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2021 Recruiting: Jordan Hawkins is playing out of his mind.

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husky429 said:
14 PTS
5 REB (1 offensive)
1 AST (potential/ 1 foul assist)

2 TO
2 STL
2 BLK
1 charge drawn

4/8 2FG
1/5 3FG
3/3 FT

Played the “Blue Magic” who apparently are out of Richmond. A few D1 prospects on their team, so this isn’t a blowout like his other 2 games. Louisville bound Roosevelt Wheeler (#65 on 247) is their best player.

Played about 23 mins.
  • Guards the opponents best guard pretty much all the time. Either him or the other hawkins.
  • He has the ability to play really aggressively on D without being demonstrative--pretty rare. specifically, wouldn’t notice that he’s contesting in the help more than anyone, rarely gets beat 1v1, that kind of thing. Just solid.
  • The 1 TO was because his teammate didn’t know what the set was and ran into him.
  • The weak handle was noticeable again today. Not pretty if he’s taking more than 2-3 dribbles. Pretty bad at attacking the rim. Has a little bit on the baseline but that’s it. like very bad. No counter.
  • Still a very slight player. Noticeably smaller than some teammates. But definitely bigger than a year ago
  • Really athletic and long.
  • Definitely an off night shooting the ball… but he’s proven to be a good shooter already. And the stroke looks faster than last year.
  • Let his bad shooting get his defensive energy down in the 2nd quarter and early 3rd.
  • I hate making player comparisons to our guys… but his game looks VERY MUCH like a young Ray Allen. Even the way he shoots with the stiff wrist flick.
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I’m so excited about him. His defense and shooting will make him a contributor from day one, even if it’s not as a starter.

If he lacks a solid handle, then he sounds more like a 3 at first. That leads me to believe that we would benefit from bringing in another 2 with one of next year’s open scholarships.
 
husky429 said:
14 PTS
5 REB (1 offensive)
1 AST (potential/ 1 foul assist)

2 TO
2 STL
2 BLK
1 charge drawn

4/8 2FG
1/5 3FG
3/3 FT

Played the “Blue Magic” who apparently are out of Richmond. A few D1 prospects on their team, so this isn’t a blowout like his other 2 games. Louisville bound Roosevelt Wheeler (#65 on 247) is their best player.

Played about 23 mins.
  • Guards the opponents best guard pretty much all the time. Either him or the other hawkins.
  • He has the ability to play really aggressively on D without being demonstrative--pretty rare. specifically, wouldn’t notice that he’s contesting in the help more than anyone, rarely gets beat 1v1, that kind of thing. Just solid.
  • The 1 TO was because his teammate didn’t know what the set was and ran into him.
  • The weak handle was noticeable again today. Not pretty if he’s taking more than 2-3 dribbles. Pretty bad at attacking the rim. Has a little bit on the baseline but that’s it. like very bad. No counter.
  • Still a very slight player. Noticeably smaller than some teammates. But definitely bigger than a year ago
  • Really athletic and long.
  • Definitely an off night shooting the ball… but he’s proven to be a good shooter already. And the stroke looks faster than last year.
  • Let his bad shooting get his defensive energy down in the 2nd quarter and early 3rd.
  • I hate making player comparisons to our guys… but his game looks VERY MUCH like a young Ray Allen. Even the way he shoots with the stiff wrist flick.
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Any impressions of Rodney Rice?
 
Huskyforlife said:
Any impressions of Rodney Rice?
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I think he's a very realistic target for us. Good size, decent skill set... but he's not athletic enough to be a 5* at this point. Not a standout defender, but he's also young. Probably had 12-15 points would be my guess. He looks like he's still settling into being at a powerhouse program--next year will be the best time to get a sense of how he's improving.
 
husky429 said:
I think he's a very realistic target for us. Good size, decent skill set... but he's not athletic enough to be a 5* at this point. Not a standout defender, but he's also young. Probably had 12-15 points would be my guess. He looks like he's still settling into being at a powerhouse program--next year will be the best time to get a sense of how he's improving.
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Wonder if we stayed on him post Hunter.
 
husky429 said:
No idea. From what I've gathered Justise Williams is the big priority at the combo-guard spot though. Might be Hurley's first consensus 5*
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Seems to be the case. Wonder if Floyd's commitment impacted that.
 
