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Koby Brea entered the portal. Please please Coach Hurley

CL82 said:
What are you basing that on? I kind of see him in a similar position to Donovan last year. He could leave now or stay a year and improve his prospects. The latter probably makes more sense.
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Let's use last years team as an example. We had both Andre and Tristen test the waters and retain eligibility while doing so. Andre stayed in, Tristen came back.

This feels more like an Andre than a Tristen.

Karaban is an old soph. Older than Clingan by like a Year and a half. He will be 22 in November. His value to the NBA draft will most likely never be higher than it is right now. Coming off 2 titles in 2 years, he doesn't have anything to prove that he can't prove at NBA workouts. He still may come back for a lot of reasons but improving his prospects is not one of them.
 
August_West said:
Oh dear lord, tap out now dude, while you have the chance. Trust me.

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Oh no the army of professional forum posters are going ruin me because they thought I was mean to Koby Brea.
 
Latest trilly update, Kentucky is talking to Bamba today, maybe the meeting with Brea ended poorly?
 
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CL82 said:
What are you basing that on? I kind of see him in a similar position to Donovan last year. He could leave now or stay a year and improve his prospects. The latter probably makes more sense.
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I think an early indicator will be which group Alex gets sent to. If he goes with the "top guys" like Ajax - we had better prepare ourselves. If he goes with the "other group" like Newton - we can likely rest easy.
 
August_West said:
Let's use last years team as an example. We had both Andre and Tristen test the waters and retain eligibility while doing so. Andre stayed in, Tristen came back.

This feels more like an Andre than a Tristen.

Karaban is an old soph. Older than Clingan by like a Year and a half. He will be 22 in November. His value to the NBA draft will most likely never be higher than it is right now. Coming off 2 titles in 2 years, he doesn't have anything to prove that he can't prove at NBA workouts. He still may come back for a lot of reasons but improving his prospects is not one of them.
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I disagree. Another season of showing he can put it on the deck more and become the go to scorer would help him as would showing more defensive versatility and showing he's a knock down shooter. He wouldn't make the NBA now, another season benefitted Tristen and it could benefit AK.
 
ec33 said:
I think an early indicator will be which group Alex gets sent to. If he goes with the "top guys" like Ajax - we had better prepare ourselves. If he goes with the "other group" like Newton - we can likely rest easy.
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That's the other thing. This is a weak draft. Like historically weak. Next years draft has a lot more potential in it. It's a good time for Alex. I still want him back. But I think everyone will see what we've been seeing for 2 years. The kid is a winner and an indispensable connector.
 
superjohn said:
I disagree. Another season of showing he can put it on the deck more and become the go to scorer would help him as would showing more defensive versatility and showing he's a knock down shooter. He wouldn't make the NBA now, another season benefitted Tristen and it could benefit AK.
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It definitely benefitted Tristen no doubt. But how much? Do you think Tristen is a first rounder in this upcoming draft?
 
CL82 said:
What are you basing that on? I kind of see him in a similar position to Donovan last year. He could leave now or stay a year and improve his prospects. The latter probably makes more sense.
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Karaban's situation is more like AJ's not DC, DC would have likely been a late first rounder if he came out. I don't see AK's situation changing much if he comes back, still likely a 2nd rounder given his limitations.
 
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August_West said:
It definitely benefitted Tristen no doubt. But how much? Do you think Tristen is a first rounder in this upcoming draft?
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Tristen wont be a first rounder, decent possibility he isn’t drafted at all. He will probably get a shot on a two way though if nothing else. Alex is interesting because it’s possible he’d get drafted 35-45 range like Andre last year. Then it’d depend on what team drafted him. I don’t think there’s a super clear cut answer for Alex; he either returns for a good NIL package and is about the range he’s in now (maybe worse who knows) or he leaves and gets drafted to start his career. It’s an uphill battle for him either way but he’s too smart & skilled to not land In the league in some capacity .
 
CTBasketball said:
In my head, signing up for hopeful recruitment bits from Storrs Central and Tilly’s Discord is the same as subscribing to your local towns’ mistress’s Only Fans page.

Everyone’s an insider now!
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Even if you feel that way, you're directly supporting UConn basketball players with your $10 a month. Even if I got absolutely nothing out of my subscription (which, spoiler, that is not the case at all), I'm happy helping to keep UConn basketball at a high level.
 
August_West said:
It definitely benefitted Tristen no doubt. But how much? Do you think Tristen is a first rounder in this upcoming draft?
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I think Tristen will be an upper half second round pick but the biggest thing is I think he's ready to play in the NBA. He wasn't ready last year and wouldn't have been drafted. Karaban could be an upper half second round pick now but I don't think he would make the NBA now and that puts you behind the 8 ball and makes life really difficult making it in the NBA.
 
superjohn said:
I think Tristen will be an upper half second round pick but the biggest thing is I think he's ready to play in the NBA. He wasn't ready last year and wouldn't have been drafted. Karaban could be an upper half second round pick now but I don't think he would make the NBA now and that puts you behind the 8 ball and makes life really difficult making it in the NBA.
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I think if Alex gets feedback he is a 2nd rounder he probably comes back.
 
