He does this a lot - it's odd. He'll drive mid paint, stop and squat, dead ball in his hands. Then pivot around low looking for someone. I really don't know what the strategy is. Rather than stay tall, get a runner up or try to draw contact. Newton would carve into the lane strong and draw contact often.
It's kind of what it looks like on TV. Discouraging to hear from an in-person view in game 27. We have 5-7 games to figure it out.
Hard to call a 17pt/9ast/1To (miscommunication with Solo). He had 5 assists in the first 5 minutes.....then inexplicably we went away from him penetrating and dumping. He has to take some credit for that, as he is the on court ringleader, but baffling our approach in general.
“Maybe I shouldn’t have played Alex today,” Hurley said. “We’ve got to figure out what’s going on with him physically, because he was moving around out there like a cargo ship.”
It's all about the defense, our defense is a disaster lately.
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They need to "figure it out"? How about, ask him - take some scans. Weird.
since Clingan left
Was that a call that Hurley could've challenged? Cuz if he didn't, they might've saw some contact. I dunno, but you're right, Dix slipped and tripped of his own accord.
Part of the bad coaching stretch for the staff. Short on his shot, slow footed and brutal on defense, innefective drives. It was clear early that there was something going on with AK. You could have scrapped him after ten minutes of this game and just rode with healthy players. Very strange, especially after his big hyperbole in last games post presser.
Busy with his book tour last summer.......no time for player evaluations or coaching.
Contracts are only biding if there’s a consideration. So what you doing if he goes after 45 eyes emoji
I guess I am less questioning whether it was a foul or not, that sort of play gets a foul called 10/10 times on optics alone.
But he made some money with NIL and enjoyed his college experience. He probably wouldn't stick in the NBA anyway. Glad he came back. It's good for UConn. But in this game AK should have been benched. Problem is Stewart isn't playing any better.
Well that explains quite a bit. I mean Alex at full strength helped us beat many ranked teams scoring and rebounding very well. Maybe we sit him to get him right?
No you're right. He tripped over his feet just before he was about to go up for a shot. He wasn't even in the air.
True, I suppose. It's not the common path for anyone with NBA aspirations. I'm thinking more on his behalf. As someone said, he has his priorities and those are personal. He's likely made 3mm in NIL these last two years. Could have likely gotten twice that on a low second two way with some guarantees, always come back to school.
I always assumed his best year at UConn would be his second year, like Newton.
