Boneyard Telephone Game

[Chin Diesel]

Welp, guess it's official.

 

[Chin Diesel]

All these Giffey comps are off.

He's getting real close to JRE at Villanova good with his ability to score at all three levels, make plays off the dribble and rebound. JRE's is probably a bit thicker but he's also a few years older.

 

[uchusky32]

Welp, guess it's official.

 

[connVA]

I’m grabbing a Friday night celebratory six pack down at the corner store because <CHECKING NOTES> some dude on the BY has a good feeling we’ll get Karaban because we already got DC.

 

[M.S.G.]

I believe that this young man will commit to our program.

 

[UCDaveD]

Did I just have a stroke, or did you?

 

[Umami Zen]

Is AK a kid that wants love from other Blue Blood Programs or does he have the onions to come to Storrs and commit early?? IMG kids tend to like the love from the Blue Bloods.

He's saying all of the right things about UConn.. Time will tell. He appears to be in no rush.

 

[CallMeBruce]

I’m not sure he’s a shooter. Is he supposed to be? If not, does his game fit for what UCONN needs? I’m honestly surprised at the hype for him after watching his highlights.

"I've watched a few minutes of this guy, but I think all of the scouts are wrong about him"

 

[CallMeBruce]

All these Giffey comps are off.

He's getting real close to JRE at Villanova good with his ability to score at all three levels, make plays off the dribble and rebound. JRE's is probably a bit thicker but he's also a few years older.

It's wild (though not that wild) how many people here insist on comparing every white guy to Niels and Nadav.

 

[Hoops91]

"I've watched a few minutes of this guy, but I think all of the scouts are wrong about him"

Do I need to see his tip offs and free throws too? Outside of his highlights, I’m missing what, the intangibles?

 

[karstenkibbe]

I knew there was a reason to celebrate with all those delicious beers I sipped at Kent Falls Brewing today. Cheers!

 

[bigknight3]

It's wild (though not that wild) how many people here insist on comparing every white guy to Niels and Nadav.

Is there another UConn white guy you would like us to consider???

 

[superjohn]

It's wild (though not that wild) how many people here insist on comparing every white guy to Niels and Nadav.

Everyone always does it with white basketball players. Wally Szczerbiak handled it perfectly when he was drafted and the morons in basketball media were comparing him to Larry Bird and he said his dad thought he could be like Glen Rice and that's who Wally patterned his game after...

Obviously he was nowhere near as good as Glen Rice but you couldn't pick another player Wally was less like than Larry Bird. Only thing in common was that they're both white, same with every other white player who the basketball media tried to turn into the next Larry Bird.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Totally touching the money on this one. Reading a lot. Gauging the competition. Wants to git er done by August. And I kinda sorta have my first source...

Who's with me?

And if Clingan effects this in any way, it is a positive or, shall we say, a "net" positive.

This is YouTube comment section bad.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Is there another UConn white guy you would like us to consider???

Yeah man. Wheres the love for Doron, Big Ed Nelson and Dan Cyrulik?

 

[bigknight3]

Yeah man. Wheres the love for Doron, Big Ed Nelson and Dan Cyrulik?

I think Ed Nelson is a perfect comp! Karaban for Rookie of the Year campaign starts now!

 

[Chin Diesel]

It's wild (though not that wild) how many people here insist on comparing every white guy to Niels and Nadav.

Well, in the past 15 years how many 6'7"-6'8" forwards has UConn had that can shoot?

Take it as you want but Giffey is the most recent comp at UConn who had a similar skillset to Karaban.

 

[superjohn]

Well, in the past 15 years how many 6'7"-6'8" forwards has UConn had that can shoot?

Take it as you want but Giffey is the most recent comp at UConn who had a similar skillset to Karaban.

Tyler Polley, DeAndre Daniels, Stanley Robinson, Rudy Gay

 

[UCDaveD]

Tyler Polley, DeAndre Daniels, Stanley Robinson, Rudy Gay

I had a reply tee’d up about putting Stanley (RIP) and good shooter in a sentence, but decided to look up his stats first. Surprised to see he shot 49% from the field and 35% from 3. Don’t know why my memory pegged Stix as a mediocre shooter. His dunk against then #1 Texas may have been one of the loudest moments in Gampel history.

 

[David 76]

It's wild (though not that wild) how many people here insist on comparing every white guy to Niels and Nadav.

Yet not Tyler?

 

[prankster]

I’m grabbing a Friday night celebratory six pack down at the corner store because <CHECKING NOTES> some dude on the BY has a good feeling we’ll get Karaban because we already got DC.

There is never a bad time to buy a good six-pack of beer.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Tyler Polley, DeAndre Daniels, Stanley Robinson, Rudy Gay

Polley and Robinson were both definitely a few inches taller than what Karaban is listed.

Daniels is definitely a comp I thought about but body wise he was much more slender and lean than Karaban or Giffey. I see Daniels listed as 6'9" 200 lbs. Karaban is listed as 6'"8 210 and Giffey as 6'7" 205. Daniels and Giffey were so good as interchangeable forwards on 2014.

Rudy is interesting. Obviously a much higher level athlete but he did have the ability to score at all 3 levels. And he does sneak in at the very end of 15 year timeframe being that he finished at UConn at end of '06 season.

I'll let you die on whatever mountain you want on this but I still think Giffey is best most recent UConn comp and JRE of Nova may be best current college player comp in terms of skillset and working the floor.

 

[MDHuskFan]

Start at 6:37 if you want to get hype.

 

[temery]

And if Clingan effects this in any way, it is a positive or, shall we say, a "net" positive.

I think it's "affects." I rarely correct grammar, mostly because I suck at grammar, but I'm pretty sure on affect vs effect.

 

[Ricker]

I had forgotten the interview posted above by @MDHuskFan. I have been resisting participating much in the Giffey & comparison discussion/argument, and, with difficulty I didn't take the bait earlier in this thread about being unimpressed from highlights. I'll just point out that in the very first post about Karaban on Dec 12, 2019, I termed him a Tyler Lydon clone with Giffey's BB IQ. The point of a comp is to give the reader an image. There will never be a 'right' comp for everybody, and I don't need to be right. BUT: In this video from his own mouth made in 2021, he says the best comp for him is Tyler Lydon who he is most compared to. Why don't we just go with his view and move on? Skip needing a UConn player comp everybody agrees with.