The Paradigm Has Shifted

[arxpert]

If Bradley is able to avg 4-5 asts/game, I believe that would boost his draft stock a lot more than what he did last season.

I am looking for a minimum of 6 assists per game with the amount of pure scoring being brought in.

He will be regressing as a player if he is out there averaging 15ppg 4ast 2stl in Volume Shooting and the results for the team will suffer mightily.

He needs to be the 50% from the field type Guard who can produce 15pts on 6 shots and distribute to the guys that should be burying shots.

Pick and Roll/Pop with SloMo Krivas is a possibility, but also with Peat. Tobe Awaka is too 1 dimensional.

He should also be slapping the floor having this team locked in defensively.

I am interested in what he can do vs the heavy hitter schedule this year. His stock almost solely relies on how he plays vs top tier competition.

We don't need any hero ball this year. We need team basketball.

Maniac Mode is reserved for when someone has to takeover a specific matchup.

Only Tommy can mess the concept up. We don't need 8 guys all averaging 4 assists out there.

If Bradley is the "Floor General" that his original recruiting accolade touted him and that Arizona Basketball is hyping him to be, then we will see the heavy Assists.

[KansasCityCats]

Bradley will improve, especially from distance. No way should he hit 6 assists per game.

TJ was the only Wildcat to accomplish that stat since the Miller era and he only did it in his senior season.

[Cactus🌵Cat]

Pair of dimes aren't worth what they used to be due to inflation.

[mvpreed2]

I am looking for a minimum of 6 assists per game with the amount of pure scoring being brought in.

He will be regressing as a player if he is out there averaging 15ppg 4ast 2stl in Volume Shooting and the results for the team will suffer mightily.

He needs to be the 50% from the field type Guard who can produce 15pts on 6 shots and distribute to the guys that should be burying shots.

Pick and Roll/Pop with SloMo Krivas is a possibility, but also with Peat. Tobe Awaka is too 1 dimensional.

He should also be slapping the floor having this team locked in defensively.

I am interested in what he can do vs the heavy hitter schedule this year. His stock almost solely relies on how he plays vs top tier competition.

If these prospects play the way I think they can?
I agree with you in that this team needs to be more team-oriented, which to me means the balance is going to show on the stat sheet also.
I do not believe there will be anyone avg 6asts/gm on this team.
It will be a combination of 3-4 prospects avi 4-5asts/gm in Bradley/Burries/Peat and possibly someone else off the bench.

The more the ball swings with this team?
The better this team will be able to be with little to no coaching needed on the offensive end as it will be a lot of read/react coming off screens/swings.
#BearDown

[arxpert]

Bradley will improve, especially from distance. No way should he hit 6 assists per game.

Then Bradley isn't a Floor General and Arizona Basketball needs to remove their banner that says Floor General with Bradley. Literally. 6 assists on a team that is theoretically supposed to average 80+ PPG every year in the system is not too much to ask, theorize, nor demand. It means he will have some games where he isn't shooting well, but he can break down the defense and find his teammates to carry the game.

Nothing wrong with that. It is about Leading translating to Winning. If he is just going to go out there are pop 18 shots per game then Tommy needs to be fired. We can't have 1 guy chucking every single year as an excuse to not have actual X's and O's in game flow. Tommy can draw up a play from out of bounds, but he really lacks in the half court if transition is stopped.

If I am not mistaken, Bradley was a 5* Burger Boy and top PG of his class. I would have to guarantee his NBA Feedback had something to do with being able to cut down turnovers, make the smart passes, and bring out his NBA Range for 3's instead of taking the cut-corner 3's. He shoots well enough from 3 overall, but you need range at his size. NBA isn't playing games anymore with prospects. They want to see routine logo range.

I have Bradley as undrafted next season.

Maybe this is his big bucks season in College, but 2026 is going to be one of those 2003, 2018, type drafts. Good luck there. I still stand by my comment that he has to compete with 3 to 4 of his own teammates for a spot in the NBA Draft let alone the rest of the prospects. Really hope Ego's can be put aside.