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Love the mentions of defense. As much as we liked Gaffney and Bouk coming in, they weren’t known for defense. Bouk has improved a lot from last year. Gaff a little. I think Andre Jackson is going to be a defensive beast eventually. Great instincts and length

I love the size of Hawkins and Floyd. I don’t mind Hurley going 3 guards if they are all 6’4“ to 6’6”. Diggins is smaller. Anybody have comments on his defense?
 
husky429 said:
I think he's a very realistic target for us. Good size, decent skill set... but he's not athletic enough to be a 5* at this point. Not a standout defender, but he's also young. Probably had 12-15 points would be my guess. He looks like he's still settling into being at a powerhouse program--next year will be the best time to get a sense of how he's improving.
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429..Haven't seen a lot of tape on some of our 2022 targets (now that CF is on board).. Curious about your opinion on the following guys and is their redundancy in their game..

Justice.. Donald Hand Jr.. Yann Farrell.. Who's skill set/ size would/could fit for 2022?? In other words.. Is it between these three guys for a spot??(or someone not mentioned) Or could some combination of them theoretically co-exist with CF/JHawk/Sool/Gaffney??

Curiosity question.. Respect your opinion/eye-for-talent..And of course.. Who has moved on and who has stayed would be pure speculation so didn't want to go there.. More about prospective recruits and their similarities/differences re:skill sets. Maybe you think there's an obvious choice ??

Limiting this narrative to SG/SF/Wings vs other positions/needs..
 
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gtcam said:
I told folks here 2.5 years ago when I saw him as a going to be sophomore playing AAU that this kid was the real deal
Never thought he would be on the UConn watch list - Maryland/Georgetown/Nova was my thought at that time
He is fearless and aggressive, never mind skilled
He will play 2 seasons at UConn and be a top 10 pick
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Now that's the way you throw down a gauntlet with a hot take. None of this "maybe", "could be", "potentially" wuss stuff. Straight up hard call prediction.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
Love the mentions of defense. As much as we liked Gaffney and Bouk coming in, they weren’t known for defense. Bouk has improved a lot from last year. Gaff a little. I think Andre Jackson is going to be a defensive beast eventually. Great instincts and length

I love the size of Hawkins and Floyd. I don’t mind Hurley going 3 guards if they are all 6’4“ to 6’6”. Diggins is smaller. Anybody have comments on his defense?
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Diggins at this juncture is a pretty disengaged defender. Doesn't slide his feet--he just reaches.

I don't think he'll ever be great because he isn't a super athlete, but I do think when he's not playing the entire game and having the ball in his hands 95% of the time, he'll be able to provide more on that end. Similar to RJ... reputation as a bad defender when he got here, but has shaped up to pretty darn good because he isn't a #1 option on his team.
 
Grey Goose said:
429..Haven't seen a lot of tape on some of our 2022 targets (now that CF is on board).. Curious about your opinion on the following guys and is their redundancy in their game..

Justice.. Donald Hand Jr.. Yann Farrell.. Who's skill set/ size would/could fit for 2022?? In other words.. Is it between these three guys for a spot??(or someone not mentioned) Or could some combination of them theoretically co-exist with CF/JHawk/Sool/Gaffney??

Curiosity question.. Respect your opinion/eye-for-talent..And of course.. Who has moved on and who has stayed would be pure speculation so didn't want to go there.. More about prospective recruits and their similarities/differences re:skill sets. Maybe you think there's an obvious choice ??

