BG AND JJ TO THE PORTAL

[Pobilly]

To Lowe: Don't go away mad... just go away!

[Jaxcat]

If an oft-injured, one-handed, limited PG is worth $3M, I'm done with CBB. And, it's real easy for a guy like Lowe to say, 'behind the scenes' as there's no fallout on him, no repercussions, no running the stairs for spilling 'locker room secrets', etc. It's pretty much a cliche now that an outgoing player alleges that there were things the fans don't know about. Well, duh. Welcome to adulthood. There's ALWAYS things in every organization that only those on the inside know about. So what? It was obvious to me, even in the limited time he was on the floor, that Lowe's ceiling was maybe 'above average' and that's about it. Way too left-oriented, didn't have a consistent outside game, small, didn't defend particularly well. He wasn't terrible, by any means. But, I didn't think he was THE key cog to make this offense purr. Yes, we had some good stretches with him at the helm. We also had good stretches with him in street clothes.

If you want to leave, leave. Just don't act like a jilted lover and say stuff on your way out. Just go.

As for Garrison - we can do better. Didn't bring much to the table and definitely didn't have the ball handling skills necessary to run the offense through him. JJ - could develop into a good player, but too early to tell. It's really all up to him. He needs to mature physically and upgrade his ball handling, defense and court awareness (too many hero ball shots taken). If you're the PG, your first priority is to create open looks for your teammates, not drive into the teeth of the defense and force an off-balance brick, which happened all too often.

[westerncat]

Was told by a friend that Lowe was problem and did not get along with others . Anyone one heard this ?

[***St.Patterson-54***]

I am thrilled that lowe left.

i had hopes that Jasper would learn how to dribble in the offseason, but so be it.

i never thought Garrison would be a starter for us, so Meh.

I do, however want Williams and Chandler and Moreno back next year! So far Pope has it right!

[KentuckyWild2020]

I wasn't as good as it thought I was so I take no accountability and blame it on everyone else...

[bthaunert]

it is going to be a long year, most likely.

Who could we get that’s any better than a second year Williams and a third year Chandler?

I think we are in for a disappointing offseason if we expect to get better players in the portal.

Just think it’s a bit delusional to think we are getting five studs out of the portal.

We will probably trade “old role players” for “new role players” and the results will be similar to last season or worse.

There will be plenty of guys out there that are better than those 2. The question is....can we get them?

If you look at the first portal class that was brough in under Pope, he added those players to zero returners. If there can be a similar class and add those guys to a returning core of Kam, CC and Moreno, that should be a decent team. Decent enough to warrant a year 4 under Pope....who knows.