Gabriel has a freakish skillability and could play at the 3, 4 or 5 if needed.
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Gabriel has a freakish skillability and could play at the 3, 4 or 5 if needed.
Is this the next version of the stupid "slow walk" post?
He played PF and C all day.... ...and only got the ball in his hands on the perimeter like 3-4 times. Thats not enough to judge that he's not a wing.
How so? Saying he doesnt posses wing qualities??
Nothing outrageous with that considering its true. no clue why fans continue try to make him out to be something he;s not.
He's a PF.
[roll] Damn you should tell Cal then since Cal sold him on playing the 3 at UK
I can bet my entire life that Cal will play Wenyen at PF for majority of the season.
Cal isnt stupid.
There is someone stupid alright and its not Cal nor is it I.
You said he has no ability to play the 3. So the bet is he has to play PF the entire time.. You want to bet that and I'll put 1000$ on it right now. you game?
Boy you're wrong
He certainly is doubling down on the ignorant today huh?
He's showed way more ability to play the 3 than Lyles........ remind me again what position Lyles played? LOL yep the 3.
No, because i know how Cal will work this.
He'll start off the season experimenting Wenyen at SF. Once that fails & he realizes how that idea was foolish, he'll pull the cord & stick at PF full-time where he belonged.
Bam is the prominent PF, that much is fact...then along with WG there's SCJ, plus you have Hump, Wynard and Lee if he returns.
Which of that group is going to play the stretch 3 over Gabriel?
If Briscoe comes back you have the 3 as an interchangeable position IMO based on matchup.
Go big:
Fox
Monk
Gabriel
Adebayo
Lee
Go small:
Fox
Monk
Briscoe
Gabriel
Adebayo
Which of that group is going to play the stretch 3 over Gabriel?
If Briscoe comes back you have the 3 as an interchangeable position IMO based on matchup.
Go big:
Fox
Monk
Gabriel
Adebayo
Lee
Go small:
Fox
Monk
Briscoe
Gabriel
Adebayo
You are basically just saying that you are smarter than Calipari. And my response to that is
Wow, you're doign yourself no favors here.
- Lyles had no choice but to play SF b/c of the stupid frontlow depth.
- Lyles handles, coordination + passing are better than Gabriel's.
- Lyles at SF MURDERED our floor spacing. We were just so big & talented, we still found ways to get buckets.
3 bigs lineups are brutal for everyone involved.
Lyles didnt murder our floor spacing you tool. He hit jump shots out to like 20 ft. That pulled defenders out.
Gabriel took 1 shot and missed it and from that you act as if he cant hit any jump shots.
Why are you ignoring the talent on that team? One of the most talented squads to ever play CBB.
We dont have that this yr. So we cant afford throwing out bad lineups.
Man, talk about going full-retard...
How many times have you seen Gabriel play in the past 9 months?
You keep acting like you are smarter than Cal.... and thats not going to work out well for you
One reason Cal won't get Ferguson is we are at 13 players now and he is still going hard after Bolden. Also, when Monk is hot he is just as good from 3 point land. We saw that in the McDonald's All-American 3 point contest that Monk won this year. I have seen Monk a few times this year on ESPN and he is a great outside shooter and from 3-point. Fox isn't that bad from outside and from 3 either. They have both been on ESPN this year a few times and even in the games with Fox scoring 30 and 40 points and was hitting the outside shot and 3point shot. We need Briscoe this summer to work on his outside shot and become better shooting from the outside. With Fox, Monk, and Willis we will be fine from outside shooting. Monk and Willis will shoot well from 3 next year. We will be fine.
The people who've studied his game longer than all of us have made it super clear he's not a wing player. Dunno why you guys ignore that & just run w/ Cal's words like always.
Its not hard to pass Cal IQ-wise on the offensive department. just sayin...
Just watched the first quarter and wow was that some bad basketball. Basically about as bad as the McDonald's game.
which guys have said he's not a wing player? link please or it didnt happen
Yeah, we just had the #1 offense going into the tournament. What does he know.
I'd settle for IB to become a dead-eye from the stripe and break even more ankles attacking the rim.
You can't argue with stupid. Well, ya can but it won't do ya no good.
Lol he'll just say it was due to Murray and Ulis. Well no **** Sherlock.
All that glory goes to this man :
Like Cal said, he will finally have to do most of the coaching next season with Tyler gone.
By the way........ there is a check list on if you can play the wing and it goes like this
Can you shoot the ball well enough to keep defenders honest.... Check
Can you drive the ball to the basket ....... check
Can you defend the 3 spot .......... check
If you dont think he's fast enough to guard 3's... then you werent watching him play defense at all
Also ... if you mention ball handling..... remember you cant drive to the basket without ball handling
Can you shoot the ball well enough to keep defenders honest.... Check
Can you drive the ball to the basket ....... check
Can you defend the 3 spot .......... check
If you dont think he's fast enough to guard 3's... then you werent watching him play defense at all
Also ... if you mention ball handling..... remember you cant drive to the basket without ball handling
I said its been made clear he;s not a wing. When you add up all his flaws, its funny people evevn entertain the thought of him playing on the wings.
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Wenyen-Gabriel-82091/
Where did it say he cant play SF?
at no point has this been an argument about where he'll play in the NBA.....
I never said that. Let me repeat myself for the 3rd time - Its made super clear he's not one when you add up his flaws/
You know whats hilarious, DX makes no mention of him playing on the wings or put SF as his position because he's so far away from that its not even on their minds. Only people who think he can are UK fans bc Cal said so.
Sorry im not a UK cheerleader like 95% of the board.
By cheerleader, i mean people who post w/ blue tinted glasses. A opinion that differs from most is treated like a bomb around here.
Yep he should be able to defend all five different positions, depending on the matchup at the 5. As long as he has a consistent jumper he's going to be unbelievably good next year