Hassan Diarra

[Huskyhoops25]

What’s not to love? I love the Taliek reference as far as heart and energy. I thought he was the catalyst for the offense and the rest of the team fed off his energy. I much prefer Newton playing off the ball and taking the ball to the hole when they have the spacing. Diarra is much better suited to play point.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I liked his game.

Longer than I expected, junkyard dog mindset…it’s not out of the realm of possibility that he secures a starting job by the end of the season.

 

[metsfan2323]

Longer than I expected, junkyard dog mindset…it’s not out of the realm of possibility that he secures a starting job by the end of the season.

I agree he could be a starter, but they also might like him as a sixth man. The better question is will he be on the floor late in the 4th quarter, we know he has a knack of hitting clutch game winning shots.

 

[AdamaNation]

I liked his game.

Longer than I expected, junkyard dog mindset…it’s not out of the realm of possibility that he secures a starting job by the end of the season.

Vital 2.0

 

[OkaForPrez]

Diarra made the extra pass on the break to Clingan for a dunk.

Newton did not make the pass ahead to Diarra.

It’s one play each, but I can’t stop thinking them.

You have to love feeding your teammates as a point guard. Why didn’t he make that pass?

 

[HuskyFich]

Alleyne and Diarra as a 1/2 is going to be a nightmare for opposing guards…

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I'm sure I will get crucified for this but I think maybe we need to pump the breaks a bit and remember that this was Stonehill and he was playing against players that were totally outmatched athletically. I don't mean this to come off as bashing Diarra at all and I certainly hope he takes a big next step and forces the issue, but I hesitate to look at one game vs. Stonehill as more of an indicator than his two years at A&M.

 

[CL82]

What’s not to love? I love the Taliek reference as far as heart and energy. I thought he was the catalyst for the offense and the rest of the team fed off his energy. I much prefer Newton playing off the ball and taking the ball to the hole when they have the spacing. Diarra is much better suited to play point.

Yeah, not seeing the Taliek comparison really, but I do think Hassan was the stand out of the transfers. He was the guy who most looked like “a Husky“ to me.

 

[superjohn]

I'm sure I will get crucified for this but I think maybe we need to pump the breaks a bit and remember that this was Stonehill and he was playing against players that were totally outmatched athletically. I don't mean this to come off as bashing Diarra at all and I certainly hope he takes a big next step and forces the issue, but I hesitate to look at one game vs. Stonehill as more of an indicator than his two years at A&M.

Maybe but players also improve and can be different players in a new system.

 

[elmcityboy]

i really liked hassan's game yesterday. if he can be a pest on-ball, play a pass-first role in the offense, and break down defenders with the dribble, i really don't see hurley keeping him on the bench.

 

[husky429]

I'm sure I will get crucified for this but I think maybe we need to pump the breaks a bit and remember that this was Stonehill and he was playing against players that were totally outmatched athletically. I don't mean this to come off as bashing Diarra at all and I certainly hope he takes a big next step and forces the issue, but I hesitate to look at one game vs. Stonehill as more of an indicator than his two years at A&M.

I doubt the kid is going to average 7 assists per game, or even get close to that. His %s are going to be more imporant than the raw stats IMO. Whether he's a starter or a bench piece, I want to see 35% from 3 with under 1.5 TOs per game like he had last year at A&M. if he can get something like 9/3/3 per game, that would be excellent.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Maybe but players also improve and can be different players in a new system.

I am certainly not discounting the possibility and I absolutely hope that rings true for Diarra. I just need to see more than 27 minutes against Stonehill before I'm ready to hand him the reins as the starting PG.

 

[RipCity]

I was pleasantly surprised with his all around game. But he’s going to have some games with 5+ turnovers if he plays the same way against better teams

 

[PAHusky]

Diarra made the extra pass on the break to Clingan for a dunk.

Newton did not make the pass ahead to Diarra.

It’s one play each, but I can’t stop thinking them.

You have to love feeding your teammates as a point guard. Why didn’t he make that pass?

I'm think I'm going to hold off on asking deep rhetorical questions about each as a point guard after one game against Stonehill, but sure.

 

[August_West]

Diarra made the extra pass on the break to Clingan for a dunk.

Newton did not make the pass ahead to Diarra.

It’s one play each, but I can’t stop thinking them.

You have to love feeding your teammates as a point guard. Why didn’t he make that pass?

I didn’t like that either. And I’m positive coach hated it.

