Quaintance down to Kentucky & Auburn
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If Yates picks Washington, you really have to question his desire to win.
He was once a cat. And we wanted him. Maybe wants to still be a cat. Now that the dust has settled. I think he is a perfect replacement for amari. He can do good things. AZ st was way better with him, than without. Sign him up.
Frustrating. Pope has to get more talent.
Get that, absolutely, though Pope's team's thrive with versatile players, not plodders and one dimensional type of guys, he just also had ACL surgery five days ago, we haven't had luck in these scenarios.
He should already be with us in last season if he was smart enough...
But that’s not what I would consider gigantic.
So Washington is going to be contending next year?
Washington won't win **** next year just like they didn't win with Fultz, Mc Daniels, Stewart, and Osobor.
They will pay Yates well and since he will probably be the best player on the team, give him a stage to audition for the NBA
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I like Folgueiras and I hope we get gim. But I also like Quaintance and hope we get him. Getting one guy may mean we don't get the other. I'm okay with that too. There is only so many roster spots, even with 15 total available. We might have to take the first that is willing to commit and roll with it, otherwise we could end up losing them both.
They are two very different players and I'm not going to say I prefer one's skill set over the other. Folgueiras is definitely the better FT and 3 point shooter of the two (FG % is pretty much a wash). Quaintance is definitely the more athletic and physical of the two, with a higher overall upside.
In a perfect world, we'd take both and play them 20 minutes each per game to unlock all the benefits of their two different skill sets. They would complement each other quite well. One would give you a good shooter and assist man, the other a tough defender, shot blocker, and physical rebounder for what is a very physical league. It is kinda like debating whether we want Andrew Carr or Patrick Patterson. How can you go wrong with either?
They are two very different players and I'm not going to say I prefer one's skill set over the other. Folgueiras is definitely the better FT and 3 point shooter of the two (FG % is pretty much a wash). Quaintance is definitely the more athletic and physical of the two, with a higher overall upside.
In a perfect world, we'd take both and play them 20 minutes each per game to unlock all the benefits of their two different skill sets. They would complement each other quite well. One would give you a good shooter and assist man, the other a tough defender, shot blocker, and physical rebounder for what is a very physical league. It is kinda like debating whether we want Andrew Carr or Patrick Patterson. How can you go wrong with either?
It’s Pope’s call.
Personally, I take him, but I don’t pay premium price for him and I let him know that he doesn’t get paid unless he actually plays.
He can go elsewhere if he wants to sit and collect a check.
Personally, I take him, but I don’t pay premium price for him and I let him know that he doesn’t get paid unless he actually plays.
He can go elsewhere if he wants to sit and collect a check.
He didn’t pass and rebound as well as Amari last year, but he was leaps and bounds better around the rim.
Lowe
Johnson
Oweh
Dioubate
JQ
That would be an insanely fast lineup.
Lowe
Johnson
Oweh
Dioubate
JQ
That would be an insanely fast lineup.
JQ’s a great get. Top ten player in the portal and a legit stud in the paint. Any time that he needs to further rehab his knee is an opportunity for Moreno to get some much needed experience. JQ and Mo in the paint is going to be a nightmare for the opposing team
No risk, no reward.
Scared of money. don't make money.
Scared of money. don't make money.
He has very long arms for height....makes him look bigger than he is and also why he is an elite shot blocker.
Yeah, I think we have been slow rolling Alvaro because PF is the biggest hole and fewest options in the portal at this point.
I really wish we'd go another direction. Huge risk on him playing an entire season, if any at all.
I would be cool with the staff telling a guy "good luck" if he said was down between teams like us and LSU/UW/NCState.
People return from ACL injuries all the time. Our own guy Derek Anderson tore an ACL at Ohio State. He helped us win the 1996 national title.
JQ is going to want to show scouts that he can play. This isn't like the Sharpe situation at all, where all Sharpe had to do was not play in order to protect his stock. JQ currently doesn't have any first round stock.
He'll be back on the court this Fall/early winter, and when he does, whatever team decided to take the gamble and sign him will be getting a guy with real top 5 pick potential.
There's no one else in the portal who comes remotely close to that.
That is definitely best case scenario. Even then we'll have non shooters on the floor with him unless we fix that.
Hes an exceptional talent. Its just a weird fit and a big risk.
The other point i should've made is his price tag will probably mean we're done adding impact guys. Maybe theyre just shifting aments money to jq but even then it will still put a massive dent in our funds.
Thing is, if he doesn't have first round stock, how does he have grounds to demand top dollar in a contract? He's good, but the staff would be taking a risk on him in addition to possibly missing out on Alvaro (conjecture, but seems like a crowded frontcourt).
Same way he demands it now. His people set the price and someone pays it. There is no logic to nil right now. Agents say a number and someone eventually pays it. That's assuming there isnt a bidding war.
Those acting like recovering from an ACL today is the same as it was 25 years ago. Its Not. You can comeback in 6 months sometimes with proper rehab resources.
For me, it's not that he'll never recover. I'm concerned that he won't be able to practice and he'll need a ton of conditioning to get up to speed, which will not all happen before he's cleared for contact in September.
Will he be able to run sets, cut to the basket, practice the offense and defense, run his butt off, and all that to be worth the price tag next year?
Maybe he can put up a ton of shots and fix that FT and 3pt %.
I dont know guys, My Uncle, McCormick Stanley the old coot, didnt return from his ACL injury, it was not too far off in the decade of the 2020's , he rolled his wheelchair into the physical therapists office and we never heard from him again other than texts to send money western union. Come to think of it he was into cute physical therapists. Ok case solved. What were we talking about again?
oh yeah, Kam Williams can man the backup 4 until JQ gets up to speed so its not like he has to be able to play to start the season.
oh yeah, Kam Williams can man the backup 4 until JQ gets up to speed so its not like he has to be able to play to start the season.
Plus a huge part of Pope's culture is having the guys together on the practice court. Jq wont be there. Instead hed get inserted into the mix part or the way through.
He will be looking to prove to scouts that he is over his injury! Imo we are a team that can be patient with him on his return, and play him 10-15 minutes the first month or so, depending how his knee responds. Then come February March it goes up to 20-25 minutes! Exactly what we need! A 6'10" quick explosive rebounder/cleanup guy around the rim! One of the things that went unnoticed this year was amari FT shooting improvement over the course of the year! I believe Pope will get him up to the mid 60% by February!
I’m not sure I understand all the hand wringing among some posters on this topic. I suppose I’m operating with the view that Pope probably won’t pin everything on JQ being fully healthy and ready to play, and that Pope certainly intends to have another option on the roster (Alvaro?).
We are allowed 15 scholarship players next year, right?
If Pope thinks he can get JQ, Alvaro, AND Yates, then what’s the problem? Are we just assuming this is an either/or situation?
I guess what I’m asking is, if Alvaro were already in the fold and there were these reposts of possibly getting JQ, would some folks still be saying we shouldn’t bother with taking him?
We are allowed 15 scholarship players next year, right?
If Pope thinks he can get JQ, Alvaro, AND Yates, then what’s the problem? Are we just assuming this is an either/or situation?
I guess what I’m asking is, if Alvaro were already in the fold and there were these reposts of possibly getting JQ, would some folks still be saying we shouldn’t bother with taking him?