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VolsSportsFan said:
It's definitely not going to hurt.
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Where do you think he’ll fit into the rotation? I wonder if Barnes gives him 15-20 minutes off the bench right away or if he’ll use the next few games to let him find his role. Georgia doesn’t have a lot of height on the low post so I wonder how Barnes will use him tmrw night.
 
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IndianapolisVol said:
Where do you think he’ll fit into the rotation? I wonder if Barnes gives him 15-20 minutes off the bench right away or if he’ll use the next few games to let him find his role. Georgia doesn’t have a lot of height on the low post so I wonder how Barnes will use him tmrw night.
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I think only about 10 minutes early. He takes Oliviers minutes
 
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Yesterday I discounted the possibility of TN using a zone in the half court other than to catch an opponent not expecting one coming out of a TO. Now that there's a rim protector I'm having second thoughts.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Yesterday I discounted the possibility of TN using a zone in the half court other than to catch an opponent not expecting one coming out of a TO. Now that there's a rim protector I'm having second thoughts.
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My only concern is that he hasn’t played in a game since his senior season in high school in 2017-2018. I’m sure that practicing everyday at ASU and now UT has made him better but you can’t really practice things like playing a conference game on the road, avoiding foul trouble down the stretch during a close game, etc, etc.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Yesterday I discounted the possibility of TN using a zone in the half court other than to catch an opponent not expecting one coming out of a TO. Now that there's a rim protector I'm having second thoughts.
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Good time to try it out tomorrow. Make UGA shoot over you. Especially when Bowden or JJJ is out and Pons would otherwise be on Edwards
 
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IndianapolisVol said:
My only concern is that he hasn’t played in a game since his senior season in high school in 2017-2018. I’m sure that practicing everyday at ASU and now UT has made him better but you can’t really practice things like playing a conference game on the road, avoiding foul trouble down the stretch during a close game, etc, etc.
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Surely he’s better than ORN or Pember? At least a better rebounder?
 
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golfballs said:
Surely he’s better than ORN or Pember? At least a better rebounder?
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I mean...maybe.

People acting like Uros being eligible means we are now a tournament team probably need to take 20% off. We haven’t seen him play and no idea what is skill set is other than he is 7 foot tall
 
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zjcvols said:
I mean...maybe.

People acting like Uros being eligible means we are now a tournament team probably need to take 20% off. We haven’t seen him play and no idea what is skill set is other than he is 7 foot tall
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I agree. A 7’ freshman transfer from ASU doesn’t give me a feeling that he’s going alter the trajectory of this team. It’s not like we landed Kerry Blackshear. But given our current depth I’m hoping he can do a least a couple things to help this team. I figured there’d be some kind of talk from practice that might help set some realistic expectations
 
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Quit selling him short - he's 7'-1" tall.

I'm also interested to finally see his game in action. At the start of the year there was talk of him having a good 15-18' jump shot like many of the European bigs. Anyone ever see practice? Does he have low post moves with his back to the basket?
 
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golfballs said:
I agree. A 7’ freshman transfer from ASU doesn’t give me a feeling that he’s going alter the trajectory of this team. It’s not like we landed Kerry Blackshear. But given our current depth I’m hoping he can do a least a couple things to help this team. I figured there’d be some kind of talk from practice that might help set some realistic expectations
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One of the biggest advantages I'm seeing is allowing Pons to move to the 3 and take the pressure off of Bowden. worked last season hopefully again this season. Even if Uros starts out averaging 5/5 he's going to help. Also allows Fulky to play and rebound more aggressively. Fingers crossed.
 
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calban said:
One of the biggest advantages I'm seeing is allowing Pons to move to the 3 and take the pressure off of Bowden. worked last season hopefully again this season. Even if Uros starts out averaging 5/5 he's going to help. Also allows Fulky to play and rebound more aggressively. Fingers crossed.
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I don’t see moving pons to the 3 as a good thing. He was bad as a 3 and had played very well as a 4

Imo the only change we see is uros taking Oliviers minutes
 
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BruinVol said:
I don’t see moving pons to the 3 as a good thing. He was bad as a 3 and had played very well as a 4

Imo the only change we see is uros taking Oliviers minutes
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He may have changed since then but Barnes was pretty clear early on that Uros being cleared would determine where Pons played. Alluded to the 3 if Uros was cleared.
 
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calban said:
He may have changed since then but Barnes was pretty clear early on that Uros being cleared would determine where Pons played. Alluded to the 3 if Uros was cleared.
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interesting
I don’t recall those comments

To me Pons game is open 3 looks from the top of the key and back to the basket fade aways. Playing the 3 doesn’t match those
 
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