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This will be a project and a half but..... He's over 6' 7" , helps us field a team for '17-'18 and low cost high reward if that makes sense. Won't impact the record next season but there isn't anyone available at this point not named Waters who would. Good to here yes.
 
mauconnfan said:
This geek might have been drinking w/NEforceUConn last night, either way he comes up knowing nothing. He should be happy I don't twit. LOL
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NEforce, despite lacking any clarity whatsoever, was all positive though. This guy is a piss soaked wet blanket.
 
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FartMan69 said:
This will be a project and a half but..... He's over 6' 7" , helps us field a team for '17-'18 and low cost high reward if that makes sense. Won't impact the record next season but there isn't anyone available at this point not named Waters who would. Good to here yes.
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There are some good grad transfers on the market that can help!
 
Pudge said:
Kirk King was never skinny ....

sheesh
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Neither was Okafor, and Hilton wasn't a total stringbean. College kids have great metabolisms and have a tendency to be thin but UCONN has had trouble attracting bigs with flesh let alone muscle. When we play Cincy and SMU we see plenty of them.
 
jibsey said:
Neither was Okafor, and Hilton wasn't a total stringbean. College kids have great metabolisms and have a tendency to be thin but UConn has had trouble attracting bigs with flesh let alone muscle. When we play Cincy and SMU we see plenty of them.
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Hilton wasn't a "total" string bean...but was pretty damn skinny as a freshman. He's the biggest body transformation at UConn I've seen from freshman to senior year.
 
jibsey said:
Neither was Okafor, and Hilton wasn't a total stringbean. College kids have great metabolisms and have a tendency to be thin but UConn has had trouble attracting bigs with flesh let alone muscle. When we play Cincy and SMU we see plenty of them.
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Hilton was rail thin when he got here, he definitely worked a ton on his body during his time at UConn tho. Having someone like Emeka to follow around certainly helped.
 
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aceboon said:
Hilton was rail thin when he got here, he definitely worked a ton on his body during his time at UConn tho. Having someone like Emeka to follow around certainly helped.
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I love when I went to search for a picture of Hilton at UConn to remind myself what he looked like early on in his career this is one of the results. Calhoun was the best.

HC-IF-LOOKS-COULD-KILL2.jpg
 
I don't know how tall Whaley actually is, but he looks good bit slimmer than Hilton was as a senior at Peekskill. Hilton was slim, but not quite that stringbeany - he was a legit 6'11" in shoes and weighed about 205-210.

He easily put on 30 pounds at UConn.
 
@Tommyboy, lol at that picture.

I'm not a big fan of the KO bashers, but his game presence does bug me a bit. He has no idea of when or how to work the refs, or get in a kids face. Often he seems petulant, more than anything else.

The great JC was a master on the sidelines, tactically, working the refs and working the emotions of his kids. It is an area that KO needs to develop, in my humble opinion.
 
Tommyboy said:
I love when I went to search for a picture of Hilton at UConn to remind myself what he looked like early on in his career this is one of the results. Calhoun was the best.

HC-IF-LOOKS-COULD-KILL2.jpg
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Classic. Probably included some motivational profanity
 
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When I hear the words "special kid with great character who comes from humble beginnings" I could not be happier. That's a great set of attributes to come into a program like Uconn with and one will enhance the other. It's another reason to look forward to watching these kids develop next year. Another Hungry Husky is just what the program needs. Welcome Isaiah!
 
aceboon said:
Hilton was rail thin when he got here, he definitely worked a ton on his body during his time at UConn tho. Having someone like Emeka to follow around certainly helped.
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Exactly. Hilton told me himself that when he got here and saw some of the guys, particularly Emeka and Ben, and how hard they worked in the weight room, he knew he had to get with the program and put in the work if he wanted to compete at this level with those guys.

It was certainly nice for him to have guys like that ahead of him to push and motivate him, and show him what it takes to be great. Of course the individual has to be motivated and realistic enough to realize how important it is to put in the extra work. Too many kids think they're so special that they're just magically going to be great.
 
Kid averaged 22/11 (40 game season) at Mt Zion for a tough Coach Harrison who said he probably gained 15lbs the year under him. He also caught some nice praise from Coach Espinoza of Putnam Science after getting 38 points against them the 2nd time around, saying he noticed a major improvement.

Never know, his Mt Zion coach said he needs Kevin Ollie he's perfect. And they talked how the new strength coach sealed the deal because he wants to improve his strength immediately. Got in a little trouble at his HS in 2015 and seemingly turned the corner as a kid since. Like his attitude a lot, could be one of those we got lucky with. We will see.

http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/hc-uconn-men-recruit-0513-20170512-story.html
 
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I'm Whaley happy that you're gonna be a Husky Isaiah! Congrats!
 
Candyman34 said:
Damn, he put up some crazy numbers against top Prep schools.
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Here's some video of Mt. Zion. Whaley is #25. He is a scoring machine in this game, he had 19 in this half if I counted right. He appears to have a pure post mindset, not a stretch. Very active on the offensive glass, very smooth around the rim. On the defensive glass, he looked for a body to box out most of the time. He seems to have a very good feel for the game, even had a couple nice passes.

He definitely needs to add weight and strength, but I was impressed by the video. It may take a couple years, but we may have something here.
 
selles said:


Here's some video of Mt. Zion. Whaley is #25. He is a scoring machine in this game, he had 19 in this half if I counted right. He appears to have a pure post mindset, not a stretch. Very active on the offensive glass, very smooth around the rim. On the defensive glass, he looked for a body to box out most of the time. He seems to have a very good feel for the game, even had a couple nice passes.

He definitely needs to add weight and strength, but I was impressed by the video. It may take a couple years, but we may have something here.
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Aggressive on the offensive glass and nice stroke from the line. I like that!
 
From an article written by Ed Daigneault in the Waterbury Republican American this morning, Mount Zion assistant coach Cortez Brown described Whaley as a high-energy player who is thrives in the open-court game Ollie wants the Huskies to play.

“He’s got a motor,” said Brown, who has known Whaley since he was in middle school. “He has all the intangibles. He can block shots, run the court, rebound, protect the rim, all the things you want a guy with his athletic ability to do. He’s also a high-character kid. I’ve seen him mature a lot in the past few years. He just puts his head down and goes to work.”

“He’s a double-double machine, but he knows he has to get stronger to play like that at the Division I level. He’s going to put his head down and do the work he needs to do to get there.”
 
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