Would you take Wiltjer back as a graduate transfer?
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Cant happen unless he has already graduated and plans to play for us this coming season.
Have 5 years to play 4...2012,2013 @ UK - sits 2014, plays for Zags in 2015 and has 2016 left.
Have 5 years to play 4...2012,2013 @ UK - sits 2014, plays for Zags in 2015 and has 2016 left.
Kyle is a good player and a great American, but no. Kyle's skill set isn't built for Cal's philosophy.
SF?? Wiltjer has never ever been able to competently play "the SF position" because he's wholly incapable of defending out on the wing. Gonzaga figured that out too, that's why they only played him at the 4 and 5 spots this year.
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Artist's rendering of Kyle Wiltjer showing up to the Craft Center on his first day as a graduate transfer.
no - nice thought but no. There is a reason why Kyle left; things haven't changed, so he would be in the same boat as he was before.
Wiltjer isn't going anywhere. He is an all American, playing in a system that utilizes his talents to his advantage. All he was allowed to do here was stand outside and jack up 3's. He has an excellent post game but this part of his game was never taken advantage of here.
Wiltjer is an All-American. Posters on this board may not think that Wiltjer deserves to be an A-A, but Wiltjer is an All-American. That's a fact. How do we let an All-American get away? Was it because we couldn't coach him? Was it because we were unwilling to allow a scheme of play that was to his strengths? I don't know. All I know is that Wiltjer is now an All-American, and we let him go.
Did you watch Wiltjer play during the 2013 season at all?
36% from 3
4 rebs/game
10 pts/game
1.5 assists/game
But the most obvious part doesn't show up in the stat sheet. The is how opposing teams went at Wiltjer nearly EVERY single play because he couldn't defend at all...Combine that with his conditioning that was subpar at best which contributed to only 23 minutes a game because he was such a liability despite being considered a primary offensive threat on a team that struggled to score.
With that being said, the Wiltjer transfer obviously benefited both parties and I wish him the best.
I think that has squat to do with 2015. Obviously a much better player at Gonzaga.
Obviously. He would not have been THAT player this year at UK though and to suggest otherwise is laughable. His minutes would have been limited and rightfully so. Who would he steal minutes from? Booker? Trey? Willie? Karl?
Or are you suggesting Cal change his whole scheme to what Gonzaga does to fit Kyles game in order for him to have a Gonzaga-esque type of year at UK? Let's be real, Gonzaga (and Kyle) benefitted from playing against very weak competition the entire year and when they did play a top team (Arizona and Duke) they lost. It is what it is...like I said, both parties benefitted from the transfer.
And he left for the right reasons, he didn't fit what we were doing, it happens.
lol my bad
Willis (will/can be) > Wiltjer while at UK
You don't think thats a possibility?
You're welcome. Although I'll admit, Willis is unproven...could someone show me (statistically at UK) why all the Wiltjer worship and I'm really not trying to bash the kid. I wish him the best and he had a great year at Gonzaga but let's be honest, playing for UK is a little different than playing for Gonzaga.
Anything is possible. Probable? Well Wiltjer's best UK year he put up 10 and 4 with 36% shooting from deep, and everyone talked about how he couldn't cut it. I don't see Willis replicating or exceeding those numbers.
I guess we need to look at who voted him in as an AA than because KW is far from an AA. You can choose to ignore that if you want but know this, he can survive in that little league Gonzaga plays in because the guys he has to defend are unathletically glorified hs level players. It was proven during his time at UK that he can't defend and it affected his offensive game too which made him useless in 2013. Yeah he would hit a couple threes but he would give up 10 points because he backpeddled and moved out of the way on defense seemingly to avoid any and all contact. Maybe he thought he would get cooties IDK but whatever it was it made him look absolutely awful on defense.
Sometimes you have to look at the whole spectrum and not just the positives.
Yep, why we ran him off I'll never understand. He is a heckuva basketball player. Wish he was still here.
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