Channel 9 Reporting that Drummond will leave

[Yonick]

That's what Noah Finz said last night, according to his sources. He is the only CT media person reporting this, so far. This was on Mon. nite's 10PM news.
Finz added his gut tells him Lamb will leave too.

 

[takeonewalk]

I was not impressed with Drummond this past year. Honestly unless he comes in like Chocolate Thunder (Dawkins). I don't see his game improving. He's terrible at free throw line. Can only dunk. Although he occasionally hits a 6 foot jumper. His foot placements are terrible. On and On and On.

Good Luck to him he'll need it. I'm willing to bet a friendly wager he goes straight to D-League. By the way is Thabeet in NBA or D-League?

 

[Rico444]

I was not impressed with Drummond this past year. Honestly unless he comes in like Chocolate Thunder (Dawkins). I don't see his game improving. He's terrible at free throw line. Can only dunk. Although he occasionally hits a 6 foot jumper. His foot placements are terrible. On and On and On.

Good Luck to him he'll need it. I'm willing to bet a friendly wager he goes straight to D-League. By the way is Thabeet in NBA or D-League?

Let the trashing begin. Unless he ends up coming back, of course.

 

[PhilG]

It's not hard to make a prediction when you have a 50% chance of being right.....and no repercussion if you're wrong.

 

[UChusky916]

I was not impressed with Drummond this past year. Honestly unless he comes in like Chocolate Thunder (Dawkins). I don't see his game improving. He's terrible at free throw line. Can only dunk. Although he occasionally hits a 6 foot jumper. His foot placements are terrible. On and On and On.

Good Luck to him he'll need it. I'm willing to bet a friendly wager he goes straight to D-League. By the way is Thabeet in NBA or D-League?

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News Channel 9 is hardly a reliable source. So far everything we've heard from this kid is that hes staying and a student at uconn. This is the first we've heard otherwise.

Not sure this means much

 

[WingU]

Good Luck to him he'll need it. I'm willing to bet a friendly wager he goes straight to D-League. By the way is Thabeet in NBA or D-League?[/quote]

He's in the NBA on the Blazers.

 

[businesslawyer]

Let the trashing begin. Unless he ends up coming back, of course.

Actually, the statement you quoted was far from trashing him. The statement "I was not impressed with his game" is, if anything, an understatement of epic proportions.

 

[upstater]

I was not impressed with Drummond this past year. Honestly unless he comes in like Chocolate Thunder (Dawkins). I don't see his game improving. He's terrible at free throw line. Can only dunk. Although he occasionally hits a 6 foot jumper. His foot placements are terrible. On and On and On.

Good Luck to him he'll need it. I'm willing to bet a friendly wager he goes straight to D-League. By the way is Thabeet in NBA or D-League?

I'll take that bet.

How much?

By the way, did you see Hakeem Olajuwon play as an 18 year old?

 

[Leebo]

Actually, the statement you quoted was far from trashing him. The statement "I was not impressed with his game" is, if anything, an understatement of epic proportions.

The gist was "good riddance," so I think it's fair to call it trashing.

 

[Rico444]

Actually, the statement you quoted was far from trashing him. The statement "I was not impressed with his game" is, if anything, an understatement of epic proportions.

Actually, the statement was "I don't see his game improving." That is just ridiculous.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

LOL does anyone really blame him? No post season and BET tourney. Sure he needs a lot of work on his offensive game but i believe his issues are more with his desire to play basketball instead of skill. I was impressed when he actually wanted to play hard this year but a lot of the time he looked like he was sleeping or in another world. If he decides to go best of luck. He wasnt going to last more than another year anyway.

 

[UCHuskies08]

Actually, the statement you quoted was far from trashing him. The statement "I was not impressed with his game" is, if anything, an understatement of epic proportions.

When you say "good luck to him, he'll need it" and "I'll bet he's in the D-league," I'd call that trashing.

 

[Drumguy]

I was not impressed with Drummond this past year. Honestly unless he comes in like Chocolate Thunder (Dawkins). I don't see his game improving. He's terrible at free throw line. Can only dunk. Although he occasionally hits a 6 foot jumper. His foot placements are terrible. On and On and On.

Good Luck to him he'll need it. I'm willing to bet a friendly wager he goes straight to D-League. By the way is Thabeet in NBA or D-League?

I'll take that bet.
You don't know dirt. He's going top 5 maybe top 2. Talent like his is 1 or 2 a year at most. He's 18 for god's sake cut him a break.

 

[progrocks]

many people seem happy to see players moving on from this team. question, who the hell is going to replace them? what high ceiling, late recruit, is out there for us to get? If we lose dre and jeremy we will be much worse than this year, and you saw how that went.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

many people seem happy to see players moving on from this team. question, who the hell is going to replace them? what high ceiling, late recruit, is out there for us to get? If we lose dre and jeremy we will be much worse than this year, and you saw how that went.

so lets say we lose Lamb, drummond and have lost AO. If we can play guys like Bradley and Tyler who will be here longer than next year, wouldnt we be in a better position for 13' than if Lamb, Drummond and AO stayed and played great in a meaningless year we couldnt go to the tourney?

