******Boogs at Kentucky Official Game Thread******

[MomentInTheSun]

I think y’all can make some noise in the sec tournament. You still have some good games to play. If you go deep in the sec tournament you can make the big dance. You have some damn good players that will return next yr and other good ones coming in . In Bruce we trust

Bruh we’re still making the tourney regardless of our performance in the sect. Our Net and kenpom are still very good. We beat Uga and Miss St at home and we’re shoe ins

 

[Gran_Polla]

Posting from a phone and the auto correct can make your post look like Corky posted it.

 

[DM8]

Malik’s highs are higher but his lows are lower and momentum killing. Just my opinion.

Samir's lows have been pretty low and he was giving us nothing outside of the occasional 3. I thought everyone was in agreement that Malik should be starting last week. Seemed like the most obvious adjustment Bruce could make and was long overdue.

 

[WDE_Tarp]

Samir's lows have been pretty low and he was giving us nothing outside of the occasional 3. I thought everyone was in agreement that Malik should be starting last week. Seemed like the most obvious adjustment Bruce could make and was long overdue.

Yeah I mean I was ready to try something besides Samir as a starter, but I was and still am on team move Chuma to the 3 and let Danjel/Horace play the 4. Good Malik showed up against Arky, so that was nice but I knew we would see bad Malik again soon enough.

Edit to add: I don't think Samir's lows are that low, I just think his lack of athleticism really hurts him at this level.

 

[DM8]

Yeah I mean I was ready to try something besides Samir as a starter, but I was and still am on team move Chuma to the 3 and let Danjel/Horace play the 4. Good Malik showed up against Arky, so that was nice but I knew we would see bad Malik again soon enough.

Edit to add: I don't think Samir's lows are that low, I just think his lack of athleticism really hurts him at this level.

I think the trauma of the beat down at Rupp may have caused some memory loss. Samir's lows of late have been really low. Refer back to recent game threads for highlights.

I would start Malik again at UGA and let him and DP split time at the 3. If he struggles again, I like your idea of putting Chuma at the 3 and letting Danjel start at the 4. A starting 5 with Chuma and Danjel is certainly our most talented group if Danjel is playing well.

 

[WDE_Tarp]

I think the trauma of the beat down at Rupp may have caused some memory loss. Samir's lows of late have been really low. Refer back to recent game threads for highlights.

I would start Malik again at UGA and let him and DP split time at the 3. If he struggles again, I like your idea of putting Chuma at the 3 and letting Danjel start at the 4. A starting 5 with Chuma and Danjel is certainly our most talented group if Danjel is playing well.

I don't have any memory loss. Samir sometimes turns the ball over and sometimes makes stupid fouls, but for the most part his biggest negative is that he just doesn't do much. Malik is going to be active. When it's good Malik that helps, but when it's bad Malik that can be a huge problem.

Samir has a better FG%, a better 3 point %, a better FT% and more steals. His OBPM and BPM are both higher than Malik, though that could be because he started longer and therefore was generally playing with a better group.

Malik has more rebounds, less turnovers and more blocks.

The difference to me is that it feels like Samir disappears when he isn't playing well, and Malik magnifies the problem. Maybe an even easier way to say it is that I feel like Samir being on the floor means Chuma can have more shots when we're struggling and Malik means he's going to get less shots. Haha. Though that could end up being true for Danjel as well. I guess I just have more hope in Danjel being a consistent player for us.

 

[Denim Vest]

I don't have any memory loss. Samir sometimes turns the ball over and sometimes makes stupid fouls, but for the most part his biggest negative is that he just doesn't do much. Malik is going to be active. When it's good Malik that helps, but when it's bad Malik that can be a huge problem.

Samir has a better FG%, a better 3 point %, a better FT% and more steals. His OBPM and BPM are both higher than Malik, though that could be because he started longer and therefore was generally playing with a better group.

Malik has more rebounds, less turnovers and more blocks.

The difference to me is that it feels like Samir disappears when he isn't playing well, and Malik magnifies the problem. Maybe an even easier way to say it is that I feel like Samir being on the floor means Chuma can have more shots when we're struggling and Malik means he's going to get less shots. Haha. Though that could end up being true for Danjel as well. I guess I just have more hope in Danjel being a consistent player for us.