Limiting this narrative to SG/SF/Wings vs other positions/needs..
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I think Justice Williams, Zion Cruz, JJ Starling, Donald Hand Jr., Rodney Rice, Mark Armstrong, and probably a couple others I'm forgetting are probably one spot we're trying to fill. They're all kind of 1/2 combo types. I'm not sure how hard we're targeting any of them, but we're likely to have 4 spots open, so I don't think Corey Floyd Jr. recruitment impacts them too much. CFJr. is more of a 2/3 despite a little bit less size anyways.

Cam Whitmore, Yann Farrell and that kid from IMG (Jarace?) are probably the 3/4 type of players we're after.

Then Clingan and Lively at the 5. Not sure about Filipowski at the 4.
 
husky429 said:
14 PTS
5 REB (1 offensive)
2 AST (potential/ 1 foul assist)

2 TO
2 STL
2 BLK
1 charge drawn

4/8 2FG
1/5 3FG
3/3 FT

Played the “Blue Magic” who apparently are out of Richmond. A few D1 prospects on their team, so this isn’t a blowout like his other 2 games. Louisville bound Roosevelt Wheeler (#65 on 247) is their best player.

Played about 23 mins.
  • Guards the opponents best guard pretty much all the time. Either him or the other hawkins.
  • He has the ability to play really aggressively on D without being demonstrative--pretty rare. specifically, wouldn’t notice that he’s contesting in the help more than anyone, rarely gets beat 1v1, that kind of thing. Just solid.
  • The 1 TO was because his teammate didn’t know what the set was and ran into him.
  • The weak handle was noticeable again today. Not pretty if he’s taking more than 2-3 dribbles. Pretty bad at attacking the rim. Has a little bit on the baseline but that’s it. like very bad. No counter.
  • Still a very slight player. Noticeably smaller than some teammates. But definitely bigger than a year ago
  • Really athletic and long.
  • Definitely an off night shooting the ball… but he’s proven to be a good shooter already. And the stroke looks faster than last year.
  • Let his bad shooting get his defensive energy down in the 2nd quarter and early 3rd.
  • I hate making player comparisons to our guys… but his game looks VERY MUCH like a young Ray Allen. Even the way he shoots with the stiff wrist flick.
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Yours is better but here is Eric Bossi's assessment of the game.

I'm really curious to see what type of impact four-star shooting guard Jordan Hawkins is going to make at Connecticut. At 6-foot-4 he's got long arms and is a quick twitch guy who can turn the corner on a pick and roll or get above the rim in a hurry. He can also settle for jumpers and float in and out of games. Rail thin, he's getting coaching from Mike Jones at Hyattsville (Md.) DeMatha that is going to prepare him for the next level and he's got all the tools to explode once he hits a weight room and gets a little more physical. He didn't shoot out of the world on Saturday, but the shot looks clean and he finished with a solid 14 point, five rebound effort.

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husky429 said:
I think Justice Williams, Zion Cruz, JJ Starling, Donald Hand Jr., Rodney Rice, Mark Armstrong, and probably a couple others I'm forgetting are probably one spot we're trying to fill. They're all kind of 1/2 combo types. I'm not sure how hard we're targeting any of them, but we're likely to have 4 spots open, so I don't think Corey Floyd Jr. recruitment impacts them too much. CFJr. is more of a 2/3 despite a little bit less size anyways.

Cam Whitmore, Yann Farrell and that kid from IMG (Jarace?) are probably the 3/4 type of players we're after.

Then Clingan and Lively at the 5. Not sure about Filipowski at the 4.
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Thanks.. Clears things up. .Reconfirms some of my thinking.. Will be interesting to see who is the next to jump on the train leaving for Storrs.
 
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accroding to this...https://twitter.com/_proinsight/status/1351193502160457729/photo/2

9/15 shooting doesn't make any sense. At minimum he would have had 18 points then, right?

Stats were....

17 PTS
5 REB
1 AST

0 TO
0 STL
1 BLK

4/5 2FG
2/4 3FG
3/4 FT
 
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husky429 said:
accroding to this...https://twitter.com/_proinsight/status/1351193502160457729/photo/2

9/15 shooting doesn't make any sense. At minimum he would have had 18 points then, right?

