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Balker said:
Thabeet set the bar pretty low.
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Not what I meant. I meant "guy who left for the draft with the least impressive resume".

Thabeet was a 2x BE DPOY, national DPOY, BE co-POY, and 2nd team AA, and his team went to the Final Four.

Hamilton was AAC ROY (in a weak field), 2nd team All-AAC (in a weak conference), and AACT MOP (ditto), and his team no-showed in the 2nd round.
 
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Husky25 said:
Word was that Hamilton was lukewarm on College, not necessarily UConn.
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Lukewarm?!?!

You mean "committing" without actually signing an LOI is lukewarm?

More like cold and clammy.
 
Dove said:
Lukewarm?!?!

You mean "committing" without actually signing an LOI is lukewarm?

More like cold and clammy.
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Not my word. I was just responding to another poster. However seeing as Hamilton actually donned a UConn jersey for two seasons over any other college, his commitment to UConn was at least lukewarm as compared to his commitment to UCLA, for example.
 
champs99and04 said:
What is it about this season so far that gave you the impression we were a D-Ham away from surging back to relevance? This team still has at least a couple of losses if he's on the roster.
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3 things. Rebounding, rebounding and rebounding.
 
7774 said:
You're so smart Tenspro. To have no interaction with Daniel Hamilton at all yet know that he was lukewarm about the program and know he had no toughness is amazing.
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It's always a mixed bag when someone refers to a poster I've ignored: blindly confirms my good judgment, makes me wonder why others haven't followed suit, and reminds me to lighten up if pride does indeed cometh before the fall.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Not what I meant. I meant "guy who left for the draft with the least impressive resume".

Thabeet was a 2x BE DPOY, national DPOY, BE co-POY, and 2nd team AA, and his team went to the Final Four.

Hamilton was AAC ROY (in a weak field), 2nd team All-AAC (in a weak conference), and AACT MOP (ditto), and his team no-showed in the 2nd round.
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Oh I see. If we're going that way I'd go Drummond. That whole team underperformed wildly.
 
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joober jones said:
El-Amin even more so. He was gone after one season.
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Wasn't El-Amin a second rounder? He also made a decent living over seas. Thabeet was the 2nd pick...not of a team. Not 2nd round. He was the second pick overall.
 
Husky25 said:
Wasn't El-Amin a second rounder? He also made a decent living over seas. Thabeet was the 2nd pick...not of a team. Not 2nd round. He was the second pick overall.
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Right, that's why you could say he was more accomplished in regard to lasting in the NBA, even though he failed miserably in comparison to expectations. I guess that's debatable though, kind of a quality/quantity thing.
 
joober jones said:
Right, that's why you could say he was more accomplished in regard to lasting in the NBA, even though he failed miserably in comparison to expectations. I guess that's debatable though, kind of a quality/quantity thing.
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For the record, tens was referring to accomplishments at UCONN. Khalid would be closer to top of the list vis a vis accomplishments.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Of course I don't wish ill upon him, and any success he has in the NBA will benefit the program. But I also don't hold him in the same regard that I do guys like Boat, Shabazz, etc. who actually accomplished something here and clearly relished the opportunity.
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It's funny to see you put Boat in the category of "relishing the opportunity" given that he wanted to leave early every year starting with his freshman year.
 
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The announcers on the UCLA - OSU game commented a couple times on Isaac Hamilton's experience and how his staying would "bring him the Hamiltons". Made me sad. (Good for Isaac though).

We would have survived the 3 headed injury monster and if nothing else, he made Amidah better.
 
Really good rebounder, mediocre at best all other aspects of game. It obvious he wasn't into academics with the decision to leave school early.

The Turkish pro league awaits you.
 
Ewekon said:
The announcers on the UCLA - OSU game commented a couple times on Isaac Hamilton's experience and how his staying would "bring him the Hamiltons". Made me sad. (Good for Isaac though).

We would have survived the 3 headed injury monster and if nothing else, he made Amidah better.
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I love Isaac's game, really nice college player for sure. Not so sure the "hamilton's" are a given here either. As a matter of fact I would find it more believable if Daniel found a niche in the NBA at some point and he wasn't as good of a college player overall.
 
RJScootin said:
Really good rebounder, mediocre at best all other aspects of game.
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Just a simple 1 example refutation. He was the best passer on the team by far, and in a vacuum, quite skilled at that.
 
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DHam is making either 25K or 19K a season. Wouldn't he be better off playing in Europe, particularly the Spanish pro league? You watch the NBA draft and you know there are scouts all over the place there. Plus he would likely make 6 figures or close. Just a thought.....
 
Ewekon said:
DHam is making either 25K or 19K a season. Wouldn't he be better off playing in Europe, particularly the Spanish pro league? You watch the NBA draft and you know there are scouts all over the place there. Plus he would likely make 6 figures or close. Just a thought.....
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With the way he's evidently playing, he could be in the league very soon
 
Ewekon said:
DHam is making either 25K or 19K a season. Wouldn't he be better off playing in Europe, particularly the Spanish pro league? You watch the NBA draft and you know there are scouts all over the place there. Plus he would likely make 6 figures or close. Just a thought.....
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Not to hate on the kid or anything, I'm not one of those that thinks he "owed us" anything, but it is pretty funny to think that his total "compensation" would be higher in college than it is in the D league.
 
Balker said:
Mayyyyybe. He made other players on the team better, and he knew how to play with them. We definitely still might have a loss or two, but it's hard to predict what this season would have looked like with him on the roster.

I think at the end of the day there are a lot of reasons he left. But he didn't want to compete with Larrier for minutes, or end up playing the 4 for another year. If he stayed, who's to say where we'd be? But I wouldn't rule out undefeated and ranked in the top 10. Seems plausible.
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I don't know why everyone assumes he would be competing with Larrier. I would see them both playing at the same time. DHam is vey flexible and in college can play multiple positions.
 
Ewekon said:
The announcers on the UCLA - OSU game commented a couple times on Isaac Hamilton's experience and how his staying would "bring him the Hamiltons". Made me sad. (Good for Isaac though).

We would have survived the 3 headed injury monster and if nothing else, he made Amidah better.
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They said that once when he threw an alley-opp to Ball - they were talking about Ball making the Hamiltons - they said "from Hamilton to someone who will be making a ton of Hamiltons"
Isaac did have a nice game though but I don't think he will be in the league - Europe for sure and probably earning more than DHam
 
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