Bear Down Wildcats

JMarkJohns

VegasCatFan wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 5:32 pm
JMarkJohns wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 5:22 pm Henri and Bradley more than anyone needed to be priority keeps.
Bradley? Did he enter the portal too? Or just a forgone conclusion?

Bradley is not in… but he’s being recruited to enter. I’m saying there should have been a wall built around those two as returning starters, especially with Koa.

JMarkJohns

I ain’t here to bury us, but Tommy not even able to keep his own developed prospects projected to be a 27-30 mpg starter on a potential Final 4 squad and likely NBA 1-rounder next year basically has me 100% lost on any sort of strategy Lloyd might have.

You don’t recruit Koa for Krivas. That’s an ...

JMarkJohns

Agree entirely about the importance of Veesaar for next season. Need him and Bradley back, at minimum. Bryant would be incredible.

I want this starting 5:

Bradley
BB
Bryant
Awaka
Veesaar

Dell'Orso and Koa off the bench. Not sure what's happening with Krivas.

Koa isn’t coming here to come off ...

JMarkJohns

If Henri Veesaar is entering the portal, next season became far more experimental than experienced and far less ideal alongside Koa.

JMarkJohns

So people within the program are expecting CB to return? Do they expect him to test the waters?

Not sure I’d go that far. But I think it’s a coin flip, and I think if we can increase NIL a bit, and create a role and discuss specifics of development, I think Carter and Fam is smart enough to ...

JMarkJohns

General feeling is Tobe will look for a senior payday and starting role, and ADO likely transfers out for more playable minutes.

This in conjunction with Lewis entering the portal today.

So, semi-realistic ideal for next season is now:

Bradley (32), Burries (8)
Burries (22), 3/D Transfer (18 ...

JMarkJohns

PHXCATS wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 3:47 pm Fuck the haters fuck the turds

Criticism isn’t hate. Oversimplification is often stupidity, tho.

JMarkJohns

CalStateTempe wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 2:00 pm Give JMJ a jobs with CATS player development and alumni relations. He’s got it figured out!

Clutch post.

Like, it’s crazy some people don’t like me! Haha

JMarkJohns

We battled. For 6-7 minutes we were getting trounced. Minutes 19-25 were awful to us. Outscored by 15 points in those 6 minutes. Never fully recovered, even if the competed much better minutes 26-40.

Biggest thing still under Tommy is his teams love to play a 35 minute game, but are good to be ...

JMarkJohns

He needs Carter back.

Sounds like you're not feeling that the Koa commitment means Carter is gone.

It’s is 50/50 Need/Wishful Thinking.

To be a Final 4 Roster Carter must be on it. He is a SF with backup PF ability. His spacing with Veesaar in the frontcourt transforms Koa’s dribble ...

JMarkJohns

Tommy needs one of these two rosters.

Bradley
Burries
Carter
Koa
Henri
6. Lewis
7. Transfer PG
8. Krivas or Awaka
9. Aristode

Or

Bradley
Transfer 3/D
Carter
Koa
Henri
6. Lewis
7. Transfer PG
8. Krivas or Awaka
9. Aristode

ADO can stay in specialty role, but I doubt it happens. One of Krivas and ...

JMarkJohns

Pitts would have been arrested if he was in a California school instead of Arizona. A female under the influence cannot give consent.

I really doubt Mason had anything to do with the UA anymore.

Supposedly the relationship is OK. I spoke to some folks earlier in the year.

But not sure what ...

JMarkJohns

Big big first for Tommy. Winning a recruitment where NIL and Time was a major factor. Great attitude despite uncertainties. Shows major growth in that area. Also his highest rated recruit.

And it’s a great start to what needs to be a yearly outcome of a major impact freshman, a role player impact ...

JMarkJohns

I find it ironic that everyone comments on Delly's defense but no one talks about CB defense. CB is a ELITE shot blocker but his defense is not on par with his offense. He did not play well last night and his two goaltends were a gift to Oregon. I think his shot is one of the best I've seen at ...

JMarkJohns

CB is exactly what most athletic lanky freshman are on D, which is risk takers and they think a steal or a block equates to D.

There may also be some lateral mobility challenges or “muscled down” issues from being an under-developed combo-forward at a young age in a physical league.

But some of ...

