re: Alabama Basketball Non-Conference Schedule

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MessageAlabama Basketball Non-Conference Scheduleby SECSolomonGrundyquote:but there will be games that if coach doesn’t bench him, we have zero shot to win. Hope Oats realizes it’s one of those games early enough when needed. You are dumb. quote:He literally has to have an awesome game offensively to even be a net add. If he’s even just above average on offense, he is a net negative due to being bottom rung on everything else. Very dumb. quote:He fouled out and was completely overmatched against bigger players as has been typical against top teams He was cooking them on offense. He was playing better than Philon. Every team in the country would love to have that dude as their backup PG and your dumbass is out here calling him unplayable. Stfu

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Some of us have memories that last more than 1 game or even 1 season, and have been watching basketball for a long time. Others of us are very emotional and like to call people names. Sorry I hurt your feelings

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Oats has fielded two top 5 defenses that featured Shack (20-21) and JQ (22-23) in significant roles and they were traffic cones. There probably isn't a Herb or Bediako on this team, but we've still seen it be done. And we don't need a top 5 defense to have a great season with this offense. Just a decent one.

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IMO, Shack was a better defender than what we got from Holloway last year but JQ is probably on par. We had a lot better rim protection in 22-23 with JQ than we currently have, but we do have several good individual defenders on this team. Not sure we’ll be able to dictate anything defensively this year, but the offense will definitely be able to impose our style as is typical for a Nate Oats team. Still means we may have to win a lot of games in shootout fashion. That ‘22-23 team could lock teams down and win despite some really ugly shooting nights (was a decent offensive rebounding team as well).

Excited about the season, but had to give my Purdue tickets away due to coaching son’s team…should have picked Mondays for practice

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You thinking Holloway is unplayable

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Brother, the unplayable comment is when he is having an off night offensively and being locked down by elite guards that he’s trying to shoot over. I’ve been very consistent in that Holloway will be fine in about 90% of the games we play. It’s the other 10% (3-4 games this season) that he becomes a tremendous liability.

Edit: Since you are discussing understanding and bringing other “sports leagues” into the discussion, I’ll put this as easy as I can. Holloway is not a first round NBA talent and likely won’t get drafted at all (despite you speaking as if he is better than everyone else we are going to play). There’s a reason he isn’t high on draft boards, and that same reason is why he becomes a liability when we play elite teams with length and athleticism. They can bother him with length when he has the ball and they can get almost anything they want on the offensive end because his defense is bottom quartile. He also is a liability on rebounds. These are all factual statements as of last year. I’m sorry they make you angry (or if you’ve convinced yourself they will magically not be an issue at all this year, then I hope you’re right…but that is highly unlikely).

You said he was completely overmatched against St John's. That is a zero BBIQ take.

We are discussing our backup PG and you are talking about the NBA. The NBA is so fricking elite that if an NBA ready type player is on an opposing team he is pretty much going to wreck shite no matter what college team he plays against. But Holloway is no scrub. John Petty never sniffed the NBA draft but we won a lot of games with him. Not every player has to be Brandon Miller.

For you to criticize Holloway with that bullshite after the performance he just put on in the Mecca of basketball is proof that he fricked your girl or you dont know ball.

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You said he was completely overmatched against St John's

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I said on defense, and he was. This isn’t hard.

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We are discussing our backup PG

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Who was a 5 star recruit and many have talked as if he’s going to be one of our stars. There were a lot of people on this board who had him in their projected starting lineup.

There were only a few people on this board that indicated we had almost no chance against Duke last year prior to the game due to Holloway and Sears limitations. They were criticized and called names (you being one of the name callers in that one too) prior to the game, only to watch the other posters melt during the game followed by saying our guards were too small immediately after the game as if it was their own novel analysis. Now, some of those same volatile posters are back to thinking small guards with significant defensive liabilities are good pieces again. It’s actually fascinating to watch.

I’m glad Holloway is on our team and a backup point guard is a suitable role for him, but I don’t want to see him more than 10-15 minutes in close games where he is completely overmatched on defense due to his size and limitations. You’re welcome to hold a different opinion and change it 4 different times this season if you want to.

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Duke was stacked last year. They had a 7 footer that could guard the perimeter. They had one huge white dude at guard that lock down our whole team, and another one that was the first overall pick in the NBA draft. Duke was insanely stacked last year. That doesnt mean our guys are trash.

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So, remind me again why you name called the people who knew that before the game? Sounds like you don’t know what you’re talking about.

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Keep trying to walk back your bullshite.

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I’m not sure you understand what “walk back” means. My stance on Holloway hasn’t changed since middle of the season last season. The only person who can make me change my stance on Holloway is….wait for it….Holloway. Name call all you want, but Holloway has to show something different than he’s shown in his 2+ years of SEC basketball for me to change my stance on him. If he does, I’ll give him credit and be excited for him.

Sears actually starting to get a little PT for the bucks and making the most of it.

Looking forward to being in Coleman tonight. Hopefully I feel the same when I leave too

Let's get LOUD tonight!

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