February UConn in the Pros

[Lafayette]

Mahaney was and is a ball-dominant lead/combo guard whose entire game is based off of driving to the basket to either finish or find cutters/shooters. There was no spot in our offense for that, and he couldn't create against bigger, faster defenders. Not surprised that he can be effective in a different environment, but he was the definition of a square peg in a round hole here.

At Saint Mary's he was definitely a shooting guard. But even there it was drive or 3 and yes, he was and is now facing lighter opponents than in the Big East.

 

[aceboon]

 

[Samoo]

I love how when you try to pronounce "Medzik Dzonson" you say, oh yeah, I see how they got that

Straight up "J" is always pronounced like in Jokic, with "dz" filling in for the other "J" pronounciation. Also, no hard "c" in Serbian so always a "K". Almost like spelling "Drew" as "Jrue".

The difference in his conditioning level between Season 1 and Season 2 has been impressive. Staying on the floor for longer durations and clearly highly efficient in the minutes he has. Just taking care of business. Once Damian Lillard gets back next year - Their PnR action is going to be unstoppable.

PnR is going to look a lot better with Scoot finally back. They had it going on the end of last year and it was one thing folks were looking forward to before Scoot got injured. For whatever reason, that isn't Jrue's game.

 

[Mazhude]

So, what's next for Tyrese?

 

[Excalibur]

Didn't someone just declare that he isn't blocking shots anymore? 🤣

 

[superjohn]

That's weird. I went over his last 13 games after his game last night and they're shortchanging him...

His last 13 games- 14.6 ppg, 14.6 rebs, 2.9 assists, 1.9 blocks

 

[Waquoit]

Didn't someone just declare that he isn't blocking shots anymore? 🤣

I do think he's not as a aggressive when Timelord is a DNP by design. He can't afford to get into foul trouble. His replacement is what Barkley calls a KP.

 

[StllH8L8ner]