So like I said, only Tommy can fuck this one up now. No excuses. Carter and Koa would never have coexisted.

At least, Maybe the pay dirt for us as fans is we could learn what "Revenue Sharing" means under Tommy Lloyd aka America's Sports Father.

[arxpert]

I do not believe there will be anyone avg 6asts/gm on this team.

I don't see how it is less Team Basketball if someone is able to command the floor and facilitate.

Bradley won't be leading us statistically every game, but if SloMo Krivas is going to be the NBA prospect Tommy gave up like 10 prospects for to transfers, then it is safe to say the Moonball Lob to Yao Krivas should be alive and well for our "Floor General" to go to throughout the game. I don't think there is much difference in 5ast or 6ast in the end. It is about the approach. Tommy should really want Bradley taking the ball up court and calling plays. If it's going to be Burries than I fear we are going to see those 1-9 lines from 3pt land from 1 guy again... and again... and again.

Only Tommy can fuck this up. He has to stop that Now. No one should be playing that way for us this year.

[mvpreed2]

I don't see how it is less Team Basketball if someone is able to command the floor and facilitate.

Bradley won't be leading us statistically every game, but if SloMo Krivas is going to be the NBA prospect Tommy gave up like 10 prospects for to transfers, then it is safe to say the Moonball Lob to Yao Krivas should be alive and well for our "Floor General" to go to throughout the game. I don't think there is much difference in 5ast or 6ast in the end. It is about the approach. Tommy should really want Bradley taking the ball up court and calling plays. If it's going to be Burries than I fear we are going to see those 1-9 lines from 3pt land from 1 guy again... and again... and again.

The short version of my point is that I do not believe that Bradley is going to be the true "floor general" in that he should have the ball in his hands to create, but I think that Burries/Peat are going to have the ball in their hands to make plays also.

Like you continue to say, Lloyd mishandled Bryant, and he cannot afford to do so again with Burries/Peat if this 2026 class is going to stacked with NBA prospects as it is projected to be.
#BearDown

[KansasCityCats]

"Team basketball" is leading the NCAA in assists, not necessarily with one person. Arizona has accomplished that feat on a consistent basis since Lloyd arrived.

Are you saying that TJ was only a floor general for one season?  And that Miller never recruited another throughout his time in Tucson?  And that he ****ed it up because he couldn't find one guy to pad a single stat?  Seems a bit excessive.

[arxpert]

"Team basketball" is leading the NCAA in assists, not necessarily with one person. Arizona has accomplished that feat on a consistent basis since Lloyd arrived.

Are you saying that TJ was only a floor general for one season?  And that Miller never recruited another throughout his time in Tucson?  And that he ****ed it up because he couldn't find one guy to pad a single stat?  Seems a bit excessive.

No idea what your words mean here. TJ is a star player in the NBA. One of the top 5 backup Guards in the game. In other words, TJ McConnell is Top 35 in the world at the PG position. Sounds like you are trying to compare Apples to Plums and say they are both fruit and therefore must be the same.

Bradley's graphics by UofA say FLOOR GENERAL. Bradley believes he is a FLOOR GENERAL. There is no way he is a Floor General if he is going to go out there and average 3 assists. 4 assists. Nor 5 assists.

A Floor General is going to be the main guy who sets everyone up and I don't care if he averages 5ast or 6ast. If he is the Floor General he is bringing the ball up and dumping the moonball lob in or he is performing the Hockey Assist. The Pass Before the Pass to the score with high IQ and low turnovers.

[KansasCityCats]

I'm just going off the standards that you set above. TJ was a badass.

Bradley will be the primary ball handler for a dangerous offense. He will be a floor general. Perhaps he won't earn the tag if he averages 3+ TO/game and/or can't break a press, can't penetrate a zone, etc. Jaden has already proven that he can do those things so I'm not concerned.