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superjohn said:
You got your years wrong Bubba. Hooper said it's been almost 7 years. It's been 5 years, while 5 years can technically be almost 7, he would have beem better off just saying 5 years so we could avoid this nonsensical dialogue. His point is we don't send guys to the NBA anymore and we really have to start doing so again.
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Alright I messed up. I corrected it. Sorry guys!

Now back to my main original point. Hurley thinks Bouknight can be an NBA player. That's good news!
 
Bouknight definitely has an NBA chance. Better than some of our other players. I think Akok and Bouknight both have a chance. Not surefire picks yet, but they have size, and an obvious transferrable skillset if they continue to develop. Putting either of these guys in the league would be HUGE for Hurley.

Rique is too small. Jalen is getting older and lacks dominance like college guards need.

I think Gaffney is probably too thin right now. His passing and bounce could be intriguing though if he bulks up.

Who else on our team now is even close? Polley has a long shot as a 3 and D if he steps up the D.

Sid? I don't think we've seen enough yet.
 
Gaffney will have to prove he’s a playmaker, Bouknight has the tools if he develops correctly, Akok will be an nba player eventually.
 
AllAbout5 said:
What pick was Shabazz?
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Great pick!

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Burnsbros23 said:
Game is on the baller Tv site. Streams a lot of Aau games.

Bouknignt is a top 50 kid in the country. Lots of similarities to Lamb both in his game,body,and body language. He has a chance to be an NBA guy. Love how he looks more athletic and added weight since July. Like someone else says uses a shot fake extremely well. Very refreshing to see that.

All that said he will need to play harder and guard better. Stuff I imagine Hurley will fix immediately. Also turns it over too much. And oddly struggled from the line in this game, but I assume That was a fluke.
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Kid has some sweet footwork from what I saw in those vids. Very clean.
 
Stainmaster said:
Forgive me for going off of what was actually said.
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I have no dog in this fight, but I have to laugh here, since just yesterday you flatly ignored what I and others actually said and asserted that -- despite no evidence in our posts -- we really wanted Carlton and Polley off the team.
 
mauconnfan said:
Kumani Young with Hurley and Tom Crean over to their right.

I love these 2 kids think they’re tremendous players and great fits for the Huskies future.
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Is there any pic where Crean doesn't look like a tool bag? Looks like he's taking a dump or something. So glad we didn't get him--no idea if we had any interest just sayin.
 
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HooperScooper said:
Alright I messed up. I corrected it. Sorry guys!

Now back to my main original point. Hurley thinks Bouknight can be an NBA player. That's good news!
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One correction on your OP bro, you screwed up the....
 
husky429 said:
Who else on our team now is even close? Polley has a long shot as a 3 and D if he steps up the D.

Sid? I don't think we've seen enough yet.
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I don't want to write Polley off yet, but he's a long, long shot. He's a classic NBA tweener. No chance he can handle an NBA 3 defensively; They are just too explosive.. And with the way NBA fours are going now, he'd be both outmuscled and out athleted by most of them.

He struggles with college athleticism now, which lowers his ceiling here. But he may be able to make up for it at the college level as he puts on some muscle and gains instinct, footwork, and positioning experience.

But the jump to the pros is just too much athletically speaking. From this vantage point anyway.

Sid on the other hand has a better chance, simply because of innate athleticism alone. But as you say, we've no idea what we got yet. He'll obviously need to fill out a lot as well.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
I have no dog in this fight, but I have to laugh here, since just yesterday you flatly ignored what I and others actually said and asserted that -- despite no evidence in our posts -- we really wanted Carlton and Polley off the team.
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Your longstanding obsession with repetively pointing out how they don’t meet your standards suggests otherwise.
 
I know everybody is high on Bouknight, and I am too, but I think "instant starter" is a stretch.

Looking at next season, AG will have PG duties, and I expect a senior Christian Vital will likely start at the SG spot. Sid should develop into a starting SF by then. Polley probably comes off the bench behind either Akok or Diarra, and plays some SF. Then there is Brendan Adams who will get some minutes at the SG and SF position. This all assumes we don't get Precious.

