Yep. I will never understand why Edwards was/is so highly regarded. He doesn't do anything above average or consistently. I don't really see the potential either. He has good size and athleticism but that's about it. Those things don't matter much when you aren't good at basketball though. Would take Livingston all day. Oscar would've been fine in this offense. He can run all day long and is fast up and down the floor, faster than most guards. They just need someone that can eat boards, get putbacks, and get an occasional block. His midrange jumper is good too. Plus he rarely gets in foul trouble. That's all they need from the 5 spot. Yeah, he is a liability on pick-n-roll defense but dudes are scoring in the paint at will against this year's bigs so that's a wash. Bradshaw is always in foul trouble, or he just lets people score without any effort at all. Ugo has been solid blocking shots but you get zero out of him on the offensive side of the ball.
I think Klutch paid some people to hype Edwards up in the rankings, that’s the only thing this makes sense. He looks like a 3 year guy to me, but since he was so highly rated, he’s gone, no matter how bad he plays and Cal is going to play him like he is a 5*. Heck, Burks is more active and probably better, but you don't see him starting.
When you depend on getting the best blue chip recruits every year, you get held hostage. You have to cater to these dudes, or all that street cred you (Cal) built up all those years, gets tarnished, because 1 kid didn't get everything he wanted.
Edwards has no business starting, or getting more than 10 mpg. But Cal keeps trying to jam that square peg into the round hole.
I got hammered on here back in November for saying Edwards looked way overrated and more of a project. Dude called me an idiot. Haven't seen him since.
As far as Oscar, during the 21/22 season, that team ripped WKU, UT, @KU and uNC, I mean ripped them bad and did it playing very similar to what we're playing now, but Cal stopped doing it. I know Tyty getting injured didn’t help, but he should have stayed with that offense. Wheeler running a half court offense was just a loss waiting to happen every time.
