Mark Pope "Coming In Hot" on UGA Transfer (Travis Graf)
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We faced him once this season ...
I use torvik myself but I saw that Casey kid on Twitter say he is like the 93 percentile in catch and shoot 3s which is very good
I don't know if those games were consecutive but that's 19.7 ppg again elite competition. Those are star numbers and folks talking about him like he's a scrub. Pope coached against this guy so I'm sure he knows what kind of player he's recruiting.
Word is Thornton wants to stay at OSU, but contingent on who else they bring in. And he wants paid. Ohio State will pay, but he doesn't want to be on a .500 team.
AKA, Ohio State better get moving quickly because the worst place you can be in portal season is "not sure" what you need.
I don’t think he really meant superstar but a really good player/person that fits his system. He just threw that out there to make us feel good.
Sometimes I think Pope says things with out thinking first like the paying for the fans gas to get to Milwaukee and buying ice cream at Rupp, he’s just a good guy with a big heart that tries to please everyone.
Smith not more than average as a defender. At the risk of being banned again, it’s my observation that white point guards who can turn their man are few and far between. He’s a great assist man but I’d be looking for someone who can do both. Ziegler for UT a good example tho I’d prefer a taller variety.
As for Demary, I’m a yes definitely
Pope understands something I'm not sure everyone on this thread gets and that is that UK is operating under a de facto hard salary cap so getting into a bidding war to lure an All-American away from a major basketball school may not be the way to go. If you pay $3 million for 1 player, the rest of the team may have less talent than you need.
Getting a superstar doesn’t mean the SS will be a PG. I’d absolutely prefer a superstar PG, but there’s more than one way to do this in Popes offense
most important is finding frontcourt players that can rebound and defend well with solid physicality
The worst scenario for backcourt is using Jasper as pg1, this is not that bad. But if we do not have solid frontcourt, we will definitely fail next year
We definitely need huge update for frontcourt next year
The worst scenario for backcourt is using Jasper as pg1, this is not that bad. But if we do not have solid frontcourt, we will definitely fail next year
We definitely need huge update for frontcourt next year
If the entire season and last night in particular showed us anything it's that we need to get bigger, quicker and more athletic at a lot of positions. Demary would've been the most athletic guy on our team this year. And he shoots from 3 at a pretty good percentage, especially in catch and shoot, which Pope and the staff really look for.
Dent was my favorite guy in the portal and losing him sucks. But he's from LA and they likely overpaid so what can you do? A lot of the low-information posters here (several of which are in this thread) LOL'd at us signing Butler last year, so let's just see what happens. Pope's got a head start this year and a big NIL budget. Things will work out.
Dent was my favorite guy in the portal and losing him sucks. But he's from LA and they likely overpaid so what can you do? A lot of the low-information posters here (several of which are in this thread) LOL'd at us signing Butler last year, so let's just see what happens. Pope's got a head start this year and a big NIL budget. Things will work out.
Pg is not most urgent
PF/c are more urgent
We lose not because of guard, we lose because frontcourt players can not rebound....
Yep. We really need a guy who can rebound. This season our bigs were terrible at going after the ball.
According to Evan Miya, better defensively than offensively. Adequate 3-point shooter. Not Lamont Butler on D, but adequate. Not a true point guard but can play there.
Much better. He's a starter and a double figure scorer.
Wilkerson is the star scorer I want. Would be a great Robinson replacement
Just let Pope get who he has seen play and who he wants. That is unless you know more than the coach who is responsible for the team.
Also add passing skills to rebound and defense on the front court player
Passing is not bonus in this offense. Won’t work without it. @jace2012 is right
It is very hard to find a physical frontcourt guy good at both rebounding and passing...
This type of guy usually has nba prospect...
That’s why Pope makes the big bucks. That’s what he will have to find
This type of guy is more likely to come from high school recruits than portal. When you can pass as well as rebound and defend, you will definitely be selected in NBA... (I do not say HS recruits will become this type of player in year 1, but could become in later years)
It is likely portal has almost zero this type of player
This is not cal university anymore we build from within. We need glass cleaners alot more than 6ft3 guards what the hell are you thinking
Pope got Amari Williams and Garrison last year. Now, maybe Pope is okay with BG/MM at that spot and doesn’t go get someone, we will see. But if he gets a 5 that can’t pass, it will be very difficult to run a working 5 out attack predicated on heavy zoom action. Worst case scenario you find a unicorn in Europe
I would love to get Gwath as stretch 5 and Alvaro Folguerias as stretch 4. Gotta get some of these done before April 7th
Will see how pope deals with frontcourt recruiting
If we do not recruit solid frontcourt pieces, we could envision a failure in next year before playing any game
Those were almost entirely in a row. Those were his final 9 games of the season.
You said it. We are no longer just going to get "the dudes" like Cal got. Glad he's gone but at the same time, who was it said, "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." Forget who said that.
