How is Moreno a draft pick?

[seccats04]

Slow, unathletic, low motor, hands of stone, no post moves, low iq, can’t jump, no lateral quickness. Did I miss anything?

 

[Pensacola_Cat_Fan]

He’s got to be the most overrated player in the country.

 

[loublue22_rivals308424]

very surprising that a guy who was terrible almost all of last season and virtually unplayable in March is still bad, who could have foreseen this. we probably paid him like $3 mil or something too lol

 

[Noledynasty2490]

Because the NBA sucks lol

 

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[MidseasonTweak]

He won't be after this year. Picks up bad fouls, weak, no emotion. No leadership qualities

 

[mcwildcats04]

He even lost the opening tip to Stokes. I'm pulling for him but Moreno frustrates the heck out of me.

 

[KyCPA2000]

Slow, unathletic, low motor, hands of stone, no post moves, low iq, can’t jump, no lateral quickness. Did I miss anything?

He is not. If he does go it will he short lived with very little floor time.

 

[KyCPA2000]

LOL....Moreno for 3.

 

[TTTblue24]

Old school nba maybe he could play but now bigs play 30ft from the floor and can shoot, must have lateral quickness as well.

 

[KyCPA2000]

Kind of surprised Kansas isn't up by 30. Still time I guess.

 

[Cattorney]

He's not. That's why he is back in school.

 

[FLBBNFAN]

He’s got to be the most overrated player in the country.

He's a bench player in the NBA and nothing more.

 

[Ukwazoo3]

I like Moreno, but good lord he needs a jumper

 

[gonefishin]

Holy F***. Watching Moreno guard Kaufman-Renn 5 ft away with his hands down….then KR just looks at cutters until he finds one he likes with no resistance.
Unbelievable how little effort we play with.

 

[Snarks]

He should have gone. Stock only going down!

 

[sheppard98]

He will never play in the NBA

 

[gonefishin]

Moreno
Just did it again. He literally applies
No pressure and just lets passes and cuts all around him with no defense.

 

[JwUKFan11]

I'll let you in on a secret, he's not. The Knicks would have taken him late first in a weak draft last year and that was his only chance ever in the 1st.

 

[HolySmokes]

If hes stays four years he will be the last pick in the second round

 

[darkshadesofblue]

Now we see why he came back

 

[Ukwazoo3]

Holy F***. Watching Moreno guard Kaufman-Renn 5 ft away with his hands down….then KR just looks at cutters until he finds one he likes with no resistance.
Unbelievable how little effort we play with.

They all do that on defense. Even when they know their man is about to throw a lob or an entry pass.

 

[deplion]

Would be nice to see what he is capable of with a competent coach.

I agree he likely isn't NBA material, but I have seen enough flashes from him to wonder what he would be like with an actual D1-level coach mentoring him.

 

[Buckwheat Otay Is Dead]

He chokes in big games. His *** needs to go to the bench.

 

[ala_kat2]

He chokes in big games. His *** needs to go to the bench.

He had a very good 2nd half offensively and rebounding. He had 4 fouls and couldn’t be aggressive on defense.

 

[Ednunn]

Old school nba maybe he could play but now bigs play 30ft from the floor and can shoot, must have lateral quickness as well.

Old school nba guys would wear him out.

 

[Ednunn]

Would be nice to see what he is capable of with a competent coach.

I agree he likely isn't NBA material, but I have seen enough flashes from him to wonder what he would be like with an actual D1-level coach mentoring him.

He is what he is.

 

[Jamal Mercerr]

I’ve said it for a month now. Softest UK big man of all time.

And we’ve had some softees.

 

[CoffeeCat]

He had a very good 2nd half offensively and rebounding. He had 4 fouls and couldn’t be aggressive on defense.

Only because KU single covered him with smaller guys so he couldn't dish it out for an open 3. KU had a good game plan.

 

[CNJ1966]

He’s a pretty good (still only 3 games into his sophomore year) traditional post player. They had no answer for him on the block, we should’ve been feeding him the ball literally every trip. Either he gets 40, or they double him and we can get Milan and others open looks. I realize he got two quick fouls, but Pope wouldn‘t have done it anyway. Hell, even Matt Jones knew Kaufman-Renn is a bad defender…Moreno would’ve had him on the bench in foul trouble within 5 minutes, or else scored at will.

