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polycom said:
Oh now, it's blind trust. No, thanks. I can trust Hurley but question. If he comes here cool, I'll absolutely root to be wrong but until then no thanks, pass for me. If this wasn't a CT kid we really wouldn't even be talking about him. If we didn't recruit the #1 ranked CT that would be awful for us but I don't want him to come here.
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You are picking a really strange hill to die on
 
Chief00 said:
The coaches project him up. True, competition hasn’t akways been very good but the dude is 7-2 in HS and fairly athletic. The coaches targeting him aren’t stupid.
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As the quote goes, you can't teach height. His tape shows a kid with a giant frame who moves well and whose upside has to be enormous. I'd welcome him to UConn in a heartbeat.
 
UChusky916 said:
High major D1 schools and coaches that disagree with you because they've offered:

UConn
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Virginia Tech
Georgetown
Syracuse
Providence
Iowa
Rutgers

So either you're a remarkably ignorant idiot... or you're better at evaluating HS basketball talent than the coaching staffs of those high major D1 schools (who get paid to do that stuff for a living).

I'll go with the former.
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An SU plant posting on the Boneyard to set off bad karma.. Needless to say, I don't think he speaks for 99.99% of UConn fans.
 
polycom said:
Oh now, it's blind trust. No, thanks. I can trust Hurley but question. If he comes here cool, I'll absolutely root to be wrong but until then no thanks, pass for me. If this wasn't a CT kid we really wouldn't even be talking about him. If we didn't recruit the #1 ranked CT that would be awful for us but I don't want him to come here.
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7'2" 16 year old with good mobility? We'd be interested in him if he was from Mars.
 
UChusky916 said:
High major D1 schools and coaches that disagree with you because they've offered:

UConn
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Virginia Tech
Georgetown
Syracuse
Providence
Iowa
Rutgers

So either you're a remarkably ignorant idiot... or you're better at evaluating HS basketball talent than the coaching staffs of those high major D1 schools (who get paid to do that stuff for a living).

I'll go with the former.
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Exactly. I tried explaining this using a scalpel. You used a sledgehammer. Gotta say I prefer your method as being much more effective.
 
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polycom said:
Tyler Olander was better than this kid in HS and look how that turned out.
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I did not follow Olander's HS career but this can't be true. Olander put up 21 & 10 as a senior; Clingan put up 25 & 17 with six blocks as a sophomore. Did Olander have a who's who of powerhouse DI offers as a sophomore? Olander was a 3-star recruit.
 
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Something that everyone (even those that love Donovan's game) seems to be doing is treating Donovan like a "normal" recruit...which he is not. He's already 6 inches taller and 30lbs heavier than our starting center, and he's the age of a 2023. There's a good chance he shows up on campus 7'3 260+ pounds. He isn't supposed to look as athletic as Samson or as skilled as Sanogo--and he's not. The kid is absolutely gargantuan. There's only a small handful of players in the NBA bigger than him. Regular rules for evaluating talent don't apply.
 
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husky429 said:
Something that everyone (even those that love Donovan's game) seems to be doing is treating Donovan like a "normal" recruit...which he is not. He's already 6 inches taller and 30lbs heavier than our starting center, and he's the age of a 2023. There's a good chance he shows up on campus 7'3 260+ pounds. He isn't supposed to look as athletic as Samson or as skilled as Sanogo--and he's not. The kid is absolutely gargantuan. There's only a small handful of players in the NBA bigger than him. Regular rules for evaluating talent don't apply.
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He's a legit 7'1 barefoot, just a monster of a 16 year old...

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UConn76 said:
An SU plant posting on the Boneyard to set off bad karma.. Needless to say, I don't think he speaks for 99.99% of UConn fans.
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Poly has been around for a while so i doubt if this is a Manchurian candidate situation. But, man, what a bizarre & horrible take on this kid. I don’t know if we should take it seriously.
 
