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Love…

Love is a first rounder and will be an all star as a rookie….bank on it.

Leaky and Nance are old timers by NBA standards. They are overseas players

It’s hard to buy in to your “bank on it’s” when you had several last year that never panned out.
 
Coop I am hurt by the characterization of me. You know I Love everyone on this board. For if there isn’t Love…you got nothing…which reminds me of a song…want to hear it? Here it goes…”I got nothing but Love for you baby”
It was not an insult, but a compliment. Love makes the world go round right?
 
Love continues to be my least favorite player on the team, despite being the most talented. His decision making is very poor at times and he resorts to hero ball too often. It’s why he’s still in college and not on a pro team, pro scouts have noticed.

ETA: I will forever be thankful to him for the three he made against d00k in the FF.
He's our poor man's version of peak Russell Westbrook. Not with the nuclear athleticism, but a good player, but a very flawed good player. His entire career here, he's been a pretty inefficient high volume shooter. Fortunately, he's he's drastically improved his 2pt FG percentage this season. He's at an unsustainable clip right now (19/30) but still a big improvement.

You just have to hope we get a good Caleb Love when the games really count. He isn't going to change. And really, if you try to tame him back, it drastically limits this team's upside. It might raise its floor a bit, but I don't think our floor is all that high.
 
Dude hit one of the 3 or 4 biggest shots in Carolina history, he gets a little bit of a pass, not that he needs one. He will come up big in plenty of games for us this year. I’m admittedly a huge RJ fan, but I realize we need both to reach our goals, & both will have their moments to shine this year.

Without RJ against Baylor, we go home
Without Caleb against UCLA, we go home

Gotta have both, with chemistry, so we shouldn’t try to promote one or the other incessantly on this board, it’s counterproductive & divides the fanbase.
 
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Dude hit one of the 3 or 4 biggest shots in Carolina history, he gets a little bit of a pass, not that he needs one. He will come up big in plenty of games for us this year. I’m admittedly a huge RJ fan, but I realize we need both to reach our goals, & both will have their moments to shine this year.

Without RJ against Baylor, we go home
Without Caleb against UCLA, we go home

Gotta have both, with chemistry, so we shouldn’t try to promote one or the other incessantly on this board, it’s counterproductive & divides the fanbase.
Caleb also ended that toss up (remember UNC was a 1 point favorite in a 8/9 matchup) against Marquette in round 1 going nuclear right out the gate.

RJ did that out the gate against Baylor, but when Caleb fouled out, and Makek was tossed it went downhill quickly.

UCLA is an all-time performance by Caleb, Duke he brings it home down the stretch in legendary fashion. Kid had an incredible tournament.

I don't get the passive aggressive RJ/Caleb rivalry with some of our fan base (not you). They are a dynamic veteran backcourt that will give opposing coaches headaches to try to corral. Both capable of lighting you up.
 
Trolls need the Tombstone but simply annoying posters need a more robust ignore function without the loophole GT found!
 
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Dude hit one of the 3 or 4 biggest shots in Carolina history, he gets a little bit of a pass, not that he needs one. He will come up big in plenty of games for us this year. I’m admittedly a huge RJ fan, but I realize we need both to reach our goals, & both will have their moments to shine this year.

Without RJ against Baylor, we go home
Without Caleb against UCLA, we go home

Gotta have both, with chemistry, so we shouldn’t try to promote one or the other incessantly on this board, it’s counterproductive & divides the fanbase.
The issue isn’t division within the fan base, we all want to see RJ and Caleb play well. They were one of the best starting backcourts in the NCAAT. They should be again this season but it’s Hubert’s job to get the team to play together and share the ball. It’s amazing what a team can accomplish when no one cares who gets the credit, or something to that effect. This team will be very good, but there will be bumps along the road. I just want to see “Carolina basketball”.
Whoda Thunk Leaky playing himself into a pro!

Nice work UNC staff and Leaky!
Not sure about “playing himself into a pro”, but I’m enjoying Leaky’s play tremendously. He’s always been my favorite UNC player from that class. I hope he continues to play well.
 
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Grover's gay love for Caleb aside, I think we all recognize that Caleb is the guy on the team that can either take us to the promised land or take us out of a game. He will be the reason we either win the title or underachieve. That's a lot of pressure for the young man and he doesn't need fanboys purposely irritating message board fans with silliness. That's just going to make it worse.

I don't think Caleb is an unlikable guy. I too wish he exuded a different demeanor but if his teammates are good with it, we can be too.
My feelings exactly as well.
 
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