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Imagine being a grown man and your job is to try to convince 16 year olds how much you know about 2k and call of duty... have fun with that GMac
2022 Recruiting: Clingan Taking His Time with Recruiting Process (Syracuse on SI)
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Imagine being a grown man and your job is to try to convince 16 year olds how much you know about 2k and call of duty... have fun with that GMac
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You can say that again. And Southington didn't look like Paul VI Catholic either.
For development sake I hope Clingan gets a normal summer this year and gets to play a lot of AAU ball.
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His free throw shooting needs to improve. It is awful. I had 24, 15 and 6 blocks. It was hard to watch, The guards definitely don't recognize the timing when he gets open. They see him open and it seems like they wait until the defense collapses on him and THEN pass it to him. Late on the pass consistently.
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Watched a bit of the game. I wish he kept his hand up more on defense, he’d have a lot more blocks and rebounds. Seems like he’s out there giving 80% effort at times.
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I agree. Dont know if it is playing with masks or if he got hurt when he went down in the 2nd or third quarter.
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Amazing how much good weight he has on him. I grew up in Bristol, went to about four of his games last year. Was planning on going to a bunch more this year but COVID puked on that itinerary. Would love to see him develop at UConn.
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It's just a big kid playing against smaller kid thing. The instinct is to play upright with hands down near the ball... it's a skill that will be learned quickly in a practice (hopefully at UConn) vs some other big boys. Personally, that's not a big concern of mine.
What I'm seeing a lot of is that he isn't able to play as aggressively/physically as he would versus other 6'10+ guys. Pushing someone around is a lot more noticeable to the refs when you're a foot taller than them.
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It's nice that he wants to stay at Bristol Central, but it certainly will hold back his development cycle (which I am sure the family knows as they are a basketball family). The only thing that will develop him before he hits college is AAU and pick up games where the best local players go to pick up some more competition. Can he play in the Hartford summer league?
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2-8 from the FT line????
Hard pass.
Bring him on campus for an official and tell him there's a scholarship waiting for him if he can go 10-20 from the line. Anything less than that and he's off to Ann Arbor or South Canada.
(I kid. Mostly. More than those who take this seriously.)
Hard pass.
Bring him on campus for an official and tell him there's a scholarship waiting for him if he can go 10-20 from the line. Anything less than that and he's off to Ann Arbor or South Canada.
(I kid. Mostly. More than those who take this seriously.)
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I'm pretty sure Juwan Howard would be ok with that. Wasn't there a big center that stunk from the line that still dominated? Hall of famer?? Someone help me out. Lol
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2 dominant games and has 1 game under 30 pts and all of a sudden he's bad....lol. As far as staying at Bristol Central goes......18 offers....high majors.....Do you think maybe they know more than us? Just a thought.
Who said he was bad?
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Nobody said he was bad nor did I say he should move out of Bristol Central (my daughter was connected to the school and she went on to become a national level D-1 athlete so I have nothing but respect for it). What I did say was that staying there will slow down his development. Look, if a player has his body dimensions and skill level you will get noticed and offers galore (gone are the days when kids get unnoticed). But, you'd have to agree that his development is being held back by playing there with the players around him/competing against him. This is just the reality of the situation. I hope he comes to UConn and develops into a lottery pick. Who amongst us wouldn't?
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He doesn't play at JUST Bristol Central. There are articles with how his mom played at Bristol Central and went on to hold records and play in the tournament. He plays for what I heard is one of the top 17u independent AAU team in the country. And he's 16! I think I read he is remaining at Bristol Central to honor his mom and get his name in the Bristol Central record books with hers. I mean, this conversation about him being held back by playing there has been going on since his freshman year yet more and more offers continue to come in. And he is definitely better than when he was as a freshman. So not improving or being held back cuz he is playing at Bristol Central seems to be disproven.
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Independent means not on a shoe circuit?
Is the comp on the independent circuit comparable to the shoe circuits, for those up on grass roots these days?
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Nobody but this guy knows Donovan personally and overreacts to posts constantly
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Don’t think anyone should be doubting Hurley’s talent evaluation given all the talent he’s already brought into the program.
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Overreacts to the same old nonsense. As far as the eybl goes.......they ALL wanted him. He chose to stay with his independent team. Would be a good question for an interviewer as to why he didn't go to the shoe league. Oh yeah, they didn't play at all this past summer and fall but Donovan's team did. You won't hear from me anymore. I will ask the admins to remove my info from this group. Good luck, hope we get him. And I hope he is one day good enough to play for us.
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Nobody's doubting that. Sheesh.
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Put up the poll.
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Hey I get it. This board is infuriating enough without having a personal connection to all the uninformed comments that go on.
My question on AAU was from seriously not knowing and wondering why. Everyone with at least half a brain on here realizes every AAU program in the country would want him, as does nearly every college program in the country—and the few holdouts may even end up offering.
Anyone questioning if he’s good enough to want him is a total baffoon, but in all fairness Im not really seeing anyone say that.
Him playing at Bristol is almost certainly slowing his development but it’s his choice and he has a great, unimpeachable reason for doing so. And in the end, it may not make a bit of difference in how good he becomes.
He can be great, a total stud, our top priority, and also developing slower than he would in a different league.
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I get all that and read the story; it was heartwarming. He'll get a hundred more offers (if all those schools want to waste their time). Of course he is getting better with each passing year, but you can't really believe that he couldn't get better playing with and against better players as that simply defies logic.
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I think it’s cool that he’s playing at Bristol Central and I think he’s developing well.
But I saw him play last year and all I can say is that I wish he could play with just one really good high school guard. Against the best ciac high school teams, he’s not going to be able to bring the ball up the court or set up the offense, no matter how dominant he is when he gets touches.
But I saw him play last year and all I can say is that I wish he could play with just one really good high school guard. Against the best ciac high school teams, he’s not going to be able to bring the ball up the court or set up the offense, no matter how dominant he is when he gets touches.
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