Bouknight at UConn

[Austin316]

 

[huskiesNhoos]

Alright he wasn't gonna be a distraction...but if he wears that...I might walk that claim back

 

[HooperScooper]

Former UConn star James Bouknight was on campus on Friday, shooting around inside the Werth Family Champions Center after practice. Bouknight was a lottery pick by Charlotte three years ago, but was released by the team recently.

"Bouk's a legend here," Donovan Clingan noted, "so it's always good to have him around."

UConn men prepared for top-5 matchup with Marquette in Hartford

When No. 1 UConn and No. 4 Marquette face off on Saturday, it will be first top-five matchup in Hartford since 2009.

www.ctinsider.com

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

What if Dan Hurley and Kimani Young forget to show up to the game because they're talking to James? Or what if our fans forget to cheer because they're watching him walk to his seat? Or maybe the refs will be starstruck by an NBA player sitting courtside and forget to call fouls when Tristen Newton drives? There's so many possibilties

Tristen never gets these calls anyway.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Sit him next to Bob Hurley.

With Andrea Hurley on his other side - they'll provide lots of discipline and wisdom!!

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Bro looks like a mandarin orange

Maybe he's really the fourth DunKing?

 

[Samoo]

Some of you people need to shot before you try to breed.

Others need to proofread...

 

[djct1999]

These responses are idiotic and shameful. I am certain Kimani and Dan invited him up and only further illustrates the loyalty and dedication this staff and this head coach has for their players. It’s a lifetime for Hurley and these kids and at a time when things can go either way for James, there is no better place for him to be than back home and around these guys. Dan is a man of his word. When he tells a recruit and their family, I am here for you he sure as hell means it. Others just say it.

 

[uconnever]

When the team is not losing this is literally the only reason a loser like freescooter would post anything.

I dont pay attention to who’s who on here, but you’re right, this poster really does sound like a loser. Must be miserable himself and probably doesn’t even know it. That’s the worst, when someone doesn’t even know it.

 

[microfich]

Oh stop. He is a grown man and a millionaire. He totally embarrassed himself and the program and the school last time he was here. Now you want to coddle him again. He wants to buy a ticket, that’s fine but we don’t need his distraction or even potential distraction right now. You think he just happened to come this week? He came to try to get noticed because he knew there would be big media circus. He was a punk when he first arrived. He was a punk when he came back last year. He was a punk in Charlotte. It isn’t UConn’s job to fix his issues. He needs to take responsibility.

Anybody in your life ever have issues big enough where they needed help or support? Did you tell them it's not your job to help them or is there just a limit to your sympathy because it's not your job? Vain and envious people like you who put themselves above we mortals thrive in their own perceived lack of popularity. I'm sure you think you do not need help but some grown ups and even millionaires do.

 

[freescooter]

The guy just got cut from an NBA team and might not be back in the league anytime soon, if at all.

Not a week or so later and he’s back on campus with the team. Part of me think this was a mutual arrangement and he probably wants some advice/help from Hurley and staff and maybe, just maybe, wants to tell these younger guys to take this serious and not F around.

Just a thought.

And Maybe, just maybe, he is there to collaborate with a biology professor on a cure for cancer.

 

[Waquoit]

And Maybe, just maybe, he is there to collaborate with a biology professor on a cure for cancer.

Time to go back into your bunker, scoot.

 

[Travelman6]

Really cool to see Okafor and Bouk back. Hope they can give some words of encouragement to the team before Marquette.

 

[Scrutiner]

Happy to have him back, he is part of the family. He is back to support the team and get a little support/guidance himself. Young enough and talented enough to turn this around once he starts making the right choices, maybe this is the start. Lots of mentors he could reach out to in the UConn family.

Honestly wouldn't be a far-fetched worry for some undisciplined teams around the country over the years and even here many years ago but this team is as professional as it gets from the coaches on down through all the players. Guys like Steph, Cam, and AK are choirboys. All they do is is think about basketball and practice when they're not at practice.

Being around the coaches and these players should be the best place for Bouknight. He was a foundational part of bringing the Huskies back to prominence and right now he needs to be around people who love him and want him to succeed.

Nice to see some reasoned responses to the plight of a visiting former player who had so much promise.

Good to see he didn't let ego get in the way and has seen the light about where he needs to be to get the guidance that will help him turn his life around.

 

[Samoo]

Time to go back into your bunker, scoot.

Now that's how to use a comma...

 

[Stew Crew]

Anybody in your life ever have issues big enough where they needed help or support? Did you tell them it's not your job to help them or is there just a limit to your sympathy because it's not your job? Vain and envious people like you who put themselves above we mortals thrive in their own perceived lack of popularity. I'm sure you think you do not need help but some grown ups and even millionaires do.

Scooter is not entirely wrong. Bouknight has been pampered for the last decade or longer. No one, family or not, can be helped unless they are willing to accept it. There is nothing, at least in the public realm, that indicates that. He talked about change after his DUI, but then continued to challenge the coaching staff in charlotte to the point where they waived him. With his talent, there must be a huge red flag out there that is keeping the other teams away.

none of us know why he showed up in Storrs now. He could be looking for guidance and mentorship. He could be looking to have the staff help him back into the nba. He might just be going back to the place where he is adored when his life is at its lowest point. No job, no prospects that we are aware of.

whatever the reason, he can’t be let anywhere near the court if he is at the game. Any antics would not be good for anyone. He needs to clean up his reputation before he gets a sniff at another opportunity.

 

[gars44]

Others need to proofread...

I dunno. I got his point.

 

[Chin Diesel]

This whole thread has bad mojo.

 

[Improviser]

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Same vibes

Are they friends with each other?

 

[HooperScooper]

Time to go back into your bunker, scoot.

One of the small additional benefits for winning the national championship is we don't see any freescooter posts for 6 months. So hopefully the Huskies can do it again.

 

[huskymedic]

Another unnecessary distraction or another attendee for the Bouknight intervention soiree later depending on your viewpoint

 

[AntG168]

Some more context as to why Bouk may be on campus

 

[HeGotGame]

This.

No, 1000x NO

 

[UCFan1513]

Some more context as to why Bouk may be on campus

Come to UConn so you can drop out of the league?

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Bouk should come to every game!!!