Siena expects to lose Almonor to UK
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Don’t let Moses see this thread he will say almanor isn’t even a rec league player because Siena is after him
I would hope we can beat out Sienna. 😄
It is surprising to me that he didn't have any better offers than Siena.
Me too but we shall see how good he is. I’ll take someone with D1 experience that shoots 40% from 3 at his size. I mean he will be a decent practice player at worst. Maybe he has a game or 2 he plays well or turns out better than expected.
These are to me the sneaky kind of pick up’s that will take help us be better come tourney time. Just is. I have friends that will say damn my church league team wouldn’t even accept him , but hell they said that about Richardson too.
I like adding him. He isn’t a starter but Damn we need some good bench pieces that not only help us in games but pushes us in practice
I like adding him. He isn’t a starter but Damn we need some good bench pieces that not only help us in games but pushes us in practice
I'll just tell myself we need bodies that badly.
The thing he does best is shoot the three, and he doesn't miss many. Perfect for the pope
I have no idea what to expect from him but I'm choosing to trust Pope on this one and say he will be of help to us. Blind faith on my part.
I’d prefer if we could not see Moses.
Yeah a few these last few recruits, well, I kinda expected more of a grand finally type boom. I’ll be happy to give benefit of the doubt but I have some reservations about playing up to SEC talent that is hungry to embarrass a new coach.
Color me impressed
its came to what we have 10 guys on our roster. The guy averaged over 15 a game and shot around 40 percent on 3 point percentage. Not a lot of players willing to come off the bench. People don't know how to evaluate transfer talent properly. Most of the same complaining about players when we are winning will disappear
I wonder if he'll leave the 13th open if he gets this guy, Lanier and Jackson all saying they will commit?
What do you expect from your 9/10 bench guy?
Pope certainly has valued spot up shooters and Almonor is another one. We’re gonna shoot a ton of threes.
Not like FDU is some trash program. Beat Purdue in the tourney with Almonor playing. What are we even talking about here? This would be a great pick up. You don’t want 12 guys on a team that all think they should be starting.
I'm really surprised too.
But that should mean he should come in here being okay with a secondary role- backing up Andrew Carr at the 4 spot. Seems perfect, and he is super efficient.
A bench guy who shot 39% from three on 93 made threes.
If he's your 8th or 9th man, you've got a decent roster, I'd say.
Excuse me but what are you so confused about? Your post is way more questionable than mine.
Haha Siena Saints by me? That's a surprise.
The one wrinkle here is that Siena just hired Syracuse championship legend, Gerry McNamara. Young guy, good basketball career so far, I could see him having some pull for Siena.
A fun fact about Siena: Fran McCaffrey coached there before he went to Iowa.. and they had a pretty good team from 2008 to 2011. A few tournament upsets.
All that said, I'd be surprised if they win this recruiting battle. Picking a first year coach at a midmajor over UK? Thats very risky. And there is no way Siena has anything more than a McDouble for this kid in the way of NIL. He ain't getting 6 figures to play at Siena.
The one wrinkle here is that Siena just hired Syracuse championship legend, Gerry McNamara. Young guy, good basketball career so far, I could see him having some pull for Siena.
A fun fact about Siena: Fran McCaffrey coached there before he went to Iowa.. and they had a pretty good team from 2008 to 2011. A few tournament upsets.
All that said, I'd be surprised if they win this recruiting battle. Picking a first year coach at a midmajor over UK? Thats very risky. And there is no way Siena has anything more than a McDouble for this kid in the way of NIL. He ain't getting 6 figures to play at Siena.
This guy is questionable based on our needs. It will come at the expense of Robinson or Lanier
Yeah, I trust our coach, who won a national championship, played in the NBA and coached at a D1 school over these keyboard warriors.
This guy doesn’t affect Lanier or Robinson. He is a backup 4
This is an upperclassman forward that's got tournament experience, shoots a really good clip from 3, and has some toughness. Has good grades and by all accounts isn't going to come in here expecting anything to be handed to him.
It ain't gonna get much better than that for an 8th, 9th, or 10th man.
We've gotta realize we're not gonna find many 6'7 guys who can shoot 39% from 3 on high volume and adequately guard multiple positions (while also not wanting big NIL $ or guaranteed minutes).
It ain't gonna get much better than that for an 8th, 9th, or 10th man.
We've gotta realize we're not gonna find many 6'7 guys who can shoot 39% from 3 on high volume and adequately guard multiple positions (while also not wanting big NIL $ or guaranteed minutes).
Unlikely. You were never getting both Robinson and Lanier, and it was less likely you were getting Robinson specifically, which is probably why Pope has gone all in on Lanier. Robinson is going to try his best to stay in the draft, looking for some 2nd round guarantee. It has also been reported that his family wasn't keen on changing schools again. But more than that, those 2 aren't really playing the same position as this guy. Those are play making wings, this guy is more spot up undersized 4.
Your post is questionable because you can't help but let everyone know that you don't really think Pope can do the job here. You admittedly stated that you're putting blind faith in him, and that you're "choosing" to trust him, as if Pope really cares whether you do or not. I'm not saying you're a bad fan, but I don't know why so many people just have to let everyone else know that they don't really think he's up to the task.
How many times do we need to mention Dalton Knecht who previously played at Northern Colorado and Northeastern Junior College? How many lower level players have recently come into Rupp and torched us or the 5 stars who have played at UK and brought zero.
