As of now, if this is our final roster, I will give A without doubt
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Give grade to our portal season
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A+
Anyone unhappy with this portal season is a troll, fan of another team, or so perpetually on downers that they're inches from the earth's core.
Good. F-n. Night.
Anyone unhappy with this portal season is a troll, fan of another team, or so perpetually on downers that they're inches from the earth's core.
Good. F-n. Night.
A+. Incredible mix of talent, athleticism and experience....plus numerous guys with multiple years remaining. Insane haul by Pope and this staff.
A++
Pope knew the assignment and went to work to get the players he wanted, that wanted to play with Kentucky across their chest
Pope knew the assignment and went to work to get the players he wanted, that wanted to play with Kentucky across their chest
Oh you can guarantee that someone will come along complaining that we don't have enough shooters, defensive stoppers and/or guys who can finish at the rim.
A
Veterans from major conferences who have had success. Skilled. Length. Muscle.
Veterans from major conferences who have had success. Skilled. Length. Muscle.
Wish we could transport this post back in time to the first week of portal season when Louisville got a couple of commits, Dent went to UCLA and panic attack was contagious.
Someone is always lurking to toss a turd in the punch bowl.
If only Kentucky had signed "Mr. Magoon..."
Just kidding. A-plus. Unless Jayden Quaintaince has a surprisingly swift recuperation and is ready to play with full energy by late November or so, in time to lay waste to Indiana and Louisville.
Then you'd have to go with A-plus-plus-plus.
The only possible criticisms I can imagine are that Kentucky has no one-dimensional 3-point shooter to replace Brea, and no No. 1 or No. 2 overall Portal Talent ranking type player.
What I'd say about that is:
1. 3-point shooting is best seen as a team statistic, and one created by many factors that lead to the quality of the shots. Pope has put together a team that should create the kinds of shots to raise everyone's average.
2. Pope seems to be a master of TEAM dynamics, rather than playing a system built around a star or a couple stars. As soon as I heard Wilkerson say he didn't want to play at Kentucky because he wanted to be "The Man" I was very relieved he wouldn't have the chance to wreck team chemistry.
Just kidding. A-plus. Unless Jayden Quaintaince has a surprisingly swift recuperation and is ready to play with full energy by late November or so, in time to lay waste to Indiana and Louisville.
Then you'd have to go with A-plus-plus-plus.
The only possible criticisms I can imagine are that Kentucky has no one-dimensional 3-point shooter to replace Brea, and no No. 1 or No. 2 overall Portal Talent ranking type player.
What I'd say about that is:
1. 3-point shooting is best seen as a team statistic, and one created by many factors that lead to the quality of the shots. Pope has put together a team that should create the kinds of shots to raise everyone's average.
2. Pope seems to be a master of TEAM dynamics, rather than playing a system built around a star or a couple stars. As soon as I heard Wilkerson say he didn't want to play at Kentucky because he wanted to be "The Man" I was very relieved he wouldn't have the chance to wreck team chemistry.
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Basing it off of what's on paper, which is all that we can go off right now, I will give it a A-, which could obviously jump to an A or A+ when the season starts. Hopefully the grade increases rather than decreasing.
Honestly not trying to be negative at all, but I would give us an A or A-. I believe we did very good, but not A+ crazy good. In my opinion and A+ would have been like picking up two top 10 portal stars. I think we have a well-rounded very good team.
We def have the defense. The shooting will have to come from Noah Perry and chandler
Well, we are 13 deep with multiple guys who will bid for all-conference and at least one who will probably bid for All-American. We went from pre-season top 15 to likely pre-season top 5.
I don't know how it could be any less than A+
I don't know how it could be any less than A+
A+.
Zero doubt.
And an A overall for the offseason thus far, the only thing not giving it an A+ is that I really liked Acaden Lewis, wish we hadn't lose him.
Zero doubt.
And an A overall for the offseason thus far, the only thing not giving it an A+ is that I really liked Acaden Lewis, wish we hadn't lose him.
