i want to see the tape measure on that
Why do you care what position he's best suited for in the NBA when this is college we're talking about? He can still work on developing his handle and his perimeter game while playing PF in college. He's about the same size as KFree and we all know what position he played in college and what was best suited for. Malik-Abu is undersized and a tweener at PF for the NBA but you concern yourself about that when the time comes, I don't see the point of shoehorning a guy into a position in college that he's not best suited for. Malik-Abu is listed on most recruiting sites as 6'7"-6'8" and 225-230lbs on most sites, how many of those guys do you see playing SF in college, and Malik-Abu doesn't have the perimeter skills as say Harrison Barnes or Rudy Gay.
becuase we are not just another college. we are one of only a few nbaU's. we take kids and turn them into pros. kids dont have great college careers here and disapear. they either have developing years here or blow up years here and both end in nba draft pick and pros with big checks. we built ourselves on lenght and potential. thats how the nba draft works and thats how we are going to continue to operate. if he really is 6'8 then thats getting closer to pf size. he doesn't look that to me from the vid but as i said its just me watching a video. we will see eventually...
he can develope in college as a pf sure, but hes a sf at the next level so we should play him at that spot. is we play him as a pf then his game wont translate to sf type so quick/well. i think thats my big beef with ppl this year also. ppl get on omar or olander on and off. they need to stfu. were playing omar as a frosh at the 3 instead of the 2. were playing olander as a 5 instea dof a 4 and for major minutes. i dont think ppl have a clue how much this is not the best for the kids but it is for the team and those kids are taking huge bullets for the program and doing a great job.
anyway, kfree? how did that end up working out playing him as a 4 instead of a 3? should we have played rudy as a 4 instea dof a 3? i think we played rudy as a 3 here, wonder what ever happened to the kid?
abu's perimeter skills need to be developed. thats why u play him at the 3, so he can develope those. play him at the 4 and he never does. then u throw him to the wolves of the nba. is he a 3 or 4? well he has no perimeter skills so hes a 4. but hes a bit small for a 4 so hes really a twenner, yea but as a hybrid he can't handle and usualy blah blah.
once we get back to full ships here at uconn and a actual roster with kids at all stages player-puzzle piece-developmental i can't wait for thise board to get its head our of its asses and start talking basketball again. the current situation has sent so many here into a tailspin with what actuall big boy basketball is. we are making due right now with what we have, when we survive and rise from this bad ncaa trip, were not going to keep acting like dayton, were going back to being uconn. kids with lenght, speed, attitude and hops are the norm. not a couple nice big white guys and a couple small scoring guards. beef, agressiveness and a will to suceed.
years ago, we walked into gyms and as we warmed up u could see the looks of players on the other teams like tf is in the water up in connecticut. josh boone looked like he was straight out of the pen for the game then going back. no one look at charlie for more than 1 sec without looking away. no one wanted ok4 down low. every time ben gordon ran around ppl were side stepping to make sure there face wasn't going to be on the news. no one wanted a fuuucking piece of this program. we need to get back to that and our fanbase needs to get back to that instead of there brains getting cramped form this little tough stretch thanks to JH and the ncaa.
lenght, speed, hops, attitude. our starting lineups should look like nba ready teams, not vcu. right now it is what it is, but i'll be dammed if we dont rise out of this. so far in this 2013 class we have what? a 7ft center, a 6'2 pg and a 6'9 pf. the center is all potential, heard that before and seen it work pretty dam well here. the pf is 6'9 and has great leght and can shoot mid range well. the pg has lenght and is quick and is know for his vision. amazing, sound sliek were going back to winning ways as nbau.
i want a official height on him. i say 6'6 and hes a sf. anyone here remember a guy named jeff adrien? him and rashad are my 2 favs all time. anyway. he was really 6'6 but everyone thought the roster and bs sites were right and he was 6'8/9. but we played him at the 4. he could only hit elbow jumpers and never handled the ball much. he was one hell of a college player. see what happened to him? its taken him years of hard work to break thru. nab call up 1 after the other becuase of where we developed him. lets not make the same mistake with abu. adrien had bad touch so i know why the staff back then made him a 4 instead of a 3 and he also fit the tema better there. but longterm that wasn't the right moev and this is a longterm school, not a short term school. duke used to be a great example of this. now even coach k has changed his playbook as the years and years of so many nba guys but nothing great wore him down mentally. grant hill was getting old and he couldn't mntion corey magettie without a uk or uconn fan pouncing.
abu is a 3 until he hits 6'9 on the tape measure. i hope to god we dont jeff adrien him. just that hl vid alone he hit more 3's then adriend did in storrs for 4 years.
