Hawkins Starting Tonight
- Thread starter TrueBlueMGH
- Start date
@BDawsonRivals Per UK spokesman, Trey Lyles will play tonight. Not starting. Back to true platoons?
I hope Willis transfers. He could get quality minutes, and even start on many other teams, but he's just not going to get any real minutes here.
But he is practicing against some of the best very day. If he want to get better he has things to learn. How better than than at UK?
Have never been one to chirp about Willis playing time or lack thereof, but I'm beginning to agree with this. With shooting woes of late, a real shame he can't seem to find the floor.
Hawkins makes the most sense because he plays hard and plays with intensity. Cal wants to get his guys going off of defense tonight.
We have been shooting outstanding from 3. All Willis does is jack up 3's at a 25% clip. He would hurt our offense as he brings nothing in the 2 point territory where the struggles have been. I hate to call out my fellow Cat fans, but what's your logic?
I think has more to do with Cal wanting to go back to platooning and Lyles on the White team gives them more firepower along with Ulis and Booker (and Johnson when he shows up).
That said, it sure takes away fire power from our first five. I don't want to hear anyone ***** about the Harrisons shooting a ton with Hawkins in the game. They are playing 4 on 5 on offense.
Yes, we have played a couple of close games recently but guess what? We have won them all which is more than anyone other than Virginia can say and we have played a more difficult schedule. I cannot believe some people question what our coach is doing as if they are are practice each day and know better than he does as he has coached our team to 3 final fours and one title in the last four years.
I rather see Willis get some burn especially against the SEC bottom dwellers, like Missouri. But Cal has a method to his madness.
Completely false he is not Witljer .he doesn' t play b/c the other 10 are better but Willis will be a great player before he leaves .But would expect that from a poster of your ilk. love the move as our biggest strength is the platoon and this makes it easier as it is hard for Lyles to play on both Platoons as he has been .
??? Maybe the obvious explanation is the best. Maybe he's playing very well in practice, and simply has too many future draft picks in front of him.....
Total bs move . Can't get a single min in two OT games but gets a start against a bottom feeder .. To me , it would be insulting .
He can score now though has he has shown in the Bahamas and when he is in . His shot is night and day from last years crap show when his shot was soooo bad .
In the Bahamas pre-season 6 game trip when WCS and Lyles were both out still healing from their injuries Cal had both Willis and Hawkins in the platoon system. I know the Bahamas is not the same competition like in the regular season and Conference Play but I thought when POY went down why not put Willis in and keep the 5 in 5 out platoon going since we were playing great with the platoon. I do believe Willis is in Cal's doghouse or Willis just doesn't bring it in the practices because I know Cal does look at how well the boys are bringing it at practice too. I just remember everyone saying how well Willis played in the Bahamas during the 6 game trip and how well his 3 point shot was falling during those games.
I'm glad our coach has more sense than some of our idiotic armchair coaches who know more than a future Hall Of Famer.
Dom played great defense, contributed some on offense and brought needed energy to the blue platoon. I would prefer to keep Ulis and Booker together on the white platoon, and Dom can guard the other team's PG while the Harrisons concentrate on guarding the wings with the blues.
Dom played great defense, contributed some on offense and brought needed energy to the blue platoon. I would prefer to keep Ulis and Booker together on the white platoon, and Dom can guard the other team's PG while the Harrisons concentrate on guarding the wings with the blues.
I love. Him being in there , the question is why now ? If he wasn't valuable enough the past several. Weeks , why is he valuable tonight ?
Hawkins had a great game tonight. Played really great defense, I think that is why Cal started him tonight.