2022 Recruiting: Kyle Lofton

[HuskyHawk]

Which one of you is this?

 

[Lynyrd]

Package deals that work out are as rare as a BY thread not going off topic but Lofton has NBA.level talent and is an underrated shooter and Osun is a mobile instinctive shot blocker … not sure why this wouldn’t be high on our list. Move Sanogo to the PF and good luck getting a rebound and stopping transition.

 

[UConNick]

Move Sanogo to the PF and good luck getting a rebound and stopping transition.

I’m a stop you right there chief. Unless Adama suddenly becomes a 35% three-point shooter there’s no way we can take on another interior non-shooter, especially one that would want 25+ minutes.

Sign Lofton up in a heartbeat though. Provided everyone on the team can come to an understanding on playing time.

 

[MDHuskFan]

Package deals that work out are as rare as a BY thread not going off topic but Lofton has NBA.level talent and is an underrated shooter and Osun is a mobile instinctive shot blocker … not sure why this wouldn’t be high on our list. Move Sanogo to the PF and good luck getting a rebound and stopping transition.

28% & 24% from 3 over the last 2 seasons. Does he just have the worst shot selection ever? (Asking seriously)

 

[businesslawyer]

Package deals that work out are as rare as a BY thread not going off topic but Lofton has NBA.level talent and is an underrated shooter and Osun is a mobile instinctive shot blocker … not sure why this wouldn’t be high on our list. Move Sanogo to the PF and good luck getting a rebound and stopping transition.

There is no way we’re playing Sanogo and Osun together. None. It would be less of a good fit then Sanogo and IW were. Would Osun help us as a backup center. Almost certainly yes, but I doubt he’ll come here for that purpose, nor would I want to set back DC’s development assuming he’s ready to play the minutes where Sanogo rests.

 

[Lynyrd]

28% & 24% from 3 over the last 2 seasons. Does he just have the worst shot selection ever? (Asking seriously)

Agree that the numbers aren’t ideal but the form is solid. Suspect the extended minutes (rarely came off the floor) and bailout shots had to play a role.

 

[UConnStats]

Welch or Holmes from St Bonnie’s make more sense than Lofton IMO. They could at least play more 3 and let Jackson move around more between positions. Plus they’re both better shooters. I doubt any of them are coming here regardless.

 

[Lynyrd]

There is no way we’re playing Sanogo and Osun together. None. It would be less of a good fit that’s Sanogo and IW were. Would Osun help us as a backup center. Almost certainly yes, but I doubt he’ll come here for that purpose, nor would I want to set back DC’s development assuming he’s ready to play the minutes where Sanogo rests.

I respectfully disagree … DC’s development would not be hindered. Multiyear effort with young bigs that have good hands and slow feet.

 

[Lynyrd]

Welch or Holmes from St Bonnie’s make more sense than Lofton IMO. They could at least play more 3 and let Jackson move around more between positions. Plus they’re both better shooters. I doubt any of them are coming here regardless.

Welch is one dimensional and streaky and Holmes had a down year, compared to his junior campaign but I do like his energy.

 

[navery12]

Package deals that work out are as rare as a BY thread not going off topic but Lofton has NBA.level talent and is an underrated shooter and Osun is a mobile instinctive shot blocker … not sure why this wouldn’t be high on our list. Move Sanogo to the PF and good luck getting a rebound and stopping transition.

There's a less than 0 chance Sanogo is starting at PF. There's a better chance you play the 4 than Sanogo

 

[UConnStats]

Welch is one dimensional and streaky and Holmes had a down year, compared to his junior campaign but I do like his energy.

I think Welch would be a role player who would fit well personally. Holmes and Lofton will probably both want a bigger role than they would get here and I don’t see Lofton coming to play alongside Newton.

 

[Lynyrd]

There's a less than 0 chance Sanogo is starting at PF. There's a better chance you play the 4 than Sanogo

Thanks for the feedback … my game is a tad rusty

 

[Lynyrd]

I’m a stop you right there chief. Unless Adama suddenly becomes a 35% three-point shooter there’s no way we can take on another interior non-shooter, especially one that would want 25+ minutes.

