Josh Perkins Cuts List to 5

[HuskyBballFan]

Me too. I keep hearing about USC but I highly doubt they will contend for a top recruit.

Like Isaac Hamilton?

 

[BearJWS]

What is the latest with McLaughlin any ways? We hear a lot about Perkins, some with Joseph, but not too much about McLaughlin. I know we offered & he lists us, but not a lot of chatter. I think Ollie saw him once recently. Anyone know anything else? Some scouting reports have him ranked higher than Perkins. He's very quick with a great handle. While we'll have good size in the backcourt with other players, sometimes you need someone who can blow by opponents like this guy.

 

[aceboon]

What is the latest with McLaughlin any ways? We hear a lot about Perkins, some with Joseph, but not too much about McLaughlin. I know we offered & he lists us, but not a lot of chatter. I think Ollie saw him once recently. Anyone know anything else? Some scouting reports have him ranked higher than Perkins. He's very quick with a great handle. While we'll have good size in the backcourt with other players, sometimes you need someone who can blow by opponents like this guy.

http://zagsblog.com/articles/jordan-mclaughlin-making-a-statement-out-west/

 

[CTBasketball]

What is the latest with McLaughlin any ways? We hear a lot about Perkins, some with Joseph, but not too much about McLaughlin. I know we offered & he lists us, but not a lot of chatter. I think Ollie saw him once recently. Anyone know anything else? Some scouting reports have him ranked higher than Perkins. He's very quick with a great handle. While we'll have good size in the backcourt with other players, sometimes you need someone who can blow by opponents like this guy.

McLaughlin is also one of the best shooters in the class too.

 

[SeattleHoop]

PG-Perkins Purvis
SG-Calhoun Purvis
SF-Hamilton Purvis
PF-Abu/Facey
C-Nolan/Facey

Purvis will start somewhere. My line-up had Hamilton out and Calhoun at 3. I really don't see a talent like Purvis as a 6th man. I think Calhoun and Hamilton will be fighting for the starting spot, but both will get starter's minutes. This is provided we get a true PG.

 

[BearJWS]

http://zagsblog.com/articles/jordan-mclaughlin-making-a-statement-out-west/

Yeah, I saw that one the other day & something similar on ESPN. I just don't know how hard the staff is recruiting him. That's more of what I meant. I hear lots of folks on here say we're doing well with him, then from him basically "no one is leading". Maybe he's just quieter than others about it. I like his game a lot.

 

[ctchamps]

Yeah, I saw that one the other day & something similar on ESPN. I just don't know how hard the staff is recruiting him. That's more of what I meant. I hear lots of folks on here say we're doing well with him, then from him basically "no one is leading". Maybe he's just quieter than others about it. I like his game a lot.

Check out this report by 3uconn. In second live period Joseph got more watches by staff then the other two pgs UConn is recruiting. http://the-boneyard.com/blog/second-live-period-report/

 

[Jaybo]

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One giant question that remains is can Purvis play the Point. If he can't we need a point guard who is ready to start from day one. I don't think Samuels will be ready for that role. I think Hamilton Perkins and Abu would be the ideal class maybe add a lower ranked guy. Have the lineup look like this.

PG-Perkins Purvis
SG-Calhoun Purvis
SF-Hamilton Purvis
PF-Abu/Facey
C-Nolan/Facey

Brimah Samuels and Tolksdorf get minutes where they can. Who knows if Purvis would ok being the 6th man. He would get plenty of time.

Facey not playing the 5 unless theres foul trouble or injurys.purvis to small for the 3 I think and hamelton needs to bulk up to play the 4

 

[Burnsbros23]

Facey will play some 5. Ppl who think he wont get minutes at the 5 are way off.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Facey will play some 5. Ppl who think he wont get minutes at the 5 are way off.

you're right, but thats only by default of DD playing the 4 and needing to play other bigs at the 5. if we had the choice KF would preferably not be playing the 5, he's a little skinny at least right now. but in college you can get away with it if you have the skill (which i'm hoping he does)

 

[Rico444]

How many shot blocking 6'9" power fowards are there in college basketball?

I'll be stunned if Facey plays as many minutes at the 4 as he does at the 5. He's going to primarily play center in college.

 

[BearJWS]

How many shot blocking 6'9" power fowards are there in college basketball?

I'll be stunned if Facey plays as many minutes at the 4 as he does at the 5. He's going to primarily play center in college.

How many 180 lb Centers are there in College Basketball? The guy is a PF (he's 6'8" or 6'9" and rail thin). Every scouting report lists him as a PF. Some of you guys are hoping to be beat up in the paint again like last year.

 

[Rico444]

How many 180 lb Centers are there in College Basketball? The guy is a PF (he's 6'8" or 6'9" and rail thin). Every scouting report lists him as a PF. Some of you guys are hoping to be beat up in the paint again like last year.

Then he's going to play no more than 5 minutes a game this season. DeAndre Daniels is playing around 35 mpg this year, and they're not going to move him to his weaker position just to make room for Facey.

Edit: and that's not accounting for Giffey playing some 4.

 

[alexd]

Facey will get on the Hilton Armstrong Uconn nutrition plan and he'll be fine.

 

[CTBasketball]

Wasn't Josh Boone measured around 6'8" his senior year of high school?

 

[aceboon]

Then he's going to play no more than 5 minutes a game this season. DeAndre Daniels is playing around 35 mpg this year, and they're not going to move him to his weaker position just to make room for Facey.

Edit: and that's not accounting for Giffey playing some 4.

