Clayton is a Gator!

Yep. Again, exactly the way Golden wants to use the portal: fill immediate needs with kids who fit your analytic profile, have shown they can play at this level, and have time to develop further.

 

Buy into the hype! Yea!!!!!

 

See Dexter's reply in the tweet

 

Article from Gatorzone:
Florida Native Walter Clayton Jr. Signs with UF - Florida Gators

 

and outside the numbers… a really tough, competitive kid. A “dude” as Jerome Tang might say.

 

He good!

 

We've almost filled out our 2023-2024 starting roster now.

Kugel
Richard
Clayton
Handlogten

 

Jarvis

 

Adjusted numbers say “he real good.”

 

55 effective fg % = he can hit twos and threes
26.3 usage rate = he makes plays (shoots, gets fouled)
20.9 assist rate: he creates shots for others
11.2 turnover rate: exceptionally careful with the ball
3.5 steal rate: turns over his opponents

 

That stat is independent of the strength of the opposition.

 

NIL helped very much

Donate if you can to the new UF NIL entity

 

All SEC tough?

 

TG is really working the portal well. Recruiting HS kids takes YEARS of effort for schools like UF and I suspect TG and his staff are dogging HS sophs right now hoping to get a few of them in a few years. Blue Bloods are the ones that can poach talent at the last minute. We lost a bunch of kids to UK even with BD as our coach.

 

but is being top 3 amongst regulars of a team that barely made the NIT really a good measuring stick?

 

42.069

 

Yes, if the guy ahead of you is Colin Castleton