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Agree with cawood. Andrew attacks. If he made his layups, he'd look like a totally different player.
 

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Originally posted by GrandePdre:
Controversial Take- Aaron recent play suggests he's come to realize Devin Booker is a far superior player and he needs to take his game up another notch because ppl are noticing this...
FIFY
 

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Last year when we started playing really good it started when Andrew attacked and began to finish. Seemingly like he stopped thinking and just said F it. He seems to be pressed by the fact things happen so natural for Ulis that he isn't himself. He over thinks whether he should drive and kick or drive to score.

I hate it for him because I think he could be a solid backup NBA PG, but in college a Liggins type role could really help his game. Allowing Ulis and the Harrison's to all be on the court together and Ulis running point COULD take a lot of the overthinking out of Andrew's head.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a college player be so perfectly compared to an NBA guy like Booker/Klay Thompson. Both are very very smooth offensively, and can play extremely well defensively.

At 6'10 I wonder how Lyles could do with his back to the basket, he seems capable of almost anything. Would like to see us go "small" and allow Lyles to play in the post.
 

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Aa has no conscious and at times has proven to be exactly what we needed. An second guesses every shot that doesn't fall, every call/non-call. At some point, STFU and play. It's exhausting to watch and can only imagine living it. Aa has really stepped up his perimeter defense.

Over the years I have watched Redick, Lofton, Steph Curry and wanted that stone cold sniper in blue and white. Booker, as a fresheman, is probably the closest thing to that we will ever get. His mid range game is much better than Lofton for certain. I could,only imagine the numbers he could put up on a traditional team. You give that kid four years in college and It's possible he would be in that company.
 
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Originally posted by bradyjames:
Over the years I have watched Redick, Lofton, Steph Curry and wanted that stone cold sniper in blue and white. Booker, as a fresheman, is probably the closest thing to that we will ever get.
Jodie Meeks says hello.
 

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Dakari could really use a pump fake or something. He turns and fires it right into the defensive hands 70% of the time. It's gotten as bad as the Randle spin left move.
 
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Lamb was a sniper. And we won a title with him. Best shooting guard since Delk. And we won with Delk. Not really a coincidence.

And we will win one with Booker.
 

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Originally posted by cawoodsct:
I disagree. Andrew attacks all game long but is dumb with the ball on occasions and simply has a bad shot. Aaron was attacking all day today, in fact I've never seen him be as aggressive as he was today. To say they don't attack isn't correct . Rethink your thought.
I have, they don't effectively attack and when they do they BOTH typically make the wrong decision.

Regardless, even with a lackluster offensive game, 6 FG's in the 2nd half, we waxed. Not going to get into pissy nit picking on a 20 pt win for an undefeated team against a Frank Martin team.
 

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Originally posted by BristolCat:

Originally posted by bradyjames:
Over the years I have watched Redick, Lofton, Steph Curry and wanted that stone cold sniper in blue and white. Booker, as a fresheman, is probably the closest thing to that we will ever get.
Jodie Meeks says hello.
The 54 point performance is my favorite single game performance.However, I am thinking Meeks was a mid 30's type three point shooter at UK. I believe Booker would beat that number in a three year span. I could just be excited about Booker,and thinking he is better than he is. When Booker shoots I feel the same way I did about Meeks his junior year.
 

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Originally posted by ukwizard:
Dakari could really use a pump fake or something. He turns and fires it right into the defensive hands 70% of the time. It's gotten as bad as the Randle spin left move.
Uh, the reason he gets blocked is because of a double pump that minimizes his size advantage. If he went straight up he'd be nearly unstoppable.
 

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KGar still arguing that we're a great defensive rebounding team?

Out-rebounded today 40-28, and gave up EIGHTEEN (18) offensive rebounds.


That's atrocious.
 

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Lamb was a great shooter, but he shot almost nothing but wide open shots.

Booker just rises and fires right in people's grills, like some of those guys mentioned above did.
 

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Lamb was clutch as touch though. We'll see in March how clutch Booker is.
 

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Way to go mods. Thanks for merging the Criticize WCC thread with the Polititard Thread, ensuring I'll never click on it. Good job. Good effort.
 

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Rebounding was poor today but some of that does have to do with how many blocks we go after and how many poor shots we force.

Some of if. Not all of it.

Think Aaron is starting to really rebound it well for a guard.
 

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Originally posted by wildcat1973:
Lamb was a sniper. And we won a title with him. Best shooting guard since Delk. And we won with Delk. Not really a coincidence.

And we will win one with Booker.
Oh rly
 

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Originally posted by B.B.d.K.:
KGar still arguing that we're a great defensive rebounding team?

Out-rebounded today 40-28, and gave up EIGHTEEN (18) offensive rebounds.


That's atrocious.
Yep. When you have 10 blocks, probably 15-20 other altered and contested shots, that's going to happen. Well hopefully not that many but a disproportionate amount. They just go after everything.

