Gator Basketball Next year’s basketball roster: Mike White lands #1 Graduate Transfer Kerry Blackshear

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He had lost a lot of weight this offseason and was our clear #2 C, probably the starter next year and is a gifted scorer
If he was a gifted scorer he would have gotten some playing time in a terrible offense. He had weight and knee issues and wasn't athletic enough to play in the sec.
 

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If he was a gifted scorer he would have gotten some playing time in a terrible offense. He had weight and knee issues and wasn't athletic enough to play in the sec.
Yes...and was down to like 250 this offseason. Lost like 65 lbs from the middle of last season
 

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All along (prematurely?) I had expectations that Stokes would perform well. Maybe the deficit that injury put him in, he just couldn't climb out of. I can't think of any Gators that I'm glad to see depart. Smartly, Coach White has collected top notch newcomers. How fast can they learn? How fast can White and Pinkins teach? I'm expecting a top notch team. Their biggest challenge will be to get White excited?

White seems very excited. That’s how he’s pulling them in.
 

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Yes...and was down to like 250 this offseason. Lost like 65 lbs from the middle of last season
Doesn't mean he was gonna be good. He was good his junior year of high school. His senior year he ballooned up to 300+ and tore his ACL. Spent 2 years here and couldn't beat Basset out for playing time. Weve seen absolutely nothing that indicates hes a talented scorer at this level.
 

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Doesn't mean he was gonna be good. He was good his junior year of high school. His senior year he ballooned up to 300+ and tore his ACL. Spent 2 years here and couldn't beat Basset out for playing time. Weve seen absolutely nothing that indicates hes a talented scorer at this level.
1000% disagree
 

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Stokes had a good shooting touch in close. Obviously he could hold his place, couldn't be pushed off.
But wasn't he a failure at defense? Maybe better to give access to "livelier" guys?
 

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All these people with the positive outlook on Stokes leaving... Jeez I hope you are right. Personally, I can totally see him going somewhere and dominating us. Hopefully he goes to ACC or Big East or something so we don't have to play him every year. That's 5 transfers this year right or is it 6 if we count Johnson, maybe I'm miscounting? That has to be near a record for a team that didn't lose a coach or have anything drastic happen.

All of the, "Oh it's great for him to be cleaning house, all these drama queens wanting their playing time so they could go to the NBA" comments I see on here... Once again, I hope you are right. But these aren't freaking top 10 recruits or anything. These are a lot of low to mid 4 stars who surely didn't think they were going to be leaving for the NBA early or be the star of our team their sophomore year. Plenty of teams pull in much higher ranked recruits, and are able to keep most of them happy. I understand one or two leaving a year but 5? 6?... How can you possibly put any kind of positive spin on this. Why are our 4 star players so much more dramatic and demanding than every other college programs 4 stars? Or are we just grasping at straws here.

I hope beyond all hope that you are all right and I am wrong because I LOVE gator basketball. To me, Mike White tenure has screamed Muschamp. Maybe will be a good coach one day but seems like he is in way over his head at times.
 

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All these people with the positive outlook on Stokes leaving... Jeez I hope you are right. Personally, I can totally see him going somewhere and dominating us. Hopefully he goes to ACC or Big East or something so we don't have to play him every year. That's 5 transfers this year right or is it 6 if we count Johnson, maybe I'm miscounting? That has to be near a record for a team that didn't lose a coach or have anything drastic happen.

All of the, "Oh it's great for him to be cleaning house, all these drama queens wanting their playing time so they could go to the NBA" comments I see on here... Once again, I hope you are right. But these aren't freaking top 10 recruits or anything. These are a lot of low to mid 4 stars who surely didn't think they were going to be leaving for the NBA early or be the star of our team their sophomore year. Plenty of teams pull in much higher ranked recruits, and are able to keep most of them happy. I understand one or two leaving a year but 5? 6?... How can you possibly put any kind of positive spin on this. Why are our 4 star players so much more dramatic and demanding than every other college programs 4 stars? Or are we just grasping at straws here.

