Fully expect him to declare but retain eligibility. Go through workouts, get feedback from teams about what he needs to improve, and hopefully he comes back for another year to polish his game.
This is the only logical move. Get more information, then decide. People here just speculating without any knowledge. Also, we don’t know what he wants. He’s old for a college kid, but maybe he can graduate with another year.
Be careful, some dummy will laugh at this comment. Alex needs to tweak his shot for the pros. His release is being slowed by his odd release and his consistency is being effected as well. He needs to straighten it out and his game will be viewed as multitudes better.
Yes. Maybe not while at UConn, but for an NBA career, definitely.
I don't disagree, but who would teach him a better technique? One of the current coaches? Is it allowed to get a shooting expert to help him? On campus are some great shooters too who happen to be women- how about Azzi or Paige?
Yeah all those 7’5” slow prodding back to the basket bigs that basically EVERY NBA team has nowadays are going to eat him alive!!
Also he can graduate in 3 years and I think that will make his parents happy. But I’m firmly with you that if the Celtics say they want him he might just go now knowing he won’t have too many other suitors because he’d want to be wearing green
The final 15 games he shot .424 from the floor and .316 from deep. He was bad.
He‘s like having a coach on the court. Another year playing for the carpenter could make him a more valuable prospect. Also, If the NBA doesn’t work out, he will be a great college coach.
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On just about every single mock draft he is either a late first round/second round pick so to stay he would be lucky to be picked in this year’s NBA draft I believe is inaccurate. Obviously we all want him to come back but we need to be honest about his current pro evaluation.
We're nitpicking. He'd be a flyer for some NBA team, and a long-shot to make any roster. My main point stands - in this point in his career, he'd be better off trying to significantly increase is draft capital by staying another year.
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Suggest you ask Coach Calhoun, if he should consult with Azzi or Paige on his shot.
