Not understanding but will there be a transfer portal open up after first semester?
Would it be possible to get a good back up PG before the 2nd semester starts?
Would it be possible to get a good back up PG before the 2nd semester starts?
Transfer PG
- Thread starter Eastkybball
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I've put my name in the portal but not sure they are recruiting 34 year olds with a 3 inch vertical.
To the question your guess is as good as anyone here... we hope there is an option that presents itself.
To the question your guess is as good as anyone here... we hope there is an option that presents itself.
If you play 1st semester, you can't transfer and be eligible at new place 2nd semester. There was a recent transfer that DIDN'T play 1st semester and is immediately eligible.
We could, apparently, add someone from g league or europe.
We could, apparently, add someone from g league or europe.
Would love to add another PG that could give us quality minutes
I think I've read where a team or two is apparently trying to do this. Do we know if it's a "pushing the envelope" type of thing or has it already been ruled as acceptable by the NCAA (or whoever the heck is governing the sport these days)?
I think at this point they might just have to come up with something that works with what we've got when Lowe isn't on the floor. I'm not sure what that would be...
If all else fails we could play JQ in a similar role like Amari had last year. Coming off that high screen at the perimeter and the off guards cutting off zoom action. But we got to get JQ close to the block cause we could live off his rebounding. I like having 2 bigs in with Oweh/Aberdeen/CC or Kam.
I read a story today about a g league player joining a team midseason, cleared by NCAA
We definitely need to add a PG.
Lowe is a fart away from running to the locker room!
Lowe is a fart away from running to the locker room!
If “pushing the envelope” is even a remote possibility, forget it with Barnhart!
Adding a PG would be great... if it's a legit possibility. We need Lowe on the court, but the more minutes he plays the more likely of aggravating the injury.
He pushes envelopes to coaches and JMI
Throw a few million at this kid, Sergio De Larrea
That's along the lines of what I was thinking, maybe MoD like that some as well. Both are ore threat to put the ball on the floor and drive to the hoop than Amari.
BYU got a guy from D League and will make his debut tomorrow night for them.. 6'10" averaged 4 pt and 5 rb,, from Egypt.. Has 3 years left..
If they can get a transfer PG for mid-semester, they need to do it instead of piddling around. And that’s assuming we have a scholarship available.
This is one of the reasons why collegiate athletics are dying. Money kills everything eventually.
Sorry man, I’ve got that spot locked up. I’m 40 with a 1.5 inch vertical, but I can burn the nets down from 3 and we need shooting. I don’t rebound and can run 3 point line to 3 point line maybe 2-3 trips before I die of exhaustion and can’t breathe lol.
We need JJ to get stronger, learn better defensive principles, and to pass the ball. If he just would pass the ball he could be very valuable with his scoring.
You know that, he would penalty write a letter begging them to not clear the player.
Since we're dreaming I want to play the PF position alongside JQ. I just need to grow about a foot, add nearly 100#, and be 40 years younger. Goodness, I would be a monster or as they say now...a grown man. lol Well, don't laugh I still have that dream occasionally,
I'm sure that guy is Mormon.
Here we have a deeply religious school bending their own rules to be great in basketball and yet we are the top basketball school and have an AD who says we will not bend any rules even when there aren't any.
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Problem with JJ is he can’t beat his man. Nobody on this team can except for Lowe.
I really think Acaden Lewis de-committing is what has put this team on thin ice. Pope figured him to backup Lowe, and he would have been more than capable. It’s still inexcusable that Pope didn’t go out and get somebody else, but at least he DID have a plan to prevent the situation we had with Butler. It just fell through.
If that’s possible it needs to happen. The second Lowe gets reinjured, which almost seems like when not if, we absolutely suck. He’s our only serviceable PG, all our other guards are SGs.
I haven’t followed to even see if Lewis has been playing well but Lewis is a loser imo. He didn’t want to compete with Lowe and got scared off from competition and it ended up being a wrong decision as he would’ve had all the playing time he wanted here with the way things ended up. I’m always a little wary about an athlete that doesn’t want to compete. If Lowe somehow manages to stay healthy all year maybe it’ll end up working out for us to have Aberdeen instead.
I thought Acaden Lewis was likely the best high school PG recruit in that class for UK. He was a skilled multi-year player who looked the part of a guy that develops into a big time winning college PG - maybe as soon as into his into Sophomore season - and yet good enough skill wise to play the position as a freshman in a back up/shared role. But I have to agree with you that if the fact that Lowe was just a Junior scared him off, that's not a good sign that you've got the type of competitor you need to compete for a title.
We have 14 real players as of now. Zach Tow doesn't really count I would assume, right?
Illinois just picked up a forward, Toni Bilić, 6 days ago from Croatia for this season.
Iirc teams have 15 roster spots regardless of status. We have 15. We cant add anyone unless we remove someone.
Lowe is a random bump from being done for good. We really should just never have him practice and severely limit his game minutes. Its the only way to maximize his impact on this season.
trent noah its been nice knowing ya
Bummer... perhaps when you die they'll give me a call.
Coach Pope if your reading the boards we got some old ballers that can assist with that back up PG role. Results may vary.
I know that we need to play Lowe in order to get the offense flow going but if I was Pope I’d sit him as much as possible. Would not play him tonight and I wouldn’t play him a lot through SEC play due to the shoulder screens he’s gonna be targeted with like Butler was last year. I’d only play him in 2nd halfs unless we are getting tumbled. Limit his play as much as possible and save him for the NCAA and SEC tournament.
Fairly sure you pay enough NIL you don’t need a scholarship. They can pay their own tuition.
While I'm not against bringing in a back up point guard, I do question Kyree Walker. He's like a 6-5 or 6-6 small forward. It would be like cloning Oweh and Aberdeen hoping for a point guard right? Only stats I saw by quickly looking was when he was in the G league and he shot 17 % from 3, had a 1 assist per 2 turnover ratio and was listed as a small forward. Not sure we need more players in that log jam position on this team. Maybe I'm wrong and he is a PG, but that seems wild we'd be connected to Kyree.
There's 2 ways to do it.. If opt in for the 15 scholarships you can't have any more players than that.. If opt out and go with 13 scholarships,, you can have as many other players (walk ons) as you want..
