https://twitter.com/jake34groves/status/1651022149191073793
https://virginia.lockerroomaccess.com/2023/04/25/transfer-forward-jacob-groves-commits-to-virginia/
“I expect him to have a pretty significant role next season.”
Don’t love that
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Ladies and gentlemen…
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Hopefully 15-17 minutes a game behind Ryan Dunn is a significant role
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Are we sure BVP won’t be playing in a Jacob Groves mask?
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Lol Groves 38% from 3 and a little taller
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And we know what he looks like against P6 competition.
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I like Groves as somebody who provides playable depth, shooting, and experience. Is he going to be an All-ACC guy? Probably not but that doesn’t mean he won’t play an important or valuable role.
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Not on this level, but a lot of attention given to the multiple UConn transfers who were in the bench in their rotation. Calcaterra and Alleyne - neither wowed with stats but provided high floor depth. View this as the Same. Need it to be a decent team.
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Groves is a much better shooter than BVP. I really like BVP, really great guy. But he was not a good shooter coming in and was not a good shooter last year. He was really good at some things but he wasn’t a great fit based on the teams needs. Groves is a better fit, comes from a high major, and will be a very good complimentary player.
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Provides much needed depth. I know there’s BVP comparisons etc and even some fear. But the bottom line is Uva needed(s) capable bodies especially bigs and he is that.
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Groves may also help solve the bond puzzle
You can play Bond at the 3 with groves at the 4 because groves can shoot
Whereas you might not want much of bond and Dunn next to each other
The nightmare scenario is we play Bond at the 4 and groves at the 5 as the starting from court all season lol
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How would everyone rank their excitement for our incoming transfers? I’d go
- Rohde
- Minor
- Harris
- Groves
Happy about all of them though! If Tony wants them to be Hoos and they want to be Hoos, then so do I.
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To that point, I firmly believe if BVP was brought in this offseason instead of last he would be playing behind Dunn and Minor in the rotation. Maybe closer to 20 mpg than 15. I see Groves as a low risk, fairly high reward guy to bring in as a piece off the bench.
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Agreed…I think any takes that think Groves=BVP are mistaken at best…this is smart roster construction
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All I want to know is can he foul people with his face?
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Evan Nolte vibes to me.
Will maybe get some good, some bad. A role player though that will be forced into more minutes.
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I like the pickup. I was biting my tongue the whole time when they were going after Minor and Jennings…like wtf…we need a floor stretcher lol And yeah to me significant role is 15-20 min a game which is probably about what he’ll get. First big off the bench.
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Same rankings for me, a three-guard lineup of Reece(!!), McKneely, and Rohde makes me veeery excited
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