We had too many long 2's that we needed to take to be wasting our time on 3's. š
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Cal owes his championship to the NBA lockout. Thatās fitting since he ran an nba farm program anyway .
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Darius miller is the most underrated, individually impactful player in the Cal era. Him being able to sub the 2-4 is why that team worked. Gave us an additional shooter at all times instead of Calās normal āonly one shooter (lamb) on the floor at a time and a broken shot PG and a true 4 playing the 3.
Add to it that the lockout forced Jones and likely Lamb back. Jones could also shoot decently from the 4. It was an anomaly and Cal never realized it was the shooting from the 3-4 position. And not just the 2 and sometimes 1 that made the at team unguardable. MKG was the only guy who wasnāt reliable from 3 by the end of the year but he was so dominant defensively and slashing that it didnāt matter.
Perfect storm
You would think Cal would have learned from that team and their success, because he may have had a couple of teams from 1 to 10 had more talent, but that was the only group that played like a real team.
2012 was the only group of players he had at UK that actually played team ball. What ever the circumstances were, yet Cal learned absolutely nothing from that team.
Funny isnāt it? At the time we thought he was just downplaying defeat but now Iām not so sure he wasnāt right. š
Early in the season UMass beat UK. Not in the tourney. Might want to come up for air.
But youāre acting like winning games and team success was Cals first priority . He clearly stated (around 2015) he had a higher calling, to end generational poverty. So either he was talking bullshit (totally believable since itās Cal) or he was going to put individual players development over team success. Results say it was the latter .
Not sure where you get that you must have a reading comprehension problem, never stated ever in the last 9 years on this board that Cal's goal was to win, especially win national championships, and my point was his only championship was a fluke because that team did not have a guard dominate ball hogs and actually against everything Cal does on the court actually played team ball. Personally I think Cal was the laziest coach in my time watching UK, I can go back to the 75 team.
Well you could have made your point without the insultā¦.but you be you , lol .
Off the top of my head 2010 and 2011 played great team ball as well.
Booker had four different and 1s on him. They kept setting picks cause we switched one through 5 till they got Dekkar on Booker and went to work. Also from mid February through March Booker shot 29% from 3. Let's also not act like the Harrison's didn't get us to the title game in 2014, and we lose to Notre Dame without their clutch play. They were also our second and 3rd leading scorers against Wisconsin in 2015. Trust me I get your point and Cal was horrible. But I can't stand Harrison twins slander. They were the Dawgs.
Please tell me, two points and 2 rebounds. Also played scared on defense.
True! Those multiple game daggers are some of the best memories I have of Calās teams.
No, he wouldnāt have. And itās past your bedtime, Brad.
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AMEN about the HARRISONs getting preferential treatment. Ulis and Booker were clearly the best to have on the floor at that time. I mean, I appreciate them for coming back but Ulis (healthy) and Booker by far were the better players and more dynamic.