Bouknight should be a key scorer off the bench and earn significant playing time as a freshman. On a good team, that's a reasonable expectation.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I know everybody is high on Bouknight, and I am too, but I think "instant starter" is a stretch.

Looking at next season, AG will have PG duties, and I expect a senior Christian Vital will likely start at the SG spot. Sid should develop into a starting SF by then. Polley probably comes off the bench behind either Akok or Diarra, and plays some SF. Then there is Brendan Adams who will get some minutes at the SG and SF position. This all assumes we don't get Precious.

Bouknight should be a key scorer off the bench and earn significant playing time as a freshman. On a good team, that's a reasonable expectation.
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I'd just like to point out the fact that Vital, although he shouldn't, is probably gone after this year. He entered the draft last year, as laughable as that was, and you're only allowed to pull out once. Something tells me he will do the same this year, but won't be eligible to come back once he does this. It will be another case of Deandre Daniels or Daniel Hamilton smh.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
I know everybody is high on Bouknight, and I am too, but I think "instant starter" is a stretch.

Looking at next season, AG will have PG duties, and I expect a senior Christian Vital will likely start at the SG spot. Sid should develop into a starting SF by then. Polley probably comes off the bench behind either Akok or Diarra, and plays some SF. Then there is Brendan Adams who will get some minutes at the SG and SF position. This all assumes we don't get Precious.

Bouknight should be a key scorer off the bench and earn significant playing time as a freshman. On a good team, that's a reasonable expectation.
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I stand by my prediction that he starts day one.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I know everybody is high on Bouknight, and I am too, but I think "instant starter" is a stretch.

Looking at next season, AG will have PG duties, and I expect a senior Christian Vital will likely start at the SG spot. Sid should develop into a starting SF by then. Polley probably comes off the bench behind either Akok or Diarra, and plays some SF. Then there is Brendan Adams who will get some minutes at the SG and SF position. This all assumes we don't get Precious.

Bouknight should be a key scorer off the bench and earn significant playing time as a freshman. On a good team, that's a reasonable expectation.
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Polley isn't coming off the bench for Diarra next year, and I think it's pretty likely he starts over (or alongside?) Akok as well. This board overrates the transition from highly prized high school recruit to D1 starter every year.
 
UcannUconn said:
I stand by my prediction that he starts day one.
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I’m not sure he starts day one but he could make his way into the starting lineup by conference play. I’ll go out on a limb and say he’s going to have the biggest impact of all next years recruits by the end of his career here.
 
PAHusky said:
Polley isn't coming off the bench for Diarra next year, and I think it's pretty likely he starts over (or alongside?) Akok as well. This board overrates the transition from highly prized high school recruit to D1 starter every year.
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And yet I think it’s much more likely that Akok starts than Bouknight over a senior Vital or Sophomore Sid.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
And yet I think it’s much more likely that Akok starts than Bouknight over a senior Vital or Sophomore Sid.
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That’s a key recruiting pitch - plenty of minutes available in the front line.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
And yet I think it’s much more likely that Akok starts than Bouknight over a senior Vital or Sophomore Sid.
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The most obvious need is at the wing/3rd guard with Jalen leaving. Bouknight is the most polished recruit we are bringing in and fills that role nicely. Akok is there defensively but is extremely raw offensively and needs to add weight, I think he comes off he bench. Unless they want to start him at the 5 over Carlton and play a 5 out look on offense. Probably matchup dependent.
 
UcannUconn said:
The most obvious need is at the wing/3rd guard with Jalen leaving. Bouknight is the most polished recruit we are bringing in and fills that role nicely. Akok is there defensively but is extremely raw offensively and needs to add weight, I think he comes off he bench. Unless they want to start him at the 5 over Carlton and play a 5 out look on offense. Probably matchup dependent.
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Need to sign a center.
 
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