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Palatine said:
I didn't say he would start. That was a guess.

The point was how many people dismissed it out of hand. But it is NOT incredibly unlikely if you watched Hurley starting line ups over the years. And Hurley has started him twice already in preseason.
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No need to double down, it was as dumb a prediction the 1st time as it is the 3rd. These scrimmages are meaningless and Castle will start game 1. Looking for 1 second into the lineups used is 1 second too much
 
I still think Castle starts game 1. But there clearly is still a chance someone else begins the season in that spot. And there’s nothing wrong with that.
 
Its August.. Castle starts the season Game 1.... Diarra just getting in some reps.. He will be a valuable bench player until Solo takes off..
 
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Huskyforlife said:
Solo Ball is next in line of special wing athletes at UConn. He’s gonna have some wow plays as a freshman.
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Ijs, in the first game he was doing a fair amount of ball handling and assisting. I wouldn’t count him out to being a guard for us in the future.

Not this year because we have so many guys capable. But he did look like he had the skills to do so. Made some impressive passes in game one.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Ijs, in the first game he was doing a fair amount of ball handling and assisting. I wouldn’t count him out to being a guard for us in the future.

Not this year because we have so many guys capable. But he did look like he had the skills to do so. Made some impressive passes in game one.
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He’ll absolutely have the ball in his hands. I’m guessing he’ll never play “point guard” at UConn with Nowell coming in.
 
Sphinx said:
The problem with the "Diarra vs Castle" debate is that it doesn't resolve the starting PG question. When Diarra is in the lineup, he is the guy who brings up the ball and initiates the offense. When Castle comes in for Diarra, Newton takes over the PG role. That is what we saw in Saturday's game. Castle only brings up the ball and initiates the offense when Ball replaces Newton at the 2. This complicates the "Diarra vs Castle" debate, since it is not a debate as to who would make the better PG. My personal opinion is that Diarra will exit the debate entirely, that it will come to a choice between Newton and Castle, and that Castle will eventually assume the role.
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Very confused by this whole debate you are creating lol- one player is a future lottery pick & another player has been & continues to be a backup point guard in division one- are we just coming up with these ideas because it’s the summer & we are bored?
 
Anyone else wish we had the panel style they use in Euro balls over here really like the sytle
 
Blue Blood said:
Anyone else wish we had the panel style they use in Euro balls over here really like the sytle
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Like the old ABA basketball? No thanks. :)

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superjohn said:
There is no Diarra vs Castle debate.
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Intriguing post.

By claiming that there is no debate, are you debating?

With a number of posters giving you a Like and nobody doing the same for Sphinx's posts, did you win the debate you claim doesn't exist?

If you won a debate you claim doesn't exist, does that mean you lose the debate as to whether there's a debate because your post has refuted itself?

Is this some kind of pre-season Riddle of the Sphinx, or is Superjohn some kind of Americanized version of Schrödinger?
 
Umami Zen said:
Its August.. Castle starts the season Game 1.... Diarra just getting in some reps.. He will be a valuable bench player until Solo takes off..
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I could see Diarra potentially starting through a couple early regular season OOC games as well, it’s kind of the Hurley way. I mean I hope he’s improved like all the kids but he did have a tough time running the offense versus quick, solid defenders and getting past the hash mark in the half court set up last year. There’s no denying his defense off the bench but he can’t shoot so his time will eventually be off the bench to ensure solid starts in games.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
He’ll absolutely have the ball in his hands. I’m guessing he’ll never play “point guard” at UConn with Nowell coming in.
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I’m not sure why that would be a factor. We have plenty of examples of that kind of situation working out.

He was 2nd on the team in assists last game too. Seems like a pretty good playmaker.
 
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This from the French game, the first game. Singare not getting a lot of minutes, but had a couple of tough crafty putbacks, and was open and calling for it in transition. Plus, plus for the big man.
 
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