I hope beyond all hope that you are all right and I am wrong because I LOVE gator basketball. To me, Mike White tenure has screamed Muschamp. Maybe will be a good coach one day but seems like he is in way over his head at times.



All the damn time....
 

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We got hope-dreams mixed with nope-dreams. A bunch of unproven newbies.??
Can White really pull this off? White has suddenly thrust himself into the maws of a make or break coaching judgement season, but not by well-planned orange and blueprint. I hope he walks this plank and does a 9.9 Olympic full Gator. Could be scary.
 

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All these people with the positive outlook on Stokes leaving... Jeez I hope you are right. Personally, I can totally see him going somewhere and dominating us. Hopefully he goes to ACC or Big East or something so we don't have to play him every year. That's 5 transfers this year right or is it 6 if we count Johnson, maybe I'm miscounting? That has to be near a record for a team that didn't lose a coach or have anything drastic happen.

All of the, "Oh it's great for him to be cleaning house, all these drama queens wanting their playing time so they could go to the NBA" comments I see on here... Once again, I hope you are right. But these aren't freaking top 10 recruits or anything. These are a lot of low to mid 4 stars who surely didn't think they were going to be leaving for the NBA early or be the star of our team their sophomore year. Plenty of teams pull in much higher ranked recruits, and are able to keep most of them happy. I understand one or two leaving a year but 5? 6?... How can you possibly put any kind of positive spin on this. Why are our 4 star players so much more dramatic and demanding than every other college programs 4 stars? Or are we just grasping at straws here.

I hope beyond all hope that you are all right and I am wrong because I LOVE gator basketball. To me, Mike White tenure has screamed Muschamp. Maybe will be a good coach one day but seems like he is in way over his head at times.

It’s easy for me to see the positives. If they all stayed we couldn’t add some of the new guys. The new guys appear to be upgrades.

I like Stone but completely understand why he would leave. I like Ballard but he was inconsistent and would not get many minutes. I like Stokes but he’s in his 3rd year and still would not be a starter. These kids want to play heavy minutes...and most want to be a starter. The others are all better suited to play at a different level. Watch where most land. Stokes if motivated and in shape could be one who could start and contribute at a good school. He just couldn’t start here for another year. I do not think he will “dominate” however.

I’m very positive about the current roster.
 

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I’m interested to see the rotation this year considering we have 5 centers and 1 legit 4 (K Johnson).

Do we steal minutes at the 4 with Lewis or do we go big with a combo of Blackshear and Gak/Bassett/Payne?
That we even have the option to go big is huge!
 

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Stokes had a good shooting touch in close. Obviously he could hold his place, couldn't be pushed off.
But wasn't he a failure at defense? Maybe better to give access to "livelier" guys?
Let's hope this is the case. White likes guys who run, full speed, all the time. It's NBA style of play really. Sorry Ol' School, run some offense peeps. Mike White ain't got no time for offensive sets. Too busy trying to teach impossibly hard defensive switching schemes IMHO.
 

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We got hope-dreams mixed with nope-dreams. A bunch of unproven newbies.??
Can White really pull this off? White has suddenly thrust himself into the maws of a make or break coaching judgement season, but not by well-planned orange and blueprint. I hope he walks this plank and does a 9.9 Olympic full Gator. Could be scary.
Make or Break is only in the minds of the fans. Even with a disaster season, he'll still be coaching after that. We're stuck with a good, young, unproven coach who is bringing in Talent. Let's hope he nail the landing and ends up in the Final Four.
 

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Make or Break is only in the minds of the fans. Even with a disaster season, he'll still be coaching after that. We're stuck with a good, young, unproven coach who is bringing in Talent. Let's hope he nail the landing and ends up in the Final Four.


The talent he had on hand this year was quite underwhelming.
 

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