Reeves To Meet With Cal On Monday To Decide His Future Plans.
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I don't understand this. Isn't Reeves the exact type of 4th option/2nd unit guy that we'd want?
If we don't want a guy like Reeves to come back as our 8th guy, then who do we want? I think we all know that trying to make Reeves be the go-to guy was not a winning formula. But he's certainly more than capable of being a competent piece. I think the floor will open up greatly for him along side Wagner and Edwards. Or he can come in as a 2nd unit type where he will be a huge boost.
Reeves doesn’t want to be an 8th guy. That’s likely the issue.
Then he can go somewhere else, where there is A LOT MORE DEPTH, and find out the hard way when a coach sits his butt for not playing defense or shooting like he's the only player on the floor. He sounds like he wants something for nothing.
Reeves would not be the 8th guy if he came back. He would be a starter or 6th man
In terms of minutes, I don't think he'd be 8th.. or at least, the minutes would be fairly close together. I know Cal has made some really head scratching decisions lately, but I don't think he'd turn Reeves into a 10mpg bench player next year. I don't buy the notion that all our freshman are going to get 35mpg.
Reeves still has a huge role on this team, or at least he should. I think the issue isn't minutes, but instead his NIL opportunities.
You want a dude back that doesn't want to be here??? What could go wrong with team chemistry??? lol
He's the only outside shooter we will have.The portal is filled with pure shit right now.If only our idiot coach had recruited over him when good guards were still out there.
That's all speculation lol. All we know right now is that Reeves is listening to other offers, which is no different than any other sport right now. Highest bidder wins.
^^^This^^^ Reeves could be a perfect complementary player alongside the current roster. He adds efficient 3pt % on catch and shoot opportunities which would likely greatly increase with our incoming backcourt.
Our flooring spacing should be drastically improved. I can't fathom being identified as a shooter and not wanting to give it a go at UK.
The 8th guy? He should be starting. We have no clue how good these freshmen Will or won’t be
Which is exactly why his spot should not have been held. Could have gotten better in portal
I don't think there were THAT many better wings in the transfer portal. Some, I'm sure. But not a high percentage. Reeves proved he could stop 20+ points on any given night in the SEC AND he's familiar with the program. I'm not sure I'm trading Reeves for many of the available transfers..
Are there any good kids left to pick?? Who is NOT me first today?
Should Cal decline the interview with Reeves? Seems to be a guy that doesn't wanna be here which would make another Wheeler situation next season. Wear the jersey Boys or hit the road, nobody gives a shot anymore.
None of these guys want to be here for the university. It's all a job and about NIL. Same everywhere else too.
When was the last time Kentucky had team chemistry? 2020 maybe. T
As another poster pointed out no one really wants to be there anymore the way Kentucky recruits. It’s a pit stop to the draft or overseas, whatever is the best option after year one it seems.
It’s unreal how bad the NCAA has handled the portal and NIL. It’s a bunch of bs that any coach has to recruit their own players to stay because other teams are offering them money through NIL. Jay Wright, Coach K, and Roy Williams were smart to go ahead and retire instead of dealing with that garbage.
Reeves would like having Meeks if he had came back Cals first year.
Why exactly?
Because I want a player who may not be happy to go somewhere he will be happy?
Because I want a coach to pay for his recruiting/portal mistakes and/or letting players hold the team hostage?
Because I don't want to keep a 10 million dollar coach around who hasn't performed like a 10 million coach for years.
In other words, you think things are just going great?
I'd much rather be a jackass than a dumbass.
If "loyalty to Kentucky" is your thing, you might want to rethink that. None of these guys are loyal to Kentucky for itself. They're here to get out as quickly as possible.
The solution;
End instant transfers.
Allow one transfer total, unless a coach leaves a program, and then 2 are allowed at maximum.
Keep NIL.
The instant transfer thing is killing college basketball.
And their coach not only encourages pushing them out, he BRAGS about doing it!!
Reeves KNOWS if he does return he will be nothing more than a 6th man only getting into the game if ALL of Cal’s freshmen struggle to score. It’s not hard to figure out why he’s hesitant to return.
