Scouting report for Portsmouth Tournament posted by Eric included this statement. Basically Lee made the right choice to transfer from UK to Cal. At UK he was buried on bench and a role player. At Cal he was able to play major minutes, develop his offense, improve his overall game and showcase his talents.

Hope our recruits and players understand that too.

"Marcus Lee is a very athletic big man that could end up being a high energy, shot blocker in the NBA. His offensive skills may still be rather unrefined, but some of that may be due to having been behind many quality big men at Kentucky.

Transferring to California was likely a step in the right direction for Lee, as he was able to assert himself more offensively, and he was able to earn an invite to Portsmouth, where he played well in the first day of the tournament."

HoopDreams said:

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Scouting report for Portsmouth Tournament posted by Eric included this statement. Basically Lee made the right choice to transfer from UK to Cal. At UK he was buried on bench and a role player. At Cal he was able to play major minutes, develop his offense, improve his overall game and showcase his talents.

Hope our recruits and players understand that too.

"Marcus Lee is a very athletic big man that could end up being a high energy, shot blocker in the NBA. His offensive skills may still be rather unrefined, but some of that may be due to having been behind many quality big men at Kentucky.

Transferring to California was likely a step in the right direction for Lee, as he was able to assert himself more offensively, and he was able to earn an invite to Portsmouth, where he played well in the first day of the tournament."

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Plus he got a degree from Cal, right?

calumnus said:

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HoopDreams said:

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Scouting report for Portsmouth Tournament posted by Eric included this statement. Basically Lee made the right choice to transfer from UK to Cal. At UK he was buried on bench and a role player. At Cal he was able to play major minutes, develop his offense, improve his overall game and showcase his talents.

Hope our recruits and players understand that too.

"Marcus Lee is a very athletic big man that could end up being a high energy, shot blocker in the NBA. His offensive skills may still be rather unrefined, but some of that may be due to having been behind many quality big men at Kentucky.

Transferring to California was likely a step in the right direction for Lee, as he was able to assert himself more offensively, and he was able to earn an invite to Portsmouth, where he played well in the first day of the tournament."

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Plus he got a degree from Cal, right?

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In a few weeks.

I believe an NBA team will at least give him a shot. And if that happens, I believe he will eventually be playing in the NBA, and probably doing well.

I don't agree with the general consensus that Cal's MBB woes were due to a lack of talent. I believe Cal had enough talent to be at least considerably more competitive than they were, but horrible coaching (both x's and o's and player development) squandered that talent and the team played far, far below its potential.

I don't see the incoming class upgrading the talent much from the last season, and certainly not enough to overcome the deficiencies of the man in charge. The good news for the players is the NBA seems more than willing to overlook a disastrous collegiate performance, so bad coaching will only ruin the fans' game experience (those who bother to watch) and not the players' chances at the next level.

yay.

Uthaithani said:

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I believe an NBA team will at least give him a shot. And if that happens, I believe he will eventually be playing in the NBA, and probably doing well.

I don't agree with the general consensus that Cal's MBB woes were due to a lack of talent. I believe Cal had enough talent to be at least considerably more competitive than they were, but horrible coaching (both x's and o's and player development) squandered that talent and the team played far, far below its potential.

I don't see the incoming class upgrading the talent much from the last season, and certainly not enough to overcome the deficiencies of the man in charge. The good news for the players is the NBA seems more than willing to overlook a disastrous collegiate performance, so bad coaching will only ruin the fans' game experience (those who bother to watch) and not the players' chances at the next level.

yay.

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On the last-season's-talent vs. coaching argument which seems to be permeating this Board, I come down on the side of Freshpersons. Outside of Ben Simmons' level guys, my understanding is that Freshpersons are always to some extent problematic; and a team of virtually all Freshpersons, plus a non-athletic non-high BBall IQ big, plus a one-year highly talented athletic big who didn't, in his 3-years at Kentucky, get the coaching and experience he needed (and will get in the NBA) to develop his offensive game, plus a brand new whole coaching staff (which I confess I see as somewhat Romantic and worthy of slack and watching their development) does not equal insufficient talent or bad coaching.

That Sueing, McNeill, Dyson et al. are not Ben Simmons-level guys at this stage is not a criticism of either their talent or our team's recruiting, and the same is true of many of the other guys who didn't play that much.

I think most of them all have a world of potential and talent; and it will be up to a lot of different factors (not least of all their own effort, but also the speed at which the new coaches develop their own skills) to determine whether this collection of guys (plus the new recruits) will turn into Villanova (of whom I have the impression that they do not have that many, if any, higher rated recruits - and certainly no one-and-dones) which, I think, has gotten where it has by means a number of years of good coaching, good recruiting, and playing together, which can certainly happen here.