There's still a large portion of fans on here who think Daniels is moving back to the 3, it's baffling.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Then he's going to play no more than 5 minutes a game this season. DeAndre Daniels is playing around 35 mpg this year, and they're not going to move him to his weaker position just to make room for Facey.

Edit: and that's not accounting for Giffey playing some 4.

Exactly. Some people don't understand that the lines that define "traditional" positions in basketball are become more blurred every single year. Coaches are realizing more and more that it's usually a good idea to put your five best players on the court as much as possible - regardless of position.

Of course Facey can play center. Of course Daniels (and probably Daniel Hamilton at times) can play power forward. It may not be ideal, but it's better than forcing lesser players into the lineup just because they fit the cookie cutter mold of a certain position.

 

[mcs333]

There are many college teams that start 2 PF's and three guards. I would say that there are few teams that start the traditional one thru five anymore.

 

[BearJWS]

There's still a large portion of fans on here who think Daniels is moving back to the 3, it's baffling.

It's amazing that some people think Daniels game is a PF, when he's built like a SF, plays like a SF, scores all over the court, handles the ball a little bit. Basically UConn started 2 PGs last year (Napier & Boatright), a 2G (Calhoun), a SF (Daniels) and a PF (Olander). I can see Daniels playing some SF, which is his more natural role. He may start as a traditional PF in your terms, but he's not a PF. Wake up!

 

[aceboon]

It's amazing that some people think Daniels game is a PF, when he's built like a SF, plays like a SF, scores all over the court, handles the ball a little bit. Basically UConn started 2 PGs last year (Napier & Boatright), a 2G (Calhoun), a SF (Daniels) and a PF (Olander). I can see Daniels playing some SF, which is his more natural role. He may start as a traditional PF in your terms, but he's not a PF. Wake up!

Obviously he's not Jeff Adrien, you seem to be missing the point entirely and going by your comments I'm wondering how much college ball you watch at all. The majority of teams play guys who would normally play the SF spot in the NBA at the PF/4 spot in college, and you can say the same about NBA sized SGs playing SF, NBA sized PFs playing C, and NBA sized PGs playing SG(or just Guard). The college game has been like this for years with positions scaling down in size. Seems like you need to do the waking up.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

It's amazing that some people think Daniels game is a PF, when he's built like a SF, plays like a SF, scores all over the court, handles the ball a little bit. Basically UConn started 2 PGs last year (Napier & Boatright), a 2G (Calhoun), a SF (Daniels) and a PF (Olander). I can see Daniels playing some SF, which is his more natural role. He may start as a traditional PF in your terms, but he's not a PF. Wake up!

You are completely missing the point.

 

[Burnsbros23]

Daniels sucked as a college three as a freshman. He can't take any college threes off the dribble. But as a four he can.

And Facey is listed as a center on scout. Facey is not skilled enough to be a college 4 to me.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Obviously he's not Jeff Adrien, you seem to be missing the point entirely and going by your comments I'm wondering how much college ball you watch at all. The majority of teams play guys who would normally play the SF spot in the NBA at the PF/4 spot in college, and you can say the same about NBA sized SGs playing SF, NBA sized PFs playing C, and NBA sized PGs playing SG(or just Guard). The college game has been like this for years with positions scaling down in size. Seems like you need to do the waking up.

Hell, even the NBA is trending in this direction, with Carmelo and LeBron getting a majority of their playing time at the "4".

JC was basically the only coach in the college game who stuck with a "traditional, NBA-sized" lineup. Take my favorite NBA team of all time, the 1994 Knicks. Their lineups used traditional positions, at 7'0 (Ewing), 6'10 (Smith), 6'9 (Oakley/Mason), 6'5 (Starks), 6'4 (Harper).

Size-wise, our 2005-2012 teams matched up favorably to that, with a traditional C+PF combo (Boone+Villanueva/Armstrong, Thabeet+Adrien -- undersized but still a traditional PF in mentality, Edwards/Chuck/Drummond+AO), an over-sized SF (Gay, Sticks, Roscoe), and a traditional PG+SG combo (MW+Brown/Anderson, AJP/Kemba+Dyson, Kemba/Bazz+Lamb).

But that sort of lineup is excessive and only works if enough of those players can handle the ball and shoot which, especially in the later years, many of them couldn't.

KO, whether by circumstances or choice, is going with a much more skilled lineup, with potentially 4 guys who can handle the ball and shoot, rather than as few as 2 as JC sometimes had.

 

[champs99and04]

Although I agree Daniels should be playing the vast majority of his minutes at the four, I wouldn't mind playing him at the three sparingly and letting him attack smaller defenders in the post.

 

[Clockshop]

Jerry Meyer ‏@jerrymeyer247

3h​

#Gonzaga on #Crystalball now for Josh Perkins. Decision coming August 25. http://247sports.com/Player/Josh-Perkins-22245/PlayerInstitutionPredictions …

Jerry Meyer ‏@jerrymeyer247

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"@kylemac: @jerrymeyer247 anything that caused the you to make the switch to Gonzaga for Josh Perkins?" yes. Received info I deemed reliable

Jerry Meyer ‏@jerrymeyer247

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Yes RT @azescobar1: @jerrymeyer247 - Uconn as a dark horse still for Josh Perkins? Please?

Jerry Meyer ‏@jerrymeyer247

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Kentucky isn't going to offer. RT @joshk2010: @jerrymeyer247 what if Josh Perkins gets the offer from UK?

Jerry Meyer ‏@jerrymeyer247

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Cause they don't think Josh Perkins good enough. Not their type & didn't show well RT @blake33uk: why no uk offer? That confident on mudiay?

FWIW