That would be a lot better than how it is now.
I remember that great chemistry with the starting PG missing the last game.
Right now he is screaming at Cal - “Show me the Money” then throwing in some Chappell Biatcccchhhh!
Something must of happened last year behind closed doors that we may never know about. The fact that Reeves has not made his decision yet is a head scratcher. The minutes are available. The talent is at his disposal. He can have as may indorsements as he wants. His value only increases by staying in Fayette County.
When is the last time our team had a breakfast club? No Chemistry
When is the last time our team had a breakfast club? No Chemistry
It would be nice to have them play for a coach that cared about winning.
I think we're finding out, at least in part, that NIL isn't exactly kind to a place like Kentucky.
Maybe there's a rift between Reeves and Cal/staff.. but if that were the case, I'd think he'd be long gone. Instead, I think this is a situation where Reeves would have had no choice but to return if this was 2021 and before.. but now he can transfer at will, and other schools have come calling, offering better NIL opportunities.
A player like Reeves has a heck of a lot more power today than he did even just 2 years ago.
I'm still trying to figure out who all these great players are from the portal to replace Reeves. I haven't seen them.
People keep saying Reeves sucked during big games.
Let's see if that is true?
Opp - pts, 3pt
MSU - 5, 1-3
Gonzaga - 10, 2-7
Michigan - 11, 3-4
UCLA - 6, 2-8
Missouri - 8, 0-3
Bama - 20, 4-7
UT - 18, 2-6
TAMU - 23, 5-11
KU - 10, 0-3
Ark - 11, 1-4
UT - 8, 1-3
Auburn - 21, 4-7
Ark - 37, 2-4
Prov - 22, 5-9
KSU - 5, 1-10
So in those "big games" he averaged 14.3 pts and made 37.1% of his 3's.
Not quite as good as the other 19 games (14.5 pts & 41.2%), but FAR FROM sucking!!!
Was he streaky? Yes.
Is nearly EVERY 3pt shooter at ANY school streaky? Yes
And I proved with stats a couple months ago he was no more streaky than other good shooters like SEC-POY Miller.
Yep see I’m so out of touch these days I forgot Hagans wanted to quit that team! So guess maybe the bam years coulda been the last team that had chemistry.
Makes a huge difference when the team plays for something other than themselves. Kentucky even had that with ultra talent a few times in the Cal era as well, but didn’t help unless AD was the Anchor.
I'll take it a step further.. let's say he did "suck", for arguments sake.. the whole team last year kind of sucked! And they had some big injuries to deal with. His point guards were shit (are we ready to say that Cason just wasn't a good PG, even if he was OK as a combo guard?), there were no other capable wings around him, PFs were weak, and after that it was really just Oscar.. who wasn't some great offensive player anyways.
You can make the argument that Reeves might have 2 or even 3 players next year, who will be better offensive players than anyone he had last season. I think the talent next year will really open his game up. He will no longer be the opposing team's focus point. They will have to worry about Wagner and Edwards, who will do a MUCH better job facilitating Edwards, than Wheeler, Cason or Livingston ever could.
So I'm not too worried about his stats last year, when the team was equally crap, especially at positions 1-3.
People point at 1 game. Had we won that game, no one would have thought that was "the big game", no more so than Providence. He awful in our final loss. Guess what, every team except 2, lost their final game; AND in most of those losses the best players on those losing teams had a bad game (why they lost).
Yes Edwards and Wagner, and maybe Dillingham will be threats to defenses, but probably not so much behind the 3pt line (except maybe Edwards). I do think teams will focus on Reeves because he is such a good shooter, and once he finds a rhythm, watch out!
We do need Reeves or some good 3pt shooter to carve out 20+ mpg though!
My point about the 3pt shooting, wasn't so much that I think other players can hit 3s like a Reeves (but they can't be much worse than last years team).. but more so that the defense is going to have to collapse on Edwards and Wagner, otherwise they will use elite offensive abilities (something Wheeler didn't have) to score at the rim.
Wagner/Dilly/Edwards will be so much better for floor spacing than what we had the last two seasons. I'd be amazed if that turned out to be untrue.
