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Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:52 am
by CalStateTempe
I hope we get good Caleb and not chucker Caleb for the next four weeks …

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:53 am
by CalStateTempe
Well done Caleb!

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:26 am
by PHXCATS
Awesome job

Bad day for the haters

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:26 am
by PHXCATS
CalStateTempe wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:52 am I hope we get good Caleb and not chucker Caleb for the next four weeks …
One bad game and the turds come out

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:30 am
by CalStateTempe
Sure, tell that to unc fans as well.

When he’s on he’s on. When he’s not he’s not.

He’s more on than not

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:53 pm
by MrKyle
Congrats to him, had a great year!

While that USC game was a stinker, I don't think he was chucking that much in the game outside of a shot or two. He just didn't have it, got some good looks and his shot just looked really off. The TO's on bad passes were a bit more troubling

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:55 pm
by PHXCATS
MrKyle wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:53 pm Congrats to him, had a great year!

While that USC game was a stinker, I don't think he was chucking that much in the game outside of a shot or two. He just didn't have it, got some good looks and his shot just looked really off. The TO's on bad passes were a bit more troubling
100% this

I expect his shots and passes will be better Thursday and every game the rest of the way

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:48 pm
by AZCatGirl
Have a feeling he'll be on this week.


Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:59 am
by arizonawildcats

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:39 pm
by dirtbags
is caleb injured or just in an untimely slump? i saw that he's 7-34 FGs in his last 3 games - yikes

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:43 pm
by AZCatGirl
Wish I knew this before I picked him in RAP:

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:57 pm
by MrKyle
dirtbags wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:39 pm is caleb injured or just in an untimely slump? i saw that he's 7-34 FGs in his last 3 games - yikes
He looks injured - mechanically shot looks off across the board, he is missing runners and badly missing open 3s

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:12 pm
by Captain Obvious
He's not injured. Stop with the excuses. Meanwhile RJ Davis and North Carolina are getting the job done on their quest to yet another Final Four. Must suck for Caleb having to watch his old teammates advance further. But that's what he gets for being a quitter. He wasn't North Carolina good so he had to downgrade to Arizona.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:18 pm
by MrKyle
Captain Obvious wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:12 pm He's not injured. Stop with the excuses. Meanwhile RJ Davis and North Carolina are getting the job done on their quest to yet another Final Four. Must suck for Caleb having to watch his old teammates advance further. But that's what he gets for being a quitter. He wasn't North Carolina good so he had to downgrade to Arizona.
I know you like trolling but come on now… he hasn’t looked anywhere near this bad all season long until last 3 games. His shot hasn’t looked this bad all season either.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:21 pm
by arizonawildcats
I remember Caleb playing a big part in that Final Four run.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:57 am
by pc in NM
My Questions for Caleb:

Should Caleb turn pro after this season?

He's unlikely to be drafted by the NBA. (#81 consensus rating - https://www.nbamockdraftdatabase.com/bi ... board-2024)

What can/could/should he improve in another year of college ball to increase that ranking?

What NIL $$$ can/could he earn next year?

If undrafted, he could sign with G-League and/or sign-on without any guarantee.

If cut from NBA - G-League, or overseas?

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:18 am
by Beachcat97
pc in NM wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:57 am My Questions for Caleb:

Should Caleb turn pro after this season?

He's unlikely to be drafted by the NBA. (#81 consensus rating - https://www.nbamockdraftdatabase.com/bi ... board-2024)

What can/could/should he improve in another year of college ball to increase that ranking?

What NIL $$$ can/could he earn next year?

If undrafted, he could sign with G-League and/or sign-on without any guarantee.

If cut from NBA - G-League, or overseas?
Caleb is a senior. I’m not understanding how he could play another college season.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:21 am
by UAEebs86
Beachcat97 wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:18 am
pc in NM wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:57 am My Questions for Caleb:

Should Caleb turn pro after this season?

He's unlikely to be drafted by the NBA. (#81 consensus rating - https://www.nbamockdraftdatabase.com/bi ... board-2024)

What can/could/should he improve in another year of college ball to increase that ranking?

What NIL $$$ can/could he earn next year?

If undrafted, he could sign with G-League and/or sign-on without any guarantee.

If cut from NBA - G-League, or overseas?
Caleb is a senior. I’m not understanding how he could play another college season.
From what I understand, according to the COVID rules everyone is allowed one extra year if you were in school during the shortened season of 2020.

And others have said the only player on the team that has had 5 full years including 2020 is Keshad.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:23 am
by pc in NM
Beachcat97 wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:18 am
pc in NM wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:57 am My Questions for Caleb:

Should Caleb turn pro after this season?

