I really hope Mullins comes back

[FlexOnEm]

I would sign up for a backcourt of Silas, Solo, and Braylon again in a heartbeat.

I want to agree but for much of the season the combo of Ball and Mullins was very ineffective. Similar strengths and similar weaknesses. Both fairly undersized for their positions. Often times as soon as Ross would come in for one of them, we’d go on a run and then when they were back on the court together the other team would go on a run.

I love both guys and if Dan Hurley goes into next season starting them both, I can get on board. We’d need a big 4 man though who can defend and rebound.

 

[RashadRay11]

i mean he either stays or he goes....so it's 50/50, right?

Couldn’t have said it better myself!

 

[Jaydumo20]

Hurley kinda with a reality check in the DP interview around his current players - yeah ur getting recruited to leave but we also have guys asking to come in. Basically said they are debating on building best team they can year to year or staying their course and only supplementing with portal.

Should be interesting. Time are changing fast. Buckle your seat belt - could be an entirely new team. AK may be taking his glue with him.

Implied in that statement, "building best team year to year," doesnt mean that staying the course would mean choosing loyalty over success. I think what he means is that he has to decide if we will be more successful with UConn system guys or taking a gamble on the better player "on paper"
As we know, many higher profile transfers bite it.

Either way, as a fan, and I love the term you used for MU, 'plastic teams' wouldn't give me the satisfaction. If we won like MU did, it would be a distant 7th place of all my fave natty teams.

 

[LetsGoUC]

Box office is right.

A) he's a stud, will only get better. He can shoot the * out of the ball. Also he was hurt to start last season, that certainly impacted his season.

B) literally everyone knows who he is. He will be the main guy in college basketball and his play will back it up when hes pulling up from 30ft to swish threes.

STAY BRAYLON

 

[UCLJ0211]

“Stay-lon Mullins”

 

[jorge34]

Hurley spoke on Dan Patrick as if he already heard from NBA circles that Mullins may not be as high a projected pick as some of us may think.
While they can’t be competitive with top 15 money, they can with end of first round money

I will HAPPILY accept being wrong if he stays

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

“Stay-lon Mullins”

 

[StllH8L8ner]

I just laughed at this for a good 5 minutes. Thank you, I needed that this week.

 

[Kembafan]

15th pick in the draft is fully guaranteed the first two years which is $9.5 million. I think what most people on the board think Braylon more likely to be going near end of the first round. The 30th pick is only guaranteed $5.62 million over 2 years.

Yeah, gotcha. But what I was zeroing in on was the fact that Hurley said specifically that Mullins could make more than the 15th pick in the draft at UConn next season. That means he thinks that through rev share and NIL that a player like Mullins can make more than $4M in a single season at UConn. That's much higher than I thought possible.

 

[EnochRoot]

I would sign up for a backcourt of Silas, Solo, and Braylon again in a heartbeat.

All three of those guys can shoot, Silas just had lower volume. It wouldn’t be the worst idea in the world to pair them with a four that’s a little beefier and can work inside. And if a perimeter shooter is needed, Stewart can work those minutes, with Ross as a glue guy.

I want to agree but for much of the season the combo of Ball and Mullins was very ineffective. Similar strengths and similar weaknesses. Both fairly undersized for their positions. Often times as soon as Ross would come in for one of them, we’d go on a run and then when they were back on the court together the other team would go on a run.

I love both guys and if Dan Hurley goes into next season starting them both, I can get on board. We’d need a big 4 man though who can defend and rebound.

They need to target a big ball-distributing PG in the portal. A guy who can split time with Silas. Aim for Tristan Newton. Settle for a notch below. Reap the rewards.

 

[Slick]

I want to agree but for much of the season the combo of Ball and Mullins was very ineffective. Similar strengths and similar weaknesses. Both fairly undersized for their positions. Often times as soon as Ross would come in for one of them, we’d go on a run and then when they were back on the court together the other team would go on a run.

I love both guys and if Dan Hurley goes into next season starting them both, I can get on board. We’d need a big 4 man though who can defend and rebound.

No offense but this is a stupid post. Mullins is 6’6’ and is extremely athletic. Ball was injured all season but played through it. For the championship game his foot was shot up with painkillers.

 

[aceboon]

So with today's interviews its clear that Hurley thinks he should come back, which means the direct intel he's received indicates that Mullins isn't the lottery pick that some of y'all keep insisting he is based on outdated, meaningless mock drafts.

 

[HooperScooper]

Hurley certainly sounds like he's telling Mullins to stay. I don't remember him doing that with any of his other early entrants.

 

[FlexOnEm]

No offense but this is a stupid post. Mullins is 6’6’ and is extremely athletic. Ball was injured all season but played through it. For the championship game his foot was shot up with painkillers.

