I'm supportive of whatever Pope does regarding building teams. He's clearly not going to sell out college basketball or UK just to get a top recruiting class ranking, and he wants kids that aren't going to have one foot out the door.
I have watched max several times this year for holy cross . Real good player and is up for freshman of the year in the patiot league . Very team oriented plays all phases of the game well I think he needs to shoot more . Great addition if he decides to enter the portal
6 Ft 7 pt guard from oldham Co up for freshman of the year in the patriot league. Espn+ plays alot of holy cross games check him out
Has he gained some muscle? When I saw some of his HS vids, his strength and defense, especially against college level players, were his weakness.
Would green cost that much? I don’t think he would even cost that much.
That is my point. I am thinking an initial offer of $100-$200. If he plays well, he will make way more than that for local add ons.
He’s recruiting these one and dones pretty hard. So he clearly wants them. Look, if we aren’t willing to pay a couple milly then I know that Duke and UL are. It’s an arms race. Don’t get stuck in the past
May not. But I would a lot rather we pay him what he is worth over a high school kid who supposedly is asking anywhere from 2 million to 5 million depending upon who you listen too. There is nothing to indicate with Ament that he would be anymore effective at the college level than a Green would. Nothing. Some people just get caught up in star rankings and Pope proving he can recruit with the big dawgs.
If he is a 6’7” guard, we want him to be strong, but also quick and fast. 200 might not be too bad, as long as it is lean muscle and he plays with a low center of gravity when penetrating and cutting. Michael Jordan weighed just under 200lbs when he was drafted.
I feel like he would have if he had more time. Taking the Job and putting a team together in a few weeks was wild.
It’s definitely a risk, basically I think the higher regarded classes will probably be safer on top 10 guys. You just don’t know but we should strive to get the best freshman talent year in and out. I bet Edwards would have looked a lot better under Pope. Perfect type player Cal never could extract good play from but he was definitely over rated. We have to have great talent evaluators too.
He'll for sure have one foot out the door the entire time, and will be worried about getting hurt.
Edwards has been better than a lot of first rounders this year in Philadelphia.
Yeah for sure, it’s strange but again I think it’s a Cal thing. He stuck with him but could never get him going in his offense even with the good one we had most of the year.
And he absolutely will not add weight for his first year. That's a problem with freshmen.
I have little to no preferences on how to lose, losing is bad, m'kay.
Yeah so you didn't understand my post. Some here hated one and done's so bad that they said they'd rather lose with upperclassman than win with one and done's.
I'm sure you have because there are plenty of reactionary and/or salty posters but they are being way too extreme about it.
Yeah I was being sarcastic towards that view. Some don't get sarcasm, so I'll move on now.
So now you are comparing him to Jordan.
