Wagner Edwards
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Considering I didn’t know we were down five to start the game…we ARE in Vegas right now and had to get to a sports bar to watch…we came in when the Cats were up 14-12
And he did start the UNCW game, which we lost
Let me clarify something
Reed is my favorite player on this team
His basketball IQ is excellent, and he’s a unselfish player; his fundamentals are strong and he’s quite simply, fun to watch
So why do I think better off the bench although he’s more than earned a starting position?
Because I’ve watched him on the bench when a game starts…he’s observing everything going on and getting a gauge on how the other team is playing and what he needs to do when he comes in. He’s a game changer IMO in part due to those observations
Plus he seems to light a fire under the rest of our team
Reed is my favorite player on this team
His basketball IQ is excellent, and he’s a unselfish player; his fundamentals are strong and he’s quite simply, fun to watch
So why do I think better off the bench although he’s more than earned a starting position?
Because I’ve watched him on the bench when a game starts…he’s observing everything going on and getting a gauge on how the other team is playing and what he needs to do when he comes in. He’s a game changer IMO in part due to those observations
Plus he seems to light a fire under the rest of our team
There are actually some serious lineup questions that still need to be ironed out throughout the entire team. Edwards clearly plays better at PF than SF. Thiero is such a utility piece that can play and defend 2-4. I’m not sold that Bradshaw and Mitchell together are our best lineup. Mitchell lately seems to be a little better playing Center then PF. We have 4 legit guards that all demand serious minutes. The one thing I do know 100% is we should never have two “non-shooters” playing at the same time and yet we keep playing Adou and Ugonna together.
University-6 agreed with you for the 6,000th time. You must be onto something.
Did you miss the UNCW game? Wagner’s absence was the reason we lost.
Learn the game.
I think Wagner and Edwards should still start but I think Edwards needs to be pulled much faster for any of the reasons of not bringing enough fight/energy , or continually leaving players open for 3pt shots or taking bad shots when he's already missed a few.
Reed started the UNC-W game, and we STILL got off to a slow start. You guys like to push this narrative that the only reason we get off to slow starts is because Reed isn't starting. It's false. We've seen what happens when Reed gets the start. We don't have to play hypotheticals.
LOL. This is such a stupid take.
We literally lost the 1 game DJ missed. It was also the one game that your precious Reed got to start. We still started slow. We lost.
But "We'd be better off without him." You can't believe the garbage that you post.
Huh? I'm just saying that saying it doesn't matter who starts is a stupid ass take. You're generalizing. I haven't said start Reed over Wagner anywhere.
I am NOT generalizing. I'm giving you a very specific example.
Reed starting would prevent the slow starts is the stupid ass take. We've seen it's not true.
When did I say start Reed Sheppard? I'm saying ''it doesn't matter who starts'' is hilarious.
This take is hilarious to me. Not knocking DJ but him being out was seriously the difference in winning and losing against UNCW? I don’t get that. How did we win tonight then? Because DJ did nothing tonight offensively or defensively.
We lost that game because our defense is HORRIBLE and we let them do anything they wanted.
You should have been able to have taken any player you wanted off our team out of that game for the night and still won that game.
There will be nights that the shots just aren’t falling and on those nights with the defense this team is currently playing they will more than likely lose.
One of the 7 footers has to develop or as Cal says come tournament time a team without a big man is a fraud.
That’s exactly why we lost to UNCW. Reed wasn’t prepared to run the offense at that particular stage of the season. Dillingham wasn’t either. Both their games were thrown off as a result. Reeves was adversely affected as well. UNCW guards were better than Louisville’s. We ran all over Louisville, got what we wanted. They even played some zone. UNCW’s guards played us tighter.
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I think HE thinks we would win each game by 35 instead of 25. I am content. They will start when it is time.
Soon as Reed and Dilly start, and we start a game slow, people will he making the same posts to start Wagner and Edwards. It's a vicious cycle.
Wagner does ok as long as he is not shooting bricks from 3 point land him and Edwards dont need to be shooting 3’s
But the question is why would they start at all? They started when DJ was out and we got beat by UNCW in Rupp. Starters and bench players play the same minutes, so what’s the issue?
he is a 2 time freshman of the week
No, no, no. Why do people want to mess w/ the formula when it's working? We've got 4 talented players inthat group, and 2 HAVE to be subs. Not every player has the mindset for this; Rob and Reed do, apparently, so why rock the boat? We've got to have DJ and Justin playing to their potential for this team to reach its zenith, and neither are killing us in the starting line=up. I would think the unc-w game would have shown you the value of having DJ in the lineup.
Until we start losing, I would ride this rotation as far as it takes me. Why mess with success?
Reed is the best player on the team and makes the whole team better when he is in. I guess Edward was promised to get to start when he was recruited Theiro is a much better player.
Let’s just start five walk ons, since it doesn’t matter who starts and all. Unreal. 🤣
I wouldn’t go that far, but I feel pretty comfortable starting any of the top 8 guys.
Heck, I might even be okay with Onyenso starting, to be honest.
I’m clearly being facetious. Wagner starting is fine. Edwards is a different story. Adou would be my starter in that spot.
The starting lineup is fine but Calipari and the staff need to do a better job putting the players in a position to succeed.
With that lineup the offense should he getting Reeves and Mitchell open 3 looks and Wagner and Edwards slashing to get inside for layups or FTs and Bradshaw getting lobs and put backs and perhaps an open jumper.
The bench we have annihilates the other teams bench and I like that.
The starting group shouldn't have slow starts with the talent it has though.
With that lineup the offense should he getting Reeves and Mitchell open 3 looks and Wagner and Edwards slashing to get inside for layups or FTs and Bradshaw getting lobs and put backs and perhaps an open jumper.
The bench we have annihilates the other teams bench and I like that.
The starting group shouldn't have slow starts with the talent it has though.
This isn’t the NBA where you have the second units going at it for long stretches. Reed and Dilly aren’t coming in and facing bench players. They’re typically coming into the game with the other team’s starting five still out there.
It seems a lot of the time the offense doesn’t get going until the subs come in. We have a bunch of good guards and each one is uniquely different from the next. Team defense is a problem that better get fixed or it won’t matter who’s starting.
Same shit for almost 4 months. Look at this thread, how many times have we been calling for him to start Reed and Dilly? Yet he keeps trying to keep DJ and Edwards drafted.
The starting line-up is NOT fine.
The starting lineup is the worst 5 player combo on the team. There is simply NO EXCUSE for Cal to keep playing some of these groups together and refusing to play the "Bennie" lineup together for more than two minutes a game.
That's just Cal being a stubborn @$$ and everyone that knows the game understands the stats that prove the best 5 player combo.
Those are the 5 players that should be starting and playing the majority of the minutes.
Someone finally had the courage to write an article about this "fine" starting lineup. Now, if someone in the media only had the balls to ask Cal directly why he refuses to play his best 5 players together for more than two minutes a game.
Ridiculous is the word for Cal's starting lineup AND his substitution "pattern". Not fine.
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