Brandon Garrison commits to Kentucky
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clearly we're going to have to up our game as fans with these coaches
lets hope we see some bombers dropping booms soon (Dayton Flyers)
Osobor is a Julius Randle type in that he could get minutes at the 3, 4, and 5. He won’t shoot many , maybe 10 threes all season but he can attack the basket and defend enough to warrant a few minutes at the 3 so that the 4 bigs can work together is what I’m saying
This is where I’m at. These things are heavily financially driven. Using an example: Osobor wants 1.25M. Garrison wants 750k. Maybe they prefer Garrison at that price with the ability to add more quality players than Osobor at his price.
I assume they put a winning offer on the table last night when those rumors came out. Could’ve been largely driven by a higher than expected Osobor number when he showed up.
Just spitballing.
He can start over Williams yeah but he ain’t starting over Carr.
I would want to know if we chose Garrison over Osobor or if Osobor said he wasn't interested so we offered Garrison and he accepted.
If it was truly one or the other, I do think Osobor is the better player for next year. It’s hard to be mad about getting a commitment from a former high school All-American who held his own in the Big 12 as a true freshman last year though. Assuming he keeps developing, he could be the same caliber of player in time.
The only caveat is that having 3 years of eligibility doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll use all of them here in this new unlimited transfer era, but no sense in worrying about that for now.
The only caveat is that having 3 years of eligibility doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll use all of them here in this new unlimited transfer era, but no sense in worrying about that for now.
The Garrison smoke started last night. Osobor had just gotten on campus I think. Hard telling but I don’t think we’re out just yet on Osobor.
I agree that Goodman isn't the best source for information when it comes to UK. I also think that they play different positions so I don't think one would scare off the other. However, if Osobor would be deterred by the Garrison commit and Pope still went with Garrison then I will trust his opinion over my own. I am an average guy not a D1 head coach and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night.
According to one of the Facebook groups, this is all on Craft. Pope had little to nothing to do with it. Garrison was going to announce for Arkansas at noon. A Craft representative , supposedly, presented a one time offer and the offer was for an immediate announcement. I don't think any of us thought Garrison would be here, but good. The level of hate that Craft has for Cal may really help us. We are going to have a good roster.
Man, some of you dudes are just really fragile.
We get great news and all you do is panic more.
We get great news and all you do is panic more.
Trilly was right…
Our (BBN) entire outlook has been tranformed! The glass is always half full from now on brother!!!
I didn’t say it a million times but I didn’t think he would based on not visiting yet. Glad to be wrong.
hope you are right, but didn't you say the same thing yesterday about the kid from St. Mary's?
Even if Osobor does go elsewhere, it won't mean Goodman was right. He's just slinging mud hoping some sticks. I can't recall any time Goodman has been dead on correct due to a real source.
I think the only concern as this roster takes shape is whether ultimately next years squad is an assembly of role players. Decent players but nothing special that would allow the Cats to compete at the highest level. And maybe this was inevitable in year one with little time to completely build a roster from scratch. May be however that the sum is greater than the individual parts and the combination of experience and better coaching means they can beat almost anyone.
Facebook groups! Lmfao I would never give anything from that a second thought thats just me
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Not that Dickenson is a defensive force, but Missi is. Good to see Garrison at least held his own statistically with the top Offensive big and Defensive big in the B12:
Garrison vs. Dickenson/KU
Dickenson vs. Garrison/OSU
Garrison vs. Yves Missi/Baylor (7'0" 235 lb B12 All Freshman Team/B12 All-Defensive Team)
Missi/Baylor vs. Garrison
Garrison vs. Dickenson/KU
| MIN | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PF | TO | PTS |
| 29 | 3-8 | 37.5 | 0-0 | 0 | 5-9 | 55.6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 26 | 3-6 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-6 | 66.7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
Dickenson vs. Garrison/OSU
| MIN | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PF | TO | PTS |
| 28 | 8-14 | 57.1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 30 | 9-14 | 64.3 | 0-2 | 0 | 3-5 | 60.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
Garrison vs. Yves Missi/Baylor (7'0" 235 lb B12 All Freshman Team/B12 All-Defensive Team)
| MIN | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PF | TO | PTS |
| 38 | 7-7 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 6-6 | 100.0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
Missi/Baylor vs. Garrison
| MIN | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PF | TO | PTS |
| 30 | 6-9 | 66.7 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-3 | 33.3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
I mean all these players he’s currently getting are likely better than what he was looking at BYU. He won decent with BYU level players… so while these guys might not be the star power we’re used to having this is still a great step up in quality of players he had at BYU
Brea was just Crystal balled to UK also
Those are some good numbers especially for a Freshman!
From a Dukie insider too
I think Carr would be much more of an issue in getting Osobor than Garrison. In my opinion, Carr is going to play with Osobor or without - although Osobor would pair very well alongside Carr.
I passed on what was written on the Facebook group. For argument sake please show me a post, any post, that predicted anything about Garrison. The announcement was a total shock to you as it was me. We just differ on what we call dumb.
I agree. Over the last couple of months I have grown even more untrusting of UK athletics and the Joe Craft connection. If ( big if) this is true, I am assuming it is allowable. NIL seems to be fair game for anyone to participate.
If we had never heard of Osobor, BBN would be doing backflips over Garrison
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. It isn’t a certainty that Osobor would come here. I’ll take this young man and be happy with this decision. And the fact that he could be here three years is a plus
Garrison has officially signed with UK.
It’s eye opening how snotty and entitled some are. Embarrassing
I'm happy any player of note wants to come here. Lets have a team with some depth
Welcome to BBN Mr. Garrison.
Bring Mr. Hat too if you want
Welcome to BBN Mr. Garrison.
Bring Mr. Hat too if you want