He's hit every shot he's taken this half. And it's all be jumpers. Streaky
Other than dunk.. what can Malik Monk do?
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He's hit every shot he's taken this half. And it's all be jumpers. Streaky
He will be good. I feel like the same things are said every single year bc ppl only remember players at the end of the year..not the beginning
That's true, but not all get better, Skai was better in November than he was in February and March...and this thread was a fail for this game.
Could probably agree that it's easier for a guard with physical superiority over probably every other guard he'll face to get better than a big with physical inferiority over a lot of other players he faced.
OP's premature question was answered though. He can shoot the 3 from deep (albeit, inconsistent at this stage, but that's no different than Booker or Murray when they first got to UK), he's explosive off the bounce, he has a very good mid-range game, and as seen in this game, he has some solid passing and post-up abilities.
Oh, and Briscoe got a helluva lot better.
OP had nothing to say after halftime. Weird.
Mulder is not a five star burger boy.. treatment isn't the same.
I got the message where it told me if I wanted to post more I had to pay...wats up with that shit mod???
Where you can no longer post because you've reached your post limit for the day.
Would it be too easy to make a joke about LC and his coach?
Well, I was trying to tee it up for somebody. Looks like you caught it. Laughing
Yeah I remember that. Dude is great at the rim. And at getting to it. He ver starts hitting jump shots, oh boy...
Nope. Said he couldnt shoot. Then someone said he shot 45% during last part of season. I said thats because the majority of his makes come at the rim. Never said he wasn't a good finisher. MOF, I argued that he was.
Kentucky should be fine. This though IMO, will be Cal's toughest coaching job. Has some kids ( Monk, Fox, Briscoe)who seem to be at their best, with the ball, and creating. Really no true 2 guard.
They seem to struggle in h/c, but mist teams do early. Relying alot on getting out and running. Thats fine vs teams of lesser talent. But vs the likes of KU, MSU, UL,UNC, etc.....wont be as easy.
Very, very athletic. Maybe Cal's fastest/athletic team yet.
I see a guy like Mulder eventually finding minutes. And book this:
Mulder will be directly responsible for more than one UK win this year.
It almost seems foolish to try and gauge a UK team in November. But....this group IMO will be Cal's toughest task.
They seem to struggle in h/c, but mist teams do early. Relying alot on getting out and running. Thats fine vs teams of lesser talent. But vs the likes of KU, MSU, UL,UNC, etc.....wont be as easy.
Very, very athletic. Maybe Cal's fastest/athletic team yet.
I see a guy like Mulder eventually finding minutes. And book this:
Mulder will be directly responsible for more than one UK win this year.
It almost seems foolish to try and gauge a UK team in November. But....this group IMO will be Cal's toughest task.
No biggie. Im used to it. After all, I am "THE UK HATER" ....right?SmokinSmile
I think he'll make it in the pros as a solid 2 way player. Briscoe has an old man's game. So hard for anybody to stop off the dribble though.
you mean to tell me a highly regarded freshman comes to UK, seems to get off to a slow start, struggles a bit in the first few games? Nooooooo.....
Never happens.
He'll be fine. Bam will be fine. Murray looked like a lost cause at this point last year also and dude ended up arguably a top 3 SG in the nation. Monk is taking some awful shots right now. That'll stop.
Never happens.
He'll be fine. Bam will be fine. Murray looked like a lost cause at this point last year also and dude ended up arguably a top 3 SG in the nation. Monk is taking some awful shots right now. That'll stop.
I didn't realize @LockdownCard was the one who started this thread until just now. I thought it was that loser complaining about the Champions Classic or watching the paper tigers fight. My b, bro.
Card fans are always offering up their UK 'scouting reports'....funny how committed they are to following UK....
There sure were several posters on here that were in agreement that Briscoe wasn't elite at the rim. Wish I would have added the threads to favorites, since I have that crow ready to serve them. Someone stated that analytics showed that Briscoe was on par with Luke Kennard at finishing at the rim. Some were Duke fans and some were Louisville fans, IIRC. Imagine that.
We get much more in depth with our analysis, though. Lockdown posts a simple statement stating why Monk is over hyped. Kentucky fans will give you three of four paragraphs stating why we believe your guy sucks Laughing
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I looked for it but I think it was deleted in a spam attack. I'm not sure who it was but yeah they were comparing those players stats from last year.There sure were several posters on here that were in agreement that Briscoe wasn't elite at the rim. Wish I would have added the threads to favorites, since I have that crow ready to serve them. Someone stated that analytics showed that Briscoe was on par with Luke Kennard at finishing at the rim. Some were Duke fans and some were Louisville fans, IIRC. Imagine that.
...Not this UK fan.... other than telling you that Snider is a decent point guard, I couldn't really tell you much else about them... they only matter one time per year, unless the NCAA puts them in our bracket again... then it's two times.
This team is very coachable, so I'm not sure why you would think this will be Cal's biggest challenge. They share the ball. Imagine 5 stars sharing the ball. The assists far out number the to's even at this early in the year. As far as running, Cal wants them to run. These guys are fast, quick and athletic. Its an advantage to do that. Defense is the difficult part. These guys really didn't play defense in high school and definitely didn't learn how to switch and help out. They struggle at times with this, which is to be expected.
I don't think their style will be a problem with any team. Once this team gets clicking on offense, and they will, they're almost impossible to defend. Cal keeps saying they're a really good 3 shooting team, but is puzzled why its not translating in the games.
Getting freshman to gel early is difficult, but this team has come along very well and I'm very pleased with their progress.
I said why. He has three guys in Briscoe, Fox and Mobk who seemed to be AT THEIR BEST, with the ball, and creating. Figuring out how to manage thAt could be tough. Yes I know they share the ball well. But thats not my point. All three seem more comfortable, and more dangerous with the ball, opposed to having it thrown to them.
Btw, Cal says he has a great shooting team every year. Nothing new there. Cats have one, pure shooter IMO, and that's Willis. Monk to me is a streak shooter. Can hit 5.6 or 7 in a row. Miss his next 10.
Ok. I know he said as much last year. Both years twins were there. Teams with Lamb. So maybe once he didnt. Maybe twice. I dunno. Hard to keep up with him.
he's never once said any year he thought they'd be a "great" shooting team in the preseason. Never. He says a lot of the times that he's not worried about it, which is completely different.
Do remember him saying before 2011 and 2012 seasons he thought they should be good at shooting, but has never used the word "great" once. Only time he ever says "great" is when he's referring to his expectations of his team defensively.
Cal is pretty blunt in his postgame and even halftime interviews. Hell more often than not he goes into negative hyperbole in order to play mindgames to get what he wants out of them.
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Yet, a lot of your fans can't name a player on our roster. Imagine that.
