Heard Daniel Hamilton's trip to UConn went well this weekend...

[husky99]

https://mobile.twitter.com/Coast2CoastHoop/status/331089985778364416

 

[Dove]

 

[Ricky1Moore]

<Original post was way too duck*ing stupid for your consumption.>

 

[upstater]

In the spirit of drink, I drink to you

 

[aceboon]

did he seriously call him a dhead? some of you dudes need to step away from the internet for awhile.

 

[uconnbill]

<Original post was way too stupid for your consumption.>

Seriously drunk and stupid is no way to go though life young man

 

[tcf15]

Dinos Trigonis ‏@trigonis30

7h​

@D_ham5 had an excellent official visit to UConn this weekend. Kevin Ollie's Huskies appear to be one of the leaders for DHam

 

[Huskyforlife]

What did he say?

 

[Clockshop]

http://zagsblog.com/uconn/daniel-hamilton-i-could-see-myself-at-uconn/

 

[huskiesnyc]

Daniel Hamilton enjoyed his official visit to UConn so much it gave him a vision for the future.
“I can see myself at UConn,” he told SNY.tv following the visit.
“Me and Coach [Kevin] Ollie got along real well. I’ve known him since before he was the coach at UConn.”

 

[Scot-e]

This is about the time of year I start looking for another hobby. Never works. The problem is most hobbies take longer then the 15 minutes a day I now have that would be spent here - when there is anything whatsoever going on. Sometimes I wish I liked baseball.

 

[Husky1972]

Sometimes I wish I liked baseball.

Well, yeah, I guess you are missing a good filler between Championship Monday and the July start of training camp. Without the DVR and fast forward, though, it wouldn't even be that.

 

[bballgrda]

How some people on this board do not enjoy NBA playoffs is beyond me. July-September does kind of suck though

 

[Huskybass]

How some people on this board do not enjoy NBA playoffs is beyond me. July-September does kind of suck though

Can't really explain it, but just can't watch an entire NBA game. I watch every second on every UConn game in person or on TV, but other than a passing interest on the UConn NBA guys, I just can't get excited about the league...

 

[uconNYC]

That's why it's great to be a soccer fan. There's always something going on - if not the European Leagues (August-May) you have MLS, World Cup, Euro Championships, etc. in the summer.

 

[tcf15]

FWIW he just started following KO on Twitter.

 

[huskiesnyc]

How some people on this board do not enjoy NBA playoffs is beyond me. July-September does kind of suck though

I take it you're not a baseball fan

 

[Bryan Lord]

I watch SO much college hoops that watching an NBA game feels so odd. It's so much more fast pace and i can't get into it.

I'm sure someone who watches alot of NBA might feel the same about college, so I'm not an NBA basher by any means

I will call NBA regular season pretty dreadful to watch but that's just my opinion. I do concede that they are amazing, above the rim athletes and the best in the world but something just looks off to me when I watch it. I think the 24 second shot clock makes the game feel so rushed. The games also seem a bit too long IMO. When the mavs and heat played a couple years ago though ill admit I was into that series.

 

[Dogbreath2U]

I watch SO much college hoops that watching an NBA game feels so odd. It's so much more fast pace and i can't get into it.

I'm sure someone who watches alot of NBA might feel the same about college, so I'm not an NBA basher by any means

I will call NBA regular season pretty dreadful to watch but that's just my opinion. I do concede that they are amazing, above the rim athletes and the best in the world but something just looks off to me when I watch it. I think the 24 second shot clock makes the game feel so rushed. The games also seem a bit too long IMO. When the mavs and heat played a couple years ago though ill admit I was into that series.

I agree about the shot clock. So often they are chucking up shots to beat the clock.

The talent and athleticism does produce some amazing moments. Here's a question for the knowledgeable NBA fans: Is Mark Jackson turning out to be a really good NBA coach?

 

[MattMang23]

FWIW he just started following KO on Twitter.

And we know what that means from the Purvis situation! He started following KO and within a week, he had committed to us.

 

[upstater]

The NBA turned me off during the years I lived in Boston in the late 80s and early 90s. I know they are a lot more professional now, a lot more grinders, but back then you could see what the TV camera never showed, which is players dogging it, some cherry-picking. Some of them never ran back down the court at all. It was an absolute snoozefest!

 

[James]

Michael Jordan=snoozefest?

 

[upstater]

Michael Jordan=snoozefest?

Michael Jordan played in Boston every night? News to me.

I went to games often (had free tickets). It was a snoozer. 80+ games and many players just didn't care.

 

[IMind]

That's why it's great to be a soccer fan. There's always something going on - if not the European Leagues (August-May) you have MLS, World Cup, Euro Championships, etc. in the summer.

Since they've started to show more high quality soccer on TV I've got way more into it. I did have a go at MLS early on in it's existence but never really got into it.

 

[Husky25]

I don't mind the NBA, but the Celtics are not appointment TV in the same manner that UConn is. The NBA and Mens College ball are different games in the manner that MCBB and WCBB are different.

1) For starters, much of the NBA offensive game is isolation or pick and roll, while 60-80% of the team stands around the perimeter. There is more of a motion style offense in MCBB. This is really a function of season length and age of players. 40 Minutes of Hell (or 48 minutes, whatever the case may be) would not fly over an 82 game season played primarily by 26-33 year olds. Rick Pitino tried and failed.

2) Fouls are not really fouls in the NBA, 3) Stars are way over spoiled, 4) the refs are too old and cannot keep up with the players (AND they hold grudges for decades), 5) and finally, the refs seem to be taking their marching orders from the Mouse and TNT, by way of the Commissioners Office.

I.e. Boston didn't really help itself, but was there any way New York loses that 1st round series even if Boston forced a 7th game (Wasn't happening anyway, Bennett Salvatore was assigned to game 6. At the very least, they messed with Doc's head)? I say not a chance. Also, when Boston almost won in Miami without Rondo late in the season (Miami's 22nd straight win, I believe), there was no doubt in my mind that the game ws going to turn on Boston late. LeBron's fouls/game hovered somewhere south of 2.0 for much of the year. That is unheard of for a 6'-8", 265 lber. who plays as physically as he does.

There is something to be said for watching the best in world do their thing, but when there is a percieved bias based on the 3 "unbiased" parties on the court, something is doesn't ring true in my book. This makes me think that there are more Tim Dounaghy's out there than the NBA wants to admit.