Mitchell and Thiero are both competent rebounders and defenders. Reeves is decent defending the wing. Sheppard still struggles defensively, but he makes up for it offensively.
He's exponentially better than our present three-headed monster. Did you even watch the last game?
Wagner can be placed in as well if he is fully healthy, but yeah the starting 5 should be a combination of 3 guards adou and Mitchell
I still have some hope in Ugo after how he played against Florida. He should be 9th man, however.
In certain matchups I would agree. Atleast with Burks I know he will play hard, and Ivisic is to skilled offensively to sit out completely
That rotation makes sense, but we all know Cal is afraid that he stops playing the two Klutch superstars - Edwards and Bradshaw - Rich Paul will stop funneling him 5 star recruits.
Not starting or playing DJ and Edwards major minutes will not happen, Cal makes his drug deals with these so called super 5 stars.
This! Only chance is play the best shooters 35 minutes and try to outscore everyone.
You don't trade subpar defensive skills for elite offensive skills when elite offensive skills are the only chance you have at winning. UK should embrace what they are, and excel at that. The mixing and matching stuff only leads to more losses.
Wagner is the only one out of Edwards, Bradshaw and Wagner that defends anyway. What exactly do you miss by bringing Wagner off the bench? A few better defensive possessions at one position? All that for a bipolar offensive starting five? No thanks.
Maybe, but Ugo, Bradshaw snd Z have all shown that they can’t guard anybody either. At least Mitchell has some moves in the post and can hit the three ball ( although not as much lately, maybe back issues).
You must be watching a different Wagner than me.
It might be but it's not. Reed kept UK in the game in the 2nd half vs Gongaza and none of the losses were because of his poor play, but rather the poor play of others.
Going further with your point, I actually don't think Edwards should get any minutes except purely out of necessity. I appreciate that he does rebound some, but he's just a hurt most anytime he's in the game and there's always a better guy on the bench that should be getting his time. I think Thiero does almost everything better than Edwards and has more potential/higher upside to boot. I even like what Burks brings better than Edwards.
Edwards has been playing okay as of late, he shouldn’t be starting but he has been decent these past 2 games
Not bad at all. DJ could still start if healthy but I cannot really disagree with anything said here.
Ivisic would be a lot better if cal would let him be a spot up shooter from 3pt line. He is a excellent 3pt shooter and has a high release so it would take eight foot player to keep him from getting his shot off
You have 11 posts. Something tells me you are glued to Wagner’s nuts. Hate to tell you, he’s the 4th best guard on the team.
