After I watched some Bulls highlights I couldn't help but notice how similar Lavine and Bouk are. Hyper athletic, long guards with the ability to slash or score off the dribble
Remember youre watching a sophomore that has dealt with quite a bit of time missed and/or interrupted. He has a very long way to go to being a finished product.
I still believe of course, he's 6th on my board. But those are legitment concerns when you take the rose colored glasses off. The NBA game is different than college.
I dropped that comp about a month ago. Im with you, think it’s a great one. Devin prob came into the league a slightly better shooter and Bouk will come in a better athlete and playmaker than Devin was out of UK.
He doesn’t get many open shots, especially 3s, and when he does get a 3 its often off the dribble. His FT % is a good indicator. He has very good form and touch, I think his shot will be fine.
That doesn't get easier in the NBA, he's a ball dominant guard, off the dribble 3s and jumpers are a requirement to be an all star level player. I think he can be a 35+% shooter eventually, but shooting isn't his strength right now.
He’s not gonna be ball dominant in the NBA, at least not right away. He’ll get more open looks.
This is making me wonder, does anyone have the stat for Bouks spot up 3pt%? Maybe @UConnStats ? That'll be an interesting piece in his draft profile, considering he will need to be a threat off ball to even play in the NBA.
No rose colored glasses here. Just making a factual point. Im more concerned about his durability.
Imagine thinking we have good enough spacing on offense to allow spot up 3s for Bouk hahahahahaha.
I don't have his % on spot ups or off bounce, but 60% of his 3's are unassisted according to Hoop-math. Nobody else on the team is even close to this number. Shabazz in '14 was at 58%, so he's taking more 3s off the dribble than Shabazz did.
Wow... great stat thanks for pulling
depending on how the lottery shakes out, he could likely end up playing off-ball next to an established nba scoring point guard like trae young, ja morant, or SGA. if that's the case, a lot of his looks will be wide-open spot-up threes off of double-teams and drive-and-kicks.
I will take some heat for this but here goes. What worries me is he has had his best games against easy teams, for the most part. For him to play like the Bouk we know, in the NBA, he needs to have a great game against a Michigan or a Gonzaga, maybe that happens in the tournament maybe it doesn’t. His worst games were against teams that really beat him up which bothers me, he needs to improve his shooting in the face of that. One positive he has going for him in the NBA is when he’s on the floor, all of his 4 teammates are strong threats to score, and so I don’t think NBA defensive sets can double or triple team him like they do now. Question is can a single super good defensive guard shut him down in the NBA or can effect his shot making just enough. I’d like to see him stay one more year at UCONN, what he can do then is to correct the issues like hitting three’s under pressure and improve his physical strength etc and improving some of the issues NBA scouts have. Have any former UConn stars who starred in the NBA talked to him, Ray, Rip, Kemba, Bazz? I wonder what their advice would be.
There’s some truth to that, but the Villanova game had very little similarity to an NBA game. They sagged off all our shooters, especially after he got off to a hot start, and there was a maze of arms and bodies every time he tried to drive. The floor is never that compact in the NBA. That said, he didn’t handle it great (obviously), and maybe got some scouts to worry about his ability to handle adversity.
his best game as a husky was against top-25 creighton and his only poor game this season has been against a middling marquette team, where he hurt his elbow midway through...
He had 40 against a top 15 team and was 5 of 12 from 3. He may have something to prove but being able to play against top competition is not it.
He was doubled from the beginning of that game and dominated the first several minutes and made nova players look slow and foolish.
Scoring 40 against Creighton is not the same as scoring 40 against Michigan, Gonzaga, Illinois or even scoring 10 points in an NBA game. If Creighton can make him miss 7 of 12 3 pt attempts, NBA scouts might wonder how many can an NBA defensive star can make him miss? Not including the Creighton game, what is his highest scoring game, and against who? I can’t believe an NBA scout is going to base their opinion of Bouk on one game against Creighton. You’re saying I’m wrong and I hope you’re right, but I don’t think so.
