I don't know about that. The offense Pope runs gets everyone great looks from the three point line and Travis Perry is a terrific 3 point shooter and I would imagine he will get a few more shooters out of the portal.
Reed tidbit via MJ
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Reed Sheppard would THRIVE in this offense, because unlike the **** Cal ran. Pope's offense actually gets shooters wide open looks. He will have shooters at every position on the floor. Big Z should stick around too. He would be the perfect big for this system.
All she did was report something that was said on ESPN to the public. Nothing insider there at all.
Rick Pitino has never wavered on his love for his time at the University of Kentucky.
He has also never wavered on his hate for John Calipari.
RP will help MP become the coach that makes the Cal fans become Hog fans.
There's a chance he'd be surrounded by more actual basketball IQ, rather than raw physical talent, but I'm not getting my hopes up that he even returns.
How's this going to work with his current employer, St. John's?
Mark Pope is the perfect coach for Reed. Last year his team shot more from 3 than from 2. Reed will shine with Pope as a coach.
Come on back Reed and become the best player in all of College Basketball!!
The thing is, the NBA knows he's not gonna shoot 55 to 60% of his 3s for his career. So when it comes to this specific part of his game, Reed just needs to not have his 3pt % fall below 37-38% on the year.. which I'm almost sure won't happen.
The NBAs concern with Reed is, is he mature enough to handle the rigors and grown men of the NBA. That was really his only knock this year, he just sometimes seemed lost and overwhelmed by more physical teams, and when that happened he would sometimes shrivel, play off the ball, not demand the ball. All things he can prove the NBA wrong next year and possibly RAISE his draft stock.. or at the very least keep it the same.
I'm starting to believe that the reason Mitch and Craft were in NYC so long yesterday was because they met with Pitino as a reference for Pope.
Or...Or...maybe he'll be in a system that values X's & O's and will be put in positions to get open shots.
He can shoot 48% next season and still maintain a 50% overall.
Hopefully we all get pleasantly surprised by Travis Perry shooting
Non sense. That offense begs you to shoot bc it creates open looks. Too much screening and cutting. Reed may not experience it he'd be a perfect piece.
We didn't even get to really use Dilly. Sure, some games he saved us, but then we lost other games while he sat in bench. It's nauseating to even say, but in some ways he was about as useful to us as Ty with injuries or even Cason last year. He just didn't get enough looks or minutes. A player can be a 10/10.. but when used like that, he becomes only an 8 or 7/10 for his productivity.
That's my biggest worry. Reed shot 52.1 % from three this year. That would be hard to replicate and if he for some reason struggles shooting the ball he might drop out of the first round. Take the sure money and take care of generations of your kids and grandkids.
He lost minutes to develop into the scorer he could of been. Cal ruined this season. If dilly would of learned how to work through his spazzy mistakes, he could of been awesome in march. He should of seen 35 minutes at least.
that's gonna change and fast. he will be right back in the thick of it as soon as CCC's was gone and CCC's is done gone...
Good point, had not thought about that.
Watching Cam Spencer in the NC game work in Hurley’s offense demonstrated to me how Reed’s skills could be used at UK.
No. He retweeted what Lyndsay Gough tweeted out publicly, she is the sports director at WKYT. If you don’t understand how Twitter is laid out I recommended not commenting.
I, nor MJ ever claimed it to be inside or earth-shattering information, hence "tidbit."
Now that's crazy talk. You can't do that with a young team of NBA talent, so how would it be possible at all? Shooters don't just have plays run for them to get open. They dribble around the perimeter and then shoot a bad shot before the shot clock expires.
You clearly haven't been to a single Camp Cal
The sooner everyone comes to their senses that Reed Shepherd is not coming back. then they will see to understand why. NO TOP 5 OR TOP 10 PICK. comes back to school. especially in this years draft. probably the weakest draft class ever. he will strike will the iron is hot. write it down
I don't think anyone is under any illusions that he'll be back, but hoping and wishing are another thing. I'd love to see what he can do in the right offense and with a coach that knows how to gameplan/coach. Nothing wrong with hoping he comes back, even if it's not at all likely
Write it down. LoL Easy pappy, easy.
Write it down. LoL Easy pappy, easy.
Remember how we had guys with terrible shooting percentages light us up all year? Just maybe running good offense can help get guys open for easier shots like that. I'm sure players can shoot better when the offense is ran like that compared to trying to get your own shot off in Cal's normal offense. Just wait and see how bad Cal's offense will look at Arkansas without Reed, Reeves, and Dillingham. It will be back to a weak screen at the top with a guy driving recklessly into the paint.
Travis can shoot, he just needs some daylight, he's 6'2".
No, Pope is a coach who will actually run sets to get his shooters open shots. We havent seen that around here in at least 15 yrs.
Some here have taken such a stance on Reed leaving that I think they'd be angry if he returned.
So can Joey Hart. Hope he stays.