If we can get DC, our front line his freshman year will be insane.

(If not playing professionally) Senior Akok
Junior Javonte Brown Ferguson
Junior Sanogo
Soph Johnson
Fresh Clingan

Am I missing anyone?
 
BGesus4 said:
If we can get DC, our front line his freshman year will be insane.

(If not playing professionally) Senior Akok
Junior Javonte Brown Ferguson
Junior Sanogo
Soph Johnson
Fresh Clingan

Am I missing anyone?
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Springs
 
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The chances are greater that he'll be an NBA lottery pick than that he would be a player that wouldn't help UConn. This is a really dumb discussion.

Would he be better at a school like NMH than playing in the CIAC? Would he be better off with a higher level AAU team (in a very weird AAU year)? Those could at least be interesting discussions.
 
UConn76 said:
An SU plant posting on the Boneyard to set off bad karma.. Needless to say, I don't think he speaks for 99.99% of UConn fans.
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Lol who are you?
 
He might not be Greg Oden, but he also could be Greg Oden, a game changer who can take you to a Championship game (and UConn doesn't lose those). It's looking more and more like he could be that good. Lock this kid up early then build a wall around CT for 2 years. If you can get him on campus and into the monster factory early, you do that. If he doesn't pan out, you are left with probably the best backup center in the country and that means you're probably in the national title picture anyway because either Sanogo or Javonte Brown Ferguson is killing it and can't come off the floor. There is no other argument here. If you let him get away you could regret it forever.
 
Dean Wormer said:
Poly has been around for a while so i doubt if this is a Manchurian candidate situation. But, man, what a bizarre & horrible take on this kid. I don’t know if we should take it seriously.
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Take it however you want, but I don't think we'll miss this kid if we miss on him.
 
Lynyrd said:
Dear Lord ... go see the kid play for 5 minutes and you'll change your mind
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Go see him play against who? Who should I see him play against in public school in CT. Just because people can watch someone dominate in league that doesn't matter doesn't automatically make them a can't miss talent. This kid is a fine but he isn't Dan Hurley UConn level player. KO sure, Hurley absolutely could miss on him and be fine.
 
polycom said:
Go see him play against who? Who should I see him play against in public school in CT. Just because people can watch someone dominate in league that doesn't matter doesn't automatically make them a can't miss talent. This kid is a fine but he isn't Dan Hurley UConn level player. KO sure, Hurley absolutely could miss on him and be fine.
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Casper the Friendly Ghost for crissake ... doesn't really matter. He has all the tools required for the position regardless.
 
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Wasn’t he at the Memphis home game and had a blast? Someone said he went crazy after Bouks dunk
 
polycom said:
he isn't Dan Hurley UConn level player. KO sure, Hurley absolutely could miss on him and be fine.
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I don't think any of us doubt that UConn and Dan Hurley would be fine if they miss out on DC. Most of us think they will be finer WITH him. I'm curious, who would you take instead of him?
 
Jim Boeheim says he is good enough to start for SU right now.

JB, love him or hate 'em, has a pretty good basketball mind.
 
Would it be nice to see him at one of the big preps. Yeah.
Here is what we have though, a kid playing in public school and absolutely dominating. As he should be. He’s doing everything expected versus the competition he faces.

And at 39/40 overall, he would be the 1st or 2nd highest rated Dan Hurley recruit ranking wise depending on how and when you classify Akok.

If he’s not a Dan Hurley caliber recruit, idc, sign me up
 
polycom said:
Go see him play against who? Who should I see him play against in public school in CT. Just because people can watch someone dominate in league that doesn't matter doesn't automatically make them a can't miss talent. This kid is a fine but he isn't Dan Hurley UConn level player. KO sure, Hurley absolutely could miss on him and be fine.
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You will eat those words - all of them
Dan Hurley is unbelievably high on this kid - that in itself dispels all your fantasies
BTW - KO would be all in on him also
 
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