2022 Recruiting: Alex Karaban Unoffical Visit (Again)

[nomar]

Am I the first with Planet Karaban?

 

[ToolzieFan]

I love Niels but If we get Karaban and he’s 100% of Giffey, I will be disappointed.

Giffey was a great role player. karaban appears to have the chops to potentially be a main cog or even a star.

Giffey was awesome as a senior. 48% from 3 is simply outstanding. He still only averaged 8.4 points, but that’s understandable on a team with Napier, Boatright, and Daniels. I think people forget that season was a huge improvement for him, though. His scoring averages were 2.2, 2.6, and 4.9 in his first three years. If Karaban averages 4.6 points and 2.5 rebounds per game for us career, I’d be disappointed. Of course, if he shoots 48% from 3 and helps win us a title, I’ll be thrilled.

 

[Hoops01]

If this guy would even give 75% of what Niels Giffey was for us, that would be a massive win. Probably a little more polished coming into college than Niels was though.

????? 0k enough of the Giffey stuff, he was a great ROLE player who came up huge in the NCAA TOURNAMENT but Karaban was/is a much better player w a much higher ceiling

 

[Hoops01]

Giffey was awesome as a senior. 48% from 3 is simply outstanding. He still only averaged 8.4 points, but that’s understandable on a team with Napier, Boatright, and Daniels. I think people forget that season was a huge improvement for him, though. His scoring averages were 2.2, 2.6, and 4.9 in his first three years. If Karaban averages 4.6 points and 2.5 rebounds per game for us career, I’d be disappointed. Of course, if he shoots 48% from 3 and helps win us a title, I’ll be thrilled.

Enough of the overrated love, super clutch player BUT a little way overboard for a guy who never averaged double digits.
Little too much of the LOOKED UNBELIEVABLE last time I saw him play syndrome, held off as long as I could about this

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Enough of the overrated love, super clutch player BUT a little way overboard for a guy who never averaged double digits.
Little too much of the LOOKED UNBELIEVABLE last time I saw him play syndrome, held off as long as I could about this

You should have held off longer.

 

[Hoops01]

You should have held off longer.

Lol couldn't man, sometimes basketball nonsense gets to ya

 

[Huskyforlife]

Which part, Giffey being a role player or Karaban not being brought in ( assuming we get him) to be a role player?

When you said he'll be a star, I dont get that impression from watching everything available.

 

[CL82]

????? 0k enough of the Giffey stuff, he was a great ROLE player who came up huge in the NCAA TOURNAMENT but Karaban was/is a much better player w a much higher ceiling

Not too mention automatic from three for much of the season.

 

[BGesus4]

When you said he'll be a star, I dont get that impression from watching everything available.

I don’t know if he’ll be a star or not, but when you hear about him dominating Pangos games it sounds like he may have a shot.

ive never seen him play other than clips so I’m judging based on what I read.

My main point was no way would he be brought in to be Giffey, let alone 75% of Giffey, which is what the initial response was to.

 

[MDHuskFan]

He talks about making lifelong connections. With all that, I hope on his visit they showed him @Ricker love an admiration. Def. the first on that train
Kudos to you sir

 

[Hoops01]

Not too mention automatic from three for much of the season.

I held off as long as I could, actually it didn't even phase me at the beginning.
I never wanted to turn this into a bashing but he averaged 8pts a game! So he obviously was very very very selective when he shot and hit an average at best of 2 3's a game, did he hit some huge ones yes but the ceiling for a new player to have a bigger impact is not insurmountable!
My guess is Karaban will easily be a much better overall college player

Not too mention automatic from three for much of the season.

 

[superjohn]

I don’t know if he’ll be a star or not, but when you hear about him dominating Pangos games it sounds like he may have a shot.

ive never seen him play other than clips so I’m judging based on what I read.

My main point was no way would he be brought in to be Giffey, let alone 75% of Giffey, which is what the initial response was to.

Niels won 2 national championships at UConn and played a combined 61 minutes in those two title games. I agree his stats look unimpressive but he was a really good intangibles player who was in and out of the lineup on a stacked team his freshmen year and his sophomore year he was kind of buried on one of the most talented teams in UConn history despite it being kind of a mess of a year...

