How Donny Marshall helped guide relative Jaylin Stewart to Storrs

[HooperScooper]

"We've talked a lot since his trip here," Marshall added. "I've talked with his mom and his grandmother a lot, just asking about what the climate's like, what the fans are like. The diversity part of it is getting much better. Coming from Seattle, it's so gentrified. It's a different animal here. But when you're an athlete and people see what you've done on the court, you're a little immune to the race relations and the diversity, as a UConn player. It shields us from a lot. But also with that comes a huge responsibility to know that, like (Sunday), you are looked up to. You're a role model, even at 18, 19 years old. I think Jaylin will be able to handle that. He's a terrific player, he's a terrific student, which is big."

Interesting stuff about Karaban in here also.

How former UConn men’s basketball player Donny Marshall helped guide relative Jaylin Stewart to Storrs

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[auror]

Marshall believes it made perfect sense for both players to "strike when the iron's hot" and get NBA feedback before making their decision. He believes another UConn player should have done the same.

That player: Alex Karaban.

"I've got five, six really close friends who are NBA coaches," Marshall noted. "Ninety-nine percent of every text was about Karaban. All season long. Once they hit about 10-0, every text started with him."

The BBIQ and passing just pops. I noticed it very early on when I was doing my Net Plays charting. Even through his shooting came around slowly (first 3 games shot 28% from 3), he was still making a huge impact on games. He's definitely a "coaches guy". Bill Walton was practically orgasming during the PKI.

 

[Umami Zen]

Good to see Donny with the assist.. Was beginning to think he wasn't "onboard" with Dan Hurley after KO deal.. Stewart is going to be a baller

 

[aburks41]

The BBIQ and passing just pops. I noticed it very early on when I was doing my Net Plays charting. Even through his shooting came around slowly (first 3 games shot 28% from 3), he was still making a huge impact on games. He's definitely a "coaches guy". Bill Walton was practically orgasming during the PKI.

Clingan and Karaban might be Walton's favorite non-UCLA players

 

[August_West]

The BBIQ and passing just pops. I noticed it very early on when I was doing my Net Plays charting. Even through his shooting came around slowly (first 3 games shot 28% from 3), he was still making a huge impact on games. He's definitely a "coaches guy". Bill Walton was practically orgasming during the PKI.

Remember this thread from January? I remember.

Alex Karaban …..

….. is our best player this season. The jury is in.

the-boneyard.com

 

[superjohn]

Remember this thread from January? I remember.

Alex Karaban …..

….. is our best player this season. The jury is in.

the-boneyard.com

Didn't make sense in January, doesn't make sense in May.

I love Karaban's game.

 

[August_West]

Didn't make sense in January, doesn't make sense in May.

I love Karaban's game.

It's ok not to have the high view vision, few do. No shame in that.

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

Remember this thread from January? I remember.

Alex Karaban …..

….. is our best player this season. The jury is in.

the-boneyard.com

Pepperidge farm remembers

 

[Fishy]

Didn't make sense in January, doesn't make sense in May.

I love Karaban's game.

Same.

But he was our sixth best player this year.…which is probably why we won the title.

 

[August_West]

Same.

But he was our sixth best player this year.…which is probably why we won the title.

Remove Karaban and Jackson from that team and Sanogo and Hawkins and Newton are doing a chinese fire drill (are we still allowed to say that, if not, no offense intended)

 

[superjohn]

Same.

But he was our sixth best player this year.…which is probably why we won the title.

Yep, incredible depth.

I would have Karaban as our 6th best player as well and I think he'll be an NBA player. Shows what a team this was.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Remove Karaban and Jackson from that team and Sanogo and Hawkins and Newton are doing a chinese fire drill (are we still allowed to say that, if not, no offense intended)

But if you remove those 3 instead, Karaban is significantly less efficient, and can’t impact winning in nearly the same way.

 

[BGesus4]

He’s got a skill set that fits the role of nba role player to a tee - knockdown shooter with vision and passing ability. He prob plays the same role in the nba that he does in college. He’ll probably never be as good a college player as Sanogo, but where he fits into the way the nba is played is clearer.

 

[ctchamps]

Clingan and Karaban might be Walton's favorite non-UCLA players

Every time he talked about Douglass Firs it was code for Clingan.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Yep, incredible depth.

I would have Karaban as our 6th best player as well and I think he'll be an NBA player. Shows what a team this was.

If this years teams turns out to have four nba players on it and it could be five, it only proves that they are underrated. What they did and how they did it although it was noticed I believe on a national level the rhetoric was an ok team played well and lapped an ok field. From what I saw this was not the most talented team we have ever had but it was the best team…..emphasis on team! Hopefully as time passes what this team accomplished will be appreciated. I have watched every NCAA game at least three times each and most regular season games twice. Still can’t understand what happened in January but Hurley fixed it. If we had split those games we lost I think this team would be getting more attention as one of the best teams in modern college basketball.

 

[UofCT]

Good to see Donny with the assist.. Was beginning to think he wasn't "onboard" with Dan Hurley after KO deal.. Stewart is going to be a baller

I feel like he was upset after not being considered for a UConn assistant coaching job. I could be wrong, probably am but might not be.

 

[Umami Zen]

I feel like he was upset after not being considered for a UConn assistant coaching job. I could be wrong, probably am but might not be.

TBH.. Never heard that before but still possible.. Think he enjoys being in front of the camera.. His lack of visibility/public view during our stretch run in the Tournament suggested to me that maybe Donyell's post about UConn BB guys not hyping the team ..in a positive way.. May have been hinting at Donny.. Just my two cents/grain of salt.. When Donyell said.. "You know who you are."

FWIW.. Glad to have him pushing Stewart to Storrs.. A positive sign for a variety of reasons..

 

[auror]

For the record, Donny and Jaylin are first cousins once removed, not second cousins. I can never remember this either and I like that Borges didn't even try to get it right "Or something like that" lol.

The grandchildren of your grandparents siblings are your 2nd cousins. This is his cousin's kid (same grandparent branch so still 1st cousins).

 

[Waquoit]

I feel like he was upset after not being considered for a UConn assistant coaching job. I could be wrong, probably am but might not be.

I don't get that at all. If he wanted to coach, he'd be a coach.

 

[UofCT]

I don't get that at all. If he wanted to coach, he'd be a coach.

You're probably right

EDIT: I'm definitely thinking of Donyell

 

[CL82]

For the record, Donny and Jaylin are first cousins once removed, not second cousins. I can never remember this either and I like that Borges didn't even try to get it right "Or something like that" lol.

The grandchildren of your grandparents siblings are your 2nd cousins. This is his cousin's kid (same grandparent branch so still 1st cousins).

I think that’s the best I’ve ever heard this explained. Not that I’m going to remember it even 30 seconds after this post, but, well done.

 

[mauconnfan]

After the initial post about Stewart it took about 12 replies to get back to it. The BY at its finest I began to think this was about Karaban again.