 

[OkaForPrez]

I'm think I'm going to hold off on asking deep rhetorical questions about each as a point guard after one game against Stonehill, but sure.

I agree. Just one data point. Not to be ignored, not to be the end of the story.

 

[ucp990411]

I agree he could be a starter, but they also might like him as a sixth man. The better question is will he be on the floor late in the 4th quarter, we know he has a knack of hitting clutch game winning shots.

4th quarter? Are they going to switch 10 minute quarters?

 

[Puertorock43]

Diarra made the extra pass on the break to Clingan for a dunk.

Newton did not make the pass ahead to Diarra.

It’s one play each, but I can’t stop thinking them.

You have to love feeding your teammates as a point guard. Why didn’t he make that pass?

I was thinking the same thing. I was yelling at the TV, diarra was wide open . He needs to make that pass

 

[Waquoit]

It was a 50/50 play. Nothingburger.

 

[REB1094]

I’m fully prepared for him to make 70% good plays and 30% plays that will make me rip my hair out, but this kid would run through a wall to get UConn a W so I will run through a wall for him.

He was my favorite player last night

 

[aburks41]

Diarra made the extra pass on the break to Clingan for a dunk.

Newton did not make the pass ahead to Diarra.

It’s one play each, but I can’t stop thinking them.

You have to love feeding your teammates as a point guard. Why didn’t he make that pass?

To be fair, Newton made the nice pass back to Sanogo for the alley-oop in the second half...so I wouldn't read into it like that. They're both going to be very good players for us

 

[gtcam]

Based on last nights performance - Diarra was the best of the 3 guards and it wasn't even close.

 

[OkaForPrez]

To be fair, Newton made the nice pass back to Sanogo for the alley-oop in the second half...so I wouldn't read into it like that. They're both going to be very good players for us

That is fair!

 

[navery12]

Diarra made the extra pass on the break to Clingan for a dunk.

Newton did not make the pass ahead to Diarra.

It’s one play each, but I can’t stop thinking them.

You have to love feeding your teammates as a point guard. Why didn’t he make that pass?

I thought he should have made the pass, but I don't think it was some incredibly selfish play based on where they both were. Diarra was maybe a step or 2 ahead

 

[husky429]

I thought he should have made the pass, but I don't think it was some incredibly selfish play based on where they both were. Diarra was maybe a step or 2 ahead

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I see an easy an obvious pass. Diarra may only be a couple steps ahead, but he's in the middle of the court without the ball--that's probably more like 4 steps ahead. I wouldn't call it "incredibly selfish" either... he just missed a read in the open court. It happens. He'll learn.

 

[Kembacity]

It was obvious that Diarra showed some things that would make us all drool. I second the mention of his toughness and tenacity on defense. Because he isn’t the starting PG, I like that he’ll be able to get 1-2 fouls going for strips and it won’t ruin our night.

I got a sense of Boatright-esque junkyard dog but obviously he’s bigger and not as much an offensive threat. But fully healthy, this guy can be one of the wild cards for us winning games. Get a couple of steals, make a few nice extra passes, grab a few loose balls and that’s a +8 on the score

 

[Waquoit]

I thought he should have made the pass, but I don't think it was some incredibly selfish play based on where they both were. Diarra was maybe a step or 2 ahead

That's how I saw it. If this is what we're harping on, I'll take it.

 

[Jay-Bone]

I'm sure I will get crucified for this but I think maybe we need to pump the breaks a bit and remember that this was Stonehill and he was playing against players that were totally outmatched athletically. I don't mean this to come off as bashing Diarra at all and I certainly hope he takes a big next step and forces the issue, but I hesitate to look at one game vs. Stonehill as more of an indicator than his two years at A&M.

Whilst this is true to keep in perspective, at the same time he was playing the same competition as everyone else last night. But one cupcake is too small a sample size. We shall see. BU and Buffalo will be tougher. Especially Buffalo with their size for him particularly.

 

[BrysonDeMan]

Alleyne and Diarra as a 1/2 is going to be a nightmare for opposing guards…

be interested to see who gets Walter Whyte from BU on Friday.
5th year senior wing (6'6") who had a big game vs NE (27 pts, 13 rebs ... 6-9 from 3)

 

[Huskyfan990411]

I thought I even saw Newton say "my bad" to Diarra on the replay when they were helping Newton back up after being fouled. Think this is a non issue.