Collin Chandler

[CRZ4UK]

I disagree. I know Colin is not a finished product, but I'd rather invest in him as I feel it way pay off 3 fold when we need it the most later down the road.

I want to see him develop, just like Jasper.

Very few guys develop into star players over the course of their 4 years. You are either an NBA player as a freshman or you are not. Can Chandler end up as a serviceable player ? yes, Is he an SEC starter now?? Absolutely not, and he will never sniff an NBA contract. His ceiling is serviceable. UK shouldn’t be starting that.
Jasper has way more chance to be a better player down the road.

 

[Rick Honcho]

Collin Chandler is a good college basketball player who can sometimes poster the hell out of someone. However, Collin Chandler is not a point guard, and he is not a Final Four–caliber shooting guard either. He has a very slow jump shot, but he is athletic—like a worse version of Otega Oweh (at least for now).

In big games against the best competition, you need someone like Kobe Brea, who can fly off screens with a trailing defender and quickly shoot a pure jumper with lots of confidence, or create his own shot. That is not Chandler’s game at all. If we want to compete for a title this season and next, we need to move on from the Chandler experiment at the 1–2 and get a proper point guard and a proper shooting guard. He can only ever be a backup, athletic wing, glue guy who can knock down wide open shots. That's his role.

My assessment so far is Chandler’s a taller and more athletic version of Reed Sheppard…