It’s ok. We’ll see.
I kid I kid. A+ baby. Let’s go!
I kid I kid. A+ baby. Let’s go!
When it’s officially over I can give it a final grade but it’s like a 95% but pope may pull something else off and gain extra credit to push to A+
B to B-. Our “Superstar” is 17 coming off a torn ACL. Florida went out and got a 2G because they thought our guy wasn’t good enough. Alabama went out and got a PF because they thought our guy wasn’t good enough. Our PG was our 3/4 choice and gave up 40 to Chucky Hepburn. Admittedly, know nothing about Jelovic or Cam, so if those guys are studs, it would move this class to an A maybe even A+.
If a team full of 35%+ 3pt shooters who can also gouge opposing defenses isn't good enough, I don't know what to tell em.
Chandler shot 52.2% from three in the final seven games of the season.
Williams shoots it at 41%.
Oweh at 35.5% for us, 37.7% at OU.
Dioubate at 46.2% on low volume.
Lowe at 35.2% before he became a one man team.
35% from Aberdeen.... Also saw this about some of his analytics:
That bodes VERY well for us.
It goes on and on.
I'm happy with bringing in 35% guys because as long as they don't take forever to get a shot off like Carr (love him, don't get me wrong), their % stands a good chance of improving or staying the same.
The athleticism and shooting these guys have will put defenses and coaches in a blue hell next year, and I am HERE for it.
A. We have the defense. We have the length and athleticism. We have a 4 who can spread the floor to allow our slashers to get to the basket. We have a 4 who can grab rebounds and play defensively. We also have a C in JQ, who, if healthy, can do it all.
Only concern I have is whether we have a Brea on this team who can hit a 3 when we need it. Chandler and Noah and our stretch 4 can certainly do it. But consistently is my question.
Only concern I have is whether we have a Brea on this team who can hit a 3 when we need it. Chandler and Noah and our stretch 4 can certainly do it. But consistently is my question.
Pope has above an A+, he got extra credit along with it.
Aberdeen is tons better than his stats. He had to play a bunch during the season when Martin was out injured. His stats in those games showed.
Aberdeen is tons better than his stats. He had to play a bunch during the season when Martin was out injured. His stats in those games showed.
Post a bunch of made up things just to disparage the team lmfao
Good lord, this is so damn dumb like a lot of your posts
A+.
And an A+ for both outing and shutting down the worst posters on this board.
And an A+ for both outing and shutting down the worst posters on this board.
I’m stuck between an A- or an A. Would have been nice to land one of the big mega transfers but what we missed in star power we traded for well above average depth.
Not landing one of the stars just means Oweh and maybe one other player needs to make a leap and levels up to that star role on the team. Oweh is more than capable of doing so—I’m not certain who the other player is that will step up but we have a lot of talent so someone is bound to make a leap or be better than expected.
Pope has done an excellent job no doubt. I think he has built a top 10 ten team for next year and it’s hard to ask for much more than that. My hope is that we contend for a 1-seed—it’s been far too long since we’ve gotten a 1 or even been in the mix.
Not landing one of the stars just means Oweh and maybe one other player needs to make a leap and levels up to that star role on the team. Oweh is more than capable of doing so—I’m not certain who the other player is that will step up but we have a lot of talent so someone is bound to make a leap or be better than expected.
Pope has done an excellent job no doubt. I think he has built a top 10 ten team for next year and it’s hard to ask for much more than that. My hope is that we contend for a 1-seed—it’s been far too long since we’ve gotten a 1 or even been in the mix.
Easy A+
Now, we have talent, plus coaching
We won't always have the best player in the game, but we will just keep coming in waves....... no athletic downgrade when we sub until we get to 12 and 13
Now, we have talent, plus coaching
We won't always have the best player in the game, but we will just keep coming in waves....... no athletic downgrade when we sub until we get to 12 and 13
