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Get to know this guy. He could be our next pg

Then you don't know ball, simple as that. Almost 40% career 3 point shooter, probably a top 10 player in all of college basketball, and might be the best PG in the country.
Just to be fair to the other poster, they might have been thinking of "stud" in an all together different way...
 
Matt Jones, who is obviously plugged in, was pretty definitive that Jasper Johnson will be the only freshman starter next year. If we get Braden, we need a good 3 and D guy at the 3 to along Smith, Oweh and you have one of the best, if not the best backcourt in the country. I’m saying that from the standpoint of starters Smith, Johnson and Oweh then a good 3 and D traditional SF type and Lewis off the bench. Would be scary
You didn't mention chandler; I believe he'll play a role in next year's backcourt rotation. Barring a transfer
 
I realize that we should not limit ourselves to a small guard. I also think that we should have diversity on the team of skills. It would be nice to have a 6'3 or four guard to do things when Smith is a fish out of water. I've seen Smith enough to know he's very good.
 
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Reading so many people talking shit about Braden Smith in this thread and another one is flat embarrassing. Wth is wrong with some of you people? It’s obvious you have no damn clue what you’re talking about. He’s the Big Ten player of the year and been a first team conference player two years in a row….and some of y’all acting like he can’t play. SMH
 
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It's going to be getting guys like this - and a good fit chemistry-wise as well as personality wise collectively, here at Kentucky moving forward. Would love to see a quality player like him enter the portal and come play for us. Been watching him all year long. Would be a great pickup.

I think there's going to be a lot of interest in the portal from a lot of players, with the way Pope's system works, his style, and positive mentality. Pope stands in stark contrast to the "me first" coaches that are strewn throughout college hoops nowadays.
Hope Pope cleans up in the portal, but there are numerous teams that run systems like his. Why does everyone think his style is so different?
 
I don't know about a stud, but he is a great prototypical PG. He averaged almost nine assists per game this season. In his first couple of seasons his defense was suspect, but he is averaging two steal a game this year so he has shored that up some. He can also rebound, shoots 38% from three and averages sixteen ppg.

HIs defense and height are his weak points. Purdue lost because their guards couldn't keep the opponent out of the paint and off the rim.
 
You didn't mention chandler; I believe he'll play a role in next year's backcourt rotation. Barring a transfer
I agree. Honestly thinking here you may only need Braden Smith and you are done with backcourt.

pg - Smith, Lewis, Perry
sg - Johnson, Chandler
sf - Oweh, Noah
pf - Portal, Portal
c - Portal, Moreno

Didn’t know if Garrison is transferring so I didn’t include him. Not confident he can start for us. Don’t know if the really bad performance last game is weighing heavy so I could be way off.
 
Imo, uk needs to add a top point guard, shooting guard, both forwards and center. Depending g on Perry, Noah and Chandler, will not win the SEC, and certainly challenge for ncaa title
 
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Reading so many people talking shit about Braden Smith in this thread and another one is flat embarrassing. Wth is wrong with some of you people? It’s obvious you have no damn clue what you’re talking about. He’s the Big Ten player of the year and been a first team conference player two years in a row….and some of y’all acting like he can’t play. SMH
There’s still some Cal fan boys on here who want extremely athletic types who can’t shoot a lick
 
All comes down to what you’re willing to pay.

That said, I don’t believe a single word that ever comes about of that attention ho jones. He mostly just makes stuff up to get clicks and stay relevant.

I’ll wait until the player says something
 
Lol you people need to get over yourselves.

Pope will be recruiting a different type of player than Coach Cal did.... and that is okay!

If he can just merge the shooters and athletic pieces something Cal couldn't do then we will be okay.
It’s ok if you want to win one game in sec tournament and maybe 2 in ncaa. You must have some dudes. There is no different kind of player
 
Lol you people need to get over yourselves.

Pope will be recruiting a different type of player than Coach Cal did.... and that is okay!

If he can just merge the shooters and athletic pieces something Cal couldn't do then we will be okay.
Smith is the perfect guard we could ever imagine, dude went to a NC game and is definitely a top 5 college guard easy. I couldn’t imagine many better transfers to get for us honestly.
 
Hope Pope cleans up in the portal, but there are numerous teams that run systems like his. Why does everyone think his style is so different?
I think it's not nothing that we're 3rd in scoring and 15th in offensive efficiency with a rapidly assembled roster and all the injury-induced discontinuity. I'm excited to see a Pope team that's assembled more traditionally with a real star or two.
 
Matt Jones, who is obviously plugged in, was pretty definitive that Jasper Johnson will be the only freshman starter next year. If we get Braden, we need a good 3 and D guy at the 3 to along Smith, Oweh and you have one of the best, if not the best backcourt in the country. I’m saying that from the standpoint of starters Smith, Johnson and Oweh then a good 3 and D traditional SF type and Lewis off the bench. Would be scary
That would be a remarkable backcourt and one we need to be a top team.
 
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