Sign Lofton up in a heartbeat though. Provided everyone on the team can come to an understanding on playing time.

The 4 doesn’t have to stroke 3’s … just has to pull the defense away from the middle. Adama has a mid-range game … but I hear ya chief

 

[Ewekon]

England Dan & John Ford Coley?

To know us, is to age us. Deep cut there

 

[Chief00]

I’m a stop you right there chief. Unless Adama suddenly becomes a 35% three-point shooter there’s no way we can take on another interior non-shooter, especially one that would want 25+ minutes.

Sign Lofton up in a heartbeat though. Provided everyone on the team can come to an understanding on playing time.

If we have 4 outside shooters in the rotation, that’s all we need and 2 more than we had in recent years.
Has anyone been on a team with more than 4 guys who thought they could shoot? What a nightmare that would be.

 

[Kemba Time]

If we have 4 outside shooters in the rotation, that’s all we need and 2 more than we had in recent years.
Has anyone been on a team with more than 4 guys who thought they could shoot? What a nightmare that would be.

That must be why Jay Wright retired. Too many years living the nightmare of having all those guys who could shoot finally wore him out.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Agree. I also don’t understand the narrative, we are all set up front. I would love to turn the tables on the 4out/1in crowd and beat them up inside, and actually have guys who can covert lay-ups. You do that and the basket looks bigger for the 3 shooters. To run, you need to defend/rebound first and people are underestimating Whaley’s and Martin’s rebounding void, heck even Cole’s.

I still think we're missing a lock down defender that can defend small bigs/large wings. We don't have a proven one at this point IMO.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Malik Newman and Diamond Stone

Diamond is killing it for the TaiwanBeer HeroBears! Averaging 26.7 PPG and 11.8 REB.

 

[aburks41]

The 4 doesn’t have to stroke 3’s … just has to pull the defense away from the middle. Adama has a mid-range game … but I hear ya chief

How do you pull the defense away from the middle if you can't shoot the 3? Did you watch how defenses left Whaley wide open on the outside all year long because he was not a threat from outside? And I love Sanogo, but he has the exact opposite of mid range game lol. How many times did he score on a 10ft jump shot? I don't remember a single one.

Do you watch basketball in 2022 or just reruns of games from the 80's?

 

[UConnStats]

Malik Newman and Diamond Stone

Big time tbt

 

[PWS]

How do you pull the defense away from the middle if you can't shoot the 3? Did you watch how defenses left Whaley wide open on the outside all year long because he was not a threat from outside? And I love Sanogo, but he has the exact opposite of mid range game lol. How many times did he score on a 10ft jump shot? I don't remember a single one.

Do you watch basketball in 2022 or just reruns of games from the 80's?

I vaguely remember him making one with the shot clock winding down just to the right of the free-throw line. Other than that - He hasn't demonstrated a mid-range game. That said, he has decent form on free throws, so there is hope that he may be able to develop some semblance of a mid-range for next season.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Thanks for the feedback … my game is a tad rusty

Glad I scrolled down a bit. You anticipated my question perfectly. Thx.

 

[CL82]

Do you watch basketball in 2022 or just reruns of games from the 80's?

80s? No thanks. Maybe 1989 forward. Those were good years.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Sanogo's best (by far) offensive attribute is his low post footwork skills; it allows him to get lay-ins and occasionally a dunk. It is actually the most bankable offensive skillset we have in any of the returning presumed starters (i.e. Sanogo, Hawkins, and AJax). This is what the 4-out offensive scheme will build around. The perimeter players all have to at least be dangerous enough 3 point threats for it to work really well. It does seem very to highly likely that the current roster members can make it work. Time will tell, of course.

 

[Burnsbros23]

Soooo...play together at St Bonnies essentially without a leash, and then finish 4th in the A10...

But, play together at a high major with same/more freedom and minutes wanted: National Championship.

Are they living in the twilight zone?

Have you watch St. Bonnie play? They run a set play Every time. Very very deliberate. Both are boarderline NBA guys. We are set at the 5 otherwise I be All in on these two. We want them out of the big east.