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Kajus Kublickas will enter the NCAA's transfer portal

Discussion in 'Nuttin but Net' started by JBSouthpaw, Apr 14, 2025.

  1. JBSouthpaw

    JBSouthpaw Junior

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    Not sure anyone is surprised.
    Florida guard Kajus Kublickas will enter the NCAA's transfer portal after two seasons with the Gators.
     
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  2. ocalaman

    ocalaman GC Hall of Fame

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    Good move for him and best of luck finding a place where he can get some playing time.
     
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  3. gator34202

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    Wishing him all the best. Guessing next stop is Campbell to join John Andrzejek.
     
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  4. exiledgator

    exiledgator Gruntled

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    He always seemed enganged and happy on the sidelines. Nothing but love, Kajus - go get em!
     
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  5. grayg8rstevo

    grayg8rstevo GC Hall of Fame

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    Agreed. He definitely seemed engaged. Extremely.
     
  6. gatorranger7

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    He's got a lifetime of great memories, and his experience may really help some other program.
     
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  7. ApexNC

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    Yep. He'll always be a national champion!
     
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  8. rserina

    rserina GC Hall of Fame

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    Good kid. Not a bad take. Has a little upside. Always thought he had good vision, nice drive and dish game, ran pick and rolls well. But it's obvious we plan to capitalize on this momentum and it would be hard for him to find minutes.
     
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  9. JaxLizard

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    He will get more PT playing for a mid major. Best of luck to the young man!
     
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  10. jmac83

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    Whereever he goes, I hope it's a place with a legitimate need for him. Too much work goes into practice and training at the D-1 level for a kid to be stuck at the bottom of a depth chart.
     
  11. BillyBall89

    BillyBall89 GC Legend

    Yeah. Kid is stuck in the "you need a experience to get a job but you need a job to get experience" quandary.
    Seems ready to take a leap and develop the next step of his game. But needs to develop the next step in his game to have a chance to get serious playing time at a place like UF. And that next step requires actual playing time against people in a different jersey.
    A year at a mid-major to get that PT will do him well.
     
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  12. GatorPlanet

    GatorPlanet GC Hall of Fame

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    He's got some serious PG skills, just wasn't able to hold up against SEC athletes. He'll do well.
     
  13. oneatatime

    oneatatime GC Hall of Fame

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    This would be a win/win for both the player and coach. If you are going to implement a system, why not one where you have a point guard that has been in it for two years.
     
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  14. jeffphillips21

    jeffphillips21 GC Hall of Fame

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    Good move for him. Wherever he goes he will always be a National Champ. Think he has the potential to do good things at a lesser program (though technically every program is as of now :))
     
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  15. tegator80

    tegator80 GC Hall of Fame

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    I concur. It seems, besides being a player on a NC team and seeing all the dynamics it takes to succeed, he also saw that the team's structure was based on players who earned their stripes at the mid-major level. Nothing wrong with playing A ball before returning to AA (AAA is European ball or the G league).

    Best wishes.
     
  16. bigDgator

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    I was really hoping to see him get more playing time this season. Good Luck Kajus!
     
  17. tegator80

    tegator80 GC Hall of Fame

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    Methinks that if Urban hadn't signed with us and showed some deft ball handling and good shooting in practice, he would have been that guy in the rotation (call him the freshman/sophomore Aberdeen). Anyways, it is over.