In the final game of the Greater Hartford Pro am to win the championship. Danny Lawborn fed Curtis Kelly for the winning layup.
This game was unreal. I'll try to sum it up: Packed house at Classical, whole gym was into it from the start, very pro-Hartford crowd. Dyson opens red hot with 4 threes in the first few minutes, Gomes is answering back, and then Dyson hits a couple more 3s even while everyone knows he's getting the ball. He finishes the quarter in the low 20s and he earned every point, nothing came cheap. One of the best individual quarters of bball I've seen--and his 3 pointer looks much smoother than when he was in Storrs. The Waterbury side starts to pull away in the second and third when Dyson gets cold (Wiggins and Iverson played pretty shaky the whole night), eventually Gomes starts going off and Harte goes up 23. The place is dead and it looks like there is a pretty good talent gap between the teams. What's funny is Curtis Kelly showed up at halftime and put on a Hartford jersey, he actually played pretty solid although couldn't stop Harte pulling away. But the Hartford squad starts pressing mid-third and Waterbury has no answer. Steals, 10 second calls, sloppy play. It was really exciting to watch the whole crowd get back in it and Hartford cut the deficit from 23-8 in just a few minutes. However they couldn't get closer and finally Waterbury pulls back up 16 in the fourth. Hartford makes another run, led by Dyson (57 pts) and Kelly, as well as the SMU kid (Lawhorn?) Finally Wiggins hits a 3 to tie it and that sets up a wild final 2 minutes with everyone standing. Dougie airballs a potential go-ahead shot but redeems himself with two clutch free throws to tie it with 30 seconds left, then Hartford gets it back and Curtis scores with 2 seconds left to win it. A lot of people stormed the court, it was a great scene.
There was an article about the gamin the Courant and it said Curtis Kelly 6'9 and "burly"........is he a bit heavy now??? 8 its and 2 rebounds in a game where defense is missing isn't too impressive.......although he hit the big one!
Yes but the real question, how many charges were called on JD? We all know he is constantly out of control...
He only played a half which explains the stats. Curtis wasn't in K-State shape although he still looked athletic and able to contribute
Quite frankly, as I said recently, Jerome has had some introspection and realizes now the importance of game prep. Playing hard after you show up unprepared isn't enough in competitive basketball. But seriously guys - the former "Jerome" could always star and drop 40 or 50 in the Hartford Pro AM - limited defense, fast breaks, one on one, etc........that has never been a problem for Jerome. What will make him stick in the NBA is discipline off the court (enough said), working on his weaknesses not just his strengths and being open minded to coaching direction. From my conversation with him a couple weeks ago - I think he knows this now - but now he has to live that new outlook every day. I hope he does that. The NBA coaches know Jerome can dunk - can he find the open man?.....can he hit that open shot (that comes with daily work)? or make the safe pass rather than the spectacular? Will be play solid defense and keep his man in front of him vs. bad steal gambles? These things rather than dropping 50 in the Hartford Summer league will be the difference. As Bob Cousy used to say you don't get points for degree of difficulty - I hope Jerome truly understands that now. That along with Ray Allen's advice he gave both Jerome and Wiggins - to do less clubbing...........would be progress.
Did Dyson forget to call you back or something? Did he run over your dog? Nail your mother? Burn down your house? Your jilted girlfriend-like prowling of all things Jerome in order to regurgitate that self-serving script of yours is just tiring. Move the f* on already.
Fishy, my post was an analytical assessment of his game - nothing personal - you are the one that makes things personal.
You're right - you're f* *ing annoying and you have a problem differentiating "analytical assessment" from your Rain Man-like obsession with putting the same inane thoughts into print over and over and over. Stop with the f* *ing Jerome couch sessions, Dr. Phil. Get a girlfriend, get a dog, adopt one of those postcard-sending Sally Struthers' orphans - whatever it takes to fill the hole in your life that Jerome Dyson fills. F* .
Dyson's already achieved more than almost anyone could have expected coming out of UConn.. considering he not only made it on the floor in the NBA, but he had a 20 point game. Give him a break
Jerome seems like a pretty good kid. Dont get why a thread about him scoring 55 pts suddenly turns into a thread about what he cant do on a basketball court.
I was at the game!Jerome played good! But someone that needs atleast a look in the NBA is former Uconn player Curtis Kelly!! Man he looked so agile and athletic. I know hes overseas but wow atleast come play for the Springfield Armour and get a call up cause im pretty sure he can
