If we could just find a Lofton or even a JaJuan

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Mcbee can't create his own shot, and desn't have a bomber's mentality like jujuan or lofton.
They could shoot on a dime. That's what we need.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
a la jodie meeks...

ooooo i still get goosebumps


:no:
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Eh, true.

omghulkhands said:
I still see people wearing those stupid A$$ "Witness" shirts around here.

Yeah they were all witness of him scoring 54 points.....witness of it in their doublewide trailer watching it on the one community 12-inch screen television.
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Wow so original. Thanks anyway bubba.
 
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Chris4Vols22 said:
Lol that kind of stuff aggravates me so much, but in reality, it's an understandable mistake.
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Everybody has their little things that annoy the ish out of them. It is kinda funny that for such a well liked player his name continuously was spelt wrong, kind of baffling to me.
 
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wherewolf said:
Mcbee can't create his own shot, and desn't have a bomber's mentality like jujuan or lofton.
They could shoot on a dime. That's what we need.
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That's what I am preaching about on here and people don't wanna listen. A 6' spot up 3 shooter who can't jump and isn't fast isn't a weapon in the sec. If you can get a guy like lofton who has that fade in his shot that allows him to get it over defenders, or a taller player who can jump like jajuan them that is a weapon. Skykars best chance of getting looks are in transition when the opposition loses him.
 
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I agree with your comments. The only problem is that a chris lofton is a once in a generation player. Even he lacked quickness but was such a great shooter he only needed a tiny window of opportunity to get off a shot. Suggesting we can just "find" a player like him that doesnt want to go to Duke, NC, etc, isnt a very easy task.
 
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Well, to answer the OP: it's VERY hard to find a Lofton.

However, I was a big fan of JaJuan (and, off topic, think that he was the best defender we've had in years). Golden's pct (38.5%) this year is almost identical to JaJuan's best year (38.3%), and both Tatum (41.2%) and McBee (44%) are higher. 37.9% as a team is our best since C.J. Watson's senior year (and only 3 makes off that pace). Three point shooting isn't our problem.
 
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...and if Stokes game 1 was any indication, his passing ability from the post will open up more spot-up 3s.
 
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knowthevols said:
Stokes finding Maymon open under the basket while being triple teamed spoke volumns about his basketball IQ.
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yea i really think he is going to help us in every aspect of the game. our 3 pt % i look to increase as well as our fg%, quite honestly i just expect to see much better shots taken with him in our offense which usually leads to a better fg%.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
yea i really think he is going to help us in every aspect of the game. our 3 pt % i look to increase as well as our fg%, quite honestly i just expect to see much better shots taken with him in our offense which usually leads to a better fg%.
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You hit it dead center.:salute:
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
i dont give a $hit what he shot in hs please tell me how the **** that helps the university of tennesse out? Jajuan shot 29% from 3 his freshman year at tennesse, not exactly what you would consider a 3 point speialist.
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Yeah considering he played like 6 mins a game as a freshman, it's pretty easy to shoot a poor percentage. Once he started playing more, his percentage increased. Jujuan was always a shooter. Happened way before tennessee dummy
 
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United423 said:
Yeah considering he played like 6 mins a game as a freshman, it's pretty easy to shoot a poor percentage. Once he started playing more, his percentage increased. Jujuan was always a shooter. Happened way before tennessee dummy
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if he was always a shooter then he would have been able to shoot whether he played 30 seconds or 30 minutes. i understand flow of the game and what not, but his 3 pt shot became better and better each year he was here. i saw him play in hs and while he could hit the outside shot he wasnt the lethal shooter that he became his junior and senior year at tn.
 
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BomberVol said:
I agree with your comments. The only problem is that a chris lofton is a once in a generation player. Even he lacked quickness but was such a great shooter he only needed a tiny window of opportunity to get off a shot. Suggesting we can just "find" a player like him that doesnt want to go to Duke, NC, etc, isnt a very easy task.
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Chris Lofton was extremely quick that is why he only needed a tiny window to shoot. Also, he is top 10 in UT's all-time career steals and top 10 in a season in steals because of his quickness and ability to get into the passing lane.
 