He’s 6’6” and probably not even 190 pounds. His matchup in the national championship was 6’9” 240. Positional size is becoming increasingly important. Andre Jackson and Stephon Castle played the 3 for our last 2 championship squads. Both are significantly bigger, stronger, and more athletic than Mullins. I love Mullins and would welcome him back with open arms but he’s a SG through and through. I’m also not sure the point you’re trying to make with Ball. I’m aware he was hurt all season and pushed through injury. That doesn’t change the fact that he’s undersized and is not a good defender. I have full confidence he’ll play a big role for next season’s team.

 

[HooperScooper]

Yeah, gotcha. But what I was zeroing in on was the fact that Hurley said specifically that Mullins could make more than the 15th pick in the draft at UConn next season. That means he thinks that through rev share and NIL that a player like Mullins can make more than $4M in a single season at UConn. That's much higher than I thought possible.

Like most coaches Hurley is a little loose with facts.

 

[RuffRuff]

@djct1999

 

[Kemba15]

So with today's interviews its clear that Hurley thinks he should come back, which means the direct intel he's received indicates that Mullins isn't the lottery pick that some of y'all keep insisting he is based on outdated, meaningless mock drafts.

It’s the same as the people insisting he’s gone because the shot against Duke “moved him up a few spots”

 

[ScottCT]

@djct1999

They said the same thing about the class that castle was in and look how that turned out.

 

[aceboon]

They said the same thing about the class that castle was in and look how that turned out.

There have been gems, which you can expect to find in every draft, but overall it's not a great class. The #1 pick was a healthy DNP last night.

 

[hooskies]

They said the same thing about the class that castle was in and look how that turned out.

It turned out pretty bad overall…

 

[RuffRuff]

They said the same thing about the class that castle was in and look how that turned out.

Yeah it turned out pretty bad, lol. Just because Castle and Clingan are crushing it doesn’t mean it’s a good class.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I want to agree but for much of the season the combo of Ball and Mullins was very ineffective. Similar strengths and similar weaknesses. Both fairly undersized for their positions. Often times as soon as Ross would come in for one of them, we’d go on a run and then when they were back on the court together the other team would go on a run.

I love both guys and if Dan Hurley goes into next season starting them both, I can get on board. We’d need a big 4 man though who can defend and rebound.

Agree. I can handle Silas and Mullins. I've said in other threads, I want Solo back only as a 6th man role.

 

[djct1999]

Yeah it turned out pretty bad, lol. Just because Castle and Clingan are crushing it doesn’t mean it’s a good class.

Just because 2027 is perceived as weak, doesn’t mean Mullins is drafted higher.

 

[Inyatkin]

Agree. I can handle Silas and Mullins. I've said in other threads, I want Solo back only as a 6th man role.

He started all year on a 30-plus-win team. I don’t get this

 

[RashadRay11]

He started all year on a 30-plus-win team. I don’t get this

Don’t even give that oxygen

 

[EnochRoot]

Just because 2027 is perceived as weak, doesn’t mean Mullins is drafted higher.

You're also holding out the contingency that his parachute doesn't open and he breaks every bone in his body.

If Mullins adds a few lbs of muscle, stays around 56% inside the arc, 89% at the line, and bumps up his 3s to around 38%?

He's top 5-7 next year. Easily.

 

[Bigbrad1029]

I want to agree but for much of the season the combo of Ball and Mullins was very ineffective. Similar strengths and similar weaknesses. Both fairly undersized for their positions. Often times as soon as Ross would come in for one of them, we’d go on a run and then when they were back on the court together the other team would go on a run.

I love both guys and if Dan Hurley goes into next season starting them both, I can get on board. We’d need a big 4 man though who can defend and rebound.

100 percent on Ball Mullins point given Balls shooting struggles size and poor defense we would have been better with Mullins as the 2 Ross as the 3 particularly against big physical teams like St John’s, Mullins at the 3 against Mitchell was unfair to Mullins

 

[Inyatkin]

100 percent on Ball Mullins point given Balls shooting struggles size and poor defense we would have been better with Mullins as the 2 Ross as the 3 particularly against big physical teams like St John’s, Mullins at the 3 against Mitchell was unfair to Mullins

We would have been better with a different starting lineup? Maybe we would have made the Final Four and come a few possessions from a national title.

Do people hear themselves?

 

[Woof]

I want to agree but for much of the season the combo of Ball and Mullins was very ineffective. Similar strengths and similar weaknesses. Both fairly undersized for their positions. Often times as soon as Ross would come in for one of them, we’d go on a run and then when they were back on the court together the other team would go on a run.

I love both guys and if Dan Hurley goes into next season starting them both, I can get on board. We’d need a big 4 man though who can defend and rebound.

I have no idea what is wrong with Ball but Mullins was suffering from shaken confidence. If he gets a little quicker and a little stronger, he will get open enough to hit his shots. Hitting the big one restored him. Now he needs to put in the work to keep it going. He could go very high in next year's draft.

 

[jibsey]

A fully healthy Solo will be dynamic next year for us.