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Post by azteccc on May 13, 2023 10:23:30 GMT -8
If it translates the year he leaves, we should fire someone on staff. Kidding, but we have four years of data. 4/18 (22.2%) 7/21 (33.3%) 6/33 (18.2%) 11/42 (26.2%) — (22.5% before going 2/2 in the Final Four) He works incredibly hard and can nail 18/20 in practice, day in and day out. Has never clicked in an entire college career’s worth of gameplay. Actually he did click, at least once anyway. in the 2020-21 season (the team that went 23-5 but got blown out by Syracuse), The Aztecs played UC Irvine in their 2nd game of the year. KJ was a Sophomore and played 16 minutes. He had 14 points on 4-8 from the field but 3-5 from 3!!! I thought he had turned the corner and we had an offensive stud on our hands. He ended up shooting 33% at the end of the year. Still, that was 5th on the team in 3-pt%. Unfortunately, the next year he was 10th (!!!) on the team with a horrible 18.2%. I always wondered whether Kj shot so much better that year was because there were no fans in the stands because of Co-Vid. I wish him well but it wouldn't surprise me if he shot 41% or if he shot 19% next season. I actually vaguely remember that... So 4/16 (25.0%) in 23 games that year, with one out of body experience in the second game of the year.
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Post by standiego on May 13, 2023 10:32:06 GMT -8
any way people can move their discussions about Keshad to the separate post about Keshad in the General section
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Post by docmm on May 13, 2023 10:41:12 GMT -8
there have been numerous players that can shoot incredibly well in practice but when it comes to playing against opponents in real game time things change . He was originally was noted for his incredible athletic dunks - he did realize after a year or so that defense was his way to gain more PT as his outside shooting needed honing same with FT shooting an area that he did improve at . I greatly appreciate all he did on the court and even off the court with fellow team mates or recruits - he has put in his time developed incredibly well in the classroom something Chad Baker could not and GPA wise it is important for the Basketball team - as a team does need to get to the set standards or be put on probation But he is almost gone and time to focus on other possible players the Aztecs can get Hey Stan, do you also mean to move this one to the other thread?
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Post by sdcoug on May 13, 2023 10:43:55 GMT -8
Not sure if it is good or bad for SDSU and Gundo but Portal Entry has closed - except for Grad Transfers As pointed out getting quality 5's or even 4's is tough and with the NIL - major headache for the Coaches Luckily there's a LOT of quality 4's & 5's still available in the portal.
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Post by sdcoug on May 13, 2023 10:52:20 GMT -8
This guy is usually mostly right, about 85% of the time. KJ to Kentucky He's basing his prediction based solely on the Instagram post by Keshad showing him with Calipari's rings. We all know he likes to post anything and everything, so I'm not reading too much into that yet. He posted at USC & UA as well. It's still very much influx. His dad's even asking friends/family on FB which of the 4 schools he should go to. They like social media. With Kentucky it depends upon who returns from the draft process, and who else they're going after? They have several slots to fill if Oscar/Livingston both leave, and Keshad would be blocked some if both return. IMO it's still 40-40-20 - UA, Kentucky, Okie.
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Post by standiego on May 13, 2023 13:31:17 GMT -8
Per Sports Illustrated in no specific order some of their top 5/4 's remaining in the Portal and there is major competition to sign them
Julian Phillips
Grant Nelson
Aziz Bandaogo - two time transfer that would have to apply for a waiver to play this season
Ernest Udeh
Keshad
Moussa Cise
Zuby Ejiafor
Arthur K from Creighton - but might also want to play the 3 ?
They did not have Jay Pal listed as a PF thought he was a SF ?
By the way most rating boards did not have SDSU as in the top 4 for Warren Washington
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Post by laaztec on May 13, 2023 13:57:31 GMT -8
This guy is usually mostly right, about 85% of the time. KJ to Kentucky He's basing his prediction based solely on the Instagram post by Keshad showing him with Calipari's rings. We all know he likes to post anything and everything, so I'm not reading too much into that yet. He posted at USC & UA as well. It's still very much influx. His dad's even asking friends/family on FB which of the 4 schools he should go to. They like social media. With Kentucky it depends upon who returns from the draft process, and who else they're going after? They have several slots to fill if Oscar/Livingston both leave, and Keshad would be blocked some if both return. IMO it's still 40-40-20 - UA, Kentucky, Okie. It's weird to see other fans bases get hyped for Keshad. I wonder what they think they are getting.
