They missed on this guy IMO. it's been 8 games. I just don't see it. He might be great but it won't be this season.
Justin Edwards is not a top 5 recruit
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He should have been a 3-star the way he has played thus far.
I said this from a couple games in. I knew Wagner would come along, but said Edwards just didn't have it. He refuses to play within himself.
All Cal can do is land 6'7 athletes at SF who shoot bricks. Would be nice to land a legitimate SF. To hell with the 5 star rankings. Lottery pick my ass. I'll take a Darius Miller or Derek Willis who will stretch the floor and stick around 4 years.
The rankings let a kid like this down. They had to rank someone and this class stunk. The only kid that stood over the rest IMO was Collier but the rest all were far from slam dunks for one reason or the other. I have hope he can progress but he will never be what some might’ve thought in a UK uniform.
Not an overwhelming athlete, only 6’6, not a great offensive player. He’s essentially a more talented Adou Thiero.
Personally I’m VERY wary with these kids they call “complete two way players” it’s usually code for the dude ain’t going to be as good offensively as someone ranked that high typically is.
Not an overwhelming athlete, only 6’6, not a great offensive player. He’s essentially a more talented Adou Thiero.
Personally I’m VERY wary with these kids they call “complete two way players” it’s usually code for the dude ain’t going to be as good offensively as someone ranked that high typically is.
Both he and Wagner dropping out of the first round in mock drafts, and could soon find themselves out of first round.
But that’s the thing - he’s hasn’t been more talented than Thiero. You were just told that he was.
Thiero outplayed him in blue/white. Thiero is superior in most areas: strength, handle, defense, rebounding, aggression, bball IQ, toughness, etc.
The only thing Edwards could hang his hat on is the fact that he’s shooting 25.9% from deep. That’s not exactly killing it.
If both of these guys are in the league in one or two years - my money would be on Thiero to last longer there. Because he is a man and Edwards is a boy.
I imagine he was very good against HS talent. But doesn’t look like he’s that good against college players.
Just what it is. Still early for him but don’t see the potential for a lot of improvement. BJ Boston type results imo.
Just what it is. Still early for him but don’t see the potential for a lot of improvement. BJ Boston type results imo.
Calipari is cursed at the small forward position. MKG notwithstanding, Cal can't land the elite guys; and when he does land them, they end up not fulfilling expectations.
Maybe it’s not his fault and it’s Cal’s. People ever notice how these players leave and do way much better in the NBA than they did at UK. Cal’s gotta put these guys in positions where they’re at their best. Cal has done this year after year.
This hasn’t been the case with the SF position though. It’s been his weakness recruiting but he’s had some very successful ones that flopped in the pros. See MKG, Knox, James Young was a big 2 small 3, etc.
Edwards in a normal class is a guy ranked 15-25 with normalized expectations and probably role on the team. Instead he’s a guy that was weirdly mocked extremely high that feels millions leaving his sight with every missed shot/TO.
I thought we were getting a left-handed Ron Mercer from all the hype. Very disappointed so far.
Oh come on. It's only 25% of the season. I say we wait and "see how the season plays out."
Why are you so miserable? Look at the new incoming recruiting class. This time Cal has the talent to go far...
I keep telling you guys the star system is total joke . its politics and who you play for and who you know .. Ask Reed Shepperd about rankings .
I’m at the point where I think the recruiting services secretly hate Cal. They find an average player and pump them up, declaring him a top recruit destined for the NBA lottery knowing that Cal will be all in on him. Then they all get to laugh and watch as Cal plays the guy 35 minutes per game no matter what and loses games because of it lol
He won't even get drafted, the league has too many of his types already. 6'7" and can't shoot
Cal has done Justin 0 favors. He doesn't use him AT ALL offensively. Everything Justin does he has to do himself. He gets 0 designed post ups, no off the ball screens, nothing. Not that is an excuse for his sub-par play, but Cal can do a lot more to get him going.
I said this months ago. Looks like a guy that’ll average 6 ppg, got bashed. He is not a playmaker or a shooter. Idk what anyone saw from the beginning
Slashing and driving.
Next year Cal will have “his type of players”. Just give him one more year. This class was historically low. Not his fault.
Didn't we hear that this off-season? He deserves one more year with his type. Lol
And there’s another guy on the team that has more size and strength and toughness than him who slashes and drives and finishes better than him.
One played 32 minutes tonight and the other played 25.
You guys need to chill. I can see why Edwards was a top 10 dude. He's 6'8, has a decent shot, and can jump out of the gym. So in high school he probably just flat out murdered his opponents - most of whom aren't playing college ball or D3. Now he's playing real competion.
So he's not as good as though? He's still averaging 10 a game. Give a freshman some time to develop.
So he's not as good as though? He's still averaging 10 a game. Give a freshman some time to develop.
Agree but I don’t think Cal really runs anything for anyone. Guys just either have to get their own or benefit when someone else tries to create for themselves and has to pass.
We might as well " hope" because the REALITY of his play so far leaves us with nothing else
This. He needs to play off the ball. He is MKG light. He needs to crash the boards and trail other players for put backs, but he has no business handling the ball.
It's the same couple people laugh reacting to every reasonable post. That says a lot in itself.
He's averaging 10 a game. That's not a 3-star player. You have lost your mind.
Easily the most disappointing this season! Can’t finish around the rim and non existent handle. Very Livingstonesque so far
Yet he will play 42 minutes per because of klutch and our moron coach.
He shouldn't be starting that's for sure. But he's good enough to be our 7th guy.
