I didn't say anything about what they deserve or who had a better freshman season. What a strange response.
Sounds like you need to get in the Subaru and take a ride and a deep breath when you wake up this morning. You had a busy evening playing GM, real estate agent inventing a new name for a duplex. You were gaslighted because someone doesn’t know what gaslighting is and apparently you think you’re the smartest guy in the room (insufferable) had to play professor lol. Also, you played social leader again being overly offended by a silly comment. Thats a full night! You must be exhausted wearing all those hats while trying to sound superior as most of us laugh at you.
Really? I disagree entirely. I straight up think Liam is the better player because he goes into the paint and battles. If he didn't get hurt, he puts up better numbers than Kon. Even with the injury, he was as good or better. The draft position difference is completely undeserved.
When you see the numbers in black and white and also realize that UConn’s competition was better than the ACC its head scratching time on their draft positions. Knueppel is very good but that much difference?
Gaslighting and narcissist seem to be the most beloved overused and misused terms these days.
Let’s not poor Liam him - still netted a 14mm contract and who knows if his stock goes up with another year. It could have just as easily exposed his flaws further. Now it’s on him to get to the second contract. Go get it Liam.
Look at their efficiency, its not even close. There is a reason why almost all draft analysts and experts had Kon top-6 and Liam in the 18-26 range. Sure, Liam fell a bit, but I think us UConn fans are the only ones who think Liam is CURRENTLY better than Kon.
To be fair, Kon's supporting staff included Flagg and Malauch so did Kon had some an overabundance of freedom from being the #1 guy. Tough to evaluate Pippen in Chicago if you feel me.
We put a lot of emphasis on the injury here / he was given plenty of time to heal and had his best game off the injury. Can we stop already? Kon was a better all around player, really high IQ kid and as they said, stole what Liam was touted for as being the best catch and shoot player in this class. No one is going to draft a kid because he goes wildly off balanced into the paint throwing up prayers.
As much as it pains me to say it, if Liam were on last year's Duke team, his efficiency #'s would almost certainly be better as they were flat a better team.
Fine, that may be true. But he wasn’t. Teams don’t draft on those scenarios lol, Kon showed out and got drafted high for it.
Or any team with a 6'5" solid PG.
Yeah, not trying to tear down Kon. Will be interesting to see how him and Liam do in Charlotte, as they have similar games/position. I see both of them being 3's in the NBA, as neither is big/athletic enough to be a 4 IMO.
Ever meet a guy named Father Steve, used to preach there back in 2001 or thereabouts?
Yeah. I assumed NBA teams would know better considering the injuries and still draft Liam knowing his pedigree and that it was actually pretty impressive that Liam became The Guy as a freshman on UConn coming off a back-to-back with dudes like Solo and Karaban on the team.
If you want a catch and shoot SG, Kon is the guy. Don't see him creating much. Don't see the strength to guard guys in the front court. If you want a small forward who can get boards, create offense and also catch and shoot then Liam. The thing that surprised me about Liam was that he's just much stronger than expected. He really rebounds and mixes it up with bigger guys. Kon stays outside, plays more like Solo Ball does, with better height. Remember too, Flagg drew a lot of attention and Kon benefitted from that, as Liam did in HS. At UConn, unfortunately, McNeeley was our first option most of the year.
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