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Minicoop has a chance to end up with the two biggest steals of the draft...
 
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So I am approaching this as being a draft of the best UConn players during their time at UConn, meaning their NBA careers aren't relevant and we are forming the best possible team using UConn players at their respective peaks prior to graduation/entering the draft. As such my next pick to go alongside Kemba will be:

Hasheem Thabeet

This may be a controversial pick as there are more popular players available but in his junior year HT was one of the most dominant defensive players in college basketball history. He played a year with Kemba so I assume there's some imaginary chemistry in place already, and sets up my squad for a great defensive anchor. Kemba lobs to Thabeet could be near unstoppable at the college level.
 
BUHusky10 said:
So I am approaching this as being a draft of the best UConn players during their time at UConn...
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Which is what you should be doing.

my next pick to go alongside Kemba will be:
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Hasheem Thabeet

That's the correct pick. If minicoop had picked Hasheem, nobody's scoring against that team inside of 15 feet. And he could have gone with a version of the 4-out offense to really spread the floor.
 
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Matrim55 said:
Which is what you should be doing.


Hasheem Thabeet

That's the correct pick. If minicoop had picked Hasheem, nobody's scoring against that team inside of 15 feet. And he could have gone with a version of the 4-out offense to really spread the floor.
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I agree with you Matrim, but I did that same thing last time and waited to take a guard, but ended up not getting a quality one by the time it came back to me. If i waited another 13 picks or so, I am not sure I would get a guard to the likes of Khalid. And again without a quality guard, they can't feed the post.
 
Minicoop69 said:
I agree with you Matrim, but I did that same thing last time and waited to take a guard, but ended up not getting a quality one by the time it came back to me. If i waited another 13 picks or so, I am not sure I would get a guard to the likes of Khalid. And again without a quality guard, they can't feed the post.
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I think you made a good choice. When you compare what KEA gave us and what Thabeet gave us, there's no comparison. KEA was one of the best to ever to put on a jersey for the huskies.
 
JimOllie said:
When you compare what KEA gave us and what Thabeet gave us, there's no comparison.
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That's no way to talk about a 2-time NDPOY who anchored our only elite team since 2006. By the way, Thabeet takes a massive dump on KEA when it comes to win shares.
 
Brochacho said:
That's no way to talk about a 2-time NDPOY who anchored our only elite team since 2006. By the way, Thabeet takes a massive dump on KEA when it comes to win shares.
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When did I ever say Thabeet wasn't a good player for us? All I said was KEA was better and he most definitely was.
 
JimOllie said:
When did I ever say Thabeet wasn't a good player for us? All I said was KEA was better and he most definitely was.
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KEA was better, let's not kid ourselves. A champion, true warrior. Plus has the greatest quote a husky player has ever given the public and his fans.
 
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JimOllie said:
When did I ever say Thabeet wasn't a good player for us? All I said was KEA was better and he most definitely was.
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You are looking at it from the accolades earned angle in which KEA's title obviously trump's HT's final four, but I think that's the wrong way to compare the two. KEA vs Thabeet is the definition of apples vs oranges but if you look at the two players in isolated scenarios I'd say Thabeet certainly had a bigger impact for his respective team than El-Amin did.
 
BUHusky10 said:
You are looking at it from the accolades earned angle in which KEA's title obviously trump's HT's final four, but I think that's the wrong way to compare the two. KEA vs Thabeet is the definition of apples vs oranges but if you look at the two players in isolated scenarios I'd say Thabeet certainly had a bigger impact for his respective team than El-Amin did.
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Agree to disagree. Khalid was just a beast. He was everything a UConn player should be.
 
BUHusky10 said:
You are looking at it from the accolades earned angle in which KEA's title obviously trump's HT's final four, but I think that's the wrong way to compare the two. KEA vs Thabeet is the definition of apples vs oranges but if you look at the two players in isolated scenarios I'd say Thabeet certainly had a bigger impact for his respective team than El-Amin did.
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It's a silly comparison, but El-Amin had much more of an impact as a Husky than Thabeet did.
 
BUHusky10 said:
You are looking at it from the accolades earned angle in which KEA's title obviously trump's HT's final four, but I think that's the wrong way to compare the two. KEA vs Thabeet is the definition of apples vs oranges but if you look at the two players in isolated scenarios I'd say Thabeet certainly had a bigger impact for his respective team than El-Amin did.
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I think it can be easily argued that Khalid is the most impactful player ever at UCONN. He was our greatest leader, and in some ways changed the entire mentality of the program from one that was trying to make a Final Four to one that expected to win a National Championship. I doubt there will ever be another player that will take control of the team on his recruiting visit. Guy is a complete legend.
 
JimOllie said:
When did I ever say Thabeet wasn't a good player for us? All I said was KEA was better and he most definitely was.
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You said there is no comparison between KEA and Thabeet. And Thabeet was a great, not good, collegiate player.
 
7774 said:
I think it can be easily argued that Khalid is the most impactful player ever at UCONN. He was our greatest leader, and in some ways changed the entire mentality of the program from one that was trying to make a Final Four to one that expected to win a National Championship. I doubt there will ever be another player that will take control of the team on his recruiting visit. Guy is a complete legend.
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Wow this is the first post you've had that I actually agree with. Crazy...
 
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JimOllie said:
Wow this is the first post you've had that I actually agree with. Crazy...
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"We are planning to shock the world today."

When I heard that right before the game, if I remember I screamed and said we are going to win this game.

One of the biggest upsets if not the biggest in NCAA championship history.
 
Are we going off of purely UConn statistics and career accolades?
 
bear said:
Were you even of age to appreciate Khalid's game? Not being a dick I just remember you being young.
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Yeah you're right. I was 5 in 99. I was at the final four that year. I've bled blue since I was born. I'm only 22 now and been to 4 final fours (all but Detroit).
 
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