And fans know jack ****. Including Rupp Rafters. Pay more attention to the experts. This kid was also a sophomore. He’s a great pickup
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He is almost a 90% FT shooter. From what I've read about him past week or so it sounds like he was pretty much the only good player on Pitt and had to do everything. Probably explains the dip.
I remember when Travis Ford was forced into that role the year after Mashburn when Dent tore ACL. He shot 15% less than the previous season (53% vs 38%) on similar attempts.
Lowe just needs to prove he is a threat. 35% is fine....that is what he was as a FR.
You're not getting Wall, Fox, or Knight out of the portal.
Same ones said this about Butler. I will see how he does. Imagine paying top dollar like Kansas, IU, and Kansas St just to name a few and being terrible.
Jones just said we are looking to add 2-3 more pieces. A shooter and a big. So Alvaro is the big. But I wonder who the shooter is?
Explain what you mean by that… he was one of 8 players in the entire country to average over 16th, 4 rebounds and 5.5 assists… also had 1.8 steals per game and shot 88% from the ft line. He can shoot. He was on a **** team with **** coaching. He’ll thrive under Pope. He doesn’t need to shoot over 40% from 3 anyways. 35% would do just fine. We will have the shooters . Especially if the guy from Spain commits
This year’s version of Pope’s offense did not seem to need a traditional lead guard, so I don’t think Lowe will feel the need to do too much.
Check out some of his HS shooting stats. 2021/22 he was over 50% from the 3. Granted I'm going to assume his team was much better than the competition to have THAT kind of efficiency. But it shows he can hit 3s. Last year seems to be the outlier.
54 for 90 is pretty good to me.
54 for 90 is pretty good to me.
I agree I think they need 2 bigs. Alvaro and a physical guy for sure.
Def need a bruiser.
I would be scared with Garrison our starting center.
Oweh and Garrison not exactly great shooters around him
I didn't know anything about him, so I decided to check his stats from this past year. I picked nine games Pitt played against what I loosely considered "good" teams (i.e. tournament teams generally). I'll list the specific games below. Here's what he averaged against those teams:
Pts: 17.5
Reb: 4.7
Asst: 4.2
TO: 3.2
STL: 1.4
His 3P% seemed to be kind of streaky from game to game, from what I remember, but he seems to be the kind of guy who "gets his shot." Which, I seem to remember many on here worrying about.
I try to remember that he also played on a bad team; that can have a bigger impact on your game than many want to consider - like assists.
He seems like the kind of player that could blossom when surrounded by better overall talent. As with all things, time will tell.
Games I used: Wisconsin, Ohio State, Mississippi St., Duke, Louisville (x2), Clemson, UNC (x2).
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Im not saying he isnt.
But did we know jack **** when it was time for Cal to leave? Should the Bennies shut up?
Butler was a certified defensive star who was known as a clutch player .. this dude is no where near Butlers bonfires. I hope he ends up great but he's not nearly as good as Butler coming in.
Really looks more like a panic signing than a boom get. Jmo I don't know ow much about him I never saw him play just reading he's not a lot to be thrilled with .
Correct, we only have one big, we need to have at least 3 bigs as we have seen this year. I hope to hear we have some bigs coming in. If we land 3 more from the portal, two of them will be big men.
Lowe??? 26% from 3 and 37% from 2??? This is very obviously a complete reach! I’m DISGUSTED at his piss poor portal effort so far! Then he loses Yaxel to a big 10 football school and dusty may? wtf is going on in Lexington???
Ah yes. Let’s eat our young before they even step foot on campus.
A lot of you are just like Calipari, just want to recruit the top guys on the ranking charts and throw it together and make it work out.
Good pickup. Welcome Jaland.
Good pickup. Welcome Jaland.
You could’ve put this post in the Lowe thread instead of seeking attention
One of the worst posters all makes another bad. This is the guy that complained all year the Great Osobor was the big missing piece.
I'll say it again.
A lot of you are just like Calipari, just want to recruit the top guys on the ranking charts and throw it together and make it work out. Disgusting.
I'll say it again.
A lot of you are just like Calipari, just want to recruit the top guys on the ranking charts and throw it together and make it work out. Disgusting.
You are nothing more than a low-post troublemaker.
I watched Lowe quite a bit last season and the kid is super talented. Athletic, can create his own shot and gets to the free-throw line at will. I'd attribute the low shot percentages to him being forced to do everything for that Pitt offense.
One thing that should give you hope regarding his three-point % is that he shoots almost 90% from the free-throw line. There aren't many bad perimeter shooters that can shoot that well at the line and so I'd expect with the right coaching and a better surrounding cast (especially shooters), the kid will thrive.
You got a good one and a very underrated pickup IMO
One thing that should give you hope regarding his three-point % is that he shoots almost 90% from the free-throw line. There aren't many bad perimeter shooters that can shoot that well at the line and so I'd expect with the right coaching and a better surrounding cast (especially shooters), the kid will thrive.
You got a good one and a very underrated pickup IMO
Im fine with Garriosn getting some run early in the early lower games. He’s not a bad player. Not sure I want him out there major minutes against top teams.
Right now we only have 2 bigs, what's our plan if we only add one more? Does Pope see Noah as a stretch 4?