He's unlikely to be drafted by the NBA. (#81 consensus rating - https://www.nbamockdraftdatabase.com/bi ... board-2024)

What can/could/should he improve in another year of college ball to increase that ranking?

What NIL $$$ can/could he earn next year?

If undrafted, he could sign with G-League and/or sign-on without any guarantee.

If cut from NBA - G-League, or overseas?
Caleb is a senior. I’m not understanding how he could play another college season.
He played three seasons at UNC, and one here - he could still take one more for COVID, correct?

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:30 am
by Merkin
That is correct. Only Johnson is out of eligibility. I think the issue with Love is the same as Tubelis. Not NBA skilled, but they are already in their 20's and need to start the clock ticking on their professional careers. Along with having to take classes still.

Believe Zu is making between $200K and $300K in Lithuania, which is pretty good for there. Believe his NIL valuation was $100K or so although no one knows how much they really made.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:38 am
by Beachcat97
Thanks for the clarification, guys.

I think there is 0% chance Love plays another season at AZ.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:27 am
by TheCat
Imagine if the whole team came back but KJ. That would be a good start in our new league as opposed to a entirely new team. I saw a ranking of NBA prospects and that highest associated with Arizona was Adama.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:34 am
by Chicat
Third Team AP All American

Congrats Caleb!

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:17 pm
by Postmaster
Sean Elliot was on a local radio show yesterday, or Friday. He said he hasn’t seen AZ play a game this year but from what he has seen of Love in the past and highlights, he thinks he can play in NBA. The host sounded a little skeptical.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:01 pm
by Merkin
Why the heck are you not watching UA sports Sean? Does Elliott ever come back to the UA for any events?

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:05 pm
by azcat49
He better shoot a whole lot better than what he has shown recently.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:10 pm
by UAEebs86
Merkin wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:01 pm Why the heck are you not watching UA sports Sean? Does Elliott ever come back to the UA for any events?
Yeah he's my favorite 'Cat of all time but it's disappointing how little he interacts with the program now.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:39 pm
by azcat49
Still knee deep in the Spurs as their analyst on TV I think.

Weird because his brother Noel (who gave him his kidney) still lives in Tucson I think

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:39 pm
by Postmaster
He said his work schedule has prevented him from watching this season.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:35 am
by Postmaster
Re: nil
I heard he is going to be working with SKIMS. That is Kim Kardashian’s underwear product.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:56 am
by dmjcat
azcat49 wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:05 pm He better shoot a whole lot better than what he has shown recently.
One of my (many) fears for the upcoming tourney is that Caleb will attempt to showcase his NBA 3 point shooting range.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:59 am
by g32knights
dmjcat wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:56 am
azcat49 wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:05 pm He better shoot a whole lot better than what he has shown recently.
One of my (many) fears for the upcoming tourney is that Caleb will attempt to showcase his NBA 3 point shooting range.
I'm more afraid that he'll think it all rests on his shoulders and he takes 25-30 shots/game.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:14 am
by Chicat
g32knights wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:59 am
dmjcat wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:56 am
azcat49 wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:05 pm He better shoot a whole lot better than what he has shown recently.
One of my (many) fears for the upcoming tourney is that Caleb will attempt to showcase his NBA 3 point shooting range.
I'm more afraid that he'll think it all rests on his shoulders and he takes 25-30 shots/game.
I don’t care if he shoots 25 times a game as long as he hits 10-12 of them.

In our last three losses he’s averaged just over 9 shots per game. So it’s not as if he shot us out of it. In fact, he probably should have just kept shooting.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:17 am
by Frybry02
g32knights wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:59 am
dmjcat wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:56 am
azcat49 wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:05 pm He better shoot a whole lot better than what he has shown recently.
One of my (many) fears for the upcoming tourney is that Caleb will attempt to showcase his NBA 3 point shooting range.
I'm more afraid that he'll think it all rests on his shoulders and he takes 25-30 shots/game.
I’m afraid of Boswell and Pelle deferring to Love forcing him to chuck up 20+ shots.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:48 am
by Merkin
Frybry02 wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:17 am I’m afraid of Boswell and Pelle deferring to Love forcing him to chuck up 20+ shots.
Same, esp with LBSU's zone defense.

Looking at the last 3 LBSU games during their tourney run:

UC Davis 6-25 3PT 24%
UC Irvine 5-14 3PT 36%
UC Riverside 8-32 3PT 25%

Boswell is 1-10 3PT last 3 games.

Larsson 6-14.

