Lakers preparing offer for Hurley

[HuskyFich]

Lebron made one tweet about Hurley. Let's not go pretend it's anything more than that.

Ask Shabazz Napier what Lebron's tweets can do.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Lebron can talk all he wants about the complicated unique sets Hurley runs; when it comes down to hit, is Lebron going to change the ball dominate, iso heavy way he has played for 20 years…buy in to giving up the ball, moving without the ball and improve his 3 point shooting???

What?

 

[nomar]

If DH could get us a three-peat, I'd happily drive him to whatever NBA team facility he goes to, but the timing sucks. The Buss and LeBron dynamic also sucks.

Honestly the 3-peat is the last thing on my mind. What I'm worried about is a mass exodus of coaches & players, making us start from scratch. Every time we think UConn has cemented itself in the top tier, we get punched in the gut. If this happens, this season will be really tough. We'll have to chase some big names and see if the UConn brand without Calhoun or Hurley is as awesome as we think it is. What I loved about hiring Hurley was how much he respected UConn, as a Big East guy. He was just a special hire at the perfect time. Can lightning a 3rd time?

All hypothetical at this point. I'm concerned but not going to freak out unless there's reason to freak out.

 

[HuskyFich]

When motivated, he does now.

Lebron can talk all he wants about the complicated unique sets Hurley runs; when it comes down to hit, is Lebron going to change the ball dominate, iso heavy way he has played for 20 years…buy in to giving up the ball, moving without the ball and improve his 3 point shooting???

Good luck

Top 5 in Assists all time.. Just had his career high for 3PFG%, and moving without the ball is a system choice, not a player choice. he did pretty well off the ball in Miami though.

 

[DoctorWho85]

I thought JJ Reddick was a shoe in from all reports.

 

[BarkingDog]

This from The Athletic:

What would Hurley bring as an NBA head coach?​

Hurley is by far the best NBA prospect among college coaches. He runs an intricate, NBA-style offensive system that generates 3s and rim attempts through lots of player movement off screens and dribble-handoffs. It deploys multiple ballhandlers who can initiate the offense into its main actions and disguises its sets well with different variations and counters off the same formations and sets. But the scheme isn’t rigid; Hurley gives his players freedom to play loose and attack based on what the defense is giving them.

Defensively, Hurley has also shown a willingness to adapt to his players’ skills and opponents’ tendencies. He has run drop coverage on pick-and-rolls with bigs like Donovan Clingan and blitzed with more mobile players like Samson Johnson. Last season, he largely brought Adama Sanogo to the level of the screen or deployed him in a show-and-recover scheme.

In terms of scouting, Hurley’s teams were among the most well-prepared in the country. They identified their opponents’ weakness and relentlessly attacked them with pinpoint precision. Once they found a set that worked, they were unafraid to run it multiple times in a row until the opponent stopped it. — Sam Vecenie, senior basketball writer

 

[87Xfer]

When did this happen?

I could be wrong but I think he meant the announcement right after the season ended that they'd be back, not since the Lakers news.

 

[husky429]

When motivated, he does now.

Lebron can talk all he wants about the complicated unique sets Hurley runs; when it comes down to hit, is Lebron going to change the ball dominate, iso heavy way he has played for 20 years…buy in to giving up the ball, moving without the ball and improve his 3 point shooting???

Good luck

Have you actually watched Lebron play basketball?

 

[DCT]

Didn’t This happened with Ollie?

Thank You

 

[3rdbass]

If Hurley leaves after basically reassuring Karaban of a possible 3-Peat that is going to leave a sour taste in my mouth. Why taint your legacy to go coach a bunch of prima donnas? Andrea really wants to move to LA? This just sounds like a disaster when he can really cement his legacy as one of the best college coaches ever. I hope he does the smart thing and stays and UConn pays up more money to keep him.

 

[jorge34]

Top 5 in Assists all time.. Just had his career high for 3PFG%, and moving without the ball is a system choice, not a player choice. he did pretty well off the ball in Miami though.

#5 in nba in iso points #2 is post points

They actually moved the ball better when he wasn’t in the game

 

[nomar]

I havent done that at all. Jeez talk about soomeone emotionally protecting themselves.

Huh?

 

[noeynox]

OP posted at 6:54am, and we are 17 pages in? Well damn, that escalated quickly.

 

[UConniki]

When you have one of the best coaches in the country this is what's going to happen year after year

I don't believe he's leaving. I believe he has his dream job and loyalty runs strong in him. He can't mold NBA players, and they're not going to run his motion offense

Just more hot air

I so want to believe what you posted but money and ego make people do things and make decisions thst they ordinarily wouldn’t do.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

#5 in nba in iso points #2 is post points

They actually moved the ball better when he wasn’t in the game

Yeah! the Lakers were better with LeBron off the court!!! Yeah!!

 

[Hurleyman216]

How many coaching careers has Lebron James killed so far? Hoping DH sees the writing on the wall and stays.

 

[Hi-Low]

Lebron made one tweet about Hurley. Let's not go pretend it's anything more than that.

Lebron is a jackhole

 

[dvegas]

Without going thru this thread again (am too busy throwing up in my mouth), the person I haven't seen a comment from is Magic Johnson.

Am I missing something, or hasn't he said anything publicly yet?

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Well this sucks. UConn has no chance competing against the NBA. Dan got an itch about the NBA, and he will most likely scratch it since his stock will never be higher.

The best plan for UConn is probably promoting one of the assistants with the hope of keeping the team intact.

 

[GoConn]

Listening on ESPN rn....depressing

 

[jorge34]

Have you actually watched Lebron play basketball?

Many times this year, absolutely

 

[gtcam]

Thats because LeBron wants DH to work with his son
No way is LeBron going to be quiet on the bench even with DH there and try not to take over the coaching as he has done since his days in Cleveland.
Why not just make LeBron the player-coach????

 

[ConnHuskBask]

We're basically screwed. Most portal players have already signed elsewhere and our guys are free to go wherever they want. If Luke becomes HC I can see enough guys staying to still have a good year but the worst case scenario puts us with no coaches and no players.

Best guess as suggested from a former very prominent poster... Go get pike from sunj and get Ace Bailey and Harper.

 

[UCFan1513]

I was going to say this