Carlton part trois

[Palatine]

13 boards. 6 points. Was in the right place pretty much all day.

 

[Vuce]

He can and needs to be better on offense and I think he would even tell us that. JC had the ball at point blank range a lot today and did not deliver. He's a big kid and needs to power up and dunk it or just go straight to the hoop and lay it in. Loved that he was over the glass today for sure. But this should have been a 12 to 16 point game for him along with the 13 rebounds.

 

[Shine33]

Lol literally just made a thread about Carlton 2 minutes after you. Yeah he came to play today

 

[uconnbill]

He did what was needed today. He was a rebounding machine and played solid defense while he was out there.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Best game in awhile for him, when we needed his best. That tip dunk was tone setting.

 

[UConnKev]

Buddy of mine who is close to the program told me Carlton has lost significant weight since the start of the season.

 

[Mister P]

Loved seeing him dive to the floor a couple of times today going for loose balls. Definitely had some fire in him today.

 

[glastonbury50]

He can and needs to be better on offense and I think he would even tell us that. JC had the ball at point blank range a lot today and did not deliver. He's a big kid and needs to power up and dunk it or just go straight to the hoop and lay it in. Loved that he was over the glass today for sure. But this should have been a 12 to 16 point game for him along with the 13 rebounds.

Think he deserves credit where credit was due. This was the best game out of Josh I've seen in a while. He's also criticized more in the stands and on this board than maybe ant other player. Glad to see him have a nice day today.

 

[Son of Robert]

Buddy of mine who is close to the program told me Carlton has lost significant weight since the start of the season.

I noticed this at the Cincinnati game. He is moving better, a little lighter on his feet. Hopefully it translates.

 

[HooperScooper]

Would have guessed he had a lot more than 6 points. He was pretty active today.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I am probably Carlton's biggest fan on this board. Games like this are all we need from him. 25-30 minutes, a lot of boards, good position defense, and 5-10 points.

 

[RF79]

He gave us exactly what we needed to earn the W today.

 

[alphasigko]

He played better today than he did in the last 4 or 5 games combined. Although he still cannot make a layup to save his life.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Carlton misses more shots than he should, but he brings this effort and focus every game.

We win by 6 if he was on the court in the last minute, because he would have gotten both rebounds that Memphis got.

 

[Rocktheworld]

We win by 6 if he was on the court in the last minute, because he would have gotten both rebounds that Memphis got.

Lol thanks Skip

 

[FatHank]

I'm a Carlton fan. I like his presence down low, which I rhibk we need. I believe if we could get 10 points and 10 rebounds from him a game we are in great position to win each time. If only he'd hit more of his gimmes, man would it turn a game around for us and increase his stats and productivity.

 

[Psolo12]

Carlton misses more shots than he should, but he brings this effort and focus every game.

We win by 6 if he was on the court in the last minute, because he would have gotten both rebounds that Memphis got.

I would argue that his effort and focus has been one of his weak points and has been why DH has been so critical of him at times. When he brings it though, he's a real boost for the team.

 

[auror]

First game he played more than 20 minutes with 0 turnovers since the Miami game.

Killing them on the boards and limiting our turnovers to 12 were two of the biggest reasons we won today (plus our team D on Precious and forcing all those first half turnovers).

 

[joober jones]

Carlton misses more shots than he should, but he brings this effort and focus every game.

We win by 6 if he was on the court in the last minute, because he would have gotten both rebounds that Memphis got.

You could be right, but a W is a W. Let's bask in the moment.

 

[jbdphi]

One other under appreciated fact. With Akok out, we couldn’t afford foul trouble from JC or IW and both played great defense and hit the boards, largely without fouling. Just imagine if both of them had been in foul trouble today...who would have played the five?

 

[freescooter]

If they named 3 stars like in hockey Vital Carlton and Whaley would have been my choices. Vital made plays down the stretch. Carlton and Whaley kept us in it until the shock of losing Akok wore off.

 

[Kenny11]

Josh played really tough defense and didn’t make many mistakes. That’s all we can ask. He doesn’t need to be a go-to guy and we are much better when we don’t force it to him in the post, especially more than 10 feet from the hoop.

 

[ToolzieFan]

Great game by Josh. After his improvement last year, we know he is capable of playing better than he has played at times this season. That follow-up dunk was awesome to see.

By the way, this was his post-game quote about Akok.



I know posters have speculated players might leave the program, but none of them sound like players on the way out.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Buddy of mine who is close to the program told me Carlton has lost significant weight since the start of the season.

I thought so. He's been moving better the last 3-4 games and got off the ground on that great putback dunk. He looks visibly slimmer.

Big thing for Josh against Memphis was that we didn't chase their bigs outside. I think Hurley may have finally adjusted to the fact that when Josh chases screeners outside it kills our interior defense and rebounding.

 

[HuskyHawk]

If they named 3 stars like in hockey Vital Carlton and Whaley would have been my choices. Vital made plays down the stretch. Carlton and Whaley kept us in it until the shock of losing Akok wore off.

Bouknight had 17 points, 8 rebounds and zero turnovers.