Abraham is in the portal

[jibsey]

I think Abraham is going to be a very good player.

We didn’t see him in practice but the coaches must not have agreed with that. I guess we will all see at his next destination where he’s certain to get floor time.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Life isnt fair if you make significant yearly wages.

Underrated comment.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

This was Danny's worst coaching year at UConn. On paper, this team had the talent to be a Top 10 team. Yet, the team never meshed and played with confidence of a Top 10 team. He couldn't figure out the right combinations and right schemes on both ends.

IKR
Can you imagine that Danny had Alex Karraban, Liam McNeeley, and Hassan Diarra, and there were times when Hurley flat out refused to play them, sometimes for the entire game. He even held out Ahmad Nowell.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

I was excited to see his development throughout his time at UConn, but wishing Abraham the best of luck w/ his new team.

Abraham was offered by Providence, Xavier, Marquette, Villanova and Seton Hall, amongst others, before committing to UConn, so would be nice to see him stay in the Big East. Other more recent offers included Mississippi State, Tennessee and Arizona State.

I’m sure he’ll do well wherever he ends up. Good luck to him.

 

[navery12]

 

[boog204]

Very curious how he does.
Like many others, I thought he looked like a player in the few minutes he got and was surprised he didn’t get more.

 

[HooperScooper]

Must be one of the ones Hurley mentioned already knew where they were going to transfer to. Because we know Cooley tampers with players. Good luck to the young man. Except when he plays UConn of course.

 

[JesusAllen11]

Happy for him. Gonna be real bittersweet if he pans out. I think danny wanted him long term , but couldnt offer the mins he wanted next year. I think he is the perfect bench forward we need next year.

 

[REB1094]

Good for him staying close to home

Normally I’d say I hope he does well there, but if this was brewing during the season, then I won’t really feel that way about him tbh

 

[aceboon]

Probably gonna be hell to deal with the next few years

 

[HuskyFich]

gotta leave some fruit for the conference fellas…

Wish him luck, and I’m sure he’ll get burn, but tough to go from the most loyal coach in CBB to Cooley.

Hope this is the first and only time we see his name in the portal..

 

[Deleted at users request]

Think it’s a great landing spot for Abraham and Cooley lucked up bringing in that kind of talent.

He’s been hitting the DMV hard and getting a Paul IV player only helps if he succeeds there.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I'm curious if it was in the handshake line after the first Georgetown game or the second one when Cooley approached Abraham about portaling to the Hoyas.

 

[80shusky]

Happy he found a home. I'm convinced this guy is going to roast UConn every time we play them.

 

[Kemba15]

Probably gonna be hell to deal with the next few years

Feels a tad dramatic lol

 

[Deleted at users request]

Feels a tad dramatic lol

I wasn’t worried about Floyd as a small sg, but Abraham has the size and athleticism to actually be a high level player and thorn.

He has better size and athleticism than our current freshman class.

 

[Kemba15]

I wasn’t worried about Floyd as a small sg, but Abraham has the size and athleticism to actually be a high level player and thorn.

He has better size and athleticism than our current freshman class.

I don’t disagree but “hell” feels quite strong considering we haven’t lost to Georgetown since getting back to the Big East

 

[husky429]

Closer to home with PT. It makes sense.

Respectfully, I hope he doesn't score a point and we win by 100.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I wasn’t worried about Floyd as a small sg, but Abraham has the size and athleticism to actually be a high level player and thorn.

He has better size and athleticism than our current freshman class.

The good news is Abraham is going to have to go against first team all American Jayden Ross when he plays us

 

[aceboon]

I don’t disagree but “hell” feels quite strong considering we haven’t lost to Georgetown since getting back to the Big East

I wasn't referring to Georgetown, I was referring to IA. I've liked his game alot ever since I tuned into his PVI team playing in the HS Invitational tournament and he was locking up Tre Johnson and we all saw how good Johnson was this past season.

 

[Hoophound]

He’s going to be a pretty good player. He’s got skills, size and athletic ability. The question is really whether or not there’s time to develop players in the portal era. You can develop a couple but a team of young players isn’t really gonna be a thing in this environment. You are going to lose some talent simply because you can go get better or more experienced players in the portal readily and some of the young guys you have will find minutes elsewhere. Holding onto this kind of guy is going to be a constant challenge. I don’t think it says anything about his potential.

 

[RuffRuff]

I wasn’t worried about Floyd as a small sg, but Abraham has the size and athleticism to actually be a high level player and thorn.

He has better size and athleticism than our current freshman class.

Im going to be really curious to see what comes of him and what the flaw is because I tend to agree with you on this.

 

[gsmooth]

Im going to be really curious to see what comes of him and what the flaw is because I tend to agree with you on this.

Was this based on the open practices of Summer of 2024 that you saw in person?

 

[BGesus4]

He seems like he has a good chance to be a good player but didn’t have much of a shot to not be a development piece until his junior year. In this day and age you can’t keep players like that on your roster.

 

[Dove]

Good for him. He'll do okay, I guess.