After getting Dioubate, if we still can get alvaro
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I think you could. They aren’t the same archetype. I don’t know what Popes thoughts are but I can’t see why not
Doubt it. Don’t see a way they add Alvaro plus another shooter
We could really use some rim protection…kinda a glaring hole on our current roster.
Alvaro Yates or Pierre and imo will be done
Yes. Or the Croatian guy. And Yates or Pierre. And also here is 2 names to watch with Kentucky. Hausen from Kansas state and sellers from Stanford
Matt Jones thinks we are trying to get a guard and then it’s a wrap. I feel like we are missing a true stretch four
So we are going with 1 power forward? SEC refs licking their lips.
Kam Williams can also play PF
I don’t see that. I think they really like quantaince. Alvaro and the Croatian guy are options
You can’t go into the season with no backup at the 4 spot. Matt is wrong.
I think Dioubate will play mostly PF, but also some spot SF. We could have four different solid players on the floor at any given time at the 4: Williams, 6'8; Garrison, 6'10; Dioubate, 6'7; and if we get him, Alvaro at 6'9.
I think DO and Alvaro could absolutely coexist. I see us having three guys who can play C next year between Alvaro (small ball), Garrison, and Moreno, so there should be plenty of minutes to go around down low.
Pope is building a monster team next year.
We knew Chandler and Oweh were athletic, but Kam, Dioubate, and the freshmen guards all collectively upgrade the athleticism from last year's team. No knock on them, of course.
Add in Pierre or someone like that and again, Pope well have a monster roster. I feel like we'll have a lot more open looks from three next year.
I think DO and Alvaro could absolutely coexist. I see us having three guys who can play C next year between Alvaro (small ball), Garrison, and Moreno, so there should be plenty of minutes to go around down low.
Pope is building a monster team next year.
We knew Chandler and Oweh were athletic, but Kam, Dioubate, and the freshmen guards all collectively upgrade the athleticism from last year's team. No knock on them, of course.
Add in Pierre or someone like that and again, Pope well have a monster roster. I feel like we'll have a lot more open looks from three next year.
I definitely don’t wanna hear from the people complaining about toughness, defending and rebounding all season. Don’t find something new to complain about —- Pope addressed your concerns emphatically.
If we add a couple still my lord we are gonna be deep. How you keep them all happy and coming back another year I don’t know though. Can do without a lot but really want a starting PF like Alvaro
We still want the entire portal! Sign them all!
LOL!
Seriously, I think we could still get Folgueiras, but I am not sure. Depends on how Pope wants to play.
I would think a 4/5 rotation like this would be ideal:
PF Folgueiras/Dioubate
C Garrison/Moreno
Then play Kam Williams as a small ball 4, when necessary.
I just can’t wrap my head around the wing rotation. We have a lot of bodies for the 2 and 3 spots and still looking at another shooter/scorer to add to it.
LOL!
Seriously, I think we could still get Folgueiras, but I am not sure. Depends on how Pope wants to play.
I would think a 4/5 rotation like this would be ideal:
PF Folgueiras/Dioubate
C Garrison/Moreno
Then play Kam Williams as a small ball 4, when necessary.
I just can’t wrap my head around the wing rotation. We have a lot of bodies for the 2 and 3 spots and still looking at another shooter/scorer to add to it.
In an emergency but if he is the planned backup yikes.
Did someone say he is the planned backup? I don’t know how any of us would know. Right now, we aren’t even sure how many spots are still left to fill from the portal according to Pope
Christ just put Booker on ignore. He's got probably 25K posts here with his other usernames and every one of them is negative. Dude is either a troll or the most miserable person on earth.
Maybe rim protection is a tad overrated? Kentucky's best team in history didn't have much rim protection with that 1996 roster.
The real key is stopping triple penetration.
I'm hoping for Pierre as the last main guy. I think it would be very hard to convince Alvaro to come and split the 4. We may add a development 4 and have Noah/MD/Garrison/Moreno man the post.
There are some on this board that aren't happy unless their bitching. For them there was nothing Pope could do that would satisfy them. Some are trolls but some are so called Kentucky fans.
I asked the same thing in the Mo D thread I started. So does he start at the 3 or 4 and are we out on Alvaro. I hope he’s the 3 and AF comes and is the 4 or or here me out. Do you start Mo at the 4 and AF at the stretch 5.
I just watched the pilgrim video thing they do after a player commits, and they were acitng like we were all in on Yates
Af starter
Mo D the bench but plays similar min as starter and has bigger offensive role
Why don't we wait until the roster is finalized before we ***** about it. You think the staff is sending Jones roster updates while he's in Amsterdam? I like Matt but he doesn't know **** about what Pope has planned.
I like using Alvaro as a stretch 5 with the others. That would open ALL driving lanes
You get 2 more and guys like Perry and Noah are going to be cigar guys. I like them both but just looking at the roster, if we end up with 13 or 14 guys we might just lose one of those 2 before the portal closes. If we get Alvaro and Yates, then I could see Perry leaving. I could also see Chandler leaving. Just a part of todays times.
Well we need another big. Can't go into the year with only 3 big men, one of which is only 6'7 and the other is a freshman.