Stats were....

17 PTS
5 REB
1 AST

0 TO
0 STL
1 BLK

4/5 2FG
2/4 3FG
3/4 FT
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I think it was Cardwell who was 9/15
 
His stats in the 3 games I have are

16.0 PPG
5.0 RPG
1.0 APG

1 TO
0.7 STL
1.0 BLK

18/31 FG = 58% (10.3 attempts)
13/19 2FG = 68% (6.3 attempts)
5/12 3FG = 42% (4 attempts)
7/9 FT = 78% (3 attempts)


FWIW last year in 6 games I saw he averaged.

11.5 PTS
3.0 REB
0.6 AST

1.2 TO
0.7 STL
0 BLK

25/50 FG = 50% (8.3 attempts per)
10/20 3FG = 50% (3.3 attempts per)
9/13 FT = 69% (2.6 attempts per)

Obviously just a super efficient scorer. The next step for him is going to be creating for himself. At least learning how to drive the ball 1v1
 
assuming bouk leaves to nba after the season, this recent stretch of games is basically a preview for next year.

what has become painfully obvious is that we badly need a scoring threat who can consistently create for themselves and others. hopefully hawkins can be that guy quickly next year.
 
kobebeanbryant said:
assuming bouk leaves to nba after the season, this recent stretch of games is basically a preview for next year.

what has become painfully obvious is that we badly need a scoring threat who can consistently create for themselves and others. hopefully hawkins can be that guy quickly next year.
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Hawkins is not a threat to create for himself. Diggins is the guy that can create his own shot and create for others
 
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kobebeanbryant said:
assuming bouk leaves to nba after the season, this recent stretch of games is basically a preview for next year.

what has become painfully obvious is that we badly need a scoring threat who can consistently create for themselves and others. hopefully hawkins can be that guy quickly next year.
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It's reliant on freshman, but a lot of what we're missing these past 2 weeks can come from the freshman and injured players. We need a PG and playmakers, which Diggins and Jackson can provide. We need better help defense which Akok and Johnson should be able to provide
 
Overall today in maybe 20 minutes in a blowout win.

18 PTS
4 REB (2 offensive)
2 AST (Potential/ Foul

0 TO
2 STL
2 BLK

5/7 2FG
1/3 3FG
5/5 FT

Puts him at this overall in 4 games I've seen

16.5/4.8/1.3
0.8 TO
1.0 STL
1.5 BLK
59% FG
69% 2FG
40% 3FG
86% FT
 


There wasn't a livestream of this video as far as I could tell, but this video has good highlights. Hawins dropped 23. Mcnamara isn't a top 25 team or anything but they do have Favour Aire a 4* 2022 that I think we offered, so they at least aren't a cupcake.

Look at this ridiculous 50 feet shot to end the half https://youtu.be/tbDIs0gpTYY?t=203

This pull up is just as smooth as you'll find. Elite shooter. https://youtu.be/tbDIs0gpTYY?t=157

NBA range https://youtu.be/tbDIs0gpTYY?t=235

Wacky finish over length.. not sure we want that as part of our offense lol https://youtu.be/tbDIs0gpTYY?t=281

He is absurdly good at playing the baseline like this. https://youtu.be/tbDIs0gpTYY?t=311

Goes 2/2 from the line to ice the game https://youtu.be/tbDIs0gpTYY?t=434


A few minutes interview with Jordan at the end. He seems like a pretty reserved but well-spoken kid. https://youtu.be/tbDIs0gpTYY?t=489
 
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He’s another UConn “Dam Breaker” kid. As Chief joked, a real “Heart Breaker” for schools that missed out. Good job by coaches to keep him in fold after Hunter left. DMV
 
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husky429 said:
Hawkins is not a threat to create for himself. Diggins is the guy that can create his own shot and create for others
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Not sure but my guess is that Diggins is kind of small to create for himself consistently at the college level. Granted he can penetrate and dish and score enough to keep them honest. Maybe he will be crafty enough to get that separation - time will tell?
 
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