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2025 McDonald's AA Day 1 Recap

Just watched the whole scrimmage and what a love fest it was for the "name" teams. They mentioned UConn had three guys in the game but didn't name them (at that time).
Adams was interviewed but there were no positive comments about any of our guys in spite of some good plays. Nice inside pass from Mullins to Reibe with no credit given, nice passes from Adams on two occasions with no mention of his name, while the announcers sounded like PR men for the Boozers and a few others. Reibe looked much better in this scrimmage than the one yesterday so maybe there's hope he'll work out well for us.
Mullins was very unselfish for a guy with his reputation as a great shooter. Maybe because he missed his first shot? I don't think he took another one. Just passed to someone else very quickly. We need RIP to talk with him about never passing up a good shot!
 
Mr. French said:
Was McNeeley not a solid defender?

Is the boneyard getting weirder or am I?
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McNeeley was anything but a solid defender. He continously got beat off the dribble by quicker 3s. If he could use his strength he was fine but most of the time he got beat off the dribble consistently. He was subbed out for Stewart a few times by Hurley because of this but he brought a lot to the other side of the ball and was only other person besides Diarra who could penetrate. It made it hard to take him out.
 
ctchamps said:
Pre ankle injury he was.
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He was average then but at the end of the season he was almost unplayable at times besides his offense keeping him in there. Maybe the ankle never healed right.
 
Scrutineer said:
Reibe looked much better in this scrimmage than the one yesterday so maybe there's hope he'll work out well for us.
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Scrutineer said:
Just watched the whole scrimmage and what a love fest it was for the "name" teams. They mentioned UConn had three guys in the game but didn't name them (at that time).
Adams was interviewed but there were no positive comments about any of our guys in spite of some good plays. Nice inside pass from Mullins to Reibe with no credit given, nice passes from Adams on two occasions with no mention of his name, while the announcers sounded like PR men for the Boozers and a few others. Reibe looked much better in this scrimmage than the one yesterday so maybe there's hope he'll work out well for us.
Mullins was very unselfish for a guy with his reputation as a great shooter. Maybe because he missed his first shot? I don't think he took another one. Just passed to someone else very quickly. We need RIP to talk with him about never passing up a good shot!
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So I checked out the scrimmage on YouTube. Exactly as expected the game was a street ball fest and we didn’t sign anyone named Grayson Boucher so I am not in the least bit worried. This class definitely has some studs but our boys all held their own out there. Think about this…we have 3 freaking McDonald’s All Americans. What are we Duke?
 
CONN78SEJ said:
NBA scouts like Reibe, it’s one of the reasons he’s a 5, and not a 4. He also has a nice fluid outside shot. One scout was quoted as saying he’s confident Hurley and company will develop Reibe the same way they developed Clingan, Adama, Samson and company. I think Reibe could develop into another Kalkbrenner.
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Reibe is the one I am most excited about. I think when we look back in time in the near future to this class he will end up being the best one. To have that kind of skill at this age with your back to basket is really impressive, and above all, a stretch 5 which is gonna make our halfcourt offense even more unpredictable given how often our bigs catch the ball up there.
Working with Dan Hurley/Moore to improve his defense and he can compete with Olander's legacy as the best lefty big in these parts
 
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superjohn said:
You can scout him yourself. It's going to he a tremendous amount of threes. He shot 47% from three on over 6 threes per game in AAU. He shot 48% from three his senior season on tremendous volume.

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Wow super quick release. I bet he will learn how to shoot off the dribble by the end of the first year. Not comparing but his form looks to be similiar to Curry.
 
HuskyBoi said:
Reibe is the one I am most excited about. I think when we look back in time in the near future to this class he will end up being the best one. To have that kind of skill at this age with your back to basket is really impressive, and above all, a stretch 5 which is gonna make our halfcourt offense even more unpredictable given how often our bigs catch the ball up there.
Working with Dan Hurley/Moore to improve his defense and he can compete with Olander's legacy as the best lefty big in these parts
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He doesn't really have a back to the basket game at all. His promise is in his face up game.
 
Hunt for 7 said:
Wow super quick release. I bet he will learn how to shoot off the dribble by the end of the first year. Not comparing but his form looks to be similiar to Curry.
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Nah. Curry doesn't t-rex arm his shot like that. He starts low but the end of his shot is still high.

Mullins shoots like he has a 5'6 wingspan. At the end of the day he's shooting 50% from 3... so changing it would be moronic. But it's isn't a beautiful shot like Hawk's was
 
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husky429 said:
Nah. Curry doesn't t-rex arm his shot like that. He starts low but the end of his shot is still high.

Mullins shoots like he has a 5'6 wingspan. At the end of the day he's shooting 50% from 3... so changing it would be moronic. But it's isn't a beautiful shot like Hawk's was
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You are much more qualified to judge shooting form than me. What I've noticed about Mullins is that he starts the motion of his shot from a low vantage point. Kinda like a windup/telegraph. It would seem to me that a top tier defender- who got in his grill -could present problems for him getting his shot off. He clearly has an ultra-fast delivery/gets it off quick with great accuracy-and maybe that's all that matters. Seems like a higher starting point might allow him more flexibility in his delivery.

If its not broke-Don't fix it. The kid can fill it up.
 
Umami Zen said:
It would seem to me that a top tier defender- who got in his grill -could present problems for him getting his shot off.
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Speed of shot > high release. Obviously having both is ideal, but a fast shot is more important.
 
Reibe and Mullinsns starting for east.

Reibe with a couple of awful looking FTs
 
husky429 said:
Reibe and Mullinsns starting for east.

Reibe with a couple of awful looking FTs
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They looked like lead bricks going up there. He's had a rough start.

Mullins doesn't finish through his follow through on his jumper - looks like he snaps it versus a clean motion through the ball.

Good luck with Acuff Arkansas. Don't love shoot first ball hog PG's.
 
Acuff and Boozer seem determined to take the majority of the shots for the East.
 
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Reibe showing better foot quickness than I expected. Everybody just chucking threes, middies, and FT's. Boozer's FT's worse than Reibe's.
 
CTFAN4LIFE said:
Reibe showing better foot quickness than I expected. Everybody just chucking threes, middies, and FT's. Boozer's FT's worse than Reibe's.
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Lord were Boozer's FT's ugly - looked like they arc'ed above the backboard height. Little Boozer looks really good.

McKenna - gunning. There is gunning and then there is gunning - not letting anyone touch the ball multiple times and firing a 3 is kinda gross.

I think we are going to regret passing on Bundalo.
 
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Reibe looks like more of a project than an instant contribuor.
 
SoFla Steve said:
Is there a live box score someplace?
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I don't think so - our three guys didn't score, didn't do much. Adams airballed a 3, fell dribbling in the lane and was overshot on a home run ball. He's pretty much what we knew, unbelievably thin. He'll be here multiple years.

Reibe looked raw, hangs out at the three point line almost exclusively.

Mullins really didn't do anything.

It's an all star game, so need to apply context, but none of our guys have really asserted themselves. As mentioned, likely better in structure.
 
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