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Josh Carlton (C) commits to UConn!

Also, this idea about development. Shabazz, Deandre Daniels, Boatright, and I'm sure others, these kids developed an enormous amount under Kevin Ollie. Night and day, They were not nearly the same players as they became after 2 years under HC Ollie. When we say kids haven't developed, are we looking at Brimah only and making that assumption? Even Giffey developed.
 
upstater said:
Also, this idea about development. Shabazz, Deandre Daniels, Boatright, and I'm sure others, these kids developed an enormous amount under Kevin Ollie. Night and day, They were not nearly the same players as they became after 2 years under HC Ollie. When we say kids haven't developed, are we looking at Brimah only and making that assumption? Even Giffey developed.
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Or from another angle. Not every guy's ceiling is as high as we irrationally hope think coming in.
 
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upstater said:
Also, this idea about development. Shabazz, Deandre Daniels, Boatright, and I'm sure others, these kids developed an enormous amount under Kevin Ollie. Night and day, They were not nearly the same players as they became after 2 years under HC Ollie. When we say kids haven't developed, are we looking at Brimah only and making that assumption? Even Giffey developed.
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And even Brimah has developed!!! Lol he was never supposed to be a domimany big man. He's exceeded all expectations. He's 6'10 string bean who's won conference DPOY And a national championship(which we don't win without him). Knocking Ollie for not turning Brimah into an NBA lotto pick is extremely unfair
 
James said:
Pardon the hyperbole, the class would be better suited with a legit 4/5 star big. One who could step in and start
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How many times have we gotten legit bigs even under Calhoun? I can probably count that one one hand and many times that legit big has disappointed us like AD. I thought he was fine but most thought he was going to step in and lead us to a national championship that year no matter the distractions on the team. Uconn builds their best teams through great players at the 1-3 and a versatile 4 and solid 5. When we did have great bigs in early 2000's most of them were fringe top 100 like JC.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Sounds like Johnnie Time 2.0!!!

Welcome aboard.
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The fact that somebody used "passing" as a quality characteristic of Carlton's game should immediately disqualify any and all Selvie comparisons. I'm not sure he attempted a single pass in his time at Storrs.
 
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intlzncster said:
Your not wrong, but Emeka is like a once in a (multi)decade kind of guy. In terms of ranking to final product.
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Yeah, Emeka is our All-Time Best Center, and he certainly exceeded expectations beyond anyone's wildest dreams - although it didn't take long into his freshman year for us to realize how vastly underrated he was. But, you know what I'm saying - to paraphrase a Calhoun quote, "with freshmen, you really don't know what you've got until they're practicing on your team."
Ray Allen was ranked 35th - which certainly wouldn't project as a future NBA HOFer. And in high school Felipe Lopez made the cover of SI way back when, and didn't live up to his billing.
Basically, apart from a handful of guys, or the clear can't misses, I don't put too much stock in any rankings.
 
James said:
start at the 5 as a sophomore? I just have to see durham play to purport him as starter caliber guy on a top 25 team, i mean the guy is coming off two knee surgeries that snatched him out of the natl attention. Perhaps when he was a youngster playing in Team Usa mincamps back in 2013,but for now i'm focusing in on the center spot as a major need for 2017.
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Well, yeah...it's impossible for anybody to know whether he'll be the same after the two surgeries. My point is that, since recruiting is by definition fickle, it is as likely that we are getting somebody in Durham who is the 5th ranked guy in the country masquerading as a four star as it is he's the next Omar Calhoun. The injury is cause for caution, but it also made it impossible to accurately gauge him as a prospect. I don't think it's an accident that he's ranked where he is because people are hedging against the possibility that he blows up.

The guy you can pencil in at center 14 months in advance doesn't exist in college basketball in 2016, so we're all dealing with some level of uncertainty here.
 
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Big deal - he's not a 5*
Wow people on this board blow my mind
Does anyone think KO went after him because he was an under the radar stiff?
Bigs are not an easy to come by product and one that comes in with hands to grab a rebound and has been cited by many people in the know as an above average passer - I'll take them anyday
Good thing he chose UConn over Central, UHart, UNH and Sacred Heart
Look at the programs who offered and wanted him.........................................................
I think I trust KO over all the "experts" who live here
WELCOME JOSH
 
Dove said:
My God...we're bringing in "a fine clog down low". WTF is that?
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Regardless of rankings, this kid has a good list of schools offering him. Considerably better than Matador, for what it's worth. And the fact that KO prioritized him means something to me.
 
Mano said:
The fact that somebody used "passing" as a quality characteristic of Carlton's game should immediately disqualify any and all Selvie comparisons. I'm not sure he attempted a single pass in his time at Storrs.
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Some guys don't need to pass. iiiiiiiiiiiit's Johnnie Time!
 
King Husky said:
knowing how to use your body (carving out space, creating angles, protecting the ball) are both more of instinctual things
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As a former interior player, I'd completely disagree with that. Learning to create space, utilize angles and position, and to protect the ball are all very coachable skills. My coach and my mentors didn't make me into Moses Malone, but they sure as hell taught me how to use my lower frame to gain and maintain position and to create space for shooting angles that worked for me. Unfortunately, they couldn't make my hands any bigger, and my carreer went kind of straight to rec league after HS.

Speaking of hand size -- I once shook hands with Dr. J. I felt like an 8 year old shaking hands with an adult. The span of his hand was easily 1.5 ties that of mine.
 
Should be a solid contributor at a thin spot in the roster, but we could still use a splashier signing at the center position.
 
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