UT Olivier Nkamhoua in the portal
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Hmmm, interesting. He played a lot for UT, why the hell do all these guys want to transfer?
He busted Filipowski pretty hard. No idea if UK would reach out but he’s good enough to play at UK
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Rick Barnes. Another old school coach who loves to grind on offense when he has talent to run the opponent out of the gym.
He isn’t talented enough to play for Cal. Gotta be Uber talented to have any shot at overcoming Cal’s coaching.
I am glad the dude went off against Duke.
I am glad the dude went off against Duke.
He scored a total of 8 points in the 2 games against us.
Quite honestly the only bigs that can play for CCC have to be able to block shots or his entire philosophy falls apart on defense
I’d love to see us run some 4 out schemes, but I just don’t think Cal has it in him. There was a lot of chatter around this time last year that we could see a lot of 4 out lineups surrounding Oscar with who we had coming in. Instead we got Livingston at the 3 and way too many minutes of some combination of Oscar, Ware, and Collins on the floor together.
Oh yeah! That guy! The one the announcers always said his name like Cumwad. I swear I thought his last name was Cumwad.
I agree, we have the team for it next year too.
Wagner
Dillingham
Reeves/CJ/Shep
Edwards
Bradshaw/Ugonna
My guess is he is going to get pushed out of the starting lineup. Likely means James and Phillips are both back. Barnes is pretty high on JP Estrella as well, but I don't know how well that will work.
Seems wildly inconsistent. will blow up for 20 something one game then have 5 straight games of single digit scoring. Just indicates to me he can't be dominant and can only excel when he has a good matchup. He wasn't all that good when he played us.
Apparently Bradshaw can shoot, so if you add a PF that can also shoot, you can go 5 out. Doesn't mean Bradshaw has to just take a bunch of threes, but if he's out there, his guy has to leave the paint to go out and guard him.
With Dillingham and Wagner in a horn set, they would only need to beat one guy to get to the cup.
I'd be all over this kid, we know he's SEC caliber, we know he can play D, we know he can rebound, we know he can shoot and we know he's durable, sign him up.
You just explained almost every kid Cal brings to UK. Maxey blew up on Michigan State, then disappeared for a while. Monk did that too.
It happens when you're at the top of everyone's scouting report.
Honestly I bet a lot on Tennessee and he was a Turd-wad. My second least favorite player besides maybe the fat guy on Ohio State, maybe Key is his name.
I agree with everything you said….BUT if you go 5 out you give up a ton of offensive rebounding opportunities and I just can’t see Cal punting on offensive rebounding. It’s historically been such a huge part of his offensive philosophy. I love this kid next to Bradshaw so much because he can rebound well by himself down low.
KU plays 5 out, they outrebounded us and took Oscar right out of the game.
I would gladly trade a few offensive rebounds for an offense that scores more efficiently and spreads the court.
Don't have any idea if there is interest on either side.
If so, Cal can spin a pretty good lie to get recruits interested evidently.
And then there is NIL and we are still Kentucky......
I’d take him in a second. He’s basically a bigger/bit better shooting version of Livingston. He’s a better 3pt shooter than his percentage showed this year. His main knock is consistency. But he’s got over 100 games experience, is 6’9 235lbs of muscle that can play in the paint or outside.
Well, he’s a similar player to Livingston, only this kid has parents that allow him to play the 4.
We all want Chris back, but Edwards is getting the bulk of the minutes at the 3 and Livingston is every bit as inconsistent and his parents refuse to let Cal play him at the 4, so give me the 6'8" guy that is good with playing the 4.
Never in my life did I ever think a UK coach would cater to a player's family like Cal does. This is nuts.
You take this dude in a heartbeat, I hope Cal does. Need some experienced bigs.
Bradshaw and Ugonna worry me with the physicality of the SEC and being so young and slight. Ware is not talented enough to see significant minutes
We've not had to worry about rebounding and toughness with Oscar the last 2 years, next year I'm concerned we get our lunch stolen
Bradshaw and Ugonna worry me with the physicality of the SEC and being so young and slight. Ware is not talented enough to see significant minutes
We've not had to worry about rebounding and toughness with Oscar the last 2 years, next year I'm concerned we get our lunch stolen
Let me fix it for you. Nearly EVERY player is inconsistent, especially FR. Even Bama's all-american Miller was just as streaky this year as Reeves from 3.
That was UT's whole team, except maybe Vescovi. Maybe it's how Barnes coaches, IDK.
But I do know, when I watched him play this year, he passed my-Eye-test.
Is he a "must get". No. But not seen one of those in the portal yet. But he is one I would be interested in if on UK staff.
Why make a FALSE statistical claim?
Fredrick is the only transfer to UK that has done that.
