Trying for Lanier
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And I don’t get why Reeves isn’t getting more Draft love!
Maybe it's just me but it seems like the NBA is more in love with Freshmen than Seniors.
They probably think he's maxed out his potential, kind of like a lot of us did going into last year.
This was posted last night
Then someone asked the follow up question and here was the follow up answer
Based on reading that, I would think the poster was just asking the question to see if anybody else knew if there would be a boom
Reeves and Knecht both came from those "little conference schools" you refer to. So,,,, What is your point ? Dalton Knecht was 3rd in player of the year in all of college basketball, SEC player of the year, Reeves wasn't far behind so your theory is ****. Oh and Mark Sears the 2nd / 3rd (depending on where you place him and Reeves) in the SEC came from Ohio U. The three best players in the SEC last year, not one went to a power 5 school.
Pretty good bucket getters so far Carr, Brea, Krissa, Chandler and Perry. Not bad bucket getters so far Olew and Butler. Then the two bigs are capable of some big games scoring. So if you got Robinson and don't won't to rely on the two young uns a lot, there would be four veteran bucket getters at the top and a couple at the next level down. Butler and Oweh defense will save us some points so add their consistency on defense to the points they actually score.
That would be a bad scenario. Oweh needs to be a energy guy not the leading scorer, brea robinson/lanier and carr need to be the leading scorers
Lanier a cat? did I miss a boom or something just asking a ?
He made a list to Rothstein saying who reached out. Kentucky is still a longshot to get him, and Tennessee is still the heavy favorite. Robinson and a random PF will be our adds
Alright, that’s enough of you, time to join the other 50 posters I’ve put on ignore in the last month
Man you’re cool, but you have overly negative this whole time. Pope hasn’t even coached a game yet, how can you say he isn’t gonna have much of a season yet.
Serious question as I have seen many of these type posts. What were you expectations for this first year?
I mean he is going to need some studs to go far like any other coach.
Some coaches need them, some coaches can win with limited resources. If he gets Robinson and whoever at the PF they will have a good roster. Now will it be a championship roster that TBT. But it is a roster that is versatile and can compete
Not at all but some on here act like this is an amazing roster and I just honestly don't see it.
I agree this is not an "amazing" roster but it is very solid. As has been pointed out ad nasuem, we were loaded last year. If the San Diego State's of the world can be successful, I think this roster can as well. It's really going to come down to how Pope blends the talent. He has quite the challenge in front of him.
With the late start Pope really didn't have much of a chance to land the stud players. Hopefully the next offseason he can get it done.
He is in that group that tracks the planes and is going off the tweet from Lanier nothing else
We have a very solid roster so far
Whether or not they will be amazing remains to be seen. Chemistry and coaching are vital
We’ve had amazing rosters that have done next to nothing
But there’s hope for the future based on what we’ve seen so far. Enjoy the ride
One3 has it as Kentucky vs Tennessee. Who knows if pope pulled this off he would deserve all the credit in the world
This guy is worth throwing a bag at.
Yeah, right now it is just very difficult to predict. Chandler is a good example. If we talk floor/ceiling, then his floor is a bench 5 minutes role but his ceiling is something like 13/5/2 pts, reb, asst with 42 percent from three. The team floor is rising however and I would think 15 wins is the floor now. Keeping with the thread, Lanier could raise that to 18 maybe. We are in uncharted territory. We have rebuilt before but not with this portal access.
If what Barnhart said was true, we should have $5 to 6 million in basketball NIL, at minimum. One donor alone pledged $4 million.
Do we really think the current roster is worth even half of that? Guys like Dillingham were only pulling $450,000 last year.
I bet we still have a few million left if we go by what Barnhart. said.
Overall I don't think so. But Edey was a beast. Uconn had the better overall team. We don't have an Edey but if these guys can learn to play together then we can be very good.
They had played together for 3 or 4 years under the same coach and system. If you don't think that matters I don't know what to tell you. Plus they had a unstoppable player down low that could get them points at any time.
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Why do people think Lanier is miles better than Robinson? Robinson got 14.5 ppg in a far better conference and was good doing so. Lanier was good in a lower conference. I like Lanier, I’m just trying to figure out why people think he is miles better than Robinson
People need to stop this because you're going to expectations on Coach Pope in year one that is not realistic. Trying to compare what Pope has brought in so far to a Purdue team that was a number 1 seed two years in a row. Yes I know they got upset in the first round last year but they were good and deep.
Yeah, very true. We don't know just how strong our coaching will be either. Will it be OK, good, great or outstanding. That alone means several wins if it's on the higher side. I just starting comparing each player and talent wise we look pretty good. How long to jell and how good is the coaching part compared to others.
People have absolutely no clue what in the world they’re talking about. 90% of people haven’t even seen any of the players play a game.