Quinn Ellis next UK PG?
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He looks good against bums in whatever Euro league. CBB is the second best league in the world. Could this guy's game transfer?
He’d be a huge get. From what I’ve heard, he’s a big-time talent.
Times certainly have changed when we have to go to the UK to find our point guard. It wasn’t that long ago that Brits didn’t know the difference between a basketball and a bowling ball.
Times certainly have changed when we have to go to the UK to find our point guard. It wasn’t that long ago that Brits didn’t know the difference between a basketball and a bowling ball.
I want the next PG to be very fast. Somebody that can get to the hoop often. An exceptional athlete. I want that more than jump shooting ability. Have Chandler, Kam and other shooters around him.
The ability to finish in traffic.
I only watched about half and that was all I needed to see. 17-17 from the field including 8-8 on threes with about a half dozen assists. Sign me up for that all day long.
Let me tell you something there's only one thing that actually matters when it comes to a point guard and if they're good there then you go to the rest of the things that you look at:
Point guard defense. If they can't guard other point guards they're not worth messing in the college basketball style game. 100,000%.
I just got done talking about this in another thread.
Why did Pope have a chance in his first year? Lamont Butler.
Point guard defense.
This year? MIA
Point guard defense. If they can't guard other point guards they're not worth messing in the college basketball style game. 100,000%.
I just got done talking about this in another thread.
Why did Pope have a chance in his first year? Lamont Butler.
Point guard defense.
This year? MIA
23 years old. averages 8 points in the eruoleague.
Another great point. It’s why I believe we need an exceptional athlete at that position. Defense, creating and ability to get to the rim and finish like the poster above said.
Another left handed point guard. Hope he stays healthy! Heard it’s harder to rebuild an offense when a left-handed point goes down with an injury vs. one that is right handed. 
pope isnt a defensive coach. bringing in athletic, defensive players failed us this year. pope couldnt coach a team like that. my guess he probably feels like if he is going to go down, he is going to go down doing what he knows. while i think you are right...i can see why pope is interested in this guy.
get guys to fit your system and see what happens.
I have zero confidence in Pope's ability to land this guy.
He looks much taller than 6 foot to me. He’s listed at 6’4.
His size and athleticism pop on the highlights to me. Not like insane NBA all star athlete but rather never being overwhelmed in college athlete.
Who are these athletic defensive players we had this year? I must’ve missed them lol
aberdeen, mo d, and williams where 3 guys who were supposed to be athletic and defensive players. but of course that didnt work out
I think the highlights I saw last year for Jelavić from his Serbian team were sped up. He looked really fast. Maybe it was the competition.
not just competition but style of play. look at how much room there is in the paint. its like 3 people on the court compared to college. its easy to do a lot of the things in those highlights when you arent getting bumped the entire time and another guy reaching in.
that being said, he is older, seemingly mature. has good shooting stats. and a good assist to turnover ratio. i think he fits what pope wants to do. so theres that.
Just had 10 points vs Fenerbahce on Friday. EuroLeague is legit basketball.
That Fenerbahce club has BJ Boston, Talen Horton-Tucker, Wade Baldwin IV, Chris Silva, etc
He’s a big risk due to the lack of predictability on how he translates compared to a power conference player but there’a also the advantage of not having to wait for the portal to open to have the most important position locked down(the starter at least)
That Fenerbahce club has BJ Boston, Talen Horton-Tucker, Wade Baldwin IV, Chris Silva, etc
He’s a big risk due to the lack of predictability on how he translates compared to a power conference player but there’a also the advantage of not having to wait for the portal to open to have the most important position locked down(the starter at least)
last years top PGs:
pj haggerty - this season averaged 23ppg and 3 apg for a bad ksu team that fired their coach. had a huge price tag that no one wanted to pay
bennet stirtz - 19 ppg and 5apg for iowa, just helped beat florida to go to the sweet 16
donovan dent - 13/7 for ucla, slow start but turned it around. dont think he would have fit at uk, small and shoots it poorly from 3
rob wright - 18/4 at byu, improved a bunch from his freshman year. future stud
i'd imagine if you bring in quinn, you do it to be the starting PG. that 8-10 points a game in 25 minutes of action has to take a leap forward to 12-14 points. i dont know how possible it is to sell lowe on a back up PG role but that would probably be about as good as pope can do.
The risk with the portal is those names dry up fast…and it’s how they ended up with Lowe. Miss on Dent, Dedan, Demary then be left holding the bag. Also you gotta convince a team of guys to join/stay. Would be nice to have the PG in place when trying to do that.
Unless Lowe wants to take a serious drop in class he’s gonna have to compete no matter where he goes. I can’t image anybody good bringing him in and just anointing him as the starting PG, especially now that he has an injury history.
If Pope wants him, I assume he’s not coming. You’ll get a last second name no one has heard of and he’ll commit without much hype.
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Quinn Ellis plays for Olimpia Milano in Italy's Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague, elite-level competitions.
The EuroLeague is widely considered the second-best league in the world after the NBA, featuring high-level, physical, and professional basketball where Ellis is a solid contributor”
Looks kinda slow but I like his size. Lowe is just too tiny. He’d probably be a solid defender and with his experience he wouldn’t get sped up and flustered.
You are describing Jaland Lowe.
They were all injured. Have you not been paying attention? It’s why we sucked. The 3rd team all ACC man bun PG got hurt and the season went straight to hell. Either that or Pope just sucks and can’t coach.
You are a miserable person.
That's what so many here don't understand. Had Lowe not been hurt we'd had two PG's who are solid, with one of them able to slide to SG. When Lowe was on the floor, the spacing was much better.
If any other high major wants him, Pope ain’t getting him!
Does everyone realize how easy it will be to recruit against Pope this offseason?
We thought this season sucked? Hold the presses, it’s going to be down right cringe worthy
Watch any incoming freshman's highlight video against high school players...
The competition on this video is much better than that.