Looks like he’s trending to Washington. What’s pushed “expects” to think this is going to happen? I guess it’s better than Michigan St.
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There are only 3 schools I hope he doesn't go to: UNC, UK, and Duke.
It sucks that we missed on a couple of guards/wings who apparently promised K that they were coming to Duke. But why compound that with a lineup that isn't in Duke's wheelhouse?
It sucks that we missed on a couple of guards/wings who apparently promised K that they were coming to Duke. But why compound that with a lineup that isn't in Duke's wheelhouse?
Interesting take. I don’t think the two big system doesn’t work. I think it works when you have a good defender or two on the perimeter. Wendell Moore is just that. If we have another to go with him, we’ll be straight.
I wouldn’t let another team’s struggles impact your feelings about future teams. We all know last year’s team had their fair share of issues. But they were also a roll around the rim from going to the final four. I will always take the best talent and let our leader handle it from there.
Yep. I also think it had less to do with 2 bigs than the inconsistency of our backcourt.
Count me in to that group. 2 bigs was just fine and people point to issues with “no point guard”, “no shooting”. Meh. Even with the D, which was bad by any standard, the team was talented enough to be one of the best in the nation.
Very true. It was good enough to be good last season, with consistent shooting (which in some respects we had it), that team would have been exceptional.
Let’s first find out where he’s going before we decide the reasons why he didn’t choose Duke. This could be a head fake. But let’s just let it play out before assuming he’s a done deal to Washington.
If we get Stewart, you put him at Center and let Carey play PF. Carey is better than Stewart away from the rim and Stewart is probably the best low post rebounder in this incoming class.
1 consistent outside shooter would have been nice. We didn't have a single guy last year that I felt confident would hit 3s from game to game.
I’m going with the word hypocrisy, living in Kentucky I just can’t see that ish!
Offense was never that team’s problem. Just get me one stop against Kansas and Grayson’s shot isn’t needed.
Gary Trent shot over 40% I believe. He was very consistent once ACC play started
He and Grayson were both pretty streaky. Grayson was worse, he was either on fire or couldn't throw it in the ocean. All of our losses last year did happen on nights they both went cold at the same time.
That’s true. They were our only two shooters so when they had bad nights our chances of winning decreased
Trent started to slump towards the end of acc or maybe started in the tourney.
Not really. He just had bad shooting nights at the wrong times and we couldn’t recover.
If Grayson Allen played like his Soph year, we are in the Finals and I would take us in that final game 7 days a week. Grayson, Trent, and Duval should have been more than enough. Sometimes they were, but too often they weren't. It wasnt for a lack of effort, it just didn't happen. Can't blame Bagley and Carter for that. Until that last shot rolled out, I believed every shot that Grayson took was going to go in and be the start of him catching fire and leading that team to a championship.
Tre has been removed from most 2019 mock drafts. Not gonna read too much into this, if he comes back and looks like the player he has been, he will still be a 1st rounder.
But, can one dream that we still get him for the tourney run this year AND we get him as our leader next year?
But, can one dream that we still get him for the tourney run this year AND we get him as our leader next year?
Yep. Bad timing for my last post, every site other than ESPN has taken Tre off it seems.
Hurt fits much better with next year's roster anyway. Especially if Bolden returns.
Hurt is a PERFECT 4-man for how K likes to run his offense, he has a lot of Ryan Kelly in his game, however freshman Hurt will be much further ahead than freshman Kelly.
Hurt's defense will be a big question mark though.
Also like the fact hurt could be freshmen in college now he is older than Zion and rj. Turns 19 in april
I hear Hurt isn’t coming to Duke since we are going to lose Saturday.
I hope we blow Virginia out on Saturday and stay #1 on Monday so we can break the internet
Fair point. Our offense's biggest problem was the lack of consistent three point shooting. With it, I feel we could have overcome that team's biggest problem, poor D, which necessitated the move to zone, which probably won't work in the latter stages of March vs today's offenses.
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Our O was fine last year, but with solid and consistent three point shooting, it could have been elite to the point of overcoming our defensive shortcomings.
WRT Hurt, I fear that the evaluator are enamored with the best version of Hurt. That he becomes a Dirk-lite offensive threat in the NBA. But I'm not sure how realistic that ultimately is. Regardless, he won't be near that in college.
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Fit aside (and your points in that regard are very salient), I like guys that play like IS. Aggressive and athletic on O and D, primarily in the low box.
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Vernon is much, much more skilled and comfortable on the perimeter than either of the bigs last year. Not just in shooting 3s, but also in shooting mid range Js and in passing the ball. Boogie Cousins is a great comp, game wise. Vernon isn't as much of a personality concern as Boogie, but their games are incredibly similar. Conversely, IS is much more of like Bam Adebayo. Not as skilled, but aggressive and athletic around the rim.
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Too often we as fans get caught up in what the offense will look like. As you pointed out above, Defense should be the real concern. I heard an NBA analyst talk about that, and he said that when we discuss a player's position or role, we are really talking about D. Because on O, players have to be multi-skilled, so that isn't as important.
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With shooters around them, and with VC being no slouch on the perimeter, I'm less concerned about what the O would look like next year. I am generally no concerned about the O under K. We will score points, some how, some way. In some years, the O might not be as good as we'd wish, but that is often in years where the O wasn't good enough to over come bad D. In those years, the O was good enough to win a title if not for poor D.
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And I love IS on D. He's an athletic, long armed, defensive machine. That can also chase around perimeter threats. I think he and VC would be an elite defensive big man rotation come March. VC would be fine, but he's not an elite defender. IS is that elite defender.
Heck uva lost at home to VT last year and actually moved up from #3 or #2 to the #1 spot lol
If Stewart does go elsewhere, i am truly hopeful that Bolden is also returning.