Killeya-Jones
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I’d think he’d start at center for us.
Perhaps. but I was never impressed when I saw him play. Regardless, lame thread.
SKJ chose incorrectly from the start IMO!
Here he would have been developed and by now would be penciled in as a starter. He wasn't as talented as advertised, but the kid has potential that I believe has been wasted. He was another casualty of the NCAA mess but I hope he eventually gets paid to play!
Here he would have been developed and by now would be penciled in as a starter. He wasn't as talented as advertised, but the kid has potential that I believe has been wasted. He was another casualty of the NCAA mess but I hope he eventually gets paid to play!
Who on our roster is keeping SKJ on the bench? That's laughable considering Roy said all the bigs (minus Luke) on the team barely make up for 1. Stop spouting nonsense
Anyway, SKJ had all the chances in the world to go elsewhere, yet still stayed. I'll just assume he's content with spending most of his career on the bench watching his draft stock plummet.
Anyway, SKJ had all the chances in the world to go elsewhere, yet still stayed. I'll just assume he's content with spending most of his career on the bench watching his draft stock plummet.
The only successful example of Cal doing that was with WCS. And he was a projected 1st rounder his first year anyway. Kid was always pretty good.
Then you have the Marcus Lee's, Kyle Wiltjer's, etc. of the world.
I poasted when we were recruiting him that I wasn't in awe of his game and that when I spoke to his high school coach - Curtis Staples - that Staples was surprisingly candid and critical of SKJ. Staples said that he needed to work harder and he was no where close to what his national rank was. Staples even told me that "he wasn't even the best player on our team last year". This was the summer before SKJ's senior year. I was absolutely floored with how loose lipped Curtis was with me. He and I are not friends. My son went to his camp and we just got to talking about him on the last day when I went to pick my son up.
I do think he'd be starting for us this year simply because he'd be a 3rd year guy and Roy likes experience over pretty much anything. But as far as his talent level, I don't think he's any more talented than Brooks.
I do think he'd be starting for us this year simply because he'd be a 3rd year guy and Roy likes experience over pretty much anything. But as far as his talent level, I don't think he's any more talented than Brooks.
You'd think we'd missed out on a stud or something, and that he committed career suicide not coming here. You'd also think as a fan of a national champ program you'd really care less where a not very talented player decided to go. Calling him a dunce is petty.
Not at all surprised that he's taking a while to develop.
He'd be getting lots of minutes here. Almost certainly starting.
Give us Gabriel and SKJ and we're a FF team. Might still be, of course - you never know - but I'd feel pretty confident about it with those guys.
He'd be getting lots of minutes here. Almost certainly starting.
Give us Gabriel and SKJ and we're a FF team. Might still be, of course - you never know - but I'd feel pretty confident about it with those guys.
Agree 100%. SKJ would have been in line to start this year after a couple of years getting beat up at practice by Meeks, Hicks and last year by Tony.
That said, it's hard to look back. With SKJ on board would Tony have committed? Would Tony receive the same PT and not go pro? And with SKJ on board would Roy have recruited all the guys he did... etc, etc.
None the less, I reckon SKJ did himself a massive disservice by drinking the Cal Coolaid. So did Isaac Humphries who went from All world U-17 team to benchwarmer and is now stinking it up back home in Australia.
I mean he'd have barely played last year . Had Bradley come back he'd certainly not be starting, which easily could've happened, then his decision looks more dicey. Guess we can thump our chests and say he made a horrid decision but I wouldn't count chickens before they hatch.
I still maintain making a thread about a player who didn't come here who's not really all that talented anyway is just weird.
I still maintain making a thread about a player who didn't come here who's not really all that talented anyway is just weird.
You understand the kid is from Chapel Hill, and I believe his mom works for the university, which is why he is an interesting follow?
I get that. Doesn't change the fact he's really not that good and until this year his playing time would've been negligible at either school.
To me SKJ looked like a poor man's John Henson. Lanky, quick, uncertain. Probably doesn't have Henson's upside, but has a good bit of upside.
If Bradley had stayed, I reckon SKJ would either start or get a lot of minutes off the bench this season. Without Bradly, starting becomes likely, and he'd get as many minutes as he could handle.
That seems very unlikely at UK. They have 3 returning bigs - Gabriel and Wynyard and SKJ. For whatever reason, neither SKJ nor Wynyard played after early February last year. Barring injuries or other problems, PT could be tight, given that Gabriel and the 3 freshman bigs will be getting their share.
If Bradley had stayed, I reckon SKJ would either start or get a lot of minutes off the bench this season. Without Bradly, starting becomes likely, and he'd get as many minutes as he could handle.
That seems very unlikely at UK. They have 3 returning bigs - Gabriel and Wynyard and SKJ. For whatever reason, neither SKJ nor Wynyard played after early February last year. Barring injuries or other problems, PT could be tight, given that Gabriel and the 3 freshman bigs will be getting their share.
Yep and this is key. At the very least, he would have gotten experience and wouldn't have sat out 20 f'ing games here. (Or even Virginia, for that matter)
Felt the same way about Tarczewski who spent 4 years at nearly the same level at Arizona.
I don’t think the kid would have played much, if at all last year at UNC. He would have sat behind TB, Hicks, Meeks and I’m sure I’m forgetting someone for you guys. The kid is extremely raw. He’s also just entering his soph year right? I have no clue how he will develop or not but he has a long way to go- three years at that. Just a bit premature to call him out for making a bad career choice when he hasn’t even played a game in his soph season.
He made the same dumb choice the typical dook big man recruits are making.
See your bench and transfers for details.
He would have played a lot more at UNC last year than what he did at Kentucky! As we all know Roy loves going deep into his bench throughout the year and especially early in the year! Luke maye missed a little time with an ankle injury and TB with a concussion, which would have opened more opportunity for him! We also shouldn't forget Hicks injury and constant foul trouble..the kid would most definitely be starting this year at UNC and playing 25+ min a game! So it seems so far that it was a bad decision to go to UK, where he will constantly be recruited over, as opposed to UNC
Correct. For all we know maybe Luke isn't in the game to make that play. That's just one permutation that could've came into play had he come here.
I agree. I was less impressed with Tarc out of HS than most here, but I'm convinced he would have improved more under Roy.
It's also interesting to consider that if he had developed slowly under Roy, Roy would get criticized. Whereas I didn't hear a peep of complaint about Miller's failure to develop him. To be fair, I don't cruise the media for info on AZ, so he could have been criticized and I might have missed it.