 

[prankster]

Finz added his gut tells him Lamb will leave too.

My gut tells me to lay off peperoni pizza.

I actually do not listen to it as often as I should.

 

[nomar]

I was not impressed with Drummond this past year. Honestly unless he comes in like Chocolate Thunder (Dawkins). I don't see his game improving. He's terrible at free throw line. Can only dunk. Although he occasionally hits a 6 foot jumper. His foot placements are terrible. On and On and On.

Good Luck to him he'll need it. I'm willing to bet a friendly wager he goes straight to D-League. By the way is Thabeet in NBA or D-League?

I was not impressed by takeonewalk. He's terrible at grammar. Constantly uses run-on sentences. His logic is awful to the point that one wonders whether he's a UConn fan at all. He mysteriously capitalizes words that shouldn't be capitalized. On and On and On.

 

[caw]

I'll take that bet.
You don't know dirt. He's going top 5 maybe top 2. Talent like his is 1 or 2 a year at most. He's 18 for god's sake cut him a break.

He could drop, because NBA GM's are really stupid, but he should be top 5 based on his silly size and athletic ability alone.

The kid averaged almost 11-7-3 as a 18 year old freshman, with a broken nose (for the first handful of games) in the BE based on pure athletic ability. He may never be a star, but he should be able to do well in the NBA. A lot will depend on who his coach is, who his PG is and how much the franchise is willing to invest into him.

 

[UConnSwag11]

That's what Noah Finz said last night, according to his sources. He is the only CT media person reporting this, so far. This was on Mon. nite's 10PM news.
Finz added his gut tells him Lamb will leave too.

calhoun said that drummond would announce next week

 

[UConnSwag11]

i know everyone is pissed that he"might leave", even though he needs a lot to work on, maybe this is opening up for noel, but he's a top 5 pick

 

[UConnSwag11]

btw

 

[UConnSwag11]

That's what Noah Finz said last night, according to his sources. He is the only CT media person reporting this, so far. This was on Mon. nite's 10PM news.
Finz added his gut tells him Lamb will leave too.

 

[mets1090]

so lets say we lose Lamb, drummond and have lost AO. If we can play guys like Bradley and Tyler who will be here longer than next year, wouldnt we be in a better position for 13' than if Lamb, Drummond and AO stayed and played great in a meaningless year we couldnt go to the tourney?

Assuming no change in the APR rules in terms of using newer data and we are in fact banned, this is how I look at it as well. If all 3 returned next year, we likely have a very good season. No post season but a good regular season. Then they would certainly all leave - AO graduates, Lamb is not a 4 year player, AD is not a 3 year player. Then 2013 would be a season filled with players trying to differentiate themselves yadda yadda yadda.

In terms of building for 2013 and beyond, losing these 3 could be better. Bazz and Boat will probably be playing at the same time a ton. Calhoun will get a lot of minutes. 4 year players like Roscoe and Niels will get a ton of minutes. Less athletically gifted big men like TO and Bradley will get a lot of minutes that simply would not have been there if AD and AO returned. Guys like that need playing time to really improve.

Them leaving also frees up scholarships in case we can add some recruits late. People ask "Are there any high upside guys left out there like DD and AD?" but I don't think that has to be what we get. Adding one or two four year type players wouldn't be a bad route to take. They could provide depth for next year and eventually (when the Scoe/Giffey class is gone) be upper classmen that surround the incoming, hopefully high upside, freshmen. I personally believe that this team could have really used a 3rd or 4th year player that had a leadership role even if he wasn't that good. DBev obviously comes to mind but preferably someone a little more talented such as Craig Austrie. Solid 4 year player, never really improved too much but played a very distinct role in his time here. I don't think we should sink all of our freed up scholarships into these types of players but it's not the end of the world if we don't pull in 2 top 10 recruits over the summer like last year.

 

[mets1090]

As for the OP, I could go on TV and say my source tells me AD is leaving and my gut says Lamb is leaving as well.

AD is probably gone because any time you are a top 3 or so pick, no one will question your decision to leave. That money won't be guaranteed if you get hurt or don't show improvement next year in college. Again, with no post season to play for, the odds of him coming back are not helped. With how much he has said he is coming back, I give it maybe 75% odds he is leaving. Everyone says they are coming back until the very last minute (unless they are a guy who is a Junior that dominates every defender he plays ala Kemba). Even Durant said he wanted to come back after Texas lost in the tournament. I only put AD's odds so low because he has said it multiple times throughout the season and comes from (I believe) a fairly well off family and might not need money like other top athletes often do.

Lamb is 99% gone. He has a title and is probably a top 10 pick this year. With no post season to play for, he doesn't have much to gain by coming back. He has a good enough game to go with his crazy length to play now in the NBA. He can work on his handle/1 on 1 game in the NBA.

 

[takeonewalk]

With all these guys declaring for draft. I don't see Drummond within first ten. Biggest mistake Joe Dumars made was selecting Darko over Carmelo. Same with Trail Blazers Oden over Durant.

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