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Post by docmm on May 13, 2023 16:02:27 GMT -8
He's basing his prediction based solely on the Instagram post by Keshad showing him with Calipari's rings. We all know he likes to post anything and everything, so I'm not reading too much into that yet. He posted at USC & UA as well. It's still very much influx. His dad's even asking friends/family on FB which of the 4 schools he should go to. They like social media. With Kentucky it depends upon who returns from the draft process, and who else they're going after? They have several slots to fill if Oscar/Livingston both leave, and Keshad would be blocked some if both return. IMO it's still 40-40-20 - UA, Kentucky, Okie. It's weird to see other fans bases get hyped for Keshad. I wonder what they think they are getting. They think they're getting the kid that was probably our best player in the National Championship game. And they probably are. This is what he would experience. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDUPWNfGX04
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Post by sdcoug on May 13, 2023 17:25:11 GMT -8
Per Sports Illustrated in no specific order some of their top 5/4 's remaining in the Portal and there is major competition to sign them Julian Phillips Grant Nelson Aziz Bandaogo - two time transfer that would have to apply for a waiver to play this season Ernest Udeh Keshad Moussa Cise Zuby Ejiafor Arthur K from Creighton - but might also want to play the 3 ? They did not have Jay Pal listed as a PF thought he was a SF ? By the way most rating boards did not have SDSU as in the top 4 for Warren Washington Hard to be in the top 4 for WW when he's already committed to Texas Tech. That's a small sampling of the top 4-5s, and several SF's are combo 3/4's as well. Just like Keshad. Pal is self-classified as a SF like Keshad, but is currently ranked as the 53rd best available player in the portal overall by Evan Miya. He'd be a great fit. I still think either Diallo or Dorius would be good fits as well, assuming they're not seeking 30+ minutes. Kaluma's not coming here, nor do I think he's a good fit.
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Post by aztecking on May 13, 2023 17:46:13 GMT -8
It's weird to see other fans bases get hyped for Keshad. I wonder what they think they are getting. They think they're getting the kid that was probably our best player in the National Championship game. And they probably are. This is what he would experience. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDUPWNfGX04One game…look at the season as a whole and he was probably our 4th or 5th best player. He isn’t changing the trajectory of Kentucky’s season if that’s what their fans are hoping for.
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Post by Gundo on May 13, 2023 18:39:24 GMT -8
They think they're getting the kid that was probably our best player in the National Championship game. And they probably are. This is what he would experience. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDUPWNfGX04One game…look at the season as a whole and he was probably our 4th or 5th best player. He isn’t changing the trajectory of Kentucky’s season if that’s what their fans are hoping for. UK has 3 to 5 guys returning + 5 incoming freshman. Lots of room on the bench, and minutes depending on the final count of draft entrants.
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Post by rockshow on May 13, 2023 20:09:29 GMT -8
Lotta people on here talking $#!+ on Keshad.
Weird, because if you are talking to our coaches, they’ll go on and on about all the things he did to help them win.
He kept Jaedon LeDee from becoming a starter and was getting equal minutes as him at least even down the stretch.
The coaches didn’t just do that out of loyalty. Keshad won those minutes. Feels like a lot of our fans reduce him down to the one thing he didn’t excel at, which is 3 point shooting, and somehow that blocks out everything else he did well. I don’t get it.
And even if you want to agree to disagree and stick with the idea Keshad wasn’t that good, you at least have to acknowledge he has gotten better every season and his 5th year will be the best version of himself knowing the type of worker and person he is.
So a dude who is thus a better version of the starting power forward on a national championship finalist.. like who wouldn’t want that. And his only deficiency is his outside shooting, which you can see improvement and a reason to be optimistic about further improvement.
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Post by sdsuball on May 13, 2023 20:55:30 GMT -8
They think they're getting the kid that was probably our best player in the National Championship game. And they probably are. This is what he would experience. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDUPWNfGX04One game…look at the season as a whole and he was probably our 4th or 5th best player. He isn’t changing the trajectory of Kentucky’s season if that’s what their fans are hoping for. No I strongly disagree. Keshad is probably a glue guy on Kentucky next year, a guy who will get blocks, get rebounds, and get buckets in transition. Hes a guy who will play really hard defensively, and he will raise the game of the players around him who are freshmen and sophomores, who aren't experienced. Hes going to bring great work ethic and keep his teammates locked in. Thats really valuable on a tram with as much roster upheaval as Kentucky.
