Deandre Daniels

[Huskies4ever]

He and OC were great tonight. Exactly what we need from them. RB was tough and SN was clutch. All we needed to win. Now, can somebody get a freakin' rebound?

 

[Palatine]

DD could have been a monster tonight. He was very, very good. But if he could have knocked down the foul line jumper, he would have looked like an All American.

 

[Horatio]

It's starting to come together people. We're starting to see what we saw in those "you-tube " highlight videos , but he's doing it now against Big East competition. He's still going to have some rough spots but I think he'll be a beast next season.

 

[August_West]

In DD's YouTube videos he wasn't being guarded by a chair was he? I remember Ater Majok dominating a chair on YouTube. Very disappointing that he didn't have a chair guarding him in big east play.


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[Huskies4ever]

In DD's YouTube videos he wasn't being guarded by a chair was he? I remember Ater Majok dominating a chair on YouTube. Very disappointing that he didn't have a chair guarding him in big east play.


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Are you comparing DD to AM?

 

[August_West]

No, I am comparing Ater Majok to a chair.


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[selles]

It's starting to come together people. We're starting to see what we saw in those "you-tube " highlight videos , but he's doing it now against Big East competition. He's still going to have some rough spots but I think he'll be a beast next season.

I agree. The current perception of DD is hurt by his recruiting ranking. If he'd been 40-50, then right now we'd be saying to ourselves...hmm, we've got an excellent player developing. And so we do. We have a really nice player.

Also loved that he showed more positive passion tonight than I've seen from him.

 

[bballgrda]

DD could have been a monster tonight. He was very, very good. But if he could have knocked down the foul line jumper, he would have looked like an All American.

Exactly my thoughts. He had a bunch of solid looks from there, shot just wasn't falling.

 

[Huskies4ever]

No, I am comparing Ater Majok to a chair.


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At this point, Majok is a chair.

 

[BoatShow]

The (very drunk) Friday night/Saturday morning before the Texas game I saw Majok at Sgt. Pep's walked right up to his goofy ass and said "dude you've been playing like , but just beat Texas." He laughed, gave me dapps and said "I will do my best man!" in his very thick African accent.

Best.moment.of.my.life.

But on the topic of DD...when he missed like 4 straight 6 ft jumpers I was ready to run on to the court shake him and say "GO TO THE BASKET YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE ATHLETIC THAN THESE GOONS"

 

[Horatio]

I agree. The current perception of DD is hurt by his recruiting ranking. If he'd been 40-50, then right now we'd be saying to ourselves...hmm, we've got an excellent player developing. And so we do. We have a really nice player.

Also loved that he showed more positive passion tonight than I've seen from him.

Good points. Maybe Deandre was just rated to high.

 

[Huskieforlife]

He and OC were great tonight. Exactly what we need from them. RB was tough and SN was clutch. All we needed to win. Now, can somebody get a freakin' rebound?

i was SO hard on him in the begining. hes probably my second favorite player this year.

 

[BoatShow]

That O-board And1 he had was so key.

 

[ctchamps]

DD could have been a monster tonight. He was very, very good. But if he could have knocked down the foul line jumper, he would have looked like an All American.

Can't figure out what happened on the defensive end. He was constantly getting pushed around. On the offensive end he was his worst enemy. I love his game. He's a mismatch for most teams. He had a lot of good looks that he just didn't finish. You could almost see him getting out of his rhythm and trying to force his shots. And he missed a few one and ones. He could have had a career day.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Daniels has to learn that there are two ends of the court. He only knows about one.

 

[Kitaman]

Sorry but I didn't see it last night. He is a year or two away. We needed him to crash the boards like there's no tomorrow and he didn't step up. Points are fine but players have to recognized where they are needed and we certainly needed someone to get some rebounds. Had he got 10+ boards and no points I would say he played great (i.e. for that game situation). He did rebound stronger in the 2nd half, maybe Coach said something to him. He's good, and getting better. But no one played great tonight. Good yes, improved yes (OC), but great no. I don't think Ollie would disagree. We were lucky to win that game last night.

 

[upstater]

Daniels has to learn that there are two ends of the court. He only knows about one.

Are you kidding me? He was the defensive heart and soul last night. He was the guy sticking his nose in there.

 

[UChusky916]

It's mind-boggling how good Deandre could be if he gets stronger, puts on some muscle, and gets a better handle. He's got the attitude to mix it up inside and rebound, he just needs to be able to finish.

With his height, he can shoot over just about anyone from anywhere on the court.
He's got a nice stroke. His game is coming along. Great game from DD last night when no one else could seem to grab a REB

 

[Brochacho]

If he could develop that elbow jumper Adrien had and put on 25 lbs of muscle we would have a special player here. He would be like our own Jeff Green. When he left Georgetown he was a 14/6 player on 51% shooting, as a junior. Right now sophomore DD is doing 11/5 on 47%.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Daniels has to learn that there are two ends of the court. He only knows about one.

Are you kidding me? He was the defensive heart and soul last night. He was the guy sticking his nose in there.

No kidding. DD was the only player rebounding in traffic and fighting in there. He's very lean, but he fighting. A bit more strength and playing time the next two years and he'll be averaging 8-9 boards a game. Add in his steals and blocks and it shows a very active defender.

Perfect? Heck no. But his mistakes are those of aggression, not indifference towards defense. He's halfway through his first season of playing significantly and he's playing very good and shows room for growth too.

 

[johnhuskies95]

Geez, I'd hate to see what you had to say about Enosch and Tyler. Other than Omar's rebound, Deandre had the biggest boards of the game. He had 7 boards last night, which led the team. Would you really have been that much more impressed if he had 3 more boards but 18 less points?

Sorry but I didn't see it last night. He is a year or two away. We needed him to crash the boards like there's no tomorrow and he didn't step up. Points are fine but players have to recognized where they are needed and we certainly needed someone to get some rebounds. Had he got 10+ boards and no points I would say he played great (i.e. for that game situation). He did rebound stronger in the 2nd half, maybe Coach said something to him. He's good, and getting better. But no one played great tonight. Good yes, improved yes (OC), but great no. I don't think Ollie would disagree. We were lucky to win that game last night.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Had he got 10+ boards and no points I would say he played great (i.e. for that game situation).

And we would have lost the game.

Look, Daniels has a loooong ways to go and there a million things that he needs to improve on. But he's made a ton of strides since last year and he's the 3rd best player on this team. He scored some huge baskets and grabbed some huge rebounds last night.

 

[Kemba Time]

DeAndre Daniels is a 195-pound sophomore playing out of position as a four in the Big East and people are seriously complaining about an 18-point, 7-board, 4-assist, 2-block night from him? As DeAndre goes, so does this UConn team, and last night it went home with a win in large part because of #2.

 

[upstater]

If he could develop that elbow jumper Adrien had and put on 25 lbs of muscle we would have a special player here. He would be like our own Jeff Green. When he left Georgetown he was a 14/6 player on 51% shooting, as a junior. Right now sophomore DD is doing 11/5 on 47%.

He had one night off from the elbow. I would take Deandre 10 times out of 10 to hit that shot over Adrien.

 

[ctchamps]

It's mind-boggling how good Deandre could be if he gets stronger, puts on some muscle, and gets a better handle. He's got the attitude to mix it up inside and rebound, he just needs to be able to finish.

With his height, he can shoot over just about anyone from anywhere on the court.
He's got a nice stroke. His game is coming along. Great game from DD last night when no one else could seem to grab a REB

I think this is correct. I would add one more point. He sometimes gets flustered. Not TO flustered but not OC onions either. Fortunately closer to OC than TO! I expect this not to be much of a problem next season.