And honestly if he is a 35% 3 point shooter going forward that's fine and all.
But you can't shoot 40% from 2 and be effective. Especially when last year he took 288 shots from 2 and 154 shots from 3.
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And honestly if he is a 35% 3 point shooter going forward that's fine and all.
But you can't shoot 40% from 2 and be effective. Especially when last year he took 288 shots from 2 and 154 shots from 3.
Every single fan said we must get more athletic to compete in the SEC. If he is an athlete, Pope will find ways for him the help the team.
And Pitts beat writer said if you surround him with shooters and a better team he will thrive.
Good quickness, passing, and free throw shooting % but disappointing to fans who expected Braden Smith or Donovan Dent.
As long as we have 2-3 decent 3 point shooters on the court with him I like the pickup. We lacked the ability to get by defenders 1v1 last season and it seems like that might be his best ability. Him, OO, Jasper, Kam all look to be guys that can force help defenders on defense.
That's fair. I do take what opposing fans say with a grain of salt, though. You'd think Big Z was the worst player to ever hit the hardwood if you listened to half our fans.
You don’t this is a piece of the equation? You forget about Jasper, Lewis, Oweh?
Yes these are apples to oranges in comparison. I loved the butler addition just because of the experience he brought to the team. He had Championship game experience and he was defensive player of the year in his league! This guy is no comparison to Butler!
Bitching is some peoples natural disposition. I was accused of that under Cal but I was correct.
My only question is, can he play defense. He doesn’t seem to be a great shooter but if he’s good at everything else he doesn’t have to be.
Yes just what I said he might do better under pope's system but about every player had better stats last year then his.
Still do
I was going to say, this is how your program becomes an IU, but IU has way more NIL than UK, so I guess we will need to retire that one!
Sure looks like hes going to need alot of work. Worrisome hes a poor defender since we wont have a shot eraser.
Sure feels like a bargain find because probably barely anyone else was interested. Everyone is analytics driven and his are poor.
If we're even going to compete for an sec title, we're going to need him to vastly improve or just be a depth piece; and you can pretty much bank on it having to be the former.
Sure doesn't look like an upgrade of any sort.
The fact we're celebrating this shows how far off we are from competing even for an sec title. We need way better than this to catch up with Florida, bama, Tennessee, and Auburn.
Don't even consider the ncaa title.
Sure feels like a bargain find because probably barely anyone else was interested. Everyone is analytics driven and his are poor.
If we're even going to compete for an sec title, we're going to need him to vastly improve or just be a depth piece; and you can pretty much bank on it having to be the former.
Sure doesn't look like an upgrade of any sort.
The fact we're celebrating this shows how far off we are from competing even for an sec title. We need way better than this to catch up with Florida, bama, Tennessee, and Auburn.
Don't even consider the ncaa title.
Not sure what's going on in Lexington right now but its not good.. Rather just let Lewis or Johnson start at point over this guy next year..
I don't know why people say players will get better shooting the 3 in Pope's system. Maybe, but Brea, Oweh, and Kriisa didn't. As of right now we don't have many sharp shooters on the team next year. Can they get better? Sure, but it's not guaranteed. Here are the three point percentages from this year:
Oweh: 35.5%
Chandler: 34.7%
Noah: 33.3%
Perry: 32.1%
Garrison: 30%
Lowe: 26.6%
K. Williams: 41.2%
Oweh: 35.5%
Chandler: 34.7%
Noah: 33.3%
Perry: 32.1%
Garrison: 30%
Lowe: 26.6%
K. Williams: 41.2%
He shot 40% his freshman year. He was asked to do more on a bad Pitt team this year. It’ll go back up next year since he won’t be asked to take on a heavy load.
He shot damn near 90% from the line. His shooting will improve with a better system and better coaching.
He has potential. He played for a really bad team and I could see him doing a lot better at UK than he did at Pitt.
To me the we only know one of those three ..........Jasper and Lewis may very well be good here. But until they are actually here IMO they are unknown quantities.
And Oweh while i absolutely love him and he had a bunch of really great games at times tended to be a bit out of control as well.
6 3 long soph. Like that. 2 yrs left.
I’ll wait and make up my own mind before judging.
Feel like I’m better doing that than taking the opinion from some who probably didn’t ever really play. Usually good free throw shooters can shoot.
He’ll get plenty of practice on the 3 at UK. Expect he’ll get much better all around working with this staff.
I’ll wait and make up my own mind before judging.
Feel like I’m better doing that than taking the opinion from some who probably didn’t ever really play. Usually good free throw shooters can shoot.
He’ll get plenty of practice on the 3 at UK. Expect he’ll get much better all around working with this staff.
But will they make the layup? I do like his assist numbers. Get to the lane and kick out to a good 3-pt shooter. Whoever that’s going to be . . . .
If you didn’t know who Lamont Butler was after he literally hit a game winning shot to put his team into the National Championship..
Do you even watch college basketball?
Do you even watch college basketball?
and the older you get the more you mature so who says Oweh can’t fix that part of his game.
The shooting will come along. 35% from three his first season. Major drop this season, but 88%ft is excellent, and I think the three shot will come along nicely. Athletic enough to play good D.
Great addition. Seems like the kind of PG Cal would regularly bring in. Athletic slasher.
That last part is interesting. Because you would think someone that good at free throws it would translate to the 3 point line. We shall see tho I guess.
People bitched for days about not getting a player. We get an All ACC level guard, and it’s not good enough. Lowe is a damn good get by the staff
Also I read on here 2 days ago that Pope and staff met with this guy and that other guy and pitched theM on playing the 1 and the 2 so might be good news for the other guy you guys are excited about (sorry can’t remember his name lol I have no idea how you guys keep up with the portal 
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He shot much better as a freshman.
With great spacing and good shooters around him, he'll shoot much better next year.
He has really nice form on his shot.
I could see this guy being a good fit with our offense. Now let’s get a couple more guys and get to work.
It was as a frosh then I’m assuming he was asked to do too much and started chucking up shots. Shot selection will be key part of his development
I’m partial to lefties so he’s got that going for him. Form on shot looks fine. Percentages are largely based on the quality of shot you’re getting. Let’s see what he can do in our system. Looks like a nice player.
Don't let the negative Nancy's get you down, you true Big Blue Fans. Everyone who actually knows anything about basketball are excited about this kid since it checks so many of the boxes we were missing with Butler and our team from last year.
I think Garrison will continue working on his threes. Kam will be a solid shooter. I think Oweh makes a big jump next year on his shooting since that's his one main drawback as a SG. Trent. Maybe Perry gets his confidence and shot back when he's not tasked with too much too soon. Alvaro, if we get him, will be a sharpshooter.
We'll have shooters.
Yes, the guy who averaged 16.8 ppg / 4 ast and was All ACC 3rd team is a horrible player who has absolutely no chance at Kentucky.
I've seen enough of this to know that usually when we get to years 2 and 3 and beyond, players for the most part tend to be what they are.
Every October we always hear player X looks so good in practice. And player Y got so much better.
Then the season hits and those players are what they are for the most part.
I expect Oweh to give us similar production to what he gave us this season. And for that part of the team, I think that's just fine. He's going to be a key contributor here.
But I just don't think it's wise to go into a season and think he'll be a much better player than he's been.