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BasketVoller said:
Chris Lofton was extremely quick that is why he only needed a tiny window to shoot. Also, he is top 10 in UT's all-time career steals and top 10 in a season in steals because of his quickness and ability to get into the passing lane.
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His hands were quick and he had an extremely high basketball steal, very heady player. As far as hit shot he had a quick release, and it was well documented he faded back when he would shoot creating separation. He is not speed quick though and that is why he never received a legitimate chance in the nba.
 
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2ironVol said:
Not nearly the nightmares Bernard King gave you. Of course, he beat you 5 of 6 times, but what would you expect from the best player of all time in the SEC?
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he is entirely too young to have witnessed the likes of bernard king or grunfield.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
i dont give a $hit what he shot in hs please tell me how the **** that helps the university of tennesse out? Jajuan shot 29% from 3 his freshman year at tennesse, not exactly what you would consider a 3 point speialist.
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Calm down, girl.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
dumb statements really get under my skin
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It wasn't even a dumb statement. You just disagree with another poster about JaJuan's ability shoot the 3 when he first got to UT when it is clearly debatable, and you are getting vehement for no reason. Calm down, girl.

bleedingTNorange said:
His hands were quick and he had an extremely high basketball steal, very heady player. As far as hit shot he had a quick release, and it was well documented he faded back when he would shoot creating separation. He is not speed quick though and that is why he never received a legitimate chance in the nba.
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Lofton, for the college level, was speed quick and was an excellent defender at the college level. While I agree his lateral quickness wasn't good enough for on-the-ball NBA defending, I would say his inability to convert to a PG/combo guard hurt his NBA chances more since his height made him an unlikely 2 at that level. Furthermore, I still think the cancer causing his mediocre senior season when compared to his junior season was the main reason he never got a chance with a NBA roster. Most mock drafts had him at a lock to go late first/early second his junior year.
 
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BasketVoller said:
It wasn't even a dumb statement. You just disagree with another poster about JaJuan's ability shoot the 3 when he first got to UT when it is clearly debatable, and you are getting vehement for no reason. Calm down, girl.



Lofton, for the college level, was speed quick and was an excellent defender at the college level. While I agree his lateral quickness wasn't good enough for on-the-ball NBA defending, I would say his inability to convert to a PG/combo guard hurt his NBA chances more since his height made him an unlikely 2 at that level. Furthermore, I still think the cancer causing his mediocre senior season when compared to his junior season was the main reason he never got a chance with a NBA roster. Most mock drafts had him at a lock to go late first/early second his junior year.
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It was a statement made without knowledge on what he was saying. I saw jajuan play multiple times in hs and never thought of him as lethal from 3, like lofton was. His freshman year here also proved that as he was under 30%, he worked on it and improved in the future.

As far as lofton goes can you show me a single draft that had lofton projected to go first round. Honestly you probably can't find that has him wing drafted at all, but maybe.
Here a link to the mock draft his junior year and he is nowhere to be found...
2007 Mock Draft | NBADraft.net
 
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And I am in no way bashing lofton I loved the guy he is my favorite player to wear orange I'm just rational. Anyone that thinks at any point of loftons career he was a first round draft pick is delusional at best.
 
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DraftExpressProfile: Chris Lofton, Stats, Comparisons, and Outlook

DraftExpress: NCAA Tournament: Stock Watch (Sweet 16, Thursday games)--Stock Up

Pretty much 100% positive that the mock draft you link doesn't include anyone that didn't go out for the draft that year as some other big name EEs that opted to stay in college are not on that list. So that draft means nothing.

My first link shows that pretty much all year draftexpress.com thought Lofton was a late first round/early second round selection, just as I said. The second article talks about his performance in the last tourney game of his junior season against OSU and then states that he is seen as a likely late first round/early second round.

I don't know if i needed to clarify it any further but when someone says late first round/early second round, they typically mean something along the 27-35ish or so pick I would say. It isn't like I said he was going to go in the top 10.

It is weird to me that Lofton is your favorite player yet you clearly have no memory regarding his draft projections his junior year. Lofton is my favorite player as well and pretty much everyone had the same thoughts on him. Also you aren't rational. You are opinionated and often misguided and then call someone delusional who is clearly right. Calm down, girl.
 
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