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What is DJ Wagner Doing?
- Thread starter LmdCat
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I thought DJ would be one of the first transfers. The fact that he hasn't is interesting to me. Maybe we get him back? I wouldn't object.
Do the players finish their classes before transferring?
I know that academics don’t matter and all, but college has to have some sort of requirements, right?
I know that academics don’t matter and all, but college has to have some sort of requirements, right?
DJ is a poor man’s Isiah Brisco.
Yeah this is a huge concern because no player has ever been able to improve their shooting and finishing at the rim. Whatever they are as a freshman in college is what they're stuck being their whole career.
It would be interesting to see Pope get a year with DJ.
How about you refreshing my memory on the number of times this has happened with players recruited by Cal?
Give me the names of the players Cal recruited to Kentucky who have improved as you described.
He threw out the first pitch, but he badly missed his target.
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Guards can make big jumps from freshman to Soph. Year. And wasn’t he injured half the year which affected his play. There were times, few I admit, were he looked very good. And if he stays it would make Demon Cal look awful if Coach Pope coached him up because Cal did just roll the ball out on the floor.
Not one of those players shot as poorly as DJ Wagner and nor did they shoot nearly as much as Wagner. You just randomly spit out some names. Good try. Lol
You asked for the names of players who improved under Cal from 1st to 2nd year. You got some.
Terrance Jones, though?
He averaged less points, blocks, rebounds, and assists and his 3P% and FT% were lower in year two.
Let me get this straight, You want to sign 2-4 year players cause you are tired of one an done! Then you get a freshman that struggles, and isn't ready for one an done, and you don't want him back?
Would love for him to commit to pope. I really think his shooting will pick up and would be a really good player for us next year!
If he could be "coached up" the NBA would draft him on potential. They can see that he has no potential. And Pope isn't going to magically do what NBA guys don't believe they can do.
He was highly overrated and Cal played him because he made promises. Wanting DJ back is like wanting Brandon Boston back. Just a weird take.
Where did I talk about who I want to sign? Thanks for the straw man argument pal.
I'm glad to be rid of Cal's guys, and DJ was the weakest link of all of them.
You play with better teammates, your scoring/rebounds will diminish. Lots of things can effect your percentages. He improved enough to leave.
He just threw out some names trying to prove something that he knows isn't true. DJ isn't likely to ever become a good shooter. He spent too much time in high school blowing past inferior players instead of developing a shot.
NO, just calling you out for those ridiculous examples. DJ can't throw a ball into the ocean with one foot in the water. He easily became one of UK's worst shooting guards.
He really didn’t. He didn’t look like a superstar, but he definitely looked like someone who could have made a splash in another year or two. It sucks that this is what the culture has become and we never get to see kids like him develop into really good college players.
If he came back, Cal would have nothing to do with him improving, or not. I'd risk it. He was obsessed with getting that left hand layup to work, but was a little off. And he had a few good 3 point shooting games. A good coach could coach him up. Good passer, low turnover player.
DJ simply can't shoot. As another poster stated, if he could shoot, he would be grabbed by an NBA team just. His pedigree alone would make him hard to pass on if they thought his shooting could be improved.
DJ is a much better player that Boston. Boston was one of the worst 5* players at UK.
His family is super close to Cal. I’d say there’s almost zero chance he returns.
You don't think his father, grandfather, and coaches tried to improve his shooting? Obviously, if anyone knew how important it was for him to improve his shooting, it was his father and grandfather. If they couldn't do it, why do you think anyone else can?
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The goalposts are powered by Hemi.
They answered the exact question posed. The answer you are pounding the table for comes with a different or a least a much more precise question than you asked.
Yes, even outside shooting can improve. Jeremy Roach that we were after went from 31% to almost 43. Now Calipari didn't recruit him but then he wouldn't be the one helping him develop from here either.
I didn't see a shot broken beyond hope but your mileage may vary.
DJ was slightly better than Boston, but that isn't saying a lot.
I suspect they told him to work on a left handed layup.
Why did you start this thread anyway? Just to argue with every answer. You clearly don't care "what happened to DJ"
You are taking one extreme case and treating it like it occurs all the time. DJ's 3-point shooting percentage was 29.2%. Enough said!!
Are you suggesting that he wasn't capable of working on a left-handed layup as well as work on developing a decent shot, not a good shot, but just a decent shot? Why did you respond to this thread? Did you do it just to argue with every answer? DJ isn't my responsibility, so why should I care about what happens to him after he elected to enter the transfer portal?
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No. I said I'd give him another shot.
I am starting to suspect that you are just being contrary.
