Is Z the real deal or ……
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The NCAA are a bunch of Lunger's.... "(Cover your ears Darling...)"
Reeves is one of the best finishers AND one of the best shooters in college basketball, and has THE best floater. His defense has also improved exponentially from last year, and he rebounds pretty well too. UKBB4Ever… you may be many things. But a talent evaluator you are not.
Z is one player that looks as good in real life as his highlight reels, that people have posted on here. It is quite the luxury to look down that bench and see 3 7 footers and each one of them bring a little something different to the game. I enjoyed last night as much as I enjoy Christmas, what a treat.
Another thing Z will do, legitimately, is make Wagner, Reed and Dilly even more valuable driving the ball. Because you can't just sag off of him when he sets the screen.
Bradshaw isn't a college big. He would be a lot better on a team who let him play more like a featured offensive player. Not saying he's Jabari Smith, but put him on another team without, literally, 7 players or more who are better than him, and he's fine. He's not a project. He's just a project on this team.
Bradshaw is better off as the reserve 4 than the starting 5 man.
Ivisic and Onyenso need to split minutes at the 5. 25/15 split. Split Mitchell and AB the same way at the 4.
Rotate Wagner, Sheppard, Dillingham, and Reeves at 1-3. Give Edwards a few minutes at the 3.
Oh, and…
GO BUCS!!!!
Ivisic and Onyenso need to split minutes at the 5. 25/15 split. Split Mitchell and AB the same way at the 4.
Rotate Wagner, Sheppard, Dillingham, and Reeves at 1-3. Give Edwards a few minutes at the 3.
Oh, and…
GO BUCS!!!!
Bradshaw doesn’t have the strength either. Z is bigger/stronger. Which means he’ll be a better rebounder
The NCAA? I dont think I like them. No, I'm sure of it - I hate them.
Good plan except when Thiero comes back....hopefully Saturday. We need to find a place for him.
The fact Cal put him in the game says a lot. I thought once he got cleared, Cal would ease him back in. Play him when we were up big for a minute or two. He wasted no time with him yesterday. He knows he has a game changing player.
That is going to be a good problem to have.
Yeesh!
@STL_Cat just made @UKBB4Ever look silly for saying that Reeves was a bum.
He absolutely decimated you, UKBB4Ever, just by showing you your own words. Why would you talk so negatively about our guy, Reeves?
Maybe you should sit down for a while and reflect on your silly words from the past before you critique anyone else?
I always felt the '96 team was so good defensively because they knew they were going to get 15 to 20 minutes of rest during the game. This team needs to commit to defense now that they know that someone capable is sitting on the bench. All of these guys come from a background where they cannot be expendable. That mindset needs to go.
Dude eviscerated himself. The receipts aren’t hard to find.
No question in my mind he’s a troll. I’m treating him like deserves to be treated.
I think Edwards minutes are gonna come to a halt, it’s obvious at this point that Z is the most skilled Big, maybe he has a couple bad games and you give UGO or Bradshaw more run. At this point we just need to play our best guys the most, only foul trouble or breathers for the rest.
Well, Cal historically gives 7 players meaningful minutes....sometimes 8 and at least once 6. Let's say he gets it down to 8 with more than 5 minutes. What does everyone think that will look like towards the end of SEC play? Thiero back soon in this scenario.
Will Cal let Edwards slide down to about 5 minutes?
Can Ugo replace Bradshaw as the 8th man? Can Thiero replace one of those two to be in the top 8?
I don't see Cal letting both Edwards and Bradshaw slide down the minutes played too much. Maybe one. If Thiero's healthy I don't see how we can keep him down. He has what we need right now IMO.
So, Mitchell, Reeves, Shep, Wagner, Big Z, Rob, Bradshaw, and Thiero would be my best guess. Edwards will finally play himself out and Ugo will be the odd man out. Not what I would do, but that's what I think will be our rotation in another month or so.
Will Cal let Edwards slide down to about 5 minutes?
Can Ugo replace Bradshaw as the 8th man? Can Thiero replace one of those two to be in the top 8?
I don't see Cal letting both Edwards and Bradshaw slide down the minutes played too much. Maybe one. If Thiero's healthy I don't see how we can keep him down. He has what we need right now IMO.
So, Mitchell, Reeves, Shep, Wagner, Big Z, Rob, Bradshaw, and Thiero would be my best guess. Edwards will finally play himself out and Ugo will be the odd man out. Not what I would do, but that's what I think will be our rotation in another month or so.
Bradshaw was getting hooked and held many possessions to seal him from the lane. Refs didn't call crap on UGA including elbows and lots of shoving. The refs have no desire to clean UK games up and give two craps about player safety. They are going to get someone hurt if this trend continues.
Could platoon again, just don't call it that. We have the horses to do it. (Made too big of a deal of it the last go-round...)
Yeah the platoon worked great last time for 38 games. Then..... I also think with this team getting a set amount of minutes would lead to more defensive issues. If they're not giving max effort now on that side of the court it may get worse.
I checked the 96 team's minutes. 10 players averaged 10 minutes or more and the 11th avg. 9.7. The top minute getter (A. Walker) got only 27 with Delk about a minute less. I would play 10 on this team and adjust according to how they're playing (mostly on the defensive side) and the other team's strengths and weaknesses. But Cal doesn't like playing that many.
Hopefully this is the first of many great games from Z. I hope he's not another Rekalin Sims or the 2003 Big Blue Madness version of Woo. I remember seeing him in that scrimmage thinking he was going to dominate.
This one wasn't a scrimmage but, yeah, I thought Woo was gonna be a good one. (He was built like a basketball tank.) He was of good character but sure fell on the court. I hated that for him.
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That move was nasty, you don’t see 7 footers make moves like that very often.
A couple of things not really mentioned much about Big Z I noticed. When he was going to rebound he looks more aggressive boxing out than our other bigs. And when he was pushed going down the floor because the guy was mad being elbowed Big Z was ready to go with him. He does not look like a typical freshman but a more mature and confident been through the wars type.
He was baaaaad tonight
He’s definitely not a center.
Oddly enough, Tre is a our best post-up guy and Bradshaw and Big Z are better at the 4.
A lot of you guys jumped the gun.
