Jaland Lowe to uk
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Good pick up. Crafty player, can obviously make a layup in traffic with contact and has a nice floater. I’m good with it.
lol, 26th pick in mock draft for next year is the backup PG….. delusional
Take that negative **** to Arkansas
Or we could just be miserable, like you.
Butler went from 32% career from three, 30% his last year at SDSU, to 39% this year at UK.
Insane jump due to coaching, system, and supporting cast.
I trust Pope.
That’s actually my point. People freak out bc they aren’t top 10
Could they go after a Dash Daniels, Dame Sarr or some other International big. I could be wrong but I see them looking for some type of big either now or later in the portal. If no big is later in the portal I could see an international big late in the process
He is the 5th best PG of the portal according to 247 rankings so nope I’m not delusional.
If @ralphdaltonfan says he's a good pick up then I'm all in. Dude is has been spot on evaluating people and telling us if people are gonna work. I remember him calling the sky Clark thing waaaay before it happened.
From a quick look at highlights, he took a lot of difficult 2's off of drives. Made the ones on the highlight reels, and I'm guessing missed a bunch of others like them. I'm hoping he was just following the coaches orders cause coach figured the weren't going to get better shots.
No, but the pussies should and no, I’m not saying you’re one of them, but there are plenty of them on here and it’s embarrassing the crap they’re stating about a new Kentucky basketball player.
Certainly not a bad get, but it's still certainly not the "superstar" add that Pope supposedly promised.
If this puts us out of the running for Pierre, then I do not like it at all.
Posters were waiting for another portal commitment and immediately bash it. He’s got some areas to improve in sure but Lowe is still a good player and will definitely help this team. Look at how much Butler improved offensively. Can we not be happy about another solid addition? You really can’t win with this board sometimes……
Ummm Pierre can definitely play more of a combo guard, but they certainly do play the same position. Pierre is more like Maxey when it comes to their positions.
Folks, let me ask you a couple of questions. Do you remember Cliff Hawkins that played PG at UK from 2000-2004? Did you consider him to be a pretty damn effective guard?
If you answered yes to the above 2 questions, then relax about Jaland Lowe. He's basically a 2 inch taller version of Cliff Hawkins who shoots free throws much better. Don't believe me? Fine. Take a look at and compare their stats for yourself:
http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Players/Hawkins_Cliff.html
Feeling a little better now? Good. Now, remember that Cliff Hawkins wasn't the only decent player on his teams. He had guys like Tayshaun Prince, Marquis Estill, Chuck Hayes, Erik Daniels, Gerald Fitch and Keith Bogans around him. Surround Lowe with players of similar quality and his numbers will exceed Hawkins' in every category.
Take a deep breath and relax. This guy will be a terrific PG for us. By the time he leaves UK, we'll love him as much as we love Butler now.
If you answered yes to the above 2 questions, then relax about Jaland Lowe. He's basically a 2 inch taller version of Cliff Hawkins who shoots free throws much better. Don't believe me? Fine. Take a look at and compare their stats for yourself:
http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Players/Hawkins_Cliff.html
Feeling a little better now? Good. Now, remember that Cliff Hawkins wasn't the only decent player on his teams. He had guys like Tayshaun Prince, Marquis Estill, Chuck Hayes, Erik Daniels, Gerald Fitch and Keith Bogans around him. Surround Lowe with players of similar quality and his numbers will exceed Hawkins' in every category.
Take a deep breath and relax. This guy will be a terrific PG for us. By the time he leaves UK, we'll love him as much as we love Butler now.
Not sure they play different positions. Pierre is 6’6 wing
I only meant that signing a pure PG doesn't preclude signing Pierre. I didn't explain myself very well. My bad.
After watching some highlights of Lowe if we can add Pierre that could be one of the best most athletic backcourt in the country with Jasper and Lewis. Oweh and Williams at the 3. We need Alvaro and a backup 4 badly and if we could get a big time 5 we could be very very good.
Pierre is a ball dominant combo guard. With adding Lowe, Jasper, Lewis, Chandler and Oweh potentially returning, that doesn't leave room for Pierre imo. Hope I'm wrong on this one.
No clue
backup level guards don’t average 17 and 6 in the ACC. 98 percentile in playmaking but yeah he is backup
He is respected with his opinion on here I value it is right all the time of course not but is a very knowledgeable poster
BS, he ALREADY is a PG1. And a very good one. ALL ACC is not a backup PG, sorry it just isn't.
But i kind of wonder how Pierre fits when we have Acaden and Jasper both expecting fairly big minutes (even if they can split time at guard positions). If Pierre is that much of a ball dominant guard, maybe Laland just fits the team better. I mean, without any transfers at all, we're going into next season with two 6'3 freshman top25 guards, with Perry and Chandler as backups, and Chandler more specifically being good enough for 15 or so minutes per game.
They literally said in multiple threads days ago that Pope and company saw both this guy and who you’re talking about and were selling them on playing together. No clue if we will land him but this was part of the plan
Do you honestly believe there's a difference in any of these guys?
The top spot at each position, maybe. After that they are basically the same. Anyone of those guys can be good in the right offense.
he shot 40.3 % as a starter his freshman year (19 games). He came off the bench the first 14 games (26%) his freshman year. The last 19 games of his freshman year he shot 40.3% from 3. I have already posted the #s.
We severely need a starting 5 it may come later in the portal but we need a 5 and yes a back up 4 to Alvaro if he commits
- size, athleticism, physicality
- creative, slashing playmaker
- big assist guy
- good rebounder
- can draw fouls at will and score off it
Everything we needed from a gaurd in the SEC this past season. Add in what Kam Williams brings at the wing and Pope is checking boxes, and fit, left and right. Something is just wrong with some of you people.
- creative, slashing playmaker
- big assist guy
- good rebounder
- can draw fouls at will and score off it
Everything we needed from a gaurd in the SEC this past season. Add in what Kam Williams brings at the wing and Pope is checking boxes, and fit, left and right. Something is just wrong with some of you people.
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So he jacked up most of the shots and missed, I can't change what the numbers say.
I guess you didn't bother looking at your last years team stats that I linked.
Or read what I said.
Yes just what I said he might do better under pope's system but about every player had better stats last year then his.
I'm not going off points per game that can be deceiving by how many shoots you took.
Link to KY last year stats look at the % .