Watching U19 Game vs Italy on the 4th, as well as Wynyard
- Thread starter KYtotheCore
- Start date
He's a high energy beast. Him and Knox or Vanderbilt on the floor at the same time will be fun to watch.
Cal is packing on the lbs.
he needs to get some lipo and get back to being health and running.
If he runs now, he'll bust his knees. lol
How do you stop him coming from one side and Knox coming from the other? This team is going to be unreal.
What's with the horns constantly going off in the background? Is that the fans? It's insanely annoying.
Gotta be the worst gym these guys have ever played in. Why Egypt........
Gotta be the worst gym these guys have ever played in. Why Egypt........
Reddish and Quickley need to be Cats. Langford won't be regardless and I don't really care as we are going to return Green ,Alexander and Baker so a back court of those 3 and Quickley is great. So many great SF choices next season with Reddish , Moore , Zion . I hope we can get 2 of those 3 to replace JV and Knox.
Kinda ridiculous that they allow them indoors. This isn't soccer where you need to entertain yourself with stupid noises in between goals for 30 minutes. Yikes.
You could see him behind the bench laying down instead of sitting down. He did it in 1st Half and prior his entrance and after he came out. Back Spasms are a tricky thing and honestly hard to gauge a pain threshold of a teenager. Not being critical, just saying, surprised to hear a young man is having this issue.
As for the game, PJ Washington was great, other then what BostonCat made a great point about--the silly fouls. That will carry over to NCAA basketball and especially with SEC officials. Good thing that position is one of depth for UK, because the cheap fouls will cost minutes. When on the court, he was fantastic. Again, I see potential for him to be a solid 70% area FT shooter. It's about concentration as the stroke isn't bad at all.
Diallo wasn't following through on his jumper and was agitated all game. Italy was the first team (won't be the last) to play very physical and take some cheap fouls. He's got to play through that--and will. Jumper looks so much better in terms of balance/legs then in HS, just needs to focus on the hold/follow through after.
Wiley/McCoy. Felt McCoy was the better of the two today in terms of all around, but Wiley did a great job on defensive glass. Such a presence and like both of their FT strokes--especially since Wiley will go to the line a lot in college (and again-we know he will in SEC play)
Quickley has been impressive in terms of adding to his performances. Today he was really doing a better job of pushing the ball and making plays for teammates. Nice looking shot and shot selection. Had the jitters game and into 1st Half of last game but since his layup/and 1 he's been relaxed and playing great.
Reddish is a great looking shooter. Always looks like jumper is going in and really been consistent.
Louis King is the utility guy, does a lot of the dirty work and fills column up. 4 pts, 4 Reb, 2 assists and plays best man defense on team IMO.
Pritchard is having to play differently then at Oregon, but he'll have some good moments. Saw the criticism above and I've got some coming on another player below, but team did make a nice run with his group out there to end 1st Half and get margin in double digits.
Huerter isn't hitting shots like he's capable of, but liked his floor game the past 2 days. Much improved in other aspects. He gets bodied out of position a lot as that 2nd Unit is smaller when they go McCoy, King, Huerter, and smaller guards (maybe Romeo Langford can play moving forward and help with some versatility).
Carsen Edwards provided a nice spark to the team in 1st Half and had some very good moments. He's always been a score first type, but he's set up some teammates, had a few nice extra passes and hit some shots. Team is going to need one of he/Huerter/Pritchard to hit shots as they get deeper into tournament and prefer if all did--but 1/2 of them on that 2nd Unit going to need to hit shots to warrant time as they'll face some tougher teams this weekend.
Josh Okogie. I can't stand to watch him play. He had a good stat game against Angola, but I've yet to see him make a pass when team is on a break--it could be 2 teammates ahead of him and he'll dribble and try to finish (usually misses at least once) and a lot of his rebound stats are off his own misses or uncontested. Very sloppy with ball and after 3 games, not a fan of his style/approach to a game. Efficient offensive basketball is about player/ball movement offensively and taking good shots--but passing on that for a great shot. He's about taking a shot.........and teammates are there to get his misses and give him another shot. If Langford shows he's healthy and back to form, this is guy I expect to see minutes cut.
Cal needs to ditch the zone when facing the better teams (guessing he's doing it knowing he's cutting rotation down when tougher opponents come and he's got foul trouble) as FIBA game is so much drive/draw/kick and his kids turn their heads and get lost.
This team goes on their runs with his run/jump, trap all over the court. Forces them to run which is the toughest thing about coaching kids today--they all say they want to run up and down the court and you have to scream at them to run....they want to run if they have a chance in open court, otherwise most just want to jog/cruise up and down. It takes conditioning and practice to maintain pace and it's why I'd love playing for a guy like Cal as you get a lot of freedom and minutes as long as you play hard all of the time. Most elite programs operate that way, and you should play that way with talent. It's fascinating seeing how Payton Pritchard who plays in an uptempo system at Oregon has had to be screamed at to keep the pace up and push the ball--but think he is used to dribbling it up--where Cal prefers the pass ahead/hit ahead for quicker attack.
Last edited:
Washington is significantly shorter than 6'9 Wiley. Hes a heck of a player but hes definitely got to be closer to 6'6/6'7.
Yep. Diablo is about the same size. A friend has seen him on campus and said exactly the same thing...he said Dialo was taller than he thought and Washington shorter.
Diallo was active today, but forcing it. Reddish and Washington lead the way. Both were fun to watch. Liked what Edwards did in relief and Quickly looked good, even though I think he sometimes picks up his dribble when he does not know what he intends to do.
Washington was measured at over 6'8 at this USA tryouts. It seems as though there are always some on here questioning players height. With his versatility and wingspan height will not be an issue. Plays much bigger than the 6'8 size.
I know, its strange and im sure he does play bigger. But he definitely always appears smaller than similarly measured players. Hes a good 3 inches shorter than wiley in that photo
Well Wiley is listed at 6ft10 and Washington is listed at 6ft 8 but as noted lots of times it won't matter if ur 6ft 8 and u have a 7ft3 wingspan like PJ well basically you have the ability to play much taller
You guys are looking at hair.....hair height don't help rebounding. PJ has a semi buzz crop.
I was going off the USA website which said 6'9 250 for Wiley and 6'8 215 for washington (which seems lighter than im used to see him listed). Im not saying hes a midget and will suck, but i think hes one of those charles barkley type players who are listed bigger than they are, which is fine because they play bigger anyway. But Washington definitely looks shorter than what hes listed at. Which, again, is fine because hes got long arms and the mentality that hes 7 foot and 300lbs. But I thought my perception was off but this photo kind of makes me feel less crazy. That being said, Wiley is a big freaking kid. Built like a brick shit house.
I was looking at shoulders. I never really go off hair. Where the hairline stops is a good enough gauge unless some dude has a super tall cranium. But height of the chest and shoulders (when side by side) is usually a good indicator.
Similar threads