I think WCC nailed it. If we can get Johnson and Towns scoring on the post at all, we're damn near unbeatable. Hell we're close anyway. Guess thats why Cal is insisting on feeding those guys b/c he see's that as well. They show flashes, we've seen some good interior passes the last few games. Johnson is pretty annoying, KAT is just learning what he an do with that body of his.
 

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God I hate MSU. Made the last 3 minutes last 30. Another timeout. Has Nebraska never seen a full court press before?
 

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GREAT interview with Martin after the game, says some really nice things about Cal and the Cats. USC is lucky to have him.

be FRANK
 

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Originally posted by B.B.d.K.:
KGar still arguing that we're a great defensive rebounding team?

Out-rebounded today 40-28, and gave up EIGHTEEN (18) offensive rebounds.


That's atrocious.
IF you take out blocked shots, as well as opponents airballs and divide by the square of Aaron's nutsack, you'll see UK is in fact a great defensive rebounding team. Can't believe you don't understand this.
 

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Why don't we post up WCS? It never happens. How about doing it a few times a game. I promise you he would be as effective as Dakari and KAT. I'd like to know why we don't do it AT ALL. If there is a good reason for it, I'm game to hear it out, but he freelances enough during the game to where I can't see you not going to him at least 2 or 3 times a game posting up.
 

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Never said we were great, tried showing (12 games ago) that it wasn't a weakness. Spin city per usual,
 

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BBdK pointed out a few times last year that WCS isn't all that bad on the block. We've barely seen him get the ball this year. When he has, he's been more effective than anyone else.
 

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Yep. I've long thought we was underrated. He's quick, has a decent hook, lightning spin move...and if nothing else at LEAST gets a shot up on the rim & in play for an offensive rebound, which is often our best offensive play.

I don't get it


A lot of it is on him though. He had several touches in open space or 1on1 situations yesterday and didn't even consider a move to the basket.


We act like Dakari is a PRIMARY option much of the time, but treat WCS like he doesn't exist -- maybe that should be reversed


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I just don't get SEC Fan. I know football is king, but we walked up yesterday and bought a pair of lowers 15 rows off the court at about the FT line for 20 bucks each.

Against the #1, undefeated team on a Saturday.
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At times Cauley Stein seems scared to make the move or take the shot. He had some beautiful moves against Texas and who has a bigger frontline than them?

There was a play midway through the 2nd half yesterday where he caught it on the left side, pivoted to face the basket and was about 15 feet out. He had isolation. He thought about going for a second and kicked it back out. He's so quick for 7 footer he could've easily gotten around his man & gotten to the rim for a layup/dunk.

He still has no clue how good he could be on offense.

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Originally posted by B.B.d.K.:

A lot of it is on him though. He had several touches in open space or 1on1 situations yesterday and didn't even consider a move to the basket.
Seems like every time he gets the ball it's 15' from the rim. That little turn, super high jump, drop the ball into the hoop is tough to guard.
 

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-WCS in the post is tricky. Sometimes he looks great. Other times I cringe as he fires a fast ball off the glass.
 

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Haven't seem him once this season fire a fastball off the glass. In his first 2 years, yes.

WCS shows super soft touch around the rim, IMO.
 

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* Cal's kid torching the nets last night is a pretty funny scene on YouTube. Doing the reload after each three and generally just flipping out after each made basket.

* So we are getting the Kiwi according to Daniels? Only comparison I have seen so far was Givony say the most similar player he could think of would probably be Harrelson.
 

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Is the New Zealander worth a ****? I hate taking foreigners, man.

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Originally posted by MobileCatFan:
* Cal's kid torching the nets last night is a pretty funny scene on YouTube. Doing the reload after each three and generally just flipping out after each made basket.

*
 

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Looks like that Zollo kid we had committed for a while.


Which reminds me of the second most pissed off moment on a message board... when Dave Telep posted some "highlights" of the guys we had committed at the time. The one of Villarino and KC basically had Miller on a fast break missing a lay-in and Villarino missing two free throws. That was the entire highlight reel for each of them.
 

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Been saying this for months on the secret text thread that Cal's teams have been missing a Zollo type player the last few years. We're talking about a stud that averaged almost 4 a game at WKU before transferring to Furman and then transferring to NW Florida and then transferring to Cleveland State.
 

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-Vinny Zollo
. Sometimes I think Gillispie was an elaborate prank TAMU pulled on us.

-Hoos with a squeaker against a terrible VT team. Basically their TAMU game. Best player out, team looks lost, grinds it out.

-Not sure if anyone else is still watching it, but Sunny with two stellar episodes out of the gate this season.

-Hoosiers looking more Creany today. No jinx.

-No idea abotu this Kiwi dude, but the article on him is hilarious. His mom is discussing his favorite things about UK, Nova, and Texas.

“Kentucky- complete focus on basketball
Villanova- academic success/focus
Texas- strength and conditioning coach”

Strength and conditioning coach?
Great pitch Barnes!
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By the way, in defense of Chad, it wasn't some rando blogger that named Donovan the #1 coach in CBB right now, it was touching ESPN. Last summer.

I think we can all agree that putting him at #1 is over-rating him.