Imagine him on a team where he is surrounded by other great players. Would be nasty.
North Dakota guard Eaglestaff talks about Pope and UK
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5 is absolutely a possibility. Don’t forget; 15 scholarships available to be filled next year.
I would gladly welcome him but I just think there are gonan be much better players who are more efficient. And Kentucky will need guy who can defend as well.
Could be just don’t see it. Pope seems like a guy who is gonna back the guys he already has
Once Cal was on top of the world and couldn't figure out who would be the "them" in the "me against them" that fueled his motivation, he decided his only option was the program and fans. He made us the enemy against him. He is just a complete twat.
Pope has 9 spots filled for next year as of right now.
If we stay at 9, I think the max portal signings is 4.
He could take someone like the kid at Walton-Verona if he wanted to decommit like Trent.
Max Green is a wildcard don't know if he would have interest if Kriisa and Chandler are still here and you know Trent and Travis aren't going anywhere.
I don't think getting to 15 is important to Pope or any P4 coach for that matter.
It's all about how many of the 9 will return.
If we drop a couple naturally they will have to be replaced with portal players.
I think 4, maybe 5 if we don’t sign Ament. 2 stars, another strong PG/floor general to run the team like Butler, and a depth piece, then possibly a serviceable stretch 4.
PG- Transfer/Lewis/Kerr/Perry
SG- Johnson/*Eaglestaff/Chandler/Perry
SF- Oweh/Noah/Chandler
PF- (*Ament/Transfer)/Transfer/Noah
C- Garrison/Moreno
That’s 13. I think Kriisa likes the idea of returning but when he sees things start to shape out with the team he may end up deciding it’s best to transfer, and I think he’d be good in the ACC, maybe he’d go back out west to Cal or Stanford. I’d love for him to stick around and play a role next year, but I doubt we get all 6 of these guys to return in reality. I want to be wrong but I think at least one player from the current team will transfer.
36% from 3 is considered “good” not great. It’s above the efficiency threshold where 3 beats 2 (33%). 42% overall means he’s shooting above 50% from 2…also good.
It’s also likely that his Percentages increase in a Brea type role (prob more of the JRob role tbh) where he’s only shooting when open instead of the Curry/Davidson or Trae Young/Oklahoma role where he’s having to create space and take a lot of challenged shots.
For comparison, Young was 33% from 3 and 39% overall in his 1 year at Oklahoma…but we all would take him shooting an open 3 from the corner or wing….he just shot a lot of dancing step backs and carried his team
For anyone who hasn’t seen the Alabama game highlights….
Has good size and footwork, quick release, able to create his own space against a top 5 team in the country.
Has good size and footwork, quick release, able to create his own space against a top 5 team in the country.
You old crafty fox ..... I was just about to say you'd just posted about Eaglestaff a day ago ! (great catch, but we're awesome here, so I'm not surprised)
And look at that quote : " As a coaching staff, they're THE BEST OF THE BEST"
Although I really like Obi, and I haven't seen Wilkerson, it's going to be very interesting in the off season to see what Pope puts together. Surely it'll be promising plqyers with experience he will get that fits the system and personality of the team we need. This time, given time and careful evaluation ... we could be a true behemoth coming into next year.
I would talk to these guys but wait until the end of March or early April to see and get a feel for who will go into the portal. There might be some better players available then
6'5 205lbs and shoots near 45% from 3? Ay dios mio!
Maybe just me but I’m not real fond of players from terrible teams. Rather have a history of winning.
He shoots 19% on non-rim 2s, 51% at the rim. Neither are good
He is a volume shooter for sure. He had 16 of their 33 games that he took 15+ shots and we had 7 total games where someone shot 15+ shots. The leader was Oweh with 4 games.
I think he can your 2nd best scorer on most night easily. If you got Wilkerson, jasper, and oweh, getting buckets won’t be a problem
Yeah, I don't see a fit right now for all these guard/wing types with Max Green as well.
Time will tell, but the question to be asked would be is Sr. Oweh, Wilkerson and Jasper better then Jr. Oweh, Robinson and Brea. I know Oweh next year would be an improvement but to replace Robinson and Brea would take an awful lot from the other 2. Damn near 25ppg.
We get those 2 and someone like Dent or Agbim out front and I'd feel really good. Maybe Eaglestaff would be cool coming in to play an Almonor role? 9th guy off the bench type guy?
Dent/Lewis/Perry
Wilkerson/Eaglestaff/Chandler
Oweh/Johnson/Noah
Lendeborg/Moreno
Ewin/Garrison
You get someone like Ament, you drop Eaglestaff of course
Dent/Lewis/Perry
Oweh/Wilkerson/Chandler
Ament/Johnson/Noah
Lendeborg/Moreno
Ewin/Garrison
That 2nd team would be insane. And we haven't even seen the tip of the iceberg of the options to come.
Wherever eaglestaff goes, he is going to be the guy or one the top options. My hope would be a PG like dent/thorthon/agbim/ or whoever, Wilkerson/eaglestaff/ magee(from Drexel), lendenborg, and then whoever at center, but they need to be a good passer
Yeah that's one of the first things that jumped out to me.
I'm not super high on this guy as much as others seem to be here.
I expect Pope & staff will look closely at players, and not just at outside appearances, or just a single game or two.
Eaglestaff summary:
I like his size at 6'6.
He averaged 18.9ppg, making 46.9% 2pt, 35.9% 3pt, with almost half his shots from 3.
He shot a little better the year before (50% 2pt, 28.3% 3pt).
That scoring average is inflated a bit by 2-3 big games.
The game after he scored 51, he got just 6, 2 games before the 51 he scored 0.
In 14 of his 33 games, he made 33% or less of his 3's; in 10 games 25% or less.
So lets just say, he is "streaky".
Eaglestaff summary:
I like his size at 6'6.
He averaged 18.9ppg, making 46.9% 2pt, 35.9% 3pt, with almost half his shots from 3.
He shot a little better the year before (50% 2pt, 28.3% 3pt).
That scoring average is inflated a bit by 2-3 big games.
The game after he scored 51, he got just 6, 2 games before the 51 he scored 0.
In 14 of his 33 games, he made 33% or less of his 3's; in 10 games 25% or less.
So lets just say, he is "streaky".
Better options now, or potentially in the near future? That’s the portal conundrum… Take a player now, and risk missing out on a better player, or wait on the better player, and cross your fingers.
Seriously though, in this new era of CBB, I’d be surprised if players aren’t recruited in January.
Lamar Wilkerson he played for Sam Houston. Got 20ppg, made over 100 3s and had good shooting percentages around the board