Well said. The more Rebs/ less TOs is why I’d stick with Malik though. Those are our 2 problem areas in general. I think he’s a better 3pt shooter than Samir too even though the stats say otherwise. His J is infinitely better looking. Also one of our best from 2pt while Samir is worst on the squad. I’d like to keep getting Danjel run there though cause he at least has potential.

 

[DM8]

I don't have any memory loss. Samir sometimes turns the ball over and sometimes makes stupid fouls, but for the most part his biggest negative is that he just doesn't do much. Malik is going to be active. When it's good Malik that helps, but when it's bad Malik that can be a huge problem.

Samir has a better FG%, a better 3 point %, a better FT% and more steals. His OBPM and BPM are both higher than Malik, though that could be because he started longer and therefore was generally playing with a better group.

Malik has more rebounds, less turnovers and more blocks.

The difference to me is that it feels like Samir disappears when he isn't playing well, and Malik magnifies the problem. Maybe an even easier way to say it is that I feel like Samir being on the floor means Chuma can have more shots when we're struggling and Malik means he's going to get less shots. Haha. Though that could end up being true for Danjel as well. I guess I just have more hope in Danjel being a consistent player for us.

Good thoughts. I tend to agree with Denim though in that Malik shores up the areas where we are weak. He is also our best big play guy on the team with his oops and blocks on breakaways. He has also hit a lot more key 3s this year in big moments. I would certainly love for Danjel to suddenly start playing like he did in November/December 2016 though and seize the starting 3.

 

[Van Gorstache]

Well said. The more Rebs/ less TOs is why I’d stick with Malik though. Those are our 2 problem areas in general. I think he’s a better 3pt shooter than Samir too even though the stats say otherwise. His J is infinitely better looking. Also one of our best from 2pt while Samir is worst on the squad. I’d like to keep getting Danjel run there though cause he at least has potential.

Malik is much too handsome to not start and get 15-20 minutes per over his last 10 games. Boog nation is owed that much.

 

[WDE_Tarp]

Malik is much too handsome to not start and get 15-20 minutes per over his last 10 games. Boog nation is owed that much.

I mean I hate to say this, but I would take an ugly kid if we could get to this team's potential.

 

[Denim Vest]

Speaking of ugly children that play the 3 I saw Herb Jones of Bama got demoted to the bench. In favor of another highly decorated ugly child John Petty.

Shame they were supposed to be potential 1st rounders this year. Can only imagine what Bruce could do with either.

 

[ShenaniganZ]

I mean I hate to say this, but I would take an ugly kid if we could get to this team's potential.

It's truly sad that it's come to this.

 

[BlueWorldOrder74]

So, just got the chance to come over - have been getting my ass handed to me at work.

We played well. Shot out of our ass. We play like that every game we won’t lose.

@Denim Vest - don’t be a stranger.

 

[WDE_Tarp]

Its a flawed team and those flaws won’t be sorted out so that we can hit our potential. Trying to blame it on one thing or two players is just fans getting too heated. We are a middle of the pack SEC team that’s anywhere from a 7 seed to NIT bound based on how hot or cold we finish.

- our only dudes who can consistently beat ppl off the bounce are really short.
- our bench is terrible on the road which means they won’t help us in a tourney
- our players coming back from a year off haven’t been good and one can’t stay healthy
- we have one potential NBA player. We have 2-3 good SEC level players around him. The drop after that is significant.

It just didn’t come together. We will flash some more at home and maybe even beat a UT team that has gotten exposed a bit lately. But this team will fail as soon as it sees good teams with real length and we can’t make big tourney runs because our role players are trash away from The Clam. Frustrating season

Logically this makes sense 100%. I will not be logical about my boogs. We gonna get hot in SEC Tourney. Then we cutting down the nets.

You catch any AU player cutting down nets after that tournament begins...it'll be considered vandalism...

Sorry for this shameless bump. @Slippin Jimmy talking about punching his car roof after the 2nd Ole Miss game reminded me I made this post. I refuse to discuss how much I believed it, but I said it