I definitely agree if Jackson can’t make the jump. My hope is that the work he’s putting in can pay off. He has all the tools to be an all conference player this year and it seems like Hurley is trusting him to do so. He doesn’t need to be a knockdown shooter, just be a consistent scorer and we’ll be good. He made so many almost “wow” plays last year that if he can put it together to make easy plays his game can take off from there.
This. We have a ton of talent, but I’m not sure how well all the pieces fit.
Georgetown?
Are you asking do I think they make the tournament?
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I’m just basing that comment off of what hurley had said. He said he will be an nba point guard. I’m assuming that means he will give him a point guard duties here, wouldn’t you think?
I can’t see him not starting Whaley, if he didn’t start it would give coach options for a lot of versatility. We will see
Are you asking do I think they make the tournament?
If so, yeah, that might be a stretch
However, I like Dante Harris, excited for Aminu Mohammed and think Tre King and Kaiden Rice are a heck of a transfer haul.
Considering the jump the jumping bean (and DPOY) has made in improving his jumper every year, I think Isaiah Whaley is in for a rather large season.
Did he? I hope it doesn’t tbh. We have enough PGs as is. Don’t know many guys who made that successful transition either. He’s a project PG but he can be a top 5 pick if he can just put the ball in the basket as a swing man. He’ll need to make a Kemba kind of leap but with his work ethic I’m hoping it’s possible. I would like him to be the offense with his talent.
Gaff more than any other player on this roster has the highest level of volatility in his potential role.
Gaff should be in the gym with AJ putting up as many shots.. He brings value to the table with a reliable outside shot.. His D won't keep him on the floor if it's the same version as last year.
Conference has really good recruiting coming in this year, but the 2 previous years were kinda mediocre.
Quite frankly(TM), I'm not convinced that Whaley can't be that guy. He had a nice-looking stroke on some outside shots last year But we need to see it, and he needs to be enough of a threat to draw the defense.
Don’t know of a site that has a weighted metric like that that, but as you alluded to, a big part of our success defending the 3 is limiting attempts (27th, 11th, and 52nd this year). I do think having such undersized/non-physical backcourts has limited his UConn teams. We’ve had mostly tiny PGs or finesse/thin guards here. I know Fatts was tiny too, but he’s a special defender for his size.
wut??
Duh! It is Villanova and 10 interchangeable parts.
hall is a tourney team so their floor is 4 or 5. have you even looked at their roster? cale, aiken, rhoden, and obiagu are all back. richmond, yetna, and harris transferred in, plus a top 80 recruit in weston. that's a quality top 8 with a lot of experience.
I agree, it's a good problem to have. But I'll disagree politely on Whaley vs. Akok. Maybe Akok should be better, but as it stands that's not the case. Whaley is a great defender both on the perimeter and in the paint. He is a little shorter, but has long arms and great timing. Akok is also very good in the paint, but we'll have to see how he hedges and disrupts on the perimeter, which Whaley does exceptionally well. Whaley also makes his shots inside, has good strong hands grabbing rebounds on both ends, and can hit out to the 3 point line - so much so that the coaches wanted him shooting those more. If you're right, then we're blessed with two very dangerous players that can play 4 or 5 depending on matchups.
Doctor H.. Speaking of AA.. Are you encouraged by some of Dan Hurley's recent comments about his apparent readiness? Or is it about the timeline you expected with his injury?
Thanks. He’s got a very good chance of being back to his bouncy self, if they’ve got his legs built back up. It will have been 18 months since the injury by fall. There’s a lot of atrophied muscle to rebuild, but that should be enough time to get that back and train the quick-twitch necessary.
