Drummond decision expected today

[UChusky916]

Per Kevin Duffy:

https://twitter.com/#!/KevinRDuffy/status/190427906399420416

 

[HuskyBballFan]

He's gone.

 

[UChusky916]

Yeah, I thought Calhoun said he expected it next week.

Sensing he might be gone, despite the fact I think another year could do him a world of good.

 

[freescooter]

A brief, unremarkable career. While I don't expect most freshmen to live up to the hype, I have to rank Drummond as one of the biggest disappointments we've had when you consider that he was ranked as the #2 prospect in the country. It also reflect the problems with the NBA...he's a guy who is no more ready to play at that level than I am...yet somebody will spend mega bugs to pick him in the top 5 or so...just insane.

 

[RS9999X]

Per Kevin Duffy:

https://twitter.com/#!/KevinRDuffy/status/190427906399420416

Isn't Duffy a contrararian indicator?

 

[UChusky916]

A brief, unremarkable career. While I don't expect most freshmen to live up to the hype, I have to rank Drummond as one of the biggest disappointments we've had.

The kid is 18 and nearly averaged a double double with 3 blocks... serious?

Your act is getting old

 

[SkyWalker2011]

Prepare Boneyard

If he stays, "He is a great, loyal kid. Can't wait to see his skills develop!"

If he goes to the NBA, "What a terrible mistake! Most disappointing Husky ever! He will fail in the NBA! What is he thinking?! Andre you suck!"

 

[freescooter]

The kid is 18 and nearly averaged a double double with 3 blocks... serious?

Your act is getting old

He was the #2 prospect in the country. You think he lived up to that billing? Or anywhere near it? Please. Some of you guys can't see anything that isn't colored with blue and white...And remember, Drummond wast the one who tweeted about a title repeat...

 

[freescooter]

I don't ever think he's the most disappointing ever...not by a long shot...but if he leaves he spent a year here playing for an unremarkable team and did little to make it anything more. Hardly the stuff of legends...

 

[HuskyBballFan]

He was the #2 prospect in the country. You think he lived up to that billing? Or anywhere near it? Please. Some of you guys can't see anything that isn't colored with blue and white...And remember, Drummond wast the one who tweeted about a title repeat...

And if he came back next year, he'd probably average 15 and 10 with 3 blocks and be a 1st team All-Big East performer.

He needs another year to be the type of player (in college) that most people expected him to be. That doesn't mean he's "the biggest disappointment in Uconn history."

Ater Majok and Ajou Deng were disappointments.

 

[UChusky916]

I have to rank Drummond as one of the biggest disappointments we've had ...

I don't ever think he's the most disappointing ever...not by a long shot...

Make up your mind... nice job wavering.


The kid is raw, we knew that when he came in... turns out he was more raw then we thought. The team's other issues this year (Boat/Calhoun/chemistry) didn't help him develop either. The kid's potential to be great is still there.

If he ends up staying next year and turns the corner, what will you be saying then?

How about you wait a few minutes before bashing the 18 year old when he hasn't officially made up his mind yet.

As I said before, your act is getting old.

 

[TopDog18]

@KevinRDuffy: Multiple sources close to situation believe Drummond will declare for draft

 

[jrazz12]

Well the NCAA got what they wanted

 

[UConnSwag11]

what was okafor ranked out of high school? and avery bradley was the number one player out of high school and look what he did in his first year... we see this all the time top kids in high school have trouble adjusting, it didn't help with how alex's attitude hurt the team... also if drummond made his free throws you can add on 4-5 more points, I'm not disappointed in him at all played very well as a freshman

 

[freescooter]

Make up your mind... nice job wavering.


The kid is raw, we knew that when he came in... turns out he was more raw then we thought. The team's other issues this year (Boat/Calhoun/chemistry) didn't help him develop either. The kid's potential to be great is still there.

If he ends up staying next year and turns the corner, what will you be saying then? That he has made excellent progress and is now living up to the hype.

How about you wait a few minutes before bashing the 18 year old when he hasn't officially made up his mind yet.
If that's what you consider "bashing" ...wow, talk about thin skinned...that his career was breif and disappointing is bashing...
As I said before, your act is getting old.

We are all getting older day by day, which is good from my perspective considering the alternative...

 

[UChusky916]

If that's what you consider "bashing" ...wow, talk about thin skinned...that his career was breif and disappointing is bashing

You also said he was "one of the biggest disappointments we've had"...
which you later backed off on.

That sounds like bashing to me, considering he performed better than our junior captain.

You're arguing semantics. And I think that's all you really enjoy... arguing.

 

[NCHusky91]

I've come along more on the side of that it doesn't matter when you leave, you either got it or not for the NBA. He's got a ton of upside.

There's still plenty of talent coming back in a throwaway year, it's not like it's 1986. Support the kids who are staying and the coach who has given you an unbelievable ride for the last 26 years.

 

[tzznandrew]

I like Drummond. I think he was a good player for us. But man, if, by the end of the year, I didn't expect more from him.

I knew he was raw. I knew his averages would not be 20-15. But I imagined that by the end of the year he would average 13-15 ppg and 9-10 ppg, based off more than just alley-oops (I know points are points, but I thought he would command some double teams on the low blocks and free up shooters). The lack of low-post development was disturbing to me.