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Post by jp92grad on May 13, 2023 21:10:41 GMT -8
Lotta people on here talking $#!+ on Keshad. Weird, because if you are talking to our coaches, they’ll go on and on about all the things he did to help them win. He kept Jaedon LeDee from becoming a starter and was getting equal minutes as him at least even down the stretch. The coaches didn’t just do that out of loyalty. Keshad won those minutes. Feels like a lot of our fans reduce him down to the one thing he didn’t excel at, which is 3 point shooting, and somehow that blocks out everything else he did well. I don’t get it. And even if you want to agree to disagree and stick with the idea Keshad wasn’t that good, you at least have to acknowledge he has gotten better every season and his 5th year will be the best version of himself knowing the type of worker and person he is. So a dude who is thus a better version of the starting power forward on a national championship finalist.. like who wouldn’t want that. And his only deficiency is his outside shooting, which you can see improvement and a reason to be optimistic about further improvement. I think a lot of people were more frustrated with his lack of consistency with his freakish skills that he showed from time to time. He would just disappear for long stretches at a time then show up with couple unbelievable plays back to back then nothing burgers for the rest of the game. The guy has all the makings of a great player but he just seems to be unable to stay involved in the game for some reason, not saying he slacks off (far from it) he just gets lost in the shuffle or caught up in traffic way too much. He still seems to have plenty of upside but even if he stayed on the Mesa he would not really get to show or improve his skillset within the Aztec system, he was who he was within this system. I was a fan of KJ but I was always waiting for him to put it all together and just start dominating and taking over games, he flashed those kinds of skills from time to time. He could have helped the team but not increased his own skills or value if he stayed for another year. Just hope they are able to find his replacement to play along with Ledee and Saunders.
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Post by aztecking on May 14, 2023 7:24:42 GMT -8
Lotta people on here talking $#!+ on Keshad. Weird, because if you are talking to our coaches, they’ll go on and on about all the things he did to help them win. He kept Jaedon LeDee from becoming a starter and was getting equal minutes as him at least even down the stretch. The coaches didn’t just do that out of loyalty. Keshad won those minutes. Feels like a lot of our fans reduce him down to the one thing he didn’t excel at, which is 3 point shooting, and somehow that blocks out everything else he did well. I don’t get it. And even if you want to agree to disagree and stick with the idea Keshad wasn’t that good, you at least have to acknowledge he has gotten better every season and his 5th year will be the best version of himself knowing the type of worker and person he is. So a dude who is thus a better version of the starting power forward on a national championship finalist.. like who wouldn’t want that. And his only deficiency is his outside shooting, which you can see improvement and a reason to be optimistic about further improvement. I assume you are referring to me. I didn’t say he sucked. But he wasn’t ones of our best players, that’s just a fact. I’d like to see your argument as to why he was better/more important to the team than Bradley, Mensah, and Butler at a minimum, with an argument for Arop being higher (our most important player on a minutes basis), LeDee (who I think outshined Johnson over the last 10-15 games of the season) and Trammell (who had his struggles but came up big in several key moments throughout the season).
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Post by Gundo on May 14, 2023 8:46:35 GMT -8
Per Sports Illustrated in no specific order some of their top 5/4 's remaining in the Portal and there is major competition to sign them Julian Phillips Grant Nelson Aziz Bandaogo - two time transfer that would have to apply for a waiver to play this season Ernest Udeh Keshad Moussa Cise Zuby Ejiafor Arthur K from Creighton - but might also want to play the 3 ? They did not have Jay Pal listed as a PF thought he was a SF ? By the way most rating boards did not have SDSU as in the top 4 for Warren Washington
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Post by standiego on May 14, 2023 8:47:04 GMT -8
The point was when Washington announced he was going to enter the Portal - many were confident he was going to go to SDSU but as it turned out SDSU was not even in his top 4
Same for the forward from New Mexico
It is very difficult ( especially with NIL ) to sign players
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Post by Gundo on May 14, 2023 8:49:09 GMT -8
The point was when Washington announced he was going to enter the Portal - many were confident he was going to go to SDSU but as it turned out SDSU was not even in his top 4 Same for the forward from New Mexico It is very difficult ( especially with NIL ) to sign players 7'0" Washington = Texas Tech 6'9" Allick = Nebraska
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Post by aztecking on May 14, 2023 9:03:02 GMT -8
The point was when Washington announced he was going to enter the Portal - many were confident he was going to go to SDSU but as it turned out SDSU was not even in his top 4 Same for the forward from New Mexico It is very difficult ( especially with NIL ) to sign players Around here the sentiment was that we would get at least 1 of those guy with an outside shot at both. As it turns out we weren’t really in consideration at all for either.
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Post by Fishn'Aztec on May 14, 2023 10:17:59 GMT -8
O.K. so after the almost Natty win, AZTECS BB recruiting has basically gone nowhere. I can't stop thinking of The Talking Heads song: we're on the road to nowhere!
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