You’d have to think he will hit the portal. A guy like that as a freshman , especially considering he wasn’t recruited by anyone… not sure he even had another D1 offer. He’s going to move up the food chain and get some cash to boot
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Can you elaborate on this, please?
My daughter goes to oldham county and I saw max play a lot the past couple years I'm not sure what stuff on the court that you have to deal with?
If he enters the transfer portal, then his name suggests that he will seek the most amount of money that he can.
Matt Jones mentioned in passing yesterday we could add a Kentucky guy that plays for another team. Wonder if this is the guy he was referencing?
14/5/4 as a freshman at any D1 school is impressive. He might not be a star at Uk, but with schollys going to 15, he’s 100% worth that! Fill the last 5 with Kentucky guys who won’t transfer and hope a few of them end up providing good minutes.
You think oweh doesn’t come back, or are placing him with the fowards? I think oweh is back next year.
The kid is super talented, when he would get in a zone he could take over games with his skill. There are just so many other intangible things that just jumped out to coaches. If you didn't see those things it was because you chose not to see them. He is probably right where he needs to be, at a school getting lots of minutes and lots of shots.
That kids talent is off the charts though!
I always thought he would be a good fit at Bellarmine? Did they even offer?
I think Oweh all but said he's back next year.
This is just not true. Bird left IU before they’d even had the first practice. And entirely because of his personal issues he was dealing with at the time. It had nothing to do with Knight or playing time.
My dad is best friends with a guy that grew up with Larry. Knew him well, personally. To hear this guy tell it, it was actually both. Larry was dealing with some family stuff and he also wasn't pleased that Knight apparently didn't think too highly of Larry. In particular is overall athletic ability, and ironically enough, his toughness.
Academics. Maybe he felt if I don't go big time, I'll go to the best school that offers.
I thought it was already said that he was coming back?
If it was I missed it. I know pilgrim said Kentucky would get a good NIL package
Good player and I can see the system fit but kind of redundant with what we already have in place for next year, no?
I remember watching him in the Ky/Ind. all star game and thought he was a very good shooter. I trust Pope and the staff to get the right players for UK.
Gotta get quickness and strength and size at 3 positions. Pope will be the judge obviously. This kid might be a good backup.
I remember watching Almonor's FDU highlights and being very underwhelmed. Fast forward a few months and he's a huge part of our team. Green seems like a kid Pope can put in a position to succeed. But glancing at his numbers, he's playing like 35 minutes a game. If he transfers to a blue blood he's looking at half those minutes, at best.
If Oweh comes back we still need a backup wing. Green and Noah could probably play together, but I'd prefer a bigger, more athletic SF who can defend at an SEC level, rebound a little and can down down the occasional 3.
I think 2 power forwards (a stretch 4 type like Carr and a bruiser/shot blocker) are the biggest needs.
Nope. Member of TSF but Tubby missed it here. IMO he didn’t recruit him because his team defeated Tubby’s sons team in the state title game.
Oweh and Noah are small forwards, and will play small forward for us next year. That's why I didn't place them in the potential guard rotation.
I'm also not sold on Chandler sticking around with us. If they all come back, and we add Green, I still think we add a portal point guard.
G - Portal - Lewis - Perry
G - Johnson - Green - Perry - Chandler
F - Oweh - Green - Noah - Chandler
F - Portal - Portal
C - Garrison - Moreno
I think there's a very small chance Pope goes into next season with an all-freshmen starting backcourt. It's not the way he builds teams.
At 6'4" Oweh might be on the shorter side for a high major SF, but I think he entirely makes up for it on the defensive side with his body, strength, experience, maturity, toughness and rebounding. Likewise, Noah is only roughly 6'5", but he also has some of the same attributes that makes me think he'll be fine defensively at the SF spot also.
I don’t get the not impressive stuff. It’s one thing if this was a one and done freshman we would have to pay millions for. 15ppg as a freshmen anywhere is a very good starting point. Could be very impressive 2-3 years from now and we still need those kind of players. We spent too many years with 8 good players and then a bench that couldn’t contribute when they got the chance. You can’t build depth with top players who will wait for their chance anymore. To me Perry, Noah, and even Green are the guys who will accept 10 mins and not leave immediately. Having 3 or 4 of those guys go a long way when injuries hit. Most 5 stars and most portal players end up being a one year deal. It’s just having some continuity year to year and only replacing a few rather than a full rebuild every year.
6’4, 215 is plenty big enough to play the 3 in college.
Goose Givens and Derek Anderson were 6’4 and played the 3. They were not near as strong as Oweh and they both won titles for us.
Oweh can defend the 1-4 spots against most teams, due to his strength and athleticism.
You know, you hear that "he can guard 1-4" cliche thrown around way too much, and it's not really true that often. But in Oweh's case I think you're right. The 1-3 spots, no question. But I think he's guarded the PF spot some this year and looked to me like he could handle it (which I would have been pretty skeptical about before the season).
