Alex Karaban doesnt care what you think

[NickDanger]

I don’t hate Karaban and I think he does a lot of good things for UConn, but his shooting is brutal. Maybe he should have a yellow light from deep until he warms up. The two choices are not fire away from deep or cut him.

No, he has to keep shooting or he will never warm up.
The worst thing for a shooter in a slump is to make him hesitant to take his shots

 

[NickDanger]

You people and your coddling. He’s 4 for his last 38. Process that. 4-38. It’s hurting the team.

That does not mean he shouldn’t be playing, we need his other contributions it just means he shouldn’t be shooting 3s.

Nope. He has to keep shooting or the slump will never end.

 

[NickDanger]

Isn’t a concussion mental?

No, a concussion is a physical injury

 

[RuffRuff]

Two games is a slump. More than that's a problem. Everyone knows he's a gym rat who takes a million shots on his own, so his shooting woes are hard to explain. My guess is fatigue from his expanded role.

Maybe he needs to avoid the gym and go play some pickle ball for a few days. Go home and have a couple nice meals of stuffed cabbage and take his mind off it for awhile. Sometimes with kids as smart as Alex who clearly think a lot, it's not about going back into the lab it's just about letting it breath.

 

[superjohn]

Maybe he needs to avoid the gym and go play some pickle ball for a few days. Go home and have a couple nice meals of stuffed cabbage and take his mind off it for awhile. Sometimes with kids as smart as Alex who clearly think a lot, it's not about going back into the lab it's just about letting it breath.

Stuffed cabbage is delicious but last thing we need is a gassy Karaban on the court.

 

[UCTitleTown]

No, a concussion is a physical injury

Remember how the Yankees' Anthony Rizzo played months after a concussion and played horribly before he was shutdown due to lingering effects? I wonder if something similar is happening to AK? It doesn't take a lot to throw off your depth perception. That could impact free-throws too. Being off slightly is all it takes. A guy doesn't suddenly forget how to shoot. There has to be more to it.

 

[RuffRuff]

Stuffed cabbage is delicious but last thing we need is a gassy Karaban on the court.

If timed right could put some lift in his jumper

 

[RuffRuff]

Remember how the Yankees' Anthony Rizzo played months after a concussion and played horribly before he was shutdown due to lingering effects? I wonder if something similar is happening to AK? It doesn't take a lot to throw off your depth perception. That could impact free-throws too. Being off slightly is all it takes. A guy doesn't suddenly forget how to shoot. There has to be more to it.

He’s missing free throws in big spots. There is zero talk of concussions from Hurley. It’s not a concussion. This is a classic case of the yips, Mackey Sasser style.

 

[Hoophound]

The average UConn fan loves Karaban. It’s just a few idiots here who can’t decipher a bad player from a very good player in a shooting slump. AK is the backbone of the program right now. He’ll be better in general, now that Liam is back. Give it a little time.

 

[Milo65]

Without him yesterday, we lose. His passing, defense, rebounding, and hustle for loose balls-the little things that made a difference. He just needs to hit some shots. It will come:

 

[Pmac923]

In the chat and threads there has been a lot of calls for him to stop shooting. People feeling bad for him. People saying his head is not right or that he lost his nba shot.

He is still shooting when he gets a good look and he wants to go the line at a big moment even if he hadn't been that guy this year from a conversion standpoint. He doesn't care about any of that noise.

We are quick to do this to our favorite guys and it's corny. We did it to AJax, and Hawk, and Hass, and Sanogo, and Joey C etc.

But he keeps shooting. And he should. Because he knows what he can do.

(BTW, he has been doing some great things outside of shooting 3s)

I'm still on that Karavan

He’s nothing but a winner. And one of the most successful players in our program’s history. He deserves our complete support.

 

[JMick]

No, he has to keep shooting or he will never warm up.
The worst thing for a shooter in a slump is to make him hesitant to take his shots

The three in a row that he bricked were his best threes of the night. He just fired them off without second guessing himself. You can see he's in his head passing up open shots and choosing to barrel into the paint without a plan on a lot of his possessions.

To me it seems like he tried to modify his game to be a multi dimensional scorer and it's thrown off his 3pt shot. The last two years he would throw up every open look from three and now he pauses and gets out of rhythm.

We need him to be himself if we want to do anything in March so he's really gotta just shoot through it and try to find it again.

 

[MrJoe]

Alex is in a shooting slump ; it should end because he is a good shooter . In the last two minutes of a tied road game he made a go a head basket grabbed two important rebounds and after missing a shot that should have gone in on a good move hustled and forced a play to keep the ball in UConn’s hands . Four winning plays in last two minutes… Mike drop

 

[Dogdeacon]

I am in the middle here, Karaban has to go into each game with a scoring mentality and fire when open, but if he's missing then he needs to adjust mid-game and take the ball to the hoop while continuing to do the other team things that make him valuable. I think he did that well last night the floaters were timely, the defense was great (should have had a block too - bad call) and if he'd just made the ONE free throw its a good but not great performance.

