Yesterday Matt said he's heard really good things about everyone except one player and that player hasn't been what was expected. Anyone know who that player is?
Ksr talk about the team
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Well prior to saying that, he basically named every player except Almonor, Chandler, Williams and Noah. But we know Williams has been good based on the footage we’ve seen, so I’m guessing it’s one of the other three.
But to even say that at all in early August is pretty lame on Matt’s part. Dude just can’t help himself.
But to even say that at all in early August is pretty lame on Matt’s part. Dude just can’t help himself.
Hopefully Grant Darbyshire or Walker Horn.
Remember when MJ kept talking about how Richards entering his junior year was showing little to no improvement and looked bad in practice?
I seem to remember he said something about PJ Washington too.
Matt tends to say whatever gets him a little attention.
Take these assessments, positive and negative, with a grain of salt.
Every year from 2014 on, this board would be convinced that the team is 10 deep with a first team all american in the starting lineup. By 5 games in, the board would think at least half of roster shouldn't sniff a minute of gametime lol
Every year from 2014 on, this board would be convinced that the team is 10 deep with a first team all american in the starting lineup. By 5 games in, the board would think at least half of roster shouldn't sniff a minute of gametime lol
Absolutely. And he wants people to tune in and hope he gives details. Such a douche
I don’t think it’s Chandler or Williams.
Matt is back from his 2 month European vacation with Chevy chase?
And people know not every player is gonna live up to expectations. They never do.
And people know not every player is gonna live up to expectations. They never do.
That is true, early on we always hype the team and then half suck after 5 games. By the end of the year we see almost everyone’s value and usually the cream of the crop is obvious pretty early. Some guys do come on later in the year though. Some struggle. I just hope we have enough to get back to winning the SEC and maybe the elite 8 or so.
Some dudes are gonna look good, some not so good every summer. All Matt can do is comment on what he's being told. But yes, he's the worst or whatever.
Hell yeah!
That's what I'm ready for.
Don't threaten me with a good time.
But, since 79. We had Bowie and Sampson. Then we didn't.
LFG!
GBB!
Chevy couldn't make it.
Mulvaney more likely.
Love the show.
Wouldn't miss it.
My daughter and I listen and.make an over under on mj talking about feelings.
There is nuance.
Good times.
I haven’t been this worried since the KSR fairytale about a student manager beating Onyenso in practice last year.
Matt Pilgrim is a beast
Josh Carrier never misses
Jon Hood is going to have a breakout year
and the list goes on.....
Josh Carrier never misses
Jon Hood is going to have a breakout year
and the list goes on.....
Glad to have anyone talking now. Things were getting slow here.
Ha, it's wild you guys are crushing KSR for just telling things he was told, even if one of them is that one guy hasn't been up to par yet. Every practice video we've got this board has some hooligan who posts something like, "This team doesn't look like much" or "I hope I'm wrong but this team isn't up to par". Also not surprising you take the one negative piece out of the all the other positive pieces. Never change Rafters.
So who is it? Maybe Brea? Haven’t been hearing much about him so far this summer. Chandler has been putting in work and we’ve heard Robinson is the best player on the team. Williams has been reported to be tearing it up and Perry has been shooting lights out. Thoughts on who it could be?
As I understand it, Brea took quite a bit of time off to heal from a number of injuries this offseason. Wouldn’t surprise me if he’s a little out of shape and behind the others that have been practicing all summer.
People get mad at Matt for the silliest reasons.
He has a show what do you expect? If you are talking about UK basketball in August you have to try to find something interesting to talk about. Saying the team looks great is kind of boring even if it's the truth. Doing what he did at least gets people talking about his show and who it could be.
He talked about Chandler. It wasn't him.
Just now he mentioned it again that it's a 4/5 . Someone that backs up carr. I believe it's the dude from Oklahoma st
I think he was talking about PJ's pull out game, which seems to be severely lacking.
The one player I've not heard anything on (neither good or bad) and was expecting to hear more is Andrew Carr. That would be my guess but that's just a guess based on the hype coming into the program. Seeing him play, I am confident he'll be a good contributor but again just guessing.
Not sure Oweh was mentioned. I took it to be him or Williams (given Garrison was mentioned twice)
It wasn't him. They were talking him as being our first or 2nd best scorer. Today they said he would be playing a lot because one of the guys at his position wasn't as far along as they had hoped. I believe it's Garrison
Same here. I may have just missed a mention. Carr was mentioned as 2nd top scorer. Almonor wasn’t mentioned but I’ve taken him as a 15-16 minute guy. Williams or Oweh are pieces that would be “disappointing” if not performing. The multiple mentions of Garrison made me think Williams in whatever mystery context Jones was playing that day.
Pope said that Williams is like a man among boys at times.
Glad to hear it wasn't Carr.
I can tell you who I think is a massive disappointment and just don't like his game and that's Kriisa. Never have cared for his play and he's produced historically awful numbers in the NCAA Tournament. But he's "fun" or "crazy" and that is more media friendly. His antics wear thin when he's stinking up the court.
Read something the other day that said Butler and Kriisa are both 'elite' point guards.
It is going to be interesting with him. Agree 100% that if he's playing well, he will be loved. If he struggles, people will not get on-board with what he brings to the court.
I had to look at his NCAA Tournament numbers. Nuts that he has taken 24 shots in 3 NCAA Tournament games and every one has been from 3. 3 for 24 from the field is not good.
It's going to be interesting having him come off the bench. Dude has started 93 of the 99 college games he's played.
I hear Almonar. He and Carr are 4 spot.
Williams and Garrison are 5, in theory.
Unless they are positionless.
Williams and Garrison are 5, in theory.
Unless they are positionless.
You missed Oweh - not one word said about him. I would also remove Chandler from your candidates because shortly after Jones' comment he mentioned how he hadn't really heard anything at all about Chandler.
So, that leaves Almonor, Williams, Oweh, and Noah. I wouldn't think there were much expectations for Almonor or Noah, so I think it's between Williams and Oweh - and considering we've heard from other reports that Williams has looked fairly good, I suspect Oweh is who Jones was referring to.
It's either that, or Jones meant to say Williams when talking about Garrison. In that case, Garrison is likely the player who has underwhelmed. That would follow with what other folks have said in prior reports.
No idea if Oweh is who Jones was talking about or not, but this seems as good of a place as any to say that I’m a little concerned about him coming into the season.
It seems like a lot of the board sees his overall stats and has him penciled in as one of our better players to start the season. He had a night and day split between his non-conference and conference production though. While his defense may still prove useful, those 36/21/55 shooting splits in Big 12 games scare me for a guard. Hopefully that was just a fluky slump and isn’t an indication of his true ability.