The killer will be the lack of muscle and experience. We've seem what that looks like before.
Oscar on espn2 right now
- Thread starter HagginHall1999
- Start date
Why do you think Ugo withdrew from the transfer portal sounds like someone was promised a starting spot at the 5…
He’ll have all the minutes now and we’ll suffer for it thanks to him not being developed
If we do not bring in another big and another PF we are in trouble next year. I just don't see Ugo and Bradshaw getting the jobs done. Hope I am wrong on this.
No different than the first time a freshmen scores 10 points in a UK game and shows he can chew gum and stubble at the same time.
You know what, oscar wasn't all that great before he came to Kentucky. Who says Cal didn't coach him up? I have not been a fan of Cal last couple years but sometimes you got to give credit to a Hall of Fame coach for some things; you can't just say every one of them were chance. Josh Harrellson turning into a player was something to behold as well. I actually have faith onyenso will be good because Cal has done well with that type of long shot blocking 5 plenty of times.
I thought the same thing,, like you may try to model it after them but you’re not very close yet.
Oscar is so much more of a plus than his pick and roll defense it’s not even close.
You don't believe that surely
They stated from the beginning he wasn't gonna play last year.
He’s still doesn’t play like they did very much, Butler played way different than Chris did at every level. He’s closer to Brown but still not that close.
He's a lot bigger than both of them. His ball handling has to improve a ton
I could see someone working with Oscar and having him play a grant Williams type role.
Hint: look at who was on staff with Josh, and who's there now. It's now Cal who developed the big guys lol.
If he was good enough Cal would have played him, when had he never played talented freshmen the most minutes possible? Only the ones who sat out on purpose basically. Even Askew, Whitney, and Skal got every chance in the world from him.
Another good hijacking of a thread to bash Cal. Why don't you just start a sixth "Bash Cal" thread of the day and let everyone else talk about how Oscar did at the combine?
If Ony is anything! close to jr nick richards sign me up.. Richards development was one of the biggest surprises under cal
Which (to me) begs the question..why is that better than returning to school? Livingston could work his way into the 1st round in a couple years.
Yea. You don't think it's possible he threw him in a couple of games early to prevent more shaedon sharpe noise and get him some game experience?Look I'm not saying he's a world beater, but it was obvious the kid had a ton of potential early on. We had oscar this season so why rush him. They said going into the year he wouldn't be playing. It surprised me when he got in a couple of games.
To act like players can't get better is our fans worst attribute. Everyone forgets how things were before cal arrived. Very few freshmen were major factors.
I correctly predicted Richards success. I admit, it took 1 year longer than I thought it would.
I also was correct on my assessment of Boston (being hugely overrated), and Whitney.
You can see the skills in Onyenso, like you could with Richards. With Richards a lot of it was grip strength (not what you can do in the weight room, although that doesn't hurt). But they both had nice jumpers 15' out. They both have nice timing on shot blocking. But both needed some experience.
His defense looked better yesterday (only 1 game). Was he great defensively? No. But he looked no worse than any other big out there on defense.
He's not going to make it, because of his defense. He will make it (if he does) because of his rebounding. And just needs to get his defense to NOT be a negative for him.
Worry about yourself and I will worry about myself, have a good day
Well some good news, atleast now it’s either stay in the draft or return to kentucky
Yeah well, those people weren't expecting Cal to not even take a swing at anyone in the portal beyond Hunter Dickinson, who he put minimal effort into.
You know how Cal is and still choose to put your trust in him??? That says more about you than it does him.
Thunder or heat for me but any team he gets drafted to I will want Oscar to kill it
I’ve been a Celtics fan for many years. I’d love for them to get him
I can't root against Oscar so i'm hoping Brown and Nelson suck so we can get one of them,lol.
Lol how did he put minimal effort into him ? Your posts are comical sometimes . He flew to meet him, had him here on a visit. He just couldn't guarantee him NIL money .
Where, in my post, did I say anything about me putting my/any trust in Calipari?
He threw his hands up and told Hunter he would have to figure NIL out. Gave him no direction. That’s Cal's own words, not mine.
The NBA is a different league now. Steph Curry changed the NBA, there aren't many 'Chuck Hayse's' left.
