That doesn’t mean he’s going to win and go to a final four. It’s an undeniable fact that this kid was Pope’s like 5th option at pg in the portal. If this kid was really the answer that yall want to act like then Pope would have went after him before before Dent, Duban, Demary and so on. Hell even Pope has to know what he’s got so far isn’t going to cut it here.
While also pretending that roster doesn’t have an overall lack of talent?
And that's trashing a player? Nice reach.
Do you man, I’m not gonna make statements like that about pope no more, I’m fully on board with. But I just wish our fans would stop moaning about not getting players then when we get one acting like they aren’t good enough
You have to remember “bitching” to some on here equals not pointing out that a dude that shoots 37% overall, 27% from 3 and 40% from 2 is actually supposed to be good at actual shooting. If you say otherwise, you’re bitching and moaning.
Seriously? You think this roster is better than 24-25 roster?
Jasper Lowe and Lewis can do things offensively most of the roster couldn’t last year yes. The 4 spot is bad right now I will agree, but they are adding somebody
No, the problem is we are absolutely sick of being miserable as that’s basically all we’ve been for the last 7-8 years and now we are seeing that next year looks to be yet another season of not going to a final four, let alone win a title. Our patience is gone. So yeah, there’s plenty of us that are going to be pissed and question things when we see we aren’t making the progress needed to win a title.
Worse at the 1
This is just a new account created to diss on everything uk does...
We are overrun with losers and trolls.
Feel free to refute it. I’m open to discussion. It’s just what I see. I would be happy with AT LEAST one absolute dude. One guy that EVERYONE else look at and says, yo that MFer can play and will kill it there. So to say that is complete BS. It’s just not factual. It makes you feel better, so cool. But it’s not my stance and never has been.
It's okay to state facts and hope for the best, I just think it's wrong for you to call out Pope for offering chump change to highly rated guys and trying to convince players to come to UK for its tradition, when.you weren't there. You were assuming trashed Pope in the process.
I feel like you'd throw a gold bar into a river and complain about being broke. Why choose to be a wet blanket?
Man, that is soft. That other thread got viscous with name calling and whatnot. This is NOTHING like that. If fans can’t be unhappy about getting a PG that needs a ton of asterisks to explain how they might be decent, we’ve got issues. People can disagree and argue. It’s actually healthy to hear and process different points of view. Sometimes it comes out passionately. If all you want is people that think and do the same as you, go join a cult or a militia group.
You think he’s gonna be better than Butler? Thats what we need from that spot. Think he’s gonna be as good as Butler? That’s the point. I don’t. And I’m going to use numbers to back it up. You’re using a hope.
I'm going to trust Pope on this one. He has proven himself.
Butler was a 59.5% in ft before coming to us, you would call him a garbage player last year
Yeah. Lewis, Jasper, Moreno are all being slightly undervalued right now bc we have portal mania… but JJ is a top 15 guy and the other 2 are top 30. All 3 would have started or been in our top 6 with Cal here and we would have been hyping them as 1 and done.
That’s just it, I want to believe that. But what I’m currently stuck believing is he whiffed on guys he really wanted and got this guy. Simply because we needed a guy.
I think one of three will be first round ond player (that is solid sec starter level)
Probably he takes almost most hard ball in his team, his teammates mostly play easy baskets
I love guys that have zero argument so you tell me what I WOULD say about someone. What I did say about Butler was I loved how he defended, but had questions about his offense. I also remember saying if JR and Chaz were on either side of him we’d have the best backcourt in college basketball. He was the perfect fit for that kind of offense. But sure, go on big fella, tell me what I would’ve said to prove some sort of point you’re trying to make.
I noticed some Pitt fans said he would get selfish and play hero ball at times.
I don't know if he wiffed, but I do know he gave it everything he had.
I expect JJ To be a little streaky. Will need to be reigned in some.
Gotta wonder how much of that is bc he was on a bad team with only one other decent/consistent player. When a coaches idea of offense is largely “go make a play” it encourages the only guy that can create his own or beat his guy to do too much. We saw the same thing with Archie Goodwin
Seems like he had to if Pitt had any chance of beating anyone. That team stunk
