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They're out there just Google it. I'll take konate over anybody in that Kentucky front Court. People forget how talented Ahmad is. He didn't even get to play in the Kentucky game last year. He was suspended. Lamont West is projected as a first-round draft pick on some mock drafts. Culver is a top 50 Talent and we have two or three other guys in that mix too.
We blew a 20 point lead with 15 minutes to go. WVU would have beaten Kentucky seven or eight times out of 10 last year. But congrats on the win
We gave up a 20 point deficit in the first 25 minutes and still won. UK wins 8/10 times last year. But congrats on winning the first half.
We didnt even have Esa Ahmad for that game. Every Kentucky fan on this board had given up and was congratulating me after 10 minutes of the first half, they knew who the better team was. All that matters is Kentucky won though
And by the end of the game, it was clear those calls were premature. There is a reason they play the full 40 minutes. Injuries are just excuses, UK had a ton last season as well.
I didn't...
I've seen UK in better comebacks than that one. 31 points down 15 min to play, 17 pt deficit erased in a little over 2 minutes....
Well yes, Konate is a stud, but he's not a polished offensive player like Reid Travis is. Konate is known for his rim protection, but you aren't going to run an offense through him.
UK has polished dudes down low that can also decent the rim, not as well as Konate, but when you look at UK's bigs you see more complete players, they're exceptional on both ends. You can run offense through Washington, Travis and EJ Montgomery.
UK also has more frontcourt players to throw at you thin WVa does. Richards showed some great skill and polish in the Bahamas in August.
Lindey's has UK rated as the 6th best frontcourt, West Virginia comes in at #10.
That kid was a beast. He outplayed our guys. Fortunately team ball won out. At times though his celebration/reactions seemed a little concerning, especially near the end.
Disagree and reid travis is nowhere near konate. Doubt he ever plays in the nba.
He scored some points in a terrible conference.
Wvu is gonna be 13 or 14 deep this year. Nobody can throw as many quality big bodies at people as them this coming year.
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Ok.
You guys lost in the tourney to a k-state team without dean wade. It wasnt a very good uk team. You beat us, and thats all that matters... but it took a miracle.
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This isn't about the NBA, this is about college and honestly, Kanote may not play in the league either. You can disagree with me, that's fine, it's your opinion. But so far I've only been able to find where UK's frontcourt is rated much higher. Find one that says different.
Doesn't mean he'll play in the NBA. Can he shoot? That's where the NBA is going now.
But still, UK has 4 dudes down low that are very good on both ends of the court. None of them can defend the rim like Konate can, but 3 of the 4 are better on offense by a mile and at least 2 are better rebounders (Travis and Washington).
If this was a one on one thing, my money would come close to being put on Konate, but UK simply has more dudes and they are all more complete than West Virginia's guys.
Yes, UK is also listed and they're listed before West Virginia.
Doogie, nobody is saying West Virginia's front court sucks, not by a longshot. But UK is pre season #1 or #2 for a reason.
Theyre not in order. Im not saying uk isnt good but wvu is stacked too. Easily most talent huggs has had at wvu
Hes a dominant defender. Once in a lifetime type shot blocker. Nobody has ever blocked shots like him with 2 hands.
And yes he can shoot. Nice mid range game and an 80% ft shooter. Working on stretching his game to the 3 point line.
Why does blocking with 2 hands matter?
Konate is not a once in a lifetime player. Come on Doogie. Anthony Davis is a once in a lifetime player, Konate is not in that league.
I said once in a lifetime shot blocker... not player. There are very few players in the history of basketball who are in Anthony Davis's league.
Because nobody is ever done it like him. He protects the rim from both sides. Does it like a volleyball player. Most amazing thing is how he controls his body and keeps from fouling.
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This can be both Huggins' best frontcourt a WVU and still have less talent than UK has in the frontcourt with 5 McD's players. You insinuated to have seen lists from experts ranking WVU's frontcourt as better than UK.
In reply to me saying that it was a bold claim that WVU's front court is better than UK's outright.
And the only one you've found included UK.
WVU's front court may very well end up being definitively better than UK's, but I hardly think that is the expectation going into the season.
Reid travis is not good. I dont care if he averaged 19 ppg in the pac freaking 12.
Konate man handled your bigs last year. Esa didnt even play.
Sorry im not blown away by uks talent
Thats fine. I just don't think you've seen a single expert suggest that WVU's front court is going to blow away UK's frontcourt this year as you insinuated.
Nice twisting of words... i didnt say that.
I said wvu is listed as a top 5 front court. I already sent you one example of it. There are others... im not wasting more time finding them.
Each of those three messages were replying to each other in order. Why would the lists be relevant if you weren't insinuating that they proved WVU's front court was better than UK's? I didn't twist your words.
Wow, Reid Travis is not good? Holy smokes man, I get being a homer and putting your guy up against anyone else, but to say Reid Travis is no good is a terrible take. It doesn't appear like you know anything about the guy.
That's just an odd take man.
Just give it up... i didnt say we "blow away" uks front court. I said were listed as a top 5 front court, and we are... as i showed you. I also said its all just opinion.
But please... copy and paste a portion of another post from me and try to make it work for you.
Im not impressed by anything from the pac 12. If he was THAT good he wouldnt be in his 5th year of college basketball. Hed be making money somewhere.
Laughing Okay buddy. You said "WVU will have a better front court than Kentucky this season." And used some made up lists in your head to back up your point. Then you could only find a list where you guys were the fourth frontcourt the guy had thought of.
As I said, WVU may be better than UK in the front court. But stating it so matter of factly is a bold thing to do.
Doogie, you do knew Kanota, your "once in a lifetime" guy, is a junior, only 2 years younger than Reid.
How can 1 guy totally suck "because if he was any good he'd be making money somewhere by now" and the other guy be a "once in a lifetime shot blocker" when they're only two years apart? If Reid should "be making money somewhere", why isn't Kanota already making money somewhere?
Once in a lifetime players don't stay in college for 3 years man.
You have to admit that you're being a huge homer right now. I mean come on, those are some serious homer statements you're making.
Top 5 frontcourt in Fran Fraschilla's own personal opinion, of which he had UK listed ahead of West Virginia.
Did I miss a different link that you provided or are you talking about the Fan list?
Apologies if you listed a different one.
I stated multiple times it was just opinion... but ok...
At the Halloween movie and previews are almost over.
One was an unknown kid that will most likely be a high draft pick after his jr year.
The other is a mcdonalds all american flop who took 3 years just to be a good college player in shit conference.
He was in a shit conference playing at an academic first school.
But I'll say this, now that Reid is at UK, he'll go first round in the 19 draft and I wouldn't be surprised.if he goes before Kanote.
That's not how this works. Link what you claim. Everything I've found has UK rated much higher than WVa.
But you were talking about the Fran tweet right?
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