But nah, we can’t play our 7ft center down on the block and feed him, because that’s not “modern basketball“

 

[moses1uk]

His stupid brother says he’s a lottery pick

 

[RunninRichie]

@KFuqua can't get enough.

 

[fisherscatfan]

Moreno is very poorly coached. He is misused.

Putting him on top hurts the program. Pope thinks he is John Wooden running his offense through the big at top.

No point guard wants to play here if the offense is run through the big.

 

[Zoellersystem]

When your motor could run a hair dryer instead of a Hemi, you’ve got big problems.

 

[mash_24]

Moreno is the least of our problems. In fact this could be a pretty good roster with the right coach.

 

[Drogon]

He’s a pretty good (still only 3 games into his sophomore year) traditional post player. They had no answer for him on the block, we should’ve been feeding him the ball literally every trip. Either he gets 40, or they double him and we can get Milan and others open looks. I realize he got two quick fouls, but Pope wouldn‘t have done it anyway. Hell, even Matt Jones knew Kaufman-Renn is a bad defender…Moreno would’ve had him on the bench in foul trouble within 5 minutes, or else scored at will.

But nah, we can’t play our 7ft center down on the block and feed him, because that’s not “modern basketball“

The offense is being mismanaged. Moreno is an elite foul drawing big man who is also, and the numbers bear these 2 things out, an elite passing big man who should be getting paint touch after paint touch after paint touch after paint touch after paint touch after paint touch so he can either draw fouls, kick out to a 3 point shooter(Momcilovic or Mason Williams), or hit a cutter coming to the basket.


Instead, we are trying to take the man off the dribble with combo guards using terrible or no screen settings, and trying to chuck up thirty-five 3s. You adjust to the ******* team you have not try to create a team that can't possibly be created from the overall limited talent you have on the roster.

 

[CrimsonCats_rivals]

His NBA prospects are a bit murky because he lacks explosive athleticism and doesn’t currently have the shooting to offset that.

As a college player, I’m struggling to understand the almost universal criticism of him in this thread. He was severely limited in the first half because of foul trouble and still finished the game with 19/10/5 on high efficiency. He was one of only two guys (along with Zoom) who really showed up at all tonight, and is a really good college center. Our problems lie elsewhere.

 

[paulcalhoun_rivals397471]

I’ve said it for a month now. Softest UK big man of all time.

And we’ve had some softees.

People have been telling you for a month that is stupid hyperbole. Do you remember Skal or Sarr for example?

 

[loublue22_rivals308424]

His NBA prospects are a bit murky because he lacks explosive athleticism and doesn’t currently have the shooting to offset that.

As a college player, I’m struggling to understand the almost universal criticism of him in this thread. He was severely limited in the first half because of foul trouble and still finished the game with 19/10/5 on high efficiency. He was one of only two guys (along with Zoom) who really showed up at all tonight, and is a really good college center. Our problems lie elsewhere.

he's terrible defensively and rebounding-wise. don't care about garbage time stats when the game is out of reach.

 

[Drogon]

His NBA prospects are a bit murky because he lacks explosive athleticism and doesn’t currently have the shooting to offset that.

As a college player, I’m struggling to understand the almost universal criticism of him in this thread. He was severely limited in the first half because of foul trouble and still finished the game with 19/10/5 on high efficiency. He was one of only two guys (along with Zoom) who really showed up at all tonight, and is a really good college center. Our problems lie elsewhere.

Because most of these people should be in the kitchen baking a cake while the wife watches her soap operas and reality shows. These are not the days of your mom and pop UK fans

 

[Lameguy]

His NBA prospects are a bit murky because he lacks explosive athleticism and doesn’t currently have the shooting to offset that.

As a college player, I’m struggling to understand the almost universal criticism of him in this thread. He was severely limited in the first half because of foul trouble and still finished the game with 19/10/5 on high efficiency. He was one of only two guys (along with Zoom) who really showed up at all tonight, and is a really good college center. Our problems lie elsewhere.

Those were some ticky tack fouls called on him. Hell Renn had way more contact on Moreno than the fouls that Moreno was called for. It is amazing that Moreno and Zoom get so much crap from this fan base. They were the only two that showed anything tonight