Hamidou Diallo Graduates

[Vancat]

Can someone check to see if KO is bubbly or not?

 

[The Viking]

Who are the quality recruits we likely would have landed in his place over the past year?

 

[Stainmaster]

Who are the quality recruits we likely would have landed in his place over the past year?

David Beatty comes to mind.

 

[KingAG]

This is exactly what I heard. Players and coaches are shocked

 

[lange10]

Best news is this thread will end soon....

Unless the announcement is that he's staying at PSA. Recruitment then lives on. Damnit I wish we signed Beatty.

 

[Matrim55]

Unless the announcement is that he's staying at PSA. Recruitment then lives on. Damnit I wish we signed Beatty.

If we miss on Hamidou I'd personally rather have a postgrad for next year -- a kid who can walk into the lineup and understand the speed of the college game.

Beatty is a good talent, but is unlikely to contribute at a high level until his sophomore year at the earliest.

 

[The Viking]

This is exactly what I heard. Players and coaches are shocked

So you're hearing it's a done deal that he's not coming here?

 

[KingAG]

So you're hearing it's a done deal that he's not coming here?

Haven't heard that. But I do know that KO and the staff are scrambling to get in touch with Hami. It's not over....yet

 

[gwhuskyfan]

Damn...if we miss out on 1.5 years of Diallo.

 

[SteelCT]

Haven't heard that. But I do know that KO and the staff are scrambling to get in touch with Hami. It's not over....yet

How do you know this? I mean it makes sense...but...

 

[Marat]

Haven't heard that. But I do know that KO and the staff are scrambling to get in touch with Hami. It's not over....yet

KO and staff should have followed-up with Hami after Calipari visited him .......

 

[lange10]

If we miss on Hamidou I'd personally rather have a postgrad for next year -- a kid who can walk into the lineup and understand the speed of the college game.

Beatty is a good talent, but is unlikely to contribute at a high level until his sophomore year at the earliest.

If it's a post grad who is willing to play the role of a glue guy - a la Lasan Kromah (perhaps a little bit more of a gifted scorer off the bench) - I agree. Because if Diallo doesn't commit I think Ollie's next move is to build around our big 3 (Alterique, Jalen and Larrier).

 

[KingAG]

How do you know this? I mean it makes sense...but...

I've stated multiple times that I'm no insider. But in this situation I know a couple ppl friends with hami and Mamadou.

 

[uconngb]

Haven't heard that. But I do know that KO and the staff are scrambling to get in touch with Hami. It's not over....yet

I don't know....as far as I'm concerned if he's considering Kentucky this strongly, he should go there. Takes a different mentality to come to UConn and maybe he doesn't have it. (And no, that's not a rationalization. If kid wants a showcase for his one and done talent on his rest stop to the NBA, let him go to Kentucky. If he truly was bought in to UConn and how he could help the program and not just himself, he would have committed already.)

 

[KingAG]

KO and staff should have followed-up with Hami after Calipari visited him ..

They sincerely thought he was a husky...he told them as much

 

[Matrim55]

If it's a post grad who is willing to play the role of a glue guy - a la Lasan Kromah (perhaps a little bit more of a gifted scorer off the bench) - I agree. Because if Diallo doesn't commit I think Ollie's next move is to build around our big 3 (Alterique, Jalen and Larrier).

Personally I'd rather have a real sniper to play at SG with Alterique as the PG off the bench. Keep the ball in Jalen's hands as much as possible, play Larrier at the 3, and sometimes go to a 3-guard set with Larrier as a smallball 4.

Matt Mobley from St. Bonaventure is probably the most interesting guy potentially available. Averaging 20/6/3 on 44/41/85 shooting splits, and has done it against solid comp.

 

[Storrs South]

 

[gwhuskyfan]

If this is the case then not sure I'd want him.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

The takes are going to get spicy in this thread!

 

[Marat]

If he goes to UK, I really hope he sticks it to Cal and heads for the 2017 NBA Draft.

 

[lange10]

Personally I'd rather have a real sniper to play at SG with Alterique as the PG off the bench. Keep the ball in Jalen's hands as much as possible, play Larrier at the 3, and sometimes go to a 3-guard set with Larrier as a smallball 4.

Matt Mobley from St. Bonaventure is probably the most interesting guy potentially available. Averaging 20/6/3 on 44/41/85 shooting splits, and has done it against solid comp.

Exactly. You mentioned Mobley and someone else in the grad transfer thread. 3 and D guy off the bench would be ideal.

 

[uconngb]

say what??

 

[Matrim55]

Exactly. You mentioned Mobley and someone else in the grad transfer thread. 3 and D guy off the bench would be ideal.

I mean, I don't think a guy with Mobley's creds would come to a team where he'd be a bench guy. I certainly wouldn't if I was averaging 20 ppg for a tourney team.

But we're putting the cart way before the horse here.

 

[Marat]

say what??

 

[UConnStats]

If this is the case then not sure I'd want him.

Looks like you're not going to have to make that decision.

This place is about to get very ugly.