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The one positive about having him on the team was that he helped our brand with his large social media following, doing all those dunk videos in Uconn gear/facilities. Now he can use that following against us....
 
SwingDog said:
I know he has the reputation of being very athletic, hence the acrobatic dunks, but what exactly is lacking in his game?
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His whole game was lacking. All effort but it was like he didn't even have a rudimentary understanding of the game.
Watched/chased the ball instead of his assignment on D.
As powerful as he looked showing off a dunk on IG or YT, when he got the ball near the basket, he usually went up weak, and probably had as many 3 foot airballs as dunks.
 
UcannUconn said:
The one positive about having him on the team was that he helped our brand with his large social media following, doing all those dunk videos in Uconn gear/facilities. Now he can use that following against us....
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He’s not really relevant on social media anymore.
 
Sometimes leaping ability gets confused for overall athleticism. It's only one aspect. He's lacking in flexibilty, dexterity, fluidity, quick twitch, footspeed, lateral agility, stop and start explosion. Combine that with his skill and awareness deficiencies and here we are.
 
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NJHoops said:
It would be helpful for him to remember that a more cutthroat staff would have dropped him last Spring, with no scholarship and a year to go until graduation. He seems kind of impulsive with regards to social media. He’s certainly not alone in that approach. He’s not a bad guy, and I wish him well. Also, maybe he’s mad that, at some schools, players actually have to attend class to have them count.
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He just seems like a bit of a loose cannon. Went to like 5 different high schools. Not faulting him per se, just not the most emotionally adjusted guy I've ever seen.
 
Yeah I’m surprised someone with a 1.8 GPA in high school doesn’t think like alumni message board posters.

You could confer a Masters on the kid it doesn’t matter. It’s literally a piece of paper if you can’t actually do anything.
 
AZHuskiePop said:
He wasn’t a recruit he was simalar to an NFL replacement player,as was DO ,and Cobb. AA was wa Typical PG recruit.
We lost;
Jackson
Enoch
Durham
MAL our top recruit
all Last minute
In addition to;
Brimah
Facey
Purvis
With the fate of
Gilbert
Larrier
Diarra
Unknown due to injury
That’s a decimation.
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What was going on with Ollie? Really, WTF?
 
I think Danny likes Kwintin and appreciated his effort.
When Sid came back he even commented that Jump was looking better in practice.
He also seemed pleased that Kwintin got to show off in the exhibition game.
College basketball is a business though, and crap happens. Sounds like he regretted the tweets.
 
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I defiantly think the book on Williams hasn’t been cracked yet.
 
Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
He had a lot of “athleticism” but no coordination or basketball skill. No nose for rebounds which really neutralized his leaping ability. He couldn’t guard anybody and had no jump shot.
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Other than that, though, what do you really think?
 
tzznandrew said:
He didn't know how to play basketball at this level. There's a difference between what you do playing hoops with friends or at a park and what you do at a high level. Sometimes people who can play well in the chaos of, say, a park, can look good for small stretches, particularly if they're high energy. Some people liked Kwint last year. Some people like a guy or two this year who don't play. But those guys don't actually know how to play basketball at a high level (understanding rotations, off-ball stuff, ball trajectory, etc. etc. etc.), and so couldn't stay on the court for more than a few minutes.
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You can bottle this and pour it out in a lot of recruiting threads. Athleticism alone isn’t enough.
 
tzznandrew said:
He didn't know how to play basketball at this level. There's a difference between what you do playing hoops with friends or at a park and what you do at a high level. Sometimes people who can play well in the chaos of, say, a park, can look good for small stretches, particularly if they're high energy. Some people liked Kwint last year. Some people like a guy or two this year who don't play. But those guys don't actually know how to play basketball at a high level (understanding rotations, off-ball stuff, ball trajectory, etc. etc. etc.), and so couldn't stay on the court for more than a few minutes.
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One thing I'll say about him is he played hard. And we were so lackadaisical last year, people called his number because he was one of the few that would do so.

They ignored the fact he had two left feet/hands/eyes on the court however.
 
intlzncster said:
One thing I'll say about him is he played hard. And we were so lackadaisical last year, people called his number because he was one of the few that would do so.

They ignored the fact he had two left feet/hands/eyes on the court however.
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He doesn't have two left feet. He can see fine and his hands...well, I don't know about them. Basketball, at the level we have played at and want to play at again, is more than being able to jump, having quick feet, having nice touch on your shot. There's so much that goes into playing at a high level that's behind the scenes its crazy. UConn's best players almost all took 2-3 years to reach their potential for a reason.
 
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tzznandrew said:
He doesn't have two left feet. He can see fine and his hands...well, I don't know about them. Basketball, at the level we have played at and want to play at again, is more than being able to jump, having quick feet, having nice touch on your shot. There's so much that goes into playing at a high level that's behind the scenes its crazy. UConn's best players almost all took 2-3 years to reach their potential for a reason.
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No I got you I was just being facetious. He looked like he didn't belong, for a long list of reasons.
 
intlzncster said:
No I got you I was just being facetious. He looked like he didn't belong, for a long list of reasons.
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No. I know you get it. We have people here, though, who don't. Who clamored for him to play more, and who clamor for people on the team now who get sporadic minutes to play more because in short bursts they put up some numbers and they try hard. Motor matters, but our fanbase doesn't seem to understand what it means to watch basketball anymore.
 
tzznandrew said:
No. I know you get it. We have people here, though, who don't. Who clamored for him to play more, and who clamor for people on the team now who get sporadic minutes to play more because in short bursts they put up some numbers and they try hard. Motor matters, but our fanbase doesn't seem to understand what it means to watch basketball anymore.
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Full disclosure: there were times last year where I was so disgusted at the lack of effort/urgency, that I clamored for some Kwinton, just so somebody would run around. We weren't playing well anyways.
 
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The kid has had a chaotic life and if he comes out of this UConn experience with a degree, it’s been worth it.

He might not be ready to do anything with it now, but in one or two or five or ten years when he starts to figure things out, a degree will open doors for him.

In terms of what he is/was on a basketball court, he was probably a better volleyball player.
 
They want him to end the semester in a good place academically, but Ollie did a good job with APR overall (with the 17-18 numbers not yet released). Their multi-year rate through 16-17 is 995.
 
tzznandrew said:
No. I know you get it. We have people here, though, who don't. Who clamored for him to play more, and who clamor for people on the team now who get sporadic minutes to play more because in short bursts they put up some numbers and they try hard. Motor matters, but our fanbase doesn't seem to understand what it means to watch basketball anymore.
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Did they ever?
 
tzznandrew said:
I feel like as though in the years I first started reading and posting (2003-2006) I'd have been horribly embarrassed to post most of what gets put up. It's all hot takes. Those existed, I think, but they were fewer, and mostly in chats.
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age of social media and click bait. apparent everywhere.
 
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