a very poor man's... like guys in the corner of the R train at 3am poor man's...
Dear East Coasters - As I’ve been dealing with the time difference in the Far East now for 8 weeks, I can fully commiserate with Bangkok Johnny. In the middle of the day when we have time to enjoy some good portal talk, it’s crickets. Very boring! Maybe when you get up to pee in the middle of the night, you can drop a quick post and tell us what lineups you’re dreaming about or maybe just weigh-in on some contentious issues like whether Ayo is a good or great defender. We’ll take anything. Here’s wishing there’s a way to brighten OUR day during YOUR night.
From what I have read you are correct in analyzing his skillset. His value is on the glass, the defensive end and a high level of athleticism. I read he is a good passer as well. It seems clear that shooting is a weakness, but perhaps Pitino can sell him on his ability to upgrade his shooting skills.
If he is an Aaron Scott type, but with less 3 point ability and better defensive rebounding skills, he will be a major asset to the team.
He's 2x the athlete of Scott, better defender who's a lot less foul prone, better rebounder, and better around the rim.
I think he’s a different defender, not ready to call him a better defender than Scott. A few posters from NC on here will have your head! Lol
That’s a long train ride. My biggest thing is we have insurance for Bryce.
The biggest thing to me is we wouldn't have to worry about Mitchell getting in foul trouble. He averaged more minutes and half the fouls, with more blocks and steals. His off ball defense, in particular, is truly excellent.
Last time we had a defender as good as Aaron Scott was Justin Simon. That’s a high bar but look forward to watching Mitchell play for us and judging for myself. Just my opinion but have never believed that you can judge a players defensive ability by stats and Scott is a perfect example of that.
It’s also nice that we’ll have more options if he does pick up fouls. Scott was our stopper for bigger wings and forwards and he was required to be physical, sometimes to a detriment. I would imagine Mitchell fouls at a higher rate in our system too.
oh i Love Mitchell- think he's covering a lot of what we are losing... just Plastic Man is an entirely different tier lol...
I've thought of what happens IF* our investment in Bryce's knees goes down during the season... Mix of Prey/Ayo/Mitchell
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Advanced stats, especially for defense, are always iffy, but he's top 7 in the country according to Miya. Scott was 44th.
Posted the other day how the perfect backup PG for this team would a high 4 star Freshman that only needed to play 8-10 mins per game in his Freshman season and then potentially be our starting PG his Soph season. Not sure if he'd be agreeable to minimal minutes in year 1 and that's probably why he decommitted from UK but would be the ideal scenario for us.FYI, I know he just decommited and is a HS guy, but we're listed for Acaden Lewis.
Schools to watch for former Kentucky signee and 4-star PG Acaden Lewis
The No. 35-ranked prospect in the 2025 class decommitted from Kentucky on Thursday night. Here are some schools that should be in the mix for Lewis moving forward.
"According to 247Sports sources, a few schools to consider for Lewis are Maryland, Villanova, Georgetown, and St. John's."
He is better rebounder than Scott on the defensive end of the court.
