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People on the chat were dissing AJ quite a bit. OK. he's not an outside threat and does get beat off the dribble too much. Guy had 9 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists. What game were these Jackson haters watching? That being said I though Akok was player of the game.
 
ucp990411 said:
People on the chat were dissing AJ quite a bit. OK. he's not an outside threat and does get beat off the dribble too much. Guy had 9 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists. What game were these Jackson haters watching? That being said I though Akok was player of the game.
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He also gets beat constantly off the dribble on defense. I do love his tenacity rebounding. He does sky for them with ease. Too bad he has no offensive game to speak about but at least he is contributing in other ways.
 
ucp990411 said:
People on the chat were dissing AJ quite a bit. OK. he's not an outside threat and does get beat off the dribble too much. Guy had 9 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists. What game were these Jackson haters watching? That being said I though Akok was player of the game.
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Well, a good portion of the boneyard thought last year that Martin and Cole were outmatched on this level, so it’s not really clear what a certain group on this board believes is a good college basketball player
 
He’s got some things to work on; I think he was thrust into a bigger role he may not have been totally ready for when Martin went down

Just don’t say you don’t see it
 
Andre is a high school center trying to guard college guards. I am surprised that on plays where he is beat he does not block the shot from behind. Because he has the athleticism to do it. That said Andre could be our best rebounder since John Thomas. And he is 2 inches shorter.
 
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ucp990411 said:
People on the chat were dissing AJ quite a bit. OK. he's not an outside threat and does get beat off the dribble too much. Guy had 9 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists. What game were these Jackson haters watching? That being said I though Akok was player of the game.
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He deserves this post I agree. Today he had less out of control plays on offense, held back on D most times not getting beat back door and was once again solid on the boards. His best game as a Husky and they needed him to do that. Need more of this AJ than the prior version.

Also agree Akok was POG excellent game. Also his best especially this year. Blocked shots at crucial times, rebounded made some shots. If he is that guy more often than not damn we get better fast. Hoping he found himself today!
 
You can see him working on trying to score getting to the lane or backing his man down. It might not work all the time but he does get fouled when he does
 
If he just got down a little bit more he wouldn’t get beat off the dribble. He stands straight up. He’s awesome at chasing guys around and making them uncomfortable though. And he recovers very well.
 
ucp990411 said:
People on the chat were dissing AJ quite a bit. OK. he's not an outside threat and does get beat off the dribble too much. Guy had 9 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists. What game were these Jackson haters watching? That being said I though Akok was player of the game.
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I think the criticism is defense. Which may be moderately true. But he defensive rebounds well and gets tough assignments. So I'm pretty content with his defense.
 
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UConnSwag11 said:
I love how aggressive he is getting rebounds and how he pushes tempo after snagging a rebound
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Easy to get on his offensive repertoire as of the moment, but the trained eye of a UCONN fan can definitely see his progress from last year. He's definitely more integrated into the team. He had a nice aggressive move late in todays game where he turned around got fouled on a baseline shot and just barely missed the shot. I know 9 points doesn't seem like a lot but its a start.
 
Andre is a godamned menace for the other team. Grabbing boards and going up court fast, it stresses the opponent no matter what happens. We underestimate his impact. The mere threat of him reduces offensive rebounding by the other team. He looked pretty solid around the basket and made let FTs.
 
I appreciate what he did today and I’ll take that for the rest of the season. My only question is who was responsible for his basketball development before he got to UCONN and what did they actually do with him???
 
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Horatio said:
I appreciate what he did today and I’ll take that for the rest of the season. My only question is who was responsible for his basketball development before he got to UCONN and what did they actually do with him???
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Albany Academy and Brian Fruscio - what did he do with him - very good question. Wasn’t close enough to that program to know, much closer to Green Tech.

But a kid with his natural gifts can do a lot of things in hs. He’s going to be a very good player.
 
Like someone said on a podcast I heard maybe Dausters, if AJ could shoot he wouldn’t be at UConn. He would be a 5 star recruit that would be at Kentucky, Duke or G League etc. If he did still come here he would be gone this year or last, again if he was also decent shooter.
 
Chasm64 said:
First time AJ looked more like a basketball player than just an athlete. Did a fine job other than getting beat on d a couple times.
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I think it called learning. Or experience. Whichever…. It’s that.
 
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Points aren’t there yet, but he’s averaging 7.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.0 block per game so far this year. The last players we had putting up numbers like that across the board were Rudy Gay (05-06, 15.2 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.8 spg, 1.6 bog) and Scott Burrell (92-93, 16.1 ppg, 6 rpg, 2.1 apg, 2.4 spg, 1.1 bpg).
 
What is the wrap that he wears around his midsection when he comes out of the game? I noticed he put this on whenever he went to the bench yesterday.
 
Northbound said:
The takes hammering this kid are irrational.

He hasn’t even played a year of cbb - relax, holy hell.
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I agree 100. The fact that he is very visible is also good thing. Once again, these coaches know way more about signs of progression than we do. We expect that at "this point in the season" he should be fully grown. We haven't even started conference play.
 
People seemed to forget the times when he accumulated 3 fouls in 10 minutes. He's working on his D but he is also a freak of athleticism with the closest probably being Burrell......anyone would want to have to harness that.
I see no problem if he is beat to the hoop to have Whaley or Sampson help and AJ getting the rebound and have the ball at half court in 2 seconds going the other way.
Plus he takes on the toughest defensive assignment. Who else on this team do you want to give that to?
He is also the best passer and defers his shot to the better constantly.....he is a team player 100%
On another note.....he is indestructible.....never sweats and gives 100% every time and just seems to be in play or where he should be to make an impact.
I'm sure he is on every scouting report with a big ? how to handle this guy if we can't get him in foul trouble. He's not the big scoring threat but he is a game changer and a huge problem.
 
THIS: "People seemed to forget the times when he accumulated 3 fouls in 10 minutes."

He has definitely improved in this area of his game and it keeps him on the floor longer, rather than on the bench in foul trouble. Now if he can improve his handle and FG %, he will be a monster on the floor!
 
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