidity of it
Dillingham is in the same mold of Wall and Fox: Guards that we can generally trust to get the job done and not disappear. It's something we haven't had in a few years, and I think he's going to quickly pass guys like Cason and TyTy.
Just feels like he's ready. He knows he can play at this level from day 1, and has next level ability. It's been a while since I've seen that from our guards.
Just feels like he's ready. He knows he can play at this level from day 1, and has next level ability. It's been a while since I've seen that from our guards.
My hot take is that Edwards isn't the dog I was expecting. To me he seems timid and reactionary instead of dictating and taking. I thought he was going to be some relentless dog. It's early, I know, but I'm not blown away. You can throw any numbers you want at me, but I'm simply going eye test.
He is not as talented as other players at his position. He could be a great 3 point shooting Senior off the bench.
It's nice having five players who can create their own shot in Dillingham, Sheppard, Wagner, Reeves, and Edwards. Fingers crossed that these guys get even better as we go along.
I don't think we've had this many playmakers since the Maxey/Hagans/Quickley team.
I don't think we've had this many playmakers since the Maxey/Hagans/Quickley team.
I love Wagner when he's not jacking up threes. That's not his game. Just bring the energy on both sides of the ball. Attack and get to the rim. Loved his second half!
He’s way behind what I thought I’d see but I think he’ll be much better with a big man on the floor with him.
I’ve been saying this for weeks. I thought he came out aggressive then disappeared
Good lord, do you ever take time off from being an idiot. Reeves will see plenty of playing time.
That’s some kinda take, dunno bout hot, I’d lean more 🚽 like.
He’s gonna figure it out and be really good, he showed his skills early against K state but again this team spreads it around. He’s got everything to be really good. I’m not worried about him at all.
If Edwards is a top 5 pick, we'll win at least 32 games. It's happened every time Calipari has a top 5 pick on the roster.
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He’s being asked to be a PF, his skill set is mismatching the 3/4 IMO. Not posted on the block.
And guys like you complain when we don't run up a score and get all over Cal for not pounding a team. Just can't win on this board and it's funny because it's so predictable.
Reeves didnt need to score tonight,we will have nights when he does
Precisely this.
Give the kid time. We've seen slow starts from former guys who turned out pretty good. Knight and Towns immediately come to mind.
Hopefully he’s good with averaging 10 to 15 per game. Plenty of people on this board think he’s going to average 20 and that’s just not gonna happen. I hope he doesn’t think he’s going to average that and create locker room issues.
Willing to give him some time adjusting to college game and on the big stage. I still have faith he'll make us very happy as the season develops.
Going to be a learning curve for him adjusting to the college game and letting the game come to him but I believe he will get there sooner rather than later.
For sure and we have seen flashes of him being pretty dominate early. He’s got the tools, and he can shoot decently well for a wing.
Maybe. But I'm not seeing him being able to create. I don't see strong handles. I don't see instinctual transition game. And I don't see high motor rebounds. Not trying to be overly critical after a small snippet. I'm just not seeing a top lotto pick.
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