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Huskymagic said:
Disagree man, its either Bouknight or Quinones. Bouknight is better for me. He is a way better athlete with a better handle and upside than Quinones. I don't want Vance Jackson 2.0. Of course if its a package deal to get Precious, it's a no-brainer.
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Bouknight is 6’5 with a plus wingspan and bounce. He could handle the 3 in college. If, for example, you miss on Delaire, why not try to land both Bouknight and Quinones?
 
Huskymagic said:
Disagree man, its either Bouknight or Quinones. Bouknight is better for me. He is a way better athlete with a better handle and upside than Quinones. I don't want Vance Jackson 2.0. Of course if its a package deal to get Precious, it's a no-brainer.
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Vance Jackson had cinderblocks for feet. No quickness whatsoever.
 
Both Bouknight & Quinones is actually my top desire. Either one of them with either Wong or Gaffney would be nearly as excellent, but I'm not getting the sense that Wong or Gaffney are coming our way. The only other primary ball handler we have been identified strongly with is Dawes, and I'm not a big fan from the clips I've seen that he would move the needle for the team relative to Quinones 3 pt shooting, or Bouknight's overall play at the 2-3 with size. Whether we get a pure point guard as 1 of our 5 current scholarships doesn't bother me as long as a couple of the players are good secondary ball handlers. (As an aside to other posts - I would take a Vance Jackson clone all day long - without the dad)
 
UConnStats said:
Bouknight is 6’5 with a plus wingspan and bounce. He could handle the 3 in college. If, for example, you miss on Delaire, why not try to land both Bouknight and Quinones?
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I figured hed be a college 3 all alongm his handle is too loose to play 2.

Anyone who thinks we couldnt take both quinones and bouknight is off. Modern basketball is all about scoring wings
 
Ricker said:
Both Bouknight & Quinones is actually my top desire. Either one of them with either Wong or Gaffney would be nearly as excellent, but I'm not getting the sense that Wong or Gaffney are coming our way. The only other primary ball handler we have been identified strongly with is Dawes, and I'm not a big fan from the clips I've seen that he would move the needle for the team relative to Quinones 3 pt shooting, or Bouknight's overall play at the 2-3 with size. Whether we get a pure point guard as 1 of our 5 current scholarships doesn't bother me as long as a couple of the players are good secondary ball handlers. (As an aside to other posts - I would take a Vance Jackson clone all day long - without the dad)
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The dad wasn't wrong tho...
 
Matrim55 said:
The dad wasn't wrong tho...
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His dad is a snitch, and is likely going to meddle with his kid’s situation to the point where he ruins his chance of professional success.

But KO couldn’t coach so I guess that transferring was a fair call.
 
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RipCity said:
His dad is a snitch, and is likely going to meddle with his kid’s situation to the point where he ruins his chance of professional success.

But KO couldn’t coach so I guess that transferring was a fair call.
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what I find curious is he went to New Mexico. Perhaps other programs didn't want him because of his old man?
 
Mokum said:
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what I find curious is he went to New Mexico. Perhaps other programs didn't want him because of his old man?
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That definitely could have contributed. My understanding is the main reason was he wanted to be the main option somewhere.
 
Matt1010 said:
That definitely could have contributed. My understanding is the main reason was he wanted to be the main option somewhere.
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They have Mr Jackson and Carlton Bragg now. Sounds like a sketchy nightmare to me
 
Matrim55 said:
The dad wasn't wrong tho...
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Unless Vance goes #1 in the NBA draft and becomes the next Jordan, yeah, he pretty much was.
 
Huskymagic said:
Disagree man, its either Bouknight or Quinones. Bouknight is better for me. He is a way better athlete with a better handle and upside than Quinones. I don't want Vance Jackson 2.0. Of course if its a package deal to get Precious, it's a no-brainer.
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I dont Follow our situation close enough anymore to know if it’s one of the other. I know we lose 5 guys. But they can clearly play together. Bouknight at the 2 quinones at the 3. Bouknight the better athlete but still skilled. Quinones the shooter. Who may be a slight liability on defense but we need shooting badly.

If I had To pick one Bouknight.
 
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Burnsbros23 said:
I dont Follow our situation close enough anymore to know if it’s one of the other. I know we lose 5 guys. But they can clearly play together. Bouknight at the 2 quinones at the 3. Bouknight the better athlete but still skilled. Quinones the shooter. Who may be a slight liability on defense but we need shooting badly.

If I had To pick one Bouknight.
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Their interchangability on the wing could be really successful.

I see quinones as the 2 on offense, but 2 on defense because of his lesser footspeed.
 
husky429 said:
Their interchangability on the wing could be really successful.

I see quinones as the 2 on offense, but 2 on defense because of his lesser footspeed.
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Quinones position in college will be matchup dependent. In the American he can guard most 2s or 3s. He has leaned up recently, I dont think he's as much of a liability on defense as people are saying.
 
husky429 said:
Their interchangability on the wing could be really successful.

