Gaffney: The old coach in me says that this kid can play.

[coachn]

Have the same feeling for JG that I had for Whaley and Adams. The old coach in me says that this kid can play. Hurley on Coaches Show said he is 85 to 90 % right now because of recovery from a bad sprained ankle.
I look for him to start contributing vs St Joes and continue on an upward trend for the rest of the season- he will fit in nicely with Bouknight.

 

[superjohn]

Have the same feeling for JG that I had for Whaley and Adams. The old coach in me says that this kid can play. Hurley on Coaches Show said he is 85 to 90 % right now because of recovery from a bad sprained ankle.
I look for him to start contributing vs St Joes and continue on an upward trend for the rest of the season- he will fit in nicely with Bouknight.

He missed 20 or so practices, which is why he has looked so tentative.

 

[pj]

Have the same feeling for JG that I had for Whaley and Adams.

You made me nervous there, until I realized you meant it positively.

 

[Slick]

He missed 20 or so practices, which is why he has looked so tentative.

He looked like he was moving with cement shoes on. I hope his ankle improves in the next few weeks. I honestly felt like he was MAYBE 50% but Coach Hurley probably thinks he is not going to do further damage to it and is trying to feed him some time since we will need him this year.

 

[HooperScooper]

I'm not sure what we've seen out of Gaffney so far would compel anyone to have an opinion, either positive or negative, about his ability and what he might become. We just haven't seen anything to form an opinion.

 

[intlzncster]

I'm not sure what we've seen out of Gaffney so far would compel anyone to have an opinion, either positive or negative, about his ability and what he might become. We just haven't seen anything to form an opinion.

Except for one ginormous airball 3.

 

[joober jones]

A little bit of Darius Smith

 

[Shine33]

A little bit of Darius Smith

lol what???
He’s got a bum ankle right now. Gaffney has a WAY higher ceiling than Darius Smith.

Darius had no shot, was slow, couldn’t get off the ground very high, and lasted at UConn for one season.
Nothing like what Gaffney is now or will be

 

[intlzncster]

lol what???
He’s got a bum ankle right now. Gaffney has a WAY higher ceiling than Darius Smith.

Darius had no shot, was slow, couldn’t get off the ground very high, and lasted at UConn for one season.
Nothing like what Gaffney is now or will be

i think he was kidding

 

[superjohn]

Seems you guys don't know what we have in Gaffney.

 

[Shine33]

i think he was kidding

Missed that I guess...can’t always tell sarcasm here on the BY, any kind of post is possible on this forum

 

[donyell34]

I'm with you superjohn just needs to get healthy and some time. Missing 20 practices is a lot but he'll get there. Looking forward to seeing him and Bouk together a lot of future with these guys.

 

[Username]

I've lowkey always viewed Gaffney as a player that resembled the likes of Craig Austrie and Jalen Adams, just at the point guard position (a better playmaker than both). I think he has a very high ceiling but his ankle injury has clearly affected his recent play. I'm more than positive that as he continues to get more real-game experience his play will gradually pick up. After all, he is a freshman and played in his first college game last Friday.

 

[ctchamps]

I’ve watched two games he played in high school. Kid has game. Like John said he’s missed a lot of practice time and is still not completely recovered.

No one can realistically form an impression from the limited time he’s played but based on what I observed from the two high school games I watched the future looks bright for UConn.

 

[joober jones]

Perhaps the exaggeration wasn't as obvious as intended

 

[ctchamps]

Perhaps the exaggeration wasn't as obvious as intended

It's all behind us now!

 

[SubInATub]

give the minutes to Vital. needs 40 minutes a game.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Seems you guys don't know what we have in Gaffney.

None of us know. Many can speculate.

 

[coachn]

Hopefully we will find out real soon like tomorrow nite. Any recruit with his ranking should be able to have a big impact. Expect great news at hall time tomorrow nite Javontel Brown Furgeson.

 

[ClumsyLibrarian]

Except for one ginormous airball 3.

People forget Neils Giffey’s first shot in a UConn uniform was a massive air ball

 

[Chin Diesel]

People forget Neils Giffey’s first shot in a UConn uniform was a massive air ball

Yeah, but what was his last shot???? It's not how you start, it's how you finish.

(And OBTW, I really am curious what was the result of his last shot)

 

[pj]

Yeah, but what was his last shot???? It's not how you start, it's how you finish.

(And OBTW, I really am curious what was the result of his last shot)

From Kentucky vs. UConn - Play-By-Play - April 7, 2014 - ESPN.

It's not how you finish -- it's how you win the game.

 

[Hoophound]

Looked back, Giffey missed a jumper for his last shot.

What came flooding back to me looking at the play by play was seeing Lasan Kromah’s big rebounds and free throws to help win that game in the last few minutes. Huge!!!!

 

[BuckleyNerd]

A super random comp/projection I just came up with for Jalen is Devonte' Graham

 

[boog204]

lol what???
He’s got a bum ankle right now. Gaffney has a WAY higher ceiling than Darius Smith.

Darius had no shot, was slow, couldn’t get off the ground very high, and lasted at UConn for one season.
Nothing like what Gaffney is now or will be

And Darius was rated higher than Gaffney coming in...