If he goes pro, I wish him well. I think he can be very good. I hope he is, and while I would prefer that to happen at UConn...whatever, I guess.

Long story short, I guess I more or less agree with freescooter. One would imagine a little more polish (by the end of the year) than we got.

 

[Prezidint]

Nothing smacks of a petty personality more than sour grapes over unrequited devotion.

Andre gave us, minimally, a year of his basketball life.

As far as I can tell, the kid was nothing but positive about UConn through all the crap that has happened in the last year.

When he wasn't getting a lot of PT early, he didn't pout, complain, it, or otherwise do anything self-centered or destructive to the team.

He played with a broken nose, in a mask.

Can we just say "thank you for being a Husky", and leave the sour-grape, we got dumped nonsense in Junior High School, where it belongs?

 

[caw]

A brief, unremarkable career. While I don't expect most freshmen to live up to the hype, I have to rank Drummond as one of the biggest disappointments we've had when you consider that he was ranked as the #2 prospect in the country. It also reflect the problems with the NBA...he's a guy who is no more ready to play at that level than I am...yet somebody will spend mega bugs to pick him in the top 5 or so...just insane.

There is exaggeration and there is absurd exaggeration. This is the latter, I think (unless you are a near 7'0 270 teen with a 30-40 inch vertical).

I think unremarkable is a fair statement, but I'm not sure he is much more disappointing than other top 5 guys:

Anthony Davis
Andre Drummond
Austin Rivers:
Quincy Miller:
McAdoo:

Barnes:
Irving:
Kanter:
Sullinger
Selby:

Favors:
Wall:
Cousins:
Henson:
Bradley:

Jennings:
Samuels:
Mullens:
Holiday:
Evans:

The ones bolded probably didn't live up to their hype in their freshman year. The ones italicized didn't play or played very limited games in the NCAA's. The others probably lived up to the hype.

So for 20 top 5 players (4 years) you have 3 that never played or played sparingly due to injury, 12 that under-performed compared to expectations and 5 that lived up to expectations, though even Evans had serious issues to start the year.

The above is based on scout.com rankings. Only Anthony Davis won a NCAA championship, in fact only Ty Lawson joins him going back to 2005 of 5 players.

 

[UCweCONN]

Anyone who doesn't think Drummond had a disappointing freshmen season is drinking the Kool aid or smoking some powerful stuff. As others have posted before, despite those highlight videos that never lie....he showed a complete lack of offensive skills other than lob or putbacks dunks, and who was expecting 25% foul shooting? I was prepared for 50% but not 25%. Add into that the way Anthony Davis, the #1 recruit, and the bench mark for #2 recruit Drummond dominated, and the poor team results when most thought he was the missing piece we needed for a deep tourney run, how could his season not be considered disappointing. He may jump at the money but he's really not ready.

 

[nomar]

He did not live up to expectations, clearly. I expected something like 14 & 10 from him, based on put-backs, dunks, and the occasional low post move. I knew his offensive game was raw but I was disappointed that he made very little progress over the course of the year. That said, if he were to come back I would be pretty confident that we'd see a much better player next season. Too bad it looks like that won't happen.

He could be a Bynum-type player. I know that rarely happens with "projects," but he's got the skill set to make it happen, or else he wouldn't be a consensus top-5 pick.

 

[johnhuskies95]

Anyone who doesn't think Drummond had a disappointing freshmen season is drinking the Kool aid or smoking some powerful stuff. As others have posted before, despite those highlight videos that never lie....he showed a complete lack of offensive skills other than lob or putbacks dunks, and who was expecting 25% foul shooting? I was prepared for 50% but not 25%. Add into that the way Anthony Davis, the #1 recruit, and the bench mark for #2 recruit Drummond dominated, and the poor team results when most thought he was the missing piece we needed for a deep tourney run, how
could his season not be considered disappointing. He may jump at the money but he's really
not ready.

If you had paid ANY attention to the reports on him before the season you would've known he is limited offensively.

 

[bobbygt]

He was a scoundrel, a cancer, and a loser.

UConn's record with Drummond: 20-14.

He did nothing while at UConn.

I don't care anymore- I'm done talking about Drummond.

 

[FASTEDDY]

Drummond played well at times but overall, his play was absolutely disappointing and far below what was expected. In large part this is because of all the hype surrounding the kid and how much his rep was built up around CT (and nationally) based on his HS and AAU expoits.

Please remember that he was considered the # 1 or at worst, # 2 recruit in the country. He was supposed to be a guy getting a ton of national pub and producing similar to what Davis did at UK. Drummond was supposed to be a game changing player and for very brief periods he was. However, those period were both too few and far too short.

IMO, he is making a HUGE mistake going pro right now and it will cost him a lot in terms of SUSTAINED success in the NBA. I fear he will flame out after 5 years like so many other NBA bigs have done. But alas, the mistake is not mine to make so AD can do whatever he and his handlers think is best. IMO, they are making an absolutely terrible decision b/c they are clouded by near term riches and cant see the big (long-term) picture. The $$ will still be there 1-2 years from now when AD would be a polished player ready to make an IMPACT in the league rather than just collect a paycheck for a few years.