In Praise of Amida Brimah

[boog204]

Going into the season there were many who believe DHam and Brimah would be gone after this year. Since this thread is in praise of Brimah, i felt it needed to asked if he would come back or test the waters. Can he get better with another year? Plus his age after next year will only hurt his chances.

His age might hurt his draft-ability, but more college ball will only help his development. There were some on here last year who legitimately thought he'd be a lottery pick and rationalized that we didn't need Stone b/c we had Amida. Obviously those were incorrect assertions. Amida has some tremendous strengths and some tremendous weaknesses. He is always going to be a polarizing player here due to the potential we see and unfortunately some of the performances we also witness. His greatest skill (if you want to call it that) is that he loves being a UConn basketball player. And all strengths/weaknesses aside, that is something that we all have to cheer for.

 

[UconnFanNVa]

Being such a good free thow shooting big, and being that everyone knows that all we want to do is a pick and roll with him (they anticipate it now and break up the lob or impede him from catching it), why dont we try running some more pick and pops for him to mix things up. Certainly he's capable of hitting mid range jumpshots at a decent clip and it would make pick and roll (oops) less predictable.

 

[mauconnfan]

Okay so the next logical question, will Amida Brimah be in a UConn uniform next year? I think everyone should come back minus the seniors and grad students. Brimah and Dham need another year.

If he's not he's not getting good feedback.

And thank you imno!

 

[intlzncster]

Being such a good free thow shooting big, and being that everyone knows that all we want to do is a pick and roll with him (they anticipate it now and break up the lob or impede him from catching it), why dont we try running some more pick and pops for him to mix things up. Certainly he's capable of hitting mid range jumpshots at a decent clip and it would make pick and roll (oops) less predictable.

I agree with this. When he's not overly rushed, he's a decent shooter. All they'd need is 2 or 3 attempts per game to keep defenses honest/guessing. Would open things up for everyone.