The NBA is actually higher on Lowe than they were on Butler.
Lowe will be on an NBA roster before Butler is.
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Lowe will be on an NBA roster before Butler is.
The story was, Calipari went looking for greener pastures when he found out the UK boosters were going to withhold much of the NIL he wanted/ needed, but after watching the past week and a half, it wasn’t a Calipari thing, it was a NIL thing!
Let’s just all get used to this caliber of player being the norm, and we can forget about SEC/ NCAAT championships for the foreseeable future!
Let’s just all get used to this caliber of player being the norm, and we can forget about SEC/ NCAAT championships for the foreseeable future!
In ACC play.
“After coming off the bench early on in his freshman campaign, he earned a full-time starting role for the final 19 games of the 2023-24 season. As a starter, he averaged 13.1 points, 4.1 assists, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.2 steals in 34.5 minutes per outing on shooting splits of 40.8/40.3/86.4.”
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Yeah there's no doubt that played a bit of a role in the low numbers this year.
I expect the numbers to improve. The 3 point number anyways.
The 2 point number.....well that wasn't so great even as a FR when he wasn't talking the bulk.
Better shot selection on a better team will only help his shooting numbers
Yes, he does. Or at least did. Back when he was talking about Cal.
We have trolls who ***** and mosn along with the usually suspect posters
Pierre is a catAlso 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)
If we can add Fulgueris and Pierre, that would be a good transfer portal haul. That would give us 4 of the top 33 per 247. Lowe was the top uncommitted PG, so not sure what people are bitching about.
It's not super splashy, maybe a lower-case boom. But, we might have our lead guards already in Jasper Johnson and Acaden lewis.
A backcourt of Jasper, Lewis, Leland and Perry is pretty solid to me. Now we focus on getting some beef.
I don't think people are saying he sux it's more of just not the level of player by the numbers you would expect.
Who knows Pope got him he might see a good hole to fill with his skill set.
This is what we've waited all week to get? Not saying he's "bad", but he's definitely not top anything in the portal.
Neither of the three have stepped on the court yet.
Did you call Oweh all SEC this time last year?
I'm not really sure why people care so much about other fans either getting excited or not getting excited over particular players.
Everyone can have an opinion.
Lowe is here. He'll be playing this season. The numbers will tell the story on whether or not this was a good pickup or not.
But I can understand both sides. I can understand people being excited and hoping that in a new system and Pope has a great offensive system, that Lowe will flourish. I can also understand people looking at the portal, seeing the names go off the board and thinking ......we settled for this guy.
Everyone can have an opinion.
Lowe is here. He'll be playing this season. The numbers will tell the story on whether or not this was a good pickup or not.
But I can understand both sides. I can understand people being excited and hoping that in a new system and Pope has a great offensive system, that Lowe will flourish. I can also understand people looking at the portal, seeing the names go off the board and thinking ......we settled for this guy.
Biggest question. Can he make a damn layup? Doesn't look like a starting UK pg at all. Hopefully he comes off the bench. Good add if that's the plan.
I mean, do you really WANT you PG to shoot a lot anyway? Isn't his job to drive and finish when it's there and dish, when it's not? Yeah, you have to take open looks when they're sagging off of you, but other than that.
Pope is picking up a guy he believes his system will coach up, like Butler.
Lowe suffers a bit from bad shot syndrome. Cut down his midrange attempts and his shooting will vastly improve.
He is a great free throw shooter for his career, almost 90%, which suggests some latent ability from 3.
Butler in his one season at UK improved his offensive rating from 103 to 116. His TS% went from 49 all the way to 60. He went from terrible to very good.
I expect similar improvements for Lowe. He gets to the rim a good bit. He has some shooting potential shown by his freshman percent and free throw shooting. With better coaching, he can be a pretty good player.
He is no Braden Smith or anything like that. We don’t have access to info about how much we spend on NIL, how much is invested in returning players, or how much we have to spend on new prospects. Like Williams, Lowe was an underclassman. Pope might see value in younger players who are not quite stars yet who are asking for big bucks on the market.
We shall see. This whole NIL thing is the Wild West. I can’t really do anything but trust the coach at this point.
Lowe suffers a bit from bad shot syndrome. Cut down his midrange attempts and his shooting will vastly improve.
He is a great free throw shooter for his career, almost 90%, which suggests some latent ability from 3.
Butler in his one season at UK improved his offensive rating from 103 to 116. His TS% went from 49 all the way to 60. He went from terrible to very good.
I expect similar improvements for Lowe. He gets to the rim a good bit. He has some shooting potential shown by his freshman percent and free throw shooting. With better coaching, he can be a pretty good player.
He is no Braden Smith or anything like that. We don’t have access to info about how much we spend on NIL, how much is invested in returning players, or how much we have to spend on new prospects. Like Williams, Lowe was an underclassman. Pope might see value in younger players who are not quite stars yet who are asking for big bucks on the market.
We shall see. This whole NIL thing is the Wild West. I can’t really do anything but trust the coach at this point.
I respect what you're doing. You are trying to help your fellow Cat fan. I tried doing this too but now I'm just going to observe and hope for the best.
For me, it was more about proving we can get talent. Two top30 guys is nice to see. We weren't going to get 4 of the top10.. but we're now keeping pace with the best of them in the team rankings, and that matters to me maybe more than anything.
I’m hoping, again I can’t reiterate I know nothing. He did say the staff was selling him on Lowe and him playing together
Hope man. His interview he said the staff was selling him on playing with Lowe. If the hair happens next week like it’s suppose to we have a shot at least
He’s guessing, but Pope did discuss the possibility of them playing together.