I thought Lewis would have been good in Pope’s system.
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Led the game in assists and second in rebounds… again… in 12 mins. Just an all star game I know, but that’s wild.Don’t tell me that
He is gonna be a baller for sure, he is the level player we need freshman to be.
Johnson. 100%. Still just an all star game, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t wish we retained his talent.
I love how they assign people to do games that have no business being there. Don’t even do cursory levels of research. I’m shocked she didn’t say him and Jasper would be a great backcourt together next year.
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TBH, I love Lewis's game. Think he will be good college player elsewhere
Yea was excited when he committed. He just looked like a Duke or UConn kid. Was really disappointed when he decommitted
She said something like “He’s still uncommitted and many feel Kentucky is in a good spot to land him” haha
Wouldn’t that be something if he re committed to UK
Had hoped pope could land him, and thought he liked pope too. Then he suddenly dropped uk
saw the las 6 or so minutes of the 4thQ and then the ridiculous elam rules ending....the women announcers were not very good...and I am shocked none of the players decked the morons running around behind them with a mic screaming in their ear
Good God Acuff and Dybansta shot 43 shots to get 47pts, woof. Jasper looks to have done well by that boxscore.
I mean all we could retain this year was the 3 Freshman, BG and Oweh and Pope's 100% so far and will be as long as O comes back. I'm not counting KK going to 6th team in 6yrs and the injury situation
Needs serious training on d
Jasper has no d fundamental as of now
Pope needs a ton of teaching on him
Past history.
There's what the media wants you to believe, and what really happens. Media builds those 5 stars up to be automatically good from day 1. After about 5 or 6 players in the rankings, there are very little difference in the top 100 kids. Those 5 or 6 are ready year one and that's mostly it. The highschool ranking system falls in love with athleticism not skill set
It isn’t just the all star game. Do your homework. Watch some of his OTE games and the Nike Hoop Summit. He has a body of work that proves he has no interest in playing defense for any length of time.
I guess I should give up on Jasper before he gets to campus because a high school kid used to being the superstar of his team isn’t an elite defender.
Most high school kids are bad at defense, and the ones who aren’t usually do it more with overwhelming athleticism compared to their high school peers than fantastic fundamentals.
Jasper will be fine. The tools are there.
I imagine Jasper hasn't had a whole hell of a lot of instruction the past year on fundamentals, including defense, in OTE. This is the same with most, including Dilly. I think the league is just glorified AAU ball and can teach some really bad habits. Just a year of seeing who can show out, basically.
Imagine IF JJ comes in very poor defensively. He'll lose lots of key moments on the floor and the coaches will be telling him why. Then he'll very likely put in the work and improve. There is a journey for each player and based on his reputation as a person he'll probably wind up excellent on both sides of the ball, but nobody can predict the timeline for that.
Maybe he will put in the work or he could just pull up stakes and move on. Who knows how guys will react now days
I'm still shaking my head at how the progressive announcing team made Kentucky seem like some Low Major program and the only way they could get a player like Jasper Johnson was due to his family lineage attending the school. It would've been less insulting if they both just took a dump on a UK jersey than the BS they spewed.
I've been saying he is underrated. Most on here thought we shouldn't count on him. Which made him move on! It's a risk/reward. But he has a higher ceiling then Lowe or any other portal pieces.
Same goes for Johnson!
He’s definitely a big loss, it’s just a shame he was scared off by Lowe! He woulda had all the opportunity and had 18-20 mpg to make his case to play more. Such a shame he ran from competition
I am sure they graduated from Duke. The only program worthy of getting any player.
If we had kept Lewis and didn’t sign Lowe, everyone would be complaining because we were starting a Freshman PG.
We can’t have it both ways.
We can’t have it both ways.