Gotta love that 7-5 wingspan. Could grow into a real monster on the boards.
Yes
Not one person here has said they think he’ll be an impact player next year. If Hurley can get a grad transfer big to help immediately and then a developmental four year guy that can at least soak up some fouls, I’m fine with that.
As of right now we have two bigs in the roster to soak up fouls. That may change, but even if it does, we need players who can help in 2019-2020, not two years from now. This would look like a big reach in my opinion.
Think he's doing the same thing Calhoun and other coaches do, being honest about playing time and their future at Connecticut and basketball in general. If Hurley was a jerk and all about telling players to hit the bricks he would have done it right when he signed with UConn.
He's a top 150 recruit and almost top 100 on 247. At a position of need. And he seems to have high upside. We need to get back to developing kids.
It's about adding talent. Unlikely UConn is going to add any impact players at this point for next season. Add some depth behind Carlton and Akok and we'll be good. Now that we have a competent bigs coach, I'm happy to take a chance on any 4* big.
As someone who has seen him play several times, I am surprised to see him reclassify and I would consider this a reach too if we were asking him to play substantial minutes this year. Hurley doesn’t have enough scholarship to take on a project and by reclassifying, that’s what Reid is now IMO.He's only a consensus 4 star big. Huge reach. Would be an awful addition.
Who exactly do you think we have a shot with that will be an immediate impact player next year?
I don't think open scholarships will be a problem
Exactly. I'd rather get this kid and dream on his upside as a useful big than to fill a positional need with a conventional center. 7'5 wingspan is crazy too. I wonder if the kid still has one ore growth spurt in him because 6'8 with a 7'5 wingspan just seems so abnormal. If he grew to 6'10 that'd be awesome.
I like the kid’s upside, but we have wasted scholarships already on the board and we’re down a scholarship next year. I get wanting to add talent, but I’m of the opinion that they need to add players who aren’t essentially redshirts.
We're not getting two impact bigs for 2019 so you might need to lower that bar a bit.
If we’re striking out with all the decent grad transfers and a couple extra scholarships open up then fine, but I’m just not going to expect anything more than him being this year’s Whaley.
We're not supposed to talk about it but bball may not be in his future.
