Gator Basketball ***Official Offseason Thread BBALL*** Top 50 Overall Guard Alex Lloyd Commits

[LoyalGatorFan]

NAACP to Black players: Reconsider Fla. schools

The NAACP asked Black student-athletes to reconsider their decisions to attend public colleges and universities in the state of Florida, in response to the University of Florida eliminating its diversity, equity and inclusion program earlier this month.

www.espn.com

Good news is we have a core of Micah, Haugh and Condon to build around. Maybe the Euro guard will surprise and hopefully there’s some solid white transfers we can target.

It's time to become Duke of the South and show people white men CAN jump

 

[maheo30]

Eyeball emoji is intriguing

Even more interesting is that he almost always answers questions. Yet, didn’t answer a one.

 

[MertzJay26]

Even more interesting is that he almost always answers questions. Yet, didn’t answer a one.

 

[maheo30]

 

[MertzJay26]

 

[GatorCatsi]

 

[Egor's Assistant]

Solid pillar. Might make a great coach one day. Excellent

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

Golden: "We've gotten better" - Florida Gators

UF men's basketball coach Todd Golden had his first media session Friday since the 2023-24 season ended five weeks to the day with a last-second loss in the NCAA

floridagators.com

 

[MertzJay26]

Been a week since our last transfer commit

 

[maheo30]

Been a week since our last transfer commit

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I expect the Boozer twins to announce soon. I did notice that we didn’t contact any of the recent portal entries.

 

[MertzJay26]

I expect the Boozer twins to announce soon. I did notice that we didn’t contact any of the recent portal entries.

 

[Theologator]

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I’m sure of just one thing: Those are not the droids I’m looking for.

 

[MertzJay26]

I’m sure of just one thing: Those are not the droids I’m looking for.

 

[maheo30]

https://247sports.com/college/flori...-martin-sam-alexis-rueben-chinyelu-231162581/

"I mean, I think that's the biggest area to improve, right?," Golden said Friday. "We were above average nationally defensively, but we were below average for a tournament team, right, or a really good team trying to make a jump. So that's an area where if we can go from 93rd defensively, we can go from that to top 50 next year, we're going to be pretty good, you know, so that's where I'm focusing."

 

[Durty South Swamp]

https://247sports.com/college/flori...-martin-sam-alexis-rueben-chinyelu-231162581/

"I mean, I think that's the biggest area to improve, right?," Golden said Friday. "We were above average nationally defensively, but we were below average for a tournament team, right, or a really good team trying to make a jump. So that's an area where if we can go from 93rd defensively, we can go from that to top 50 next year, we're going to be pretty good, you know, so that's where I'm focusing."

I can't believe he didn't tell us all about some stats or metrics that actually show we played some of the best defense in the league last year, if that makes sense...

 

[MertzJay26]

I can't believe he didn't tell us all about some stats or metrics that actually show we played some of the best defense in the league last year, if that makes sense...

“Playing 4 on 5 is actually an advantage at times, ya know?”

 

[Durty South Swamp]

“Playing 4 on 5 is actually an advantage at times, ya know?”

Napier be like...

 

[GatorJ]

I’m going to assume Martin is now our point guard. All we can do is trust Golden. I don’t like it.


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Pullen had great size and assist to turnover ratio. But he was a liability defensively and almost too patient offensively. We would sometimes stagnate because he was always looking for that perfect pass. Sometimes the ball just needs to move quickly around the perimeter. Teams that did that to us gave us a lot of problems.

 

[maheo30]

If he isn’t the main PG, who is? Because, we don’t have one yet. It certainly isn’t Clayton.

https://247sports.com/college/flori...odd-golden-gators-roster-breakdown-231231989/

While the highly-decorated graduate transfer won't necessarily "be the main point guard," according to head coach Todd Golden, the Gators "are confident in his ability to play out of the ball screen a little more," a role he wasn't quite asked to handle in Boca Raton but went a long way in attracting him to Gainesville.

"FAU didn't need that from me and that was fine, but the NBA has to see me as more of a lead guard so I needed a program excited to let me do a lot of that," Martin told Swamp247. "I will play on and off the ball a lot. I got some high level NBA training last summer and all this year from some personal coaches, so I know the game is really simple; try to create good opportunities as a guard for my team to score, not just me. I have to be able to read instantly what the best play is for that and Florida will help me get better doing that."

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

If he isn’t the main PG, who is? Because, we don’t have one yet. It certainly isn’t Clayton.

I think they are hoping Aberdeen can step up into that role.

The way I look at it, hope is not a plan.