August_West said:
I think if Alex gets feedback he is a 2nd rounder he probably comes back.
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Especially if the input is that he is in the lower half.

The key is the likelihood of his getting a guaranteed contract wherever he is projected if that is the second round.
 
August_West said:
His value to the NBA draft will most likely never be higher than it is right now.
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You don't think he'll play a more prominent role on this year's team? He also ended the year on a bit of a three point slump, which I don't expect to continue. Last year Donovan was expected to go low first round, high second round. He stayed and will likely be a lottery pick. Well I don't Karaban making a jump like that, I could see him moving up with a good run this year.

That said, he'll go to some camps and get some feedback and have better information than our speculation to basis decision on. I wish him the best regardless of whatever route he chooses. He's been a productive player for us and seems to be a great kid.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
Latest trilly update, Kentucky is talking to Bamba today, maybe the meeting with Brea ended poorly?
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I think it’s more of a Kentucky panic mode as they lost 90% of their team and need to have bodies. But also, it’s the same mentality that Duke, Kansas and NC have to recruit all the best talented HS 5* and portal transfers, better known as the extremely gluttonous hoarding disorder.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Latest trilly update, Kentucky is talking to Bamba today, maybe the meeting with Brea ended poorly?
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I think some signals are getting crossed and tea leaves read wrong on the Trillycord.

I heard from a reputable source that Kentucky played the song “La Bamba” when Brea arrived because they knew of his Dominican roots.

Easy to see how the two rumors could be conflated
 
Honestly, I think that even without Brea, we could end up having a minimum of 3 shooters go 38%+ from 3pt range next year on decent volume. Wouldn’t surprise me if it was 4-5 with a couple in the 40-45% range based on who comes back
 
Fishy said:
Well, no. Also, your town has a local mistress? How does she handle that? Anyway.

I think Trilly definitely has terrific sources. Whether it’s worth money to get his information three minutes before everyone else gets it, that’s up to you.

Storrs Central is an NIL play that almost 25 years of familiarity with the network model makes me somewhat skeptical of long-term, but you cannot doubt the sincerity of the effort of those involved.
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Take a trip back to local CT and you’ll find some hapless 22-30 year olds give up on life and start Only Fans pages. There you can pay $10 a month to see “special content.” I’m guessing some are more successful than others.

But anyways, my point is no matter what they post it gets copied/pasted within minutes to anyone who cares. Sort of like Trilly’s content and Storrs Central’s content.

However, the reason behind Storrs Central is a little different than Only Fans. Trilly, I’m not sure what he does with his cash.
Rico444 said:
Even if you feel that way, you're directly supporting UConn basketball players with your $10 a month. Even if I got absolutely nothing out of my subscription (which, spoiler, that is not the case at all), I'm happy helping to keep UConn basketball at a high level.
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According to UConn, I’ve been helping pay the cost of tutors and academic aids as well as the cost of attendance. Next year, I’ll be paying for the cost of equipment and uniforms. Fun stuff.

If you can provide me with a good reason to pay $120/year on something not alcohol let me know, I’ll gladly do it.
 
Mookson said:
Says the guy with 20,000 comments. Consider going outside, it’s nice this time of year.
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You should probably learn your audience before you say anything.
 
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Mookson said:
Says the guy with 20,000 comments. Consider going outside, it’s nice this time of year.
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CL82 said:
You don't think he'll play a more prominent role on this year's team? He also ended the year on a bit of a three point slump, which I don't expect to continue. Last year Donovan was expected to go low first round, high second round. He stayed and will likely be a lottery pick. Well I don't Karaban making a jump like that, I could see him moving up with a good run this year.

That said, he'll go to some camps and get some feedback and have better information than our speculation to basis decision on. I wish him the best regardless of whatever route he chooses. He's been a productive player for us and seems to be a great kid.
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He’d play a huge role. I just don’t know how much that helps for NBA. This ain’t 1994 any longer
 
So much to speculate here. Brea was my biggest want and McNeeley was #2. The kid Mahaney is a good catch but I wasn't to thrilled looking at his stats against some of the tougher competition from the lesser P5 opponents. I trust Hurley will make it work but an experience ball handler is still a concern. I just know Castle and Newton carried that load and it will be missed
 
UconnFanDC said:
So much to speculate here. Brea was my biggest want and McNeeley was #2. The kid Mahaney is a good catch but I wasn't to thrilled looking at his stats against some of the tougher competition from the lesser P5 opponents. I trust Hurley will make it work but an experience ball handler is still a concern. I just know Castle and Newton carried that load and it will be missed
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Not to spoil it for you - but Mahaney's stats are going to look much better in a better offense and with different shot taking responsibilities.
 
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