JMarkJohns

I'm not saying I agree with him, but I think it's simple why Tommy is sticking with this starting lineup:

18-3 with this starting 5
6-9 with any other starting 5

From a complementary skills standpoint this starting 5 is solid. I’d bury Trey and only use ADO for specific offensive possessions ...

JMarkJohns

Bangkok Wildcat wrote: Sun Mar 23, 2025 10:15 pm Am I the only one who thought CTL’s keep Awaka on the bench until the last 45 seconds and just watch Bittle make Henri look silly trying to guard him almost lost us the game? Anyone have insight as to why the heck he did that?

There is some discussion Awaka maybe wasn’t 100%. We shall see.

JMarkJohns

Everyone has a valued role from time to time. The problem is too often Arizona has to depend on those role players beyond their roles or for extended roles because they lack depth or versatility of options.

But tonight was a great “different” style of coaching. That early gut punch hit me hard. I ...

JMarkJohns

Always good to see M is still a conspiracy monger

JMarkJohns

After thinking about it I don't think Lloyd was talking about fans at all last week

Think it was all to the athletic department

The mental gymnastics it takes to get here when he’s on record multiple times critiquing McKale fans, and several of the changes made for the worse was his ideas is ...

JMarkJohns

I do in fact believe Tommy Lloyd has forgotten a lot about basketball.

That’s a fact

Its amazing. You are obviously a basketball savant yet you waste your time on message boards instead of actually coaching the game.

Tell us, why did you leave Wildcat Authority to shower your genius ...

JMarkJohns

Winger, TucsonClip, these are some of the smartest basketball minds I have read beyond my own commentary. All three of us are aligned on things being worse than results bandaid, recruiting being worse than results bandaid, and upside being sacrificed for convenience.

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WOW that doesn ...

JMarkJohns

Arizona has a top-20 NIL by most accounts. Now, it’s not linear and the difference twixt top-5 and top-20 could be a million or more.

This far Tommy has done several things with NIL. He’s been diplomatic and given everyone a base higher than maybe certain players deserved. And he’s prioritized ...

JMarkJohns

I always knew there would be a few more losses in the Big12. Losing at Kansas, while a winnable game, it’s understandable. Losing a tough match at home vs Houston, while a winnable game, it’s understandable. Same at Tech/Iowa State. Losing at Kansas State sucked the air out of the room for me ...

JMarkJohns

I do in fact believe Tommy Lloyd has forgotten a lot about basketball.

That’s a fact

Its amazing. You are obviously a basketball savant yet you waste your time on message boards instead of actually coaching the game.

Tell us, why did you leave Wildcat Authority to shower your genius upon ...

JMarkJohns

I do in fact believe Tommy Lloyd has forgotten a lot about basketball.

That’s a fact

Its amazing. You are obviously a basketball savant yet you waste your time on message boards instead of actually coaching the game.

Tell us, why did you leave Wildcat Authority to shower your genius upon ...

JMarkJohns

Regarding Miller, a few things.

Season 3 was what it was because Kevin Parrom was shot and had his athleticism stripped. He was rated as the highest ranked NBA prospect on the team, and had drop foot for half a year after that incident. Junior Parrom and Hill would have been awesome healthy, but ...

JMarkJohns

I do in fact believe Tommy Lloyd has forgotten a lot about basketball.

That’s a fact

JMarkJohns

I just know the card I used, a travel card, didn’t have the space to do what I was looking for, and I simultaneously did it with Amazon and couldn’t pay for a new Pool motor when needed because of it. Both happened same time.

It makes sense after the fact, because some cards can be leveraged for ...

JMarkJohns

Hopefully it’s returned, but yeah, it sucks to have a hold on real money.

Apparently you can’t make double payment on credit cards. It’s some sort of anti-money laundering thing. Your monthly payment will be applied and credited to account. A second payment will take your funds and not credit the ...

JMarkJohns

Yeah. I never use debit for that reason. I have been burned.

JMarkJohns

First of all my counter to this constant narrative of no this, no that ,could be better at this, and the worst ever something, is just to ask about results. How did we end up better than anyone predicted? JMJ says no one said Tommy was average but me. First that is inaccurate but Isn't recruiting ...

JMarkJohns

You haven’t challenged a single goddamned syllable of the facts I’ve presented.

You’ve said words.

All empty.

Facts??? ROTFLMAO

All you have presented are the half-baked opinions of a message board fan-boy.

Frankly, you appear to know about as much about basketball as I do about ...

