Evans

[60'sfan]

He is what he is, and he's trying his best. He's a backup, third guard. He comes off the bench with a lot of energy. No sulking on his part. He's grateful to play on the UConn team and all we have is sour grapes. Maybe we should go to Mizzou!

I agree with you. He gave us some good play earlier and I bet he does again. The team seems to settle down when he is in there. I trust Ollie on this.

 

[Greathusky]

Granted that his performance on the court has not been stellar of late, please don't forget the leadership that he brings to this team something that was somewhat lacking last year. Intangibles do count for something.

 

[Gurleyman]

Evans gives you effort and experience. I agree for a guard or any player to go 3-11 from the free throw line is unacceptable. I think he should be used to turn up the intensity and get the ball moving. Too many times the ball gets to Bazz and Boat and it dribble time. Yes they can create off the dribble, but that leaves the other guys spectating. Giff needs to get the ball in shooting spots he is comfortable in and for the most part he isn't.

For one game, sure, 3-11 is unacceptable. For half a season, the sample size is so small as to not really warrant an opinion. He misses one foul shot every two games - pretty inconsequential. And he isn't even the worst guy in our rotation. Wolf is shooting zero percent (0-2).

Actually, looking at the stats, what I find unacceptable is that our three bigs (Olander-Wolf-Nolan) are a combined 17-32. I'm not worried about so much about the percentage (especially post Drummond) - it's the attempts. We are getting 2 FT a game from our post players. That's nuts.

 

[Huskybass]

I imagine this has been said a few times already, but he has lost his confidence. He needs his mojo back

I think its not a loss of confidence but rather an indication that the talent level is higher than he has ever played against. It is far easier to look good against New Hampshire than it is against Louisville.

 

[CTBasketball]

Evens is our new donnel beverly

Don't dis Donnell Beverly. He was an important piece to the 2011 NC team.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Don't dis Donnell Beverly. He was an important piece to the 2011 NC team.

yes and i appreciate his off the court contributions but on the court he was pretty horrible. yes he made the occasional good play but they were far and few between.

 

[CTBasketball]

yes and i appreciate his off the court contributions but on the court he was pretty horrible. yes he made the occasional good play but they were far and few between.

Remember his dunk against #1 Texas in 2010? Great.

 

[joober jones]

yes and i appreciate his off the court contributions but on the court he was pretty horrible. yes he made the occasional good play but they were far and few between.

Give the guy some credit, he was never "horrible". He was no Kemba Walker, or even a Taliek Brown, but he gave us solid minutes as a backup PG, didn't turn it over often, and was a decent shooter.

 

[Gurleyman]

yes and i appreciate his off the court contributions but on the court he was pretty horrible. yes he made the occasional good play but they were far and few between.

Important to remember that Donnell came in during a recruiting year when we had zero playing time to offer anyone at any position for the foreseeable future, and he was content to just be a bench guy and get a degree. We had a team of all freshmen and sophomores, none of whom had the NBA in their immediate plans, but the starters (Price-Dyson-Sticks-Adrien-Thabeet) were all in theory good enough to hold their starting positions until they left. Plus Kelly, Wiggins and likely Austrie figured to be long-term rotation guys (Edwards became one, but was an uncertainty at that point).

It's possible that as bad as AJ looked his first year, we could have instead convinced an elite point guard to come in and take his place, but fortunately AJ got healthier and got his old form back. It's also possible that instead of taking Beverly, we could have just pocketed that scholly for a year, but we probably figured there would be some attrition in the large class in front of him, which there was (Wiggins-Kelly-Eaves transferred, plus Mandeldove flaked out, Sticks had a sabbatical, and Dyson got hurt), so saving the scholarship wasn't really any use.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Important to remember that Donnell came in during a recruiting year when we had zero playing time to offer anyone at any position for the foreseeable future, and he was content to just be a bench guy and get a degree. We had a team of all freshmen and sophomores, none of whom had the NBA in their immediate plans, but the starters (Price-Dyson-Sticks-Adrien-Thabeet) were all in theory good enough to hold their starting positions until they left. Plus Kelly, Wiggins and likely Austrie figured to be long-term rotation guys (Edwards became one, but was an uncertainty at that point).

It's possible that as bad as AJ looked his first year, we could have instead convinced an elite point guard to come in and take his place, but fortunately AJ got healthier and got his old form back. It's also possible that instead of taking Beverly, we could have just pocketed that scholly for a year, but we probably figured there would be some attrition in the large class in front of him, which there was (Wiggins-Kelly-Eaves transferred, plus Mandeldove flaked out, Sticks had a sabbatical, and Dyson got hurt), so saving the scholarship wasn't really any use.

Ok. not sure what your point is.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Give the guy some credit, he was never "horrible". He was no Kemba Walker, or even a Taliek Brown, but he gave us solid minutes as a backup PG, didn't turn it over often, and was a decent shooter.

really? so i imagined all those times he couldnt guard anyone or dribbled the ball off his foot out of bounds trying to drive to the basket ill advised? i dont understand whats the big deal about db when you mention he wasnt good. great kid just not a good player. thats a fact.

 

[Gurleyman]

Ok. not sure what your point is.

Just that he wasn't brought in to be very much in the first place. He was just a character guy to ride the bench on an already loaded team - and fufilled that role nicely.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Just that he wasn't brought in to be very much in the first place. He was just a character guy to ride the bench on an already loaded team - and fufilled that role nicely.

i understand that and thats exactly what he was. but some people saying he was a good player is just crazy to me. he was pretty bad.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

yes and i appreciate his off the court contributions but on the court he was pretty horrible. yes he made the occasional good play but they were far and few between.

He was not horrible. He was a solid, dependable kid who knew how to play the game. People far smarter than you who actually had some input into his career certainly felt that way.

 

[TheChamps990411]

He was not horrible. He was a solid, dependable kid who knew how to play the game. People far smarter than you who actually had some input into his career certainly felt that way.

you can get your opinion across without the juvenile insults. grow up.

 

[mauconnfan]

i understand that and thats exactly what he was. but some people saying he was a good player is just crazy to me. he was pretty bad.

So you choose to remember the very few dribbles off the foot others tend to think considering why he was brought in he did his job!! His piece of the puzzle was not more than coming in, being dependable, not necessarily shutting down the best player on O or scoring a ton but giving the couple minutes for a breath for Kemba, AJ whomever. He did that well. Good player? Yes he was for what was asked!

 

[Waquoit]

Both players on scholarship and can be talked about. Boatright tries just as hard Evans, but because Evan's doesn't play as much he cannot be criticized? All people are saying is that Evan's minuets needs to be reduced because he is not good enough to play at this level. They are correct. I am glad he sits on the bench and claps and wants to be here, but so does Brendan Allen, that doesn't mean he should be getting 10 or more min a game.

For every 10 threads about Napier, TO and Boat there is 1 about Evans, people are not giving them the same level scrutiny.

Yes, you talk about anyone. I totally agree. My attitude is if a guy is giving it his best shot and it's not enough, how much can you really criticize? But I want the players on my team to play hard, team ball. So my criticisms come when I see players not playing hard or not playing team ball.

 

[Waquoit]

Give the guy some credit, he was never "horrible". He was no Kemba Walker, or even a Taliek Brown, but he gave us solid minutes as a backup PG, didn't turn it over often, and was a decent shooter.

Exactly, we were better team with him on it.