Austin-East's Brandon Lopez to join Vols

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kamoshika

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as a preferred walk-on:
A-E?s Brandon Lopez will be a preferred walk-on at UT GoVolsXtra

Lopez's shooting from the field this past season was phenomenal, as reported by PrepXtra.com. He shot 61.5% from the field as a sophomore, so his senior year was apparently not a fluke.

  • FG-FGA: 118-169 (.698)
  • 2FG-2FGA: 93-124 (.750)
  • 3FG-3FGA: 25-45 (.556)
  • FT-FTA: 92-132 (.697)

In one 7-game stretch Lopez reportedly hit 56 of 65 shots from the field, including 14 of 19 3-pt. attempts.
 
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He's a solid player. He's not really SEC caliber, but I don't have a problem with him walking on.
 
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Yankee_Vol said:
Can't be much worse than McBrick
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Actually, McBee has a pure stroke. He has a little bit of a mental block to overcome out on the court, his shot though, is as fundamentally sound as anyone. He's been a great shooter in practice. He needs to transition it better to games.

We don't beat Vandy at home last year without him.
 
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shortgameVol said:
Actually, McBee has a pure stroke. He has a little bit of a mental block to overcome out on the court, his shot though, is as fundamentally sound as anyone. He's been a great shooter in practice. He needs to transition it better to games.

We don't beat Vandy at home last year without him.
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I don't know...he jumps forward with his shot. It seems like he'd be better if he could control his legs to make him go straight up and down.

And we all know that it means nothing if you can transition to the court. Besides, McBee has nothing to worry about since he's so ridiculously (and undeservingly) popular at TBA. Seriously, some of the loudest moment of the past 2 seasons at TBA have been when McBee sporadically hit a 3. Ridiculousness.
 
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Who was defending him? Very lttle talent comes from TN, and most from memphis, who was the last good player from knox area?
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I remember a certain player from Maryville that UT had no interest in who did quite well at Florida.
 
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Yea, a role player who played on two national championship teams. Of course, he really wasn't as good as Bradshaw.
 
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BasketvolsFan said:
Yea, a role player who played on two national championship teams. Of course, he really wasn't as good as Bradshaw.
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he could not have filled the same role as Dane and the shooters we had were better. Simply being on 2 NC teams doesn't say anything about his ability
 
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Apparently you didn't watch much Florida basketball when he played. Comparing him to McBee is absurd. Why don't you check the record and see how much he played and how much he scored.
 
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BasketvolsFan said:
Apparently you didn't watch much Florida basketball when he played. Comparing him to McBee is absurd. Why don't you check the record and see how much he played and how much he scored.
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watched enough to know he was nothing without the guys ahead of him. You're acting like he was the leader of 2 NC runs.
 
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No, he was not the leader, but was a major contributor. Acting as if he is a McBee level contributor or didn't accomplish more than Bradshaw is ridiculous.
 
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Against Austin-East's 4 toughest opponents -- Science Hill, Knox West, Bearden, and Maplewood -- Lopez averaged 34 PPG while hitting 43 of 61 FG attempts (70%).

While this thread shouldn't be about McBee, keep in mind that he only made 38% of his 3-pointers as a senior at Rutledge. He was a prolific shooter but not an especially good one. Still, he hit 32.4% of his 3-pt. attempts last season, 2nd best on the team (among those w/ more than 1 attempt). That's equivalent to shooting 49% on 2-pointers, which really isn't bad at all.
 
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he was a shooter and that's about it. We had better shooters already and Dane filled a role that he couldn't have touched. Where's the miss again?
 
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Lee Humphrey was a poor man's NCAA level Steve Kerr and had it not been for the fact that he was surrounded by several current NBA players, he wouldn't have gotten so many wide open 3's. I like Lee, thought he was a solid player, but we didn't offer because we had no need for his skill set. There was no "miss" there and Dane played the 1 through 4 for us depending on the situation. Lee was a spot up shooter and that was it. He had no other elements to his game. He was a defensive liability, and quite frankly, he wouldn't have seen the court here outside of mop-up and late game scenarios where we needed to hit a few treys or hit FT's to close out a win.
 
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This kids %'s are absolutely astounding btw... It is at the same time, unfathomable that he shoots better from the field than he shoots from the stripe. How in the world can you shoot one hundredth better from the field than the line when you are THAT good of a shooter? He could be a contributor depending on how our recruiting at the PG goes over the next few years.
 
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BasketvolsFan said:
Being a major contributor on two national championships says a great deal about ability.
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Lee did a great job at his role. He fell into the perfect situation and wouldn't have been as good at UT.

He had the benefit of playing with some extremely talented players and took advantage of it; good for him.
 
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