JMarkJohns

That sucks. Got a few of them where I’m at. MAGA shit all adorning house and vehicle. Don’t know them, but I can tell a lot by the “Fuck Biden” flag spelled out in silhouetted guns that I won’t care to.

JMarkJohns

You haven’t challenged a single goddamned syllable of the facts I’ve presented.

You’ve said words.

All empty.

JMarkJohns

Ironically TheCat is the only one in this thread calling Tommy a mediocre coach.

Reviewing the thread it’s something he completely made up to emphasize his point. A nice little “When The Fuck Did We Get Ice Cream?!” lie he told to try and command the moment.

Who the fuck said Lloyd was a mediocre ...

JMarkJohns

Offical stat keeper in McKale. Tommy's remark are not sitting well with some people

https://twitter.com/TomDudd/status/1898868234004447585

Hasn't been stat keeper since 2013....oooooffffffffffff

You keep posting that D wasn’t referring to Lloyd with that tweet. I ask again, who was he ...

JMarkJohns

Offical stat keeper in McKale. Tommy's remark are not sitting well with some people

https://twitter.com/TomDudd/status/1898868234004447585

Hasn't been stat keeper since 2013....oooooffffffffffff

You keep posting that D wasn’t referring to Lloyd with that tweet. I ask again, who was ...

JMarkJohns

Your team is mediocre. Make it better. That’s on coaching and recruiting and development.

So win the league or come in second are the only thing that makes your team not mediocre?

Got it.

You suck at nuance. Basketball, teams, skills of teams, dynamics of players on teams are ...

JMarkJohns

Offical stat keeper in McKale. Tommy's remark are not sitting well with some people

https://twitter.com/TomDudd/status/1898868234004447585

He isnt talking about Tommy's comments

He’s absolutely talking to Lloyd on two fronts. First, STFU, next, his behind the scenes attempts to alter ...

JMarkJohns

The elephant in the room is Saturday Primetime is much better and easier to have an fancentric Senior Day than Tuesday 11 pm, 1 am EST.

Being real, it was utter bullshit we got that for our Senior Day. Must change. Easy change to give every program a Saturday Senior Day is making their last weeks ...

JMarkJohns

What's the speculation on Stephen? I imagine he can't be happy, especially after Lloyd pulled his redshirt and told him he would be part of the rotation at some point. I mean a total of 11 minutes in 5 games?

I was thinking he would go in v. KU when Veesaar and Awaka both had 3 fouls. Dickinson ...

JMarkJohns

The chant was awful. That’s not what Tommy is talking about. Kansas fanatics sent death threats to their own players last week. Both fanbases have had woes.

Win, Tommy. You lost all but 1 showcase game at home this year, and that needed a miracle.

Your team is mediocre. Make it better. That’s on ...

JMarkJohns

I have a rule I never break.

Never interact with coaches, players, family unless you are congratulating.

There’s no upside otherwise.

Opposing fans? Combative Media? They get the full FU experience.

Everyone else, all professional all the time.

JMarkJohns

I got no issue with Bradley as PG.

I got issues that he’s the only capable facilitator on the team, and flanked by the worst overall wing shooting maybe ever at Arizona. If Carter At PF and Henri at C aren’t hitting 40%, it’s almost impossible to make 10+ threes right now.

If Burries joins, I’m ...

JMarkJohns

Rookie hazing

JMarkJohns

My sign for next season

“Hey Tommy!
I’ll cheer my ass off
When you recruit yours off”

JMarkJohns

Keshad was only a need because Lloyd chose to chase wins with Love rather than any sort of development.

Multi-years of Keshad would be ideal. Keshad off the bench as a 15-18 mpg hustle 3/D forward.

But Tommy has a young player problem. Fits barely plays them, then lots of regression when they ...

JMarkJohns

Good to have JMJ back! 👍

Paulius averaging 12.8 points, 8 boards, and 31.7% 3PT for #21 27-4 St. Marys which swept Gonzaga.

Scored 30 and 25 on WSU, and 29 on Utah, so not like he is getting all his points against The Sisters of Mercy.

Paulius is a very good prospect and is showcasing very ...

JMarkJohns

I guess there's also a distinction between recruit and transfer.
Ballo, Larrson =transfer.
Boro, Bal, Pauli Mountains Martinez = recruits

Given that I started a lot of this conversations, my qualified categories are:

Transfers
Traditional Transfer (Larsson, Ball, Bradley, Love, Awaka ...

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