Recent content by Gurleyman

I just don’t think he’s ever going to have much of a post game. On defense he has long arms and great timing and covers a lot of ground, but then on offense he goes from pterodactyl to T-Rex. He has a low release point, isn’t quick or fluid, and gets his shot blocked a lot. His future is...

One game is often a bad sample size for +/- The other team can go on a run with you on the floor and it’s totally not your fault.

Yes. That’s true. But Karaban was Class of 2022 in HS when he signed. Just came a semester early to get a jump on classes and be a practice player, which made sense based on the info he had at the time. Nobody will ever do that again and start their clock early if you have 5 to play 5. But I...

If it actually came to that, I imagine there's a chance he could win an appeal. He came to UConn a semester early just to sit and learn, something he would not have done if it would have cost him a year (or perhaps he would available for one more semester and start playing in December). I...

I liked Reibe's offensive potential, but like others, I was sorta concerned about some things defensively as to whether he would ever be a good anchor down there. Giltay might not block shots at the rate that he showed in a limited sample size, but he looks like someone who can at least body up...

Taken in isolation - Duke 1990. Ultimate heartbreak. Dream Season, fingertips on the steal to seal it. Maybe no bigger crushing feeling. However … I have long said that 1999 was the ultimate example of a perfect sporting event. It checked every box: winning as a huge underdog, finishing a...

Little heater from Castle with two 3s and a 2 in quick succession to get to 10 points in the quarter. Drummond with 8 and 7 in the third as Sixers are giving Cs a little battle.

Clingan with an early 3 over Wemby’s outstretched fingertips. One for his highlight reel.

Maybe we just need to stay away from undersized Philly guards. Well, unless they are Kyle Lowry. Or Jameer Nelson. Or Earl the Pearl Monroe.

Yeah once we got Hines on board I stopped paying attention to the A-list 5s. So when this post went up I was like “oh yeah, that St. Mary’s kid. Forgot about him.” And obviously I meant it.

You’re confused about my confusion. I actually had him mixed up with the 7-3 St. Mary’s kid we were once looking at.

He probably wasn’t ever going to be able to pull two centers out of the portal who both wanted to start and who both commanded starting center NIL level deals in an inflated market. Landing Hines was big, but it also limited our hand going forward. Now we have to find a 4-5 combo as a depth...

That tv camera swung over to the Hurleys after the turnover. So they sacrificed the Boozers to get Mrs. Hurley saying “holy fork and shirt, we won. Holy shirt.” In hindsight, they needed two cameras. But with only one, I think they made the right choice. That reaction will leave more of an...

Offensively, the 4 is used in our offense a lot more as a screener (or decoy screener to run flare actions and slips) than the 3. Defensively, obviously the 4 defends the post a lot more - but a lot could depend on matchups. Perhaps a 6-6 Landrew at 235 will prove able to defend a physical...

His job at Duke was to stand in the corner mostly, as the Boozers were pretty ball dominant. It obviously wasn’t like they made a mistake in not using him more. They only lost 3 games on comebacks/buzzer beaters. But his development was a bit stunted and he probably only scratched the surface...