2024-25 Arizona Basketball

[Winger]

Tommy can have an absolutely shit year due to poor roster construction and still be the long term right guy. He can't let obviously glaring issues like not having a starting guard that can shoot consistently happen again though. All 3 of our guards in a vacuum are great players we would always love to have, but I wouldn't ever have these 3 be my main 3 guards any season ever. They all have the same weaknesses and roughly the same strengths. They don't compliment each other at all.

A season like this is why you'd rather have seen Lloyd coach at a smaller school first so he could have learned lessons like this there instead of here.

How many guards has Lloyd brought in that can shoot?

Is Bradley even a PG? What's his assist % to date this season? 2%?

Lloyd has won a lot of games but what's his grade for PGs here at PGU to date?

What good is Love as a SG if 1) he frequently can't shoot and 2) when he is off he doesn't do anything else and 3) he is a liability defensively? Where has the "we're going to get Caleb driving, especially to his left, here at Arizona" gone? Shelved for "this season I am going to be a catch-and-shoot (air-balls lol) guy"?

I like Lewis, but for now he needs to be a zero-and-D guy and surrounded by players who can score.

Townsend is a 3 who can't shoot playing the 4 and, like so many other DGTs and 1-season transfer guys, can't do what he does at this level often enough.

ADO should never have been added.

Krivas and Veessaar have potential, but how many euros under Lloyd at Arizona have washed out without fulfilling their potential? How much longer do we need to wait? If you're going to play either, similar to Lewis, they both need to be surrounded by scorers, you can forget about using them as a legit block threat against anyone good, and you definitely can't play both together.

Martinez? Please.

Carter looks like he may have it, but imv he needs the lion's share of the minutes at the 4. Starting now. He is TBD, but looking favorable, imo.

Point being: how many lessons has Lloyd learned when it comes to roster construction?

Did he really like all these guys or rather are they more-so simply the best he can/could get/afford?

People are just fn stupid after a loss. Is Bradley even a pg? He was rated out of high school as a top 3 pg. Roster construction? Wow in his 4th year. Couple of number 1 or 2 seeds and you question if he can construct a roster? Not saying this one is perfect but let's not overreact to a loss to a team most had in the top 3 at the beginning of the year. Euro's washing out? First I don't think Krivas or Vessar are Euro's but if they are how about Tublius or was leading the league in scoring and rebounding a wash out in you mind? Take a step back and relax. Lots of season still to come. This team has one starter back and a bunch of pieces that Tommy is trying to figure how to use them together. Are they the right piece? I don't know but excited they are here and that we have a coach that will make the most of their abilities. Oh and for a guy that can't shoot I think Caleb is among the top 5 in NCAA scoring that is playing this year. Winger since you just said all our guys are POS I suggest you don't watch anymore games and just enlighten us with your connections. You will feel better and so will most of us optimist fans.

Pretty secure with my ability to scout and evaluate Arizona basketball players but before calling someone stupid maybe take a second to Google “European countries”.

This is Lloyd’s 2nd team without the stars being Miller’s players ftr, and we’re only 4 games in to squad #2.