Will Pope go pro?

Don't think so

I think we get one more out of him

A week ago, all the rumors were he was leaning towards coming back. A few mock drafts had him falling (one had him all the way down to 30), and from an NBA perspective (not mine, or UGA fans, or for college, but simply the NBA) you can find a few big flaws in his game.

However, it is a somewhat weak class and winning SEC POTY might have actually been a bad thing for us in regards to him staying. Still, it is my hope that he realizes he SHOULD come back and improve his game. Not only would he greatly benefit from another year in college, but we could be a tourney team next year with him.

He's gone

He already won conference player of the year as a Sophomore. Time to play with some other real ball players and get paid. If yall thought it was hard to watch the Dawgs this year just wait until KCP declares

Btw check out this gem:

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In the last five minutes of SEC games this season, [Caldwell-Pope] averaged 5.4 points (projects to 43.2 points over a 40-minute game), shooting 65 percent from the field, 63 percent from 3-point range and 83 percent from the free-throw line. He scored 31 percent of his total of 332 points in SEC play during the last five minutes.

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There are no real reasons to come back. The only thing you could argue is that he will come back to work on his game, which is not much of a reason at all considering how weak the draft will be. He just won Conference POY as a Soph. and has nothing left to prove on an individual level.

Sure he could come back and attempt to carry a mediocre team to the tourny but I highly doubt that is on his list of priorities. He is a star surrounded by a bunch of scrubs, time to move on.

85% He is gone

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He is a star surrounded by a bunch of scrubs,

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And even with that being the case, we still lost like 8 games this year in the final minute or 2. We were a ball bounce or 2 away from being a tourney team!

And like I said above, the guy is outstanding for UGA and one of my favorite players ever. But if we're talking about his game from an NBA exec's pov, he's got some issues. For one, he's lanky and not very physical. That's fine if your Kevin Durant, but KCP in the pros is gonna get knocked around. He rarely drives to the hole. Yes, I know he does sometimes, but he rarely breaks down a defender and drives to the basket. NBA people will notice that. There have been many times this year where we need a big play and he just stands out to the side behind the 3 point line and doesn't even try to get involved in the play. Yes, I know that there have been a number of times as well where he's an assasin and will start shooting daggers, but the film will show that sometimes he's non existent.

KCP has an oustanding stroke and is a good defender, but a lot of teams might not want to give him first round money then send him to the bench or the Dleague. Lou Williams was a similar type player coming out (could shoot from anywhere inside of halfcourt, slim frame, not much of a driver) and although he is NOW playing very well in the NBA, it took years of development to get there. I thought Trey would make an impact with his stroke and smooth inside game, and he's nowhere to be found.

I know as a kid it would be extremely enticing to take the money and honestly, if I was him I would. Because who doesn't like money? I'm just saying it wouldn't be the worst thing for his career if he came back and honed his game some.

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Love your spirit

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frick that. you ****.












But seriously, Mann will be all SEC PG next year. Nemi will be better, Morris and Gaines will be improved. Like I said we may end up a 13 seed but we'll make the dance. book it.

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But seriously, Mann will be all SEC PG next year. Nemi will be better, Morris and Gaines will be improved. Like I said we may end up a 13 seed but we'll make the dance. book it.

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The thing is we won't have a pure scorer like KCP. Mann is a very good PG already, but we won't have anybody on the team that is half the scorer KCP is. It took nemi half of this season to find his groove again, he stuggled mightily early. Morris looks promising, but our issue will be the same as it's been for years, lack of a post presence. We don't have a big man to attack the basket. Williams/Cannon/Dixon are ok I guess, but they aren't bangers. If we get a combined 12 points a game out of those 3 next year I'll be surprised. That's a lot of pressure to put on the rest of the guys on the floor. It wasn't too bad this year because KCP could go off at any minute and start lighting it up, but without him next year we are going to struggle big time.

Question is will we a tourney team with KCP?