Toggle sidebar

Poythress

U

UK’98UK’00

All-Conference
Mar 29, 2014
3,159
1,379
86
Obviously, hope he heals fully and can play pro. Would love for him to return. That aside, the improved play of the cats lately(yes towns, twins, booker), has been due to Lyles. Would he have emerged or developed as much with Poy playing (i realize poy is a physical freak stud- full court run blocks, huge follow ups)? But, do we have, i feel, a peaking(at least this year) Lyles without the aforementioned Poy injury? No negativity intended, wonder if the cats would be even more dominant, etc. if Alex was playing.

This post was edited on 3/7 11:50 PM by ccukuk

This post was edited on 3/7 11:51 PM by ccukuk
 
U

UKWildcats#8

All-American
Jun 25, 2011
30,327
9,338
0
No, he would not have emerged quite as much, and Lyles and Booker have played a lot more due to Poy's unfortunate injury.

Does anyone know if Poy participated in Senior Day today? I have not heard he did so assume no, but with him on pace to graduate I figured he might. I don't want to read too much into that, but if he did not in fact participate, could mean he is leaning towards returning. It also could just be me hoping to have him back.
 
K

kramer318

Junior
Feb 16, 2002
19,766
233
0
Alex was our best perimeter defender. And a great garbage guy. But Lyles has that typical pro small forward game that works really well with our offense. Has length to rebound and defend, but can also make that midrange jumper that adds a ton to our offense. He is a great player and he's going to make millions next year.
 
J

jameslee32

Heisman
Mar 26, 2009
33,645
22,332
83
I'd like to see him return and grab some of those defensive rebounds left out there at times.
 
DraftCat

DraftCat

Heisman
Nov 5, 2011
12,757
13,783
113
I honestly think we drop one or two games if we had Poy. Blast a way but our offense has been much better.
 
S

Seth C

Redshirt
Jan 8, 2003
7,342
31
0
I'm secretly hoping he is well enough to come in for a few minutes in the championship game, of like DA, for some technical free throws (but in a win). I know he is part of the team, and I know he knows that, but I'm sure it would mean a lot to him to get to suit up and hit the floor, if even just for a minute or two. IF we win this thing it will be historic, and I don't want him to feel like he was "part of the team" with an asterisk.
 
B

BigBlueFanGA

Heisman
Jun 14, 2005
26,435
23,455
0
Originally posted by UKNorse:
I honestly think we drop one or two games if we had Poy. Blast a way but our offense has been much better.
Click to expand...
What an odd statement. So our offense is a little better. The offense would have improved during the course of the year with Poy playing. Our defense was significantly better with Poy playing. You really have no logical basis for that statement.
 
C

caneintally

Heisman
Oct 1, 2002
27,455
17,056
0
Originally posted by UKNorse:
I honestly think we drop one or two games if we had Poy. Blast a way but our offense has been much better.
Click to expand...
that blue devil fan that commented is a moron but go figure. We might have lost 1 game but it is not an odd statement at all. Norse.
 
W

WildMoon

Heisman
Apr 7, 2009
78,693
11,120
0
Our defense was noticeably better with Poythress.

Our offense didn't really spike when he got injured. It gradually went up. No reason why to believe towns, booker, and lyles wouldn't improve the same way.
We would have had historic defense to go along with amazing offense.
 
T

TroutBum

All-Conference
Nov 4, 2014
1,918
2,924
67
Us improving had nothing to do with Poythress being out, it was just the normal progression of players developing under Cal's coaching!
 
S

SemperFiCat

Heisman
Mar 2, 2009
14,566
30,005
0
Why does everyone assumes he's leaving? I've been assuming he's coming back. What am I missing?
 
C

caneintally

Heisman
Oct 1, 2002
27,455
17,056
0
Originally posted by KentuckyWildcat4Life:
Dumb post of the year nominee right here folks
Originally posted by UKNorse:
I honestly think we drop one or two games if we had Poy. Blast a way but our offense has been much better.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
No it is not. I think the best way to summerize the Poythress situation , as long as he comes back without any ill effects of the injury ( and that is a big caveat) is it worked out best for the team in both the short and long term ( made rotations easier and got the better players more minutes and brings a great player back next year ) and best for Poythress long term as he regardless needs as much time he can get to work on his shooting , dribbling and whatnot ( basically anything to do with offense ) . It might not be PC but it is the truth , at least how I and many UK fans veiw it . If you disagree i understand but it is not dumb .

Also #8 is spot on - Our D without Poy is legendary . Was it better with him ? I don't know as the UCLA , UL and UNC games all happened after Poy went out . I think Poy helped out D but without him we still our the best D in 35 years.
 
B

BoulderCat_rivals187983

All-Conference
May 22, 2002
7,871
3,227
0
I know he's on track to graduate, but I personally believe he will come back, and go to graduate school. At best he's probably a late 2nd round pick, and think if he comes back and has a really good year he could definitely improve his standing.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom