Expectations for BJ Edwards?

[TennesseeBasketballGuru]

I'm really not sure what to expect. Do you guys think there's any shot he goes one and done by some miracle?

 

[VolFreakJosh]

He’s a 4 year player.

Much like JJJ.

 

[joevols89]

Won’t play much next year.

 

[AngryButchJones]

Won’t play much next year.

I doubt this will be the case. I still see him getting 15-20 mpg even if UT does go and grab an experienced PG like Yuri Colllins

 

[joevols89]

I doubt this will be the case. I still see him getting 15-20 mpg even if UT does go and grab an experienced PG like Yuri Colllins

He’s gonna be a 2 year here.

Edit: mostly* a 2

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I’m liking the possibilities. I hope he’s a TN senior in 2025-26. No expectations in 2022-23. It would be a great role spelling one of the PGs in (or about to enter) the portal this coming season. Hopefully he’ll get a lot of quality minutes playing alongside ZZ in a similar lineup as with KC and ZZ. Actually I want to see the dual point guards on the court together becoming a TN tradition.

 

[walkenvol]

<10 minutes a game and I’d be happy to be wrong. Rated similar to Mashack out of hs

 

[BisonVol]

Long term he will be a good player. I doubt he makes much of an impact as a freshman, though.

 

[JRVOL11]

Edwards has a lot of skills. Can play defense and a crafty scorer. I wouldn’t sleep on him this upcoming year. Also, he is a very hard worker.

 

[cncchris33]

I'm really not sure what to expect. Do you guys think there's any shot he goes one and done by some miracle?

Uhh, if BJE ends up a 1AD player, no one...and I mean, literally, no one...saw it coming. He'd have to have a Ja Morant level impact immediately to even consider it.

 

[The Dog]

One and done, damnit ! Nah, a solid 4 or 5 year dude, that improves every year. If he gets enough playing time his freshman year, I will give you updated expectations, probably good ones

 

[berryvol]

Who thinks he’s one and done?? The guru is trying to make a thread he sees as positive to throw the scent off his troll huh

 

[rdk4121]

I hope he can have a role similar to what ZZ did last year, maybe a slightly lesser role.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Cmon, you’re the guru, you tell us!!!

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

I'm really not sure what to expect. Do you guys think there's any shot he goes one and done by some miracle?

With KC leaving ZZ is going to need a back up pg. the rest of the guys on the team except vescovi can really be a consistent pg imo.
Problem is Vescovi is a much better 2 guard spot up shooter.. I think Edwards can get a lot of minutes this year unless Tn gets a pg in the portal.

 

[GrayWaterCanine]

Uhh, if BJE ends up a 1AD player, no one...and I mean, literally, no one...saw it coming. He'd have to have a Ja Morant level impact immediately to even consider it.

If Tamba is one and done, you can't dismiss the possibility.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

If Tamba is one and done, you can't dismiss the possibility.

Tamba is more of a one-and-gone than a one-and-done.

 

[CAVPUT]

Expectation is that we get a vet PG and Edwards is brought along slowly. Hope is that he turns out to be our Mateen Cleaves....without the personal issues. Don't know why, but when I see his tape, it kinda reminds me of Cleaves.

 

[allvolrecruiting]

BJ won't play much barring injury

 

[plumbervol]

BJ knew where he was going and did not do the maneuvering to be a 5*. He did not leave his HS to go to a BB academy. etc. Over his 4 years here in KTown and with Maze he has faced up some of the best talent going into college BB. A bunch of one and done players etc. The thing about it is he was always the best player on the court or one of the top2 on the court. Expect nothing less than what KC, Springer, Johnson brought to the court.

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

BJ knew where he was going and did not do the maneuvering to be a 5*. He did not leave his HS to go to a BB academy. etc. Over his 4 years here in KTown and with Maze he has faced up some of the best talent going into college BB. A bunch of one and done players etc. The thing about it is he was always the best player on the court or one of the top2 on the court. Expect nothing less than what KC, Springer, Johnson brought to the court.

For real? Although there is a pretty big gap between KC and the other 2, I’d take him being at the low end of that group in a heartbeat

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Either way this thread will be a fun bump this time next year. I expect him to contribute next season.

 

[plumbervol]

For real? Although there is a pretty big gap between KC and the other 2, I’d take him being at the low end of that group in a heartbeat

BJ on the court matched up well vs KC in HS ball and AAU. Most will say he was the best player on the court when he faced up KC's teams over the years. Same with Springer and Johnson. Are any of the three past players true one and done and ready for the NBA, NO! They did get drafted and paid and more power to them. We just endured Brandon Xavier Huntley-Hatfield and his quest for the NBA and even though nobody questions his potential many do question if if the process ruined the kid as far as playing college BB. Because he was a 5* everyone questioned did Barnes do right by him. HH has a chip on his shoulder and believes Barnes and TN cost him millions of $$. What a bunch of manure. In football Guarantano was the #1 Dual Threat QB so it was everybody's fault he did not preform at a higher level at UT? That kid was not a SEC or Power 5 level athlete anyway a dominant college player at any Div I level. But his recruiting service resume said he was. BJ will be alright

 

[VolPack22]

I see him being a steady contributor like Bone was. He won’t be as electrifying as Chandler but he will be a key player for us by season’s end imo

 

[JRVOL11]

Bj has showed up against the best of the best all through his high school career. If i can recall, he out played KC in the state championship a few years ago & balled out against a loaded IMG team. He will contribute a lot before the season is over. Remember, nobody thought ZZ would even play.