How good is Akok Akok?

[peyton1211]

He's so good that his euro step also include asia.

😂😂😂

 

[ChocRaisins]

Hurley played the long game with him this past year. There was a reason he was basically shut down at the end of the year. It wasn't worth him playing 6 min a game, even if medically cleared because Hurley had to see the big picture. You could see it was a tough pill for Akok to take but I have confidence Hurley knew what he was doing and is high on Akok walking into next season as a starter.

 

[Waquoit]

4.8 points,

We got it the first few times you made the point. You think 4.8 for a freshman means he isn't any good. Repetition doesn't make you less wrong.

 

[ucp990411]

Geez guys take it easy. Someone earlier had posted 4.8 and silly me believed it without checking. All I am saying is some people need to temper expectations.

 

[UConnKev]

From Instagram

Back is huge. He’s going to be a monster this year.

 

[jibsey]

Forget about his averages for chrissakes, he has skills. If he can stay on the floor he is good enough but his body frame and skinny legs scare me.

 

[Get a Job]

The real question is: How good a cook is Akok Akok?!

 

[dennismenace]

He was the best player on the court at times during his Freshman year, especially in that Indiana game, so I think the ceiling is still high for him. I think they were optimistic on the timeline for the sake of the player, but realistically he wasn’t going to be close to 100% this past year. With something approaching a normal offseason and more time spent working on his body, there’s no reason to think he can’t get back on track where you’re seeing a high level defender that brings a different dimension offensively.

Sanogo and Whaley can probably be put in Sharpie as the starting front court but a healthy Akok opens up a lot of interesting possibilities, especially to keep teams from collapsing on Sanogo as he becomes even more of a force. If we’re going to continually bring a big out to the top of the key to clear out as we did with Whaley a ton this year, I’m much more comfortable with that guy being Akok who does have the ability to spot up or take a guy off the dribble and get to the rim.

Or knock down a three. He's had a lot of time to practice and he is very highly motivated. This could be exciting with all the incoming talent as well.

 

[ZenConn]

I think Akok could be a first round pick in a couple of years. That’s how talented I think he is. It’s worrisome though that he hardly played this year.

I'm with you. I think he does ooze with potential. While it wasn't ideal that he hardly played this year but the upside is that he didn't get hurt in a free year.

 

[imno1]

No, he didn't average 4.8 points as a freshman. Did you bother to look at ANY of the 100s of stats websites available? He averaged 4.8 points including this year. He was not a freshman this year. That's the kind of basic reading comprehension I expect from the remedial 14-year-olds I teach and they are close to illiterate.

The difference between 4.8 and 5.8 isn't much. He was offensively limited--no one is denying that. The need to tell blatant falsehoods is beyond me.

Maybe he is gearing up to run for office

 

[BlueDogs]

It will be interesting to see if his explosiveness off the floor returns. Hard working guy who probably is doing everything possible to get back to 100%, but an Achilles tear is no easy thing to recover from. Fingers crossed.

 

[Kenny11]

Akok is the biggest question mark this coming season and if he’s really good he could turn uconn from a good team to a top team. No outcome would surprise me, from barely being able to get on the court to being an all conference player.

 

[Ratso]

a healthy Akok is a game changer fools

now back to my replay of meth red versus

 

[Huskyforlife]

You can be a really good player dominating one side of the ball. Ask Baylor fans what they think about Mark Vital. And Akok has much more offensive upside than him.

 

[jibsey]

We can speculate this thing from now to the start of next season but no one actually knows what we'll get from him. We'll see when we see.