Thankfully after the missed one-and-one Creighton missed on the ensuing possession cuz if UConn lost a 2nd game due to a missed AK free throw the mental part gets even tougher. Maybe that's a sign from the basketball gods that the worm is now ready to turn for AK?!

 

[Hunt for 7]

He’s missing free throws in big spots. There is zero talk of concussions from Hurley. It’s not a concussion. This is a classic case of the yips, Mackey Sasser style.

Long term side effects of concussions. I have had three diagnosed. But the below can easily be googled.

• Cognitive: Difficulty concentrating, memory problems, and changes in thinking and learning
  
  
• Emotional: Depression, anxiety, irritability, mood swings, and personality changes

Hmmm, maybe not why he is missing threes but I turned to the two strangers who were intrigued by me screaming at a TV in an almost empty poker room. Looked at them after they showed him stretching his neck before the foul shot plus the less than confident look on his face (and won’t go into it but I play poker pretty much for a living now and reading people is fairly important) I said yup here comes a miss.

Do you really think if there was any side effects from the concussion this sort of stuff is something the team would make public. It eventually goes away but every person is different.Should have added the person experience these side effects usually do not connect it to the concussion. So discount if you want to…..

 

[RuffRuff]

Long term side effects of concussions. I have had three diagnosed. But the below can easily be googled.

• Cognitive: Difficulty concentrating, memory problems, and changes in thinking and learning
  
  
• Emotional: Depression, anxiety, irritability, mood swings, and personality changes

Hmmm, maybe not why he is missing threes but I turned to the two strangers who were intrigued by me screaming at a TV in an almost empty poker room. Looked at them after they showed him stretching his neck before the foul shot plus the less than confident look on his face (and won’t go into it but I play poker pretty much for a living now and reading people is fairly important) I said yup here comes a miss.

Do you really think if there was any side effects from the concussion this sort of stuff is something the team would make public. It eventually goes away but every person is different.

When was that concussion? What grade was it? How long was he out for? We are talking what, November and he was out for one game? It's rare in hoops, that unless you slam your head on the floor, you're going to sustain a high grade concussion. Can you remember any player at any point recently in hoops at any level going into a shooting funk because of a concussion? We're like making stuff up here. So now our guy in his slump is suffering lingering concussion effects?

 

[JB75]

I’ve never seen anything like this kind of slump in my life. He’s like four for 40 from three. Wishing the best for him but God this is strange.

 

[Hunt for 7]

When was that concussion? What grade was it? How long was he out for? We are talking what, November and he was out for one game? It's rare in hoops, that unless you slam your head on the floor, you're going to sustain a high grade concussion. Can you remember any player at any point recently in hoops at any level going into a shooting funk because of a concussion? We're like making stuff up here. So now our guy in his slump is suffering lingering concussion effects?

Not saying that is a for sure thing but discounting it is not prudent. Something is going on maybe it’s other pressures but this is a young man who shined bright in pressure moments. Yes he has had slumps but he has always made his free throws.

 

[jibsey]

As a team UConn’s only chance to reach any kind of “promised land” in this post season HAS to have Alex taking and making 3’s. We ain’t close to deep enough to get around that so let us all get on that sled rope and pull in the same direction here. Keep shooting Alex.
We can be an elite top ten team in that scheme and then we roll the dice and who the hell knows?

We just beat #24 Creighton and #9 Marquette on the road. Isn’t that something?

 

[LIuconn]

there's no guarantee his three point shot returns. He should be cutting and getting to the rack for easier buckets and decrease the quantity of 3s he tosses up for the time being

 

[MrJama100]

Alex Karaban can go 0-50 for the rest of the season and he is still an all-time great Husky. End of story.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Stuffed cabbage is delicious but last thing we need is a gassy Karaban on the court.

What better way to clear some space to get an open look? I'm almost surprised nobody has tried this. Let off some really ripe bombs and watch the defender choke and stumble as you take your uncontested 3.

 

[UCTitleTown]

I’ve never seen anything like this kind of slump in my life. He’s like four for 40 from three. Wishing the best for him but God this is strange.

I could definitely hit more than 4 of 40 if left open. Dead serious. That's one thing I'm great at. I hit 8 straight just last week in a rec league game. The rest of my game....well, let's not talk about that.

 

[storrsroars]

Stuffed cabbage is delicious but last thing we need is a gassy Karaban on the court.

Why? To me that's just one more crafty tool in the bag.

Anyway, he's shooting poorly, but he's also had some horrendous luck. The 2nd of those 3 he took in succession was in, then it wasn't.

He's been hitting the heel on most of his misses, so he's a couple inches too deep. If he were truly erratic and hitting all parts of the rim in equal measure, I'd think that's a worse issue. This seems fixable as it appears a repeatable error.

 

[Mike Honcho]

Why? To me that's just one more crafty tool in the bag.

Flatulence is one of the more innovative ideas to generate separation on the basketball court that I've heard in awhile.