The last part of your sentence is quite disconnected from today’s reality.
Maybe it is the zoom meeting. Maybe UK stops really going after a guy because the interview is not worth the follow up to this staff. Most of these guys were option 1 on their teams. Pope does not really have a ball dominate guard offense. So if they guy says something like I have to have the ball in my hands, I expect to get at least 20 shots a game... then the staff finishes and stops at that point. Not sure every guy we "MISS" on is on that player. It could be our staff as well.
I want to see some commits as much as anyone, but none of us have enough information to say we are getting turned down quite a bit. Having a zoom meeting is about as little work as you can put into recruiting a player. They likely aren’t making an offer to everyone they talk to.
Which was the plan all along. Pope told Acaden months ago he would bring in 3-4 Portal guys. We don't need more than that assuming everyone who is currently on the roster comes back.
Well, maybe were turning down too many? (Again, this is all assumptions at this point).
It's wild that you don't understand that elite college players exist who will never play in the NBA.
This is kind of where the goal post move comes into place though. Mark Sears is clearly an elite college player, if he was on our team and we got blown out by Duke though people would be complaining about how he was too small and we need elite athletes to compete yada yada yada. No one will ever be happy until we have the best player at every position and even then we will want more kids from Kentucky or something else stupid.
And yet we beat Lanier 2 times and Davis was on a much better team with much worse Coach. Ky will be fine. To many Chicken Littles in Big Blue right now
This OP sounds pretty much exactly like my post in the other similar thread. I even used the term "savior". Lol. Guess I should've copyrighted stuff.
Right and they use analytical metrics for everything not just what we see on ESPN or mix tapes.
But we need a couple super hero saviors and yeah they can be found in the portal or landing ament. The portal will determine what kind of team we will have next year
Neither of those guys are the type of player pope normally would recruit. I feel like there was someone else recruiting once cal was canned or whatever you want to call it.
Oscar says, "hold my beer." You are so correct. Many elite college kids can't smell the NBA. A ton get drafted high but never stay for second contract that really indicates they have made it to the NBA. I'm hoping Reed Shepard is not one of these. I watched a little of the Lakers game last night. The super duper shooter from Tennessee got 3 minutes and looks like a boy among men with his basketball skills needed for NBA.
Knect is a volume shooter and that's been the key to his success. He can't defend worth a flip which is why the Lakers have already tried to trade him.
He most likely will not see a second contract. Wasn't he a late first round pick? Talent evaluation is hard for the NBA guys also.
4 minimum from portal. No way Pope is short handed on the bench or has injuries derail next season.
The question to answer is, did anyone get more value or have more success with the portal players in 24 than UK? I would say a big No.
It’s wild that people don’t understand that a good college player doesn’t mean elite.
Sorry, I nearby verify that you have full right and privilege to the word "savior" in this entire thread.
I get what you are saying, and sort of agree with it, but at the same time disagree with it. A LOT of very good college players simply aren't NBA players, often but not always are "flawed" like being too short for their position in the NBA, but sometimes it's something else.
That top 50 will change over the next couple of weeks, with guys still entering it.