He always did what was asked of him his whole career and for his senior year he became one of the top knock down three point shooters in the country and was a jacknife on defense who often got the job of trying to stop the best player on the other team, he shut down Julius Randle in the title game. The stats don't tell the story with him as a player, he was a winner here and has continued being a winner for Alba Berlin.

I remember when Calhoun signed him, he beat out UCLA, Louisville, and the Zags and the top recruiting guy who evaluated him said he would have him ranked right around the top 50 if he was playing in the US.

 

[CL82]

I held off as long as I could, actually it didn't even phase me at the beginning.
I never wanted to turn this into a bashing but he averaged 8pts a game! So he obviously was very very very selective when he shot and hit an average at best of 2 3's a game, did he hit some huge ones yes but the ceiling for a new player to have a bigger impact is not insurmountable!
My guess is Karaban will easily be a much better overall college player

He’s attempted 13 3-pointers and knocked down 11 of them — good for a mind-blowing 84.5- percent clip. And the 6-foot-7 swingman is doing all the little things, too — rebounding, playing strong defense and emerging as a leader on this deep, talented, experienced group of Huskies.

 

[6xChamps]

Sorry to derail the Giffey thread but Karaban plays tomorrow

 

[UCSouth]

I held off as long as I could, actually it didn't even phase me at the beginning.
I never wanted to turn this into a bashing but he averaged 8pts a game! So he obviously was very very very selective when he shot and hit an average at best of 2 3's a game, did he hit some huge ones yes but the ceiling for a new player to have a bigger impact is not insurmountable!
My guess is Karaban will easily be a much better overall college player

Wait a minute, you said enough Giffey... who you now talking about? Heed your own advice.

 

[HuskyHawk]

What are you basing this on?

Just a guess, but Niels barely played until junior year and was a bench player then. He came on as a senior and was a completely improved player and major contributor and still not close to our best player. I think the expectation for Karaban would justifiably be much higher.

 

[Mr. French]

People on this board are wild, man.

No one is bashing Giffey, but I don't get why it's hard to understand that Karaban, a top 60 recruit, has higher standards built in for his career than Giffey, an absolutely beloved and vital (but) ROLE player.

Dude was critical for our team and I loved his game since his frosh year, always felt he was underrated, but he was never supposed to be a big time player. Karaban has that potential.

The fact that he's a white wing player who shoots 3s is the reason for this comparison and subsequent peeing match?

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Think Giffey had the 2nd highest win shares on the 2014 title team. Can't just go by his offensive statistics to tell what Giffey brought to the floor.

 

[tuvent08]

This reminds me of how every black quarterback for like 25 years was always compared to Warren Moon for some reason.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Just a guess, but Niels barely played until junior year and was a bench player then. He came on as a senior and was a completely improved player and major contributor and still not close to our best player. I think the expectation for Karaban would justifiably be much higher.

We don't win the NT without Giffey. He was huge. His defense was stellar too.

 

[uconngb]

People on this board are wild, man.

No one is bashing Giffey, but I don't get why it's hard to understand that Karaban, a top 60 recruit, has higher standards built in for his career than Giffey, an absolutely beloved and vital (but) ROLE player.

Dude was critical for our team and I loved his game since his frosh year, always felt he was underrated, but he was never supposed to be a big time player. Karaban has that potential.

The fact that he's a white wing player who shoots 3s is the reason for this comparison and subsequent peeing match?

We all know that’s exactly the reason. You are the only one to call it for what it is, for which I commend you.

 

[JMick]

Niels as a senior seemed to always hit the dagger shot or hit a 3 to get us back into the game. One of my favorite players of all time. IMO he was the 2nd most important player on that 2014 team.

 

[Austin316]

 

[UCDaveD]

Niels needs to be addressed with some more respect.

 

[selles]

No one is bashing Giffey, but I don't get why it's hard to understand that Karaban, a top 60 recruit, has higher standards built in for his career than Giffey, an absolutely beloved and vital (but) ROLE player.

If you're calling 2014 Giffey a "role player" then yes, you are bashing Giffey. That's shameful.