I see quinones as the 2 on offense, but 2 on defense because of his lesser footspeed.
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You mean a THREE on defense?
 
James Bouknight scores 33 points in his full return from injury at the Hoop Group Summer Jam Fest

“He has visited UConn, VCU, Temple and UMass thus far. Some of these schools have been very active with him.

“UConn, Virginia Tech has been talking to me a lot, Virginia Commonwealth. I can’t really go through them all in my head, it’s a lot,” he said.

UConn Head Coach Dan Hurley was in attendance during his 33 point performance. Bouknight believes in his ability to develop players.

“The new coach Coach Hurley, I love his player development and I think I can help them win,” he said. “He’s going to help me get to the next level.”

Sounds promising.

EDIT: I’m an idiot and posted this in the wrong thread. Feel free to move or whatever you need to do.
 
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Pgh2Storrs said:
James Bouknight scores 33 points in his full return from injury at the Hoop Group Summer Jam Fest

“He has visited UConn, VCU, Temple and UMass thus far. Some of these schools have been very active with him.

“UConn, Virginia Tech has been talking to me a lot, Virginia Commonwealth. I can’t really go through them all in my head, it’s a lot,” he said.

UConn Head Coach Dan Hurley was in attendance during his 33 point performance. Bouknight believes in his ability to develop players.

“The new coach Coach Hurley, I love his player development and I think I can help them win,” he said. “He’s going to help me get to the next level.”

Sounds promising.

EDIT: I’m an idiot and posted this in the wrong thread. Feel free to move or whatever you need to do.
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You posted in the wrong thread and then suggest we should feel free to move? Maybe to New Mexico so we can report on Vance's development?
 
Wow, Quinones and Achiuwa really dominated some strong competition.
 
pj said:
Wow, Quinones and Achiuwa really dominated some strong competition.
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I'm impressed they were able to hold a team with Antoine, Lewis, Igiehon, and Gaffney to 53 points and 4 points in the entire 4th
 
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KSC94 said:
I'm impressed they were able to hold a team with Antoine, Lewis, Igiehon, and Gaffney to 53 points and 4 points in the entire 4th
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Igiehon with a pretty putrid stat line. 1-3, 6 fouls, 4 turnovers in 17 minutes.
 
auror said:
Igiehon with a pretty putrid stat line. 1-3, 6 fouls, 4 turnovers in 17 minutes.
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Yeah, and since Precious and Lester shot all of their team's free throws, we can be pretty confident it was Precious who got Igiehon to foul out.
 
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auror said:
Igiehon with a pretty putrid stat line. 1-3, 6 fouls, 4 turnovers in 17 minutes.
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He’s more about his frame and athleticism than actual production at this point. He’s got a ton of potential, and even flashes some ball skill. Seems like a good kid too. The actual results vary, though. Louisville and St John’s seem to be the big 2 for him, and for his sake I hope he chooses to play for an actual coach rather than a HOF’er cashing a paycheck.
 
UConnStats said:
He’s more about his frame and athleticism than actual production at this point. He’s got a ton of potential, and even flashes some ball skill. Seems like a good kid too. The actual results vary, though. Louisville and St John’s seem to be the big 2 for him, and for his sake I hope he chooses to play for an actual coach rather than a HOF’er cashing a paycheck.
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If not Wiseman, who do you think UK targets for bigs in this class?
 
Huskyforlife said:
If not Wiseman, who do you think UK targets for bigs in this class?
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They’ve spent the most time watching Igiehon, so that’s my guess. But they’ve also watched Tshiebwe, who has put up the best numbers in AAU among centers. Then if we’re unlucky maybe Cockburn. Could also push for a reclass from a 2020 guy like Walker Kessler.
 
UConnStats said:
He’s more about his frame and athleticism than actual production at this point. He’s got a ton of potential, and even flashes some ball skill. Seems like a good kid too. The actual results vary, though. Louisville and St John’s seem to be the big 2 for him, and for his sake I hope he chooses to play for an actual coach rather than a HOF’er cashing a paycheck.
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I agree boxscores of AAU games are often not a good way to evaluate Bigs. It’s a guards and wings game.
 
UConnStats said:
They’ve spent the most time watching Igiehon, so that’s my guess. But they’ve also watched Tshiebwe, who has put up the best numbers in AAU among centers. Then if we’re unlucky maybe Cockburn. Could also push for a reclass from a 2020 guy like Walker Kessler.
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Pretty sure Calipari has been keeping Tshiebwe on the back burner for a while just in case. Anytime someone in Western PA pops, he’s normally on it due to his Moon roots. He’s been in a few times on Ethan Morton, top 50 2020 kid from my high school...prototype kids that he’ll keep warm until one of his 5-stars backs out, then he drops a UK offer on them and reels them in.
 
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