Love 4-21.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:59 am
by dmjcat
Frybry02 wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:17 am
g32knights wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:59 am
dmjcat wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:56 am
azcat49 wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:05 pm He better shoot a whole lot better than what he has shown recently.
One of my (many) fears for the upcoming tourney is that Caleb will attempt to showcase his NBA 3 point shooting range.
I'm more afraid that he'll think it all rests on his shoulders and he takes 25-30 shots/game.
I’m afraid of Boswell and Pelle deferring to Love forcing him to chuck up 20+ shots.
I'm OK with that as long as the shots are within the confines of the offense and are:

1) Wide open
2) From directly behind the 3 point line

I'm afraid of the 27 foot 3 pointers with 2 defenders draped all over him.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:04 am
by dmjcat
Merkin wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:48 am
Frybry02 wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:17 am I’m afraid of Boswell and Pelle deferring to Love forcing him to chuck up 20+ shots.
Same, esp with LBSU's zone defense.

Looking at the last 3 LBSU games during their tourney run:

UC Davis 6-25 3PT 24%
UC Irvine 5-14 3PT 36%
UC Riverside 8-32 3PT 25%

Boswell is 1-10 3PT last 3 games.

Larsson 6-14.

Love 4-21.
I would prefer that CTL keep a short leash on Boswell. If he passes up wide open shots or is completely air-balling what shots he takes CTL needs to move on to JBradley, and quickly. Bradley is quicker than Boswell and is much more suited to penetrating a zone defense, which is what I assume that Monson is going to throw at us tomorrow.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:34 am
by dovecanyoncat
The coaching battle between Monsoon and Floyd is gonna be epic.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:28 am
by pc in NM
The Athletic highlights some players to watch - highlights...

https://theathletic.com/5349759/2024/03 ... 0gmail.com
NCAA Tournament’s 10 most intriguing players to watch: Dalton Knecht, Caleb Love and more

Hunter Dickinson, Kansas (We already knew he was weak - Koloko exposed him in 2021 in Vegas!))

Jaelen House, New Mexico (Offspring of the balls-hawking ASSU guard!)

Caleb Love, Arizona

The 6-foot-4 guard has lived in a slingshot for the past three seasons. He was a low-efficiency but high-effectiveness scorer for a North Carolina team that reached the national championship game in 2022. He returned to Chapel Hill and effectively absorbed the blame for a 2022-23 season that was one of the most disappointing in program history; the Tar Heels went from preseason No. 1 to missing the postseason entirely while Love took a career-high 15.1 shots per game and made only 37.8 percent of them. He tried to transfer to Michigan but the school overrode the plan due to academics. Only then did Love head for Tucson, with one final chance to prove he is the player he claims to be.

Now he’s the Pac-12 Player of the Year for a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, with career highs in scoring (18.1 points per game), effective field goal shooting percentage (51.0) and Win Shares (4.8). His story is polarizing and mesmerizing. The ending isn’t written yet. And if the seeds hold and Arizona makes it to the Elite Eight, it would play … North Carolina.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:28 am
by EastCoastCat
Time to step up Caleb. This is why you came to Arizona.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:18 pm
by PHXCATS
He didn't score a ton but he took good looks and he was a monster on the boards and passed well

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:22 pm
by Merkin
I imagine Lloyd had quite a talk with him at halftime. What a difference the 2nd half when he started attacking the rim and playing inside the 3 point line.

Any team from now on will let him hang outside and chuck.

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Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:26 pm
by Beachcat97
Actually, my takeaway is that we showed today that we don’t need Love to get 25+ in order to win. Are we vulnerable when he isn’t shooting well? Absolutely. But we have a balanced scoring attack that most teams won’t be able to match.

Also, Love will definitely have a break out game in this NCAA tournament. It’s coming.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:35 pm
by AZCatGirl
Beachcat97 wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:26 pm Also, Love will definitely have a break out game in this NCAA tournament. It’s coming.
Couldn't agree with this more. Keep advancing and it'll come...

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:15 pm
by U.P. Zona Fan
Just need to keep Boz focused! Glad he got out his yips.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:36 pm
by MrKyle
Beachcat97 wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:26 pm Actually, my takeaway is that we showed today that we don’t need Love to get 25+ in order to win. Are we vulnerable when he isn’t shooting well? Absolutely. But we have a balanced scoring attack that most teams won’t be able to match.

Also, Love will definitely have a break out game in this NCAA tournament. It’s coming.
Absolutely - if he keeps taking shots when they make sense, looks to create/rebound/defend we are in a good spot.

We need a balanced attack with our primary PG playing well to progress

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:25 pm
by Lute4God
Love must have had 3 plays in the second half he started with a contested rebound and then a hard push up the floor. The lob to Keshad on the break for the jam was one of those.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:52 pm
by TheCat
If he can continue to rebound like he did it is a new dimension to our offense and defense.

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:02 pm
by Merkin
Not blaming Caleb at all, we knew what we were getting but did Lloyd?

Re: Caleb Love

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:33 pm
by AZCatGirl
Love is blaming himself.