Lasan Kromah commits to Uconn | Page 3 | The Boneyard

Lasan Kromah commits to Uconn

Status
Not open for further replies.
Those complaining are assuming that we brought this kid in at the expense of Wolf. I assume. And they are wrong. I assume.
 
CTBasketball said:
I am not a fan of adding players for now, but rather for the long-run. We need to think of the future. And Kromah isn't exactly a good player. Sure he averaged double digits, but so did Evans and he was nowhere near capable of playing high major ball.

If you look at his per game stats, he gets shut down completely against good competition. Against Notre Dame, Georgia (who isn't good), Rutgers, Temple, and VCU he broke 10pts once. And in each of those games he shot the ball w/ less than 50% accuracy. He played #3 Syracuse and #20-ish Cal his sophomore year and got shut down completely.

I'm not being negative on purpose, I'm being skeptical because he hasn't proved anything yet. I'm not expecting anything from this kid. If he gives 5ppg I'll be pleased.
Expand ...

This move has absolutely no effect on our ability to add players for the long term. Your comment doesn't make any sense.
 
Husky25 said:
Ricky Moore was recruited as a better all around PG, not just a defender/passer. He averaged over 20 PPG his senior season in Georgia and had a few big points numbers off the bench his freshman year. He was good before, but became a lock down defender between his So. and Jr. seasons.
Expand ...

He was actually supposed to be a very good scorer and had a couple of moments his freshman year. He then had an absolutely hideous year as a point which necessitated Khalid. People forget that Ricky was a goat going into his junior year.
 
CTBasketball said:
I am not a fan of adding players for now, but rather for the long-run. We need to think of the future. And Kromah isn't exactly a good player. Sure he averaged double digits, but so did Evans and he was nowhere near capable of playing high major ball.

If you look at his per game stats, he gets shut down completely against good competition. Against Notre Dame, Georgia (who isn't good), Rutgers, Temple, and VCU he broke 10pts once. And in each of those games he shot the ball w/ less than 50% accuracy. He played #3 Syracuse and #20-ish Cal his sophomore year and got shut down completely.

I'm not being negative on purpose, I'm being skeptical because he hasn't proved anything yet. I'm not expecting anything from this kid. If he gives 5ppg I'll be pleased.
Expand ...
.
picard-double-facepalm-gif-5917.gif
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Anyone complaining about this needs to realize half the reason we got into this APR mess was we took too many incoming freshman with debatable UConn skill sets and they ended up transferring and killing the APR.

We got a proven player to help for one year. Some people will complain over anything.

KO knows exactly what he is doing.
Expand ...
Transfers don't affect APR unless they are not in good academic standing upon transfer, but other than that. I agree...
 
CTBasketball said:
I am not a fan of adding players for now, but rather for the long-run. We need to think of the future. And Kromah isn't exactly a good player. Sure he averaged double digits, but so did Evans and he was nowhere near capable of playing high major ball.

If you look at his per game stats, he gets shut down completely against good competition. Against Notre Dame, Georgia (who isn't good), Rutgers, Temple, and VCU he broke 10pts once. And in each of those games he shot the ball w/ less than 50% accuracy. He played #3 Syracuse and #20-ish Cal his sophomore year and got shut down completely.

I'm not being negative on purpose, I'm being skeptical because he hasn't proved anything yet. I'm not expecting anything from this kid. If he gives 5ppg I'll be pleased.
Expand ...
Thats what the other 12 scholarships are for. We had 1 extra and this is the best player available so you take him for 1 year. Worst case scenario he helps you marginally with depth and is gone next year. How can you not like it???
 
.-.
Even if you see this as a pointless addition he's gone after a year. He played in the A-ten a very solid conference and averaged double digits for three years. This kid isn't chop liver.
 
Husky25 said:
Transfers don't affect APR unless they are not in good academic standing upon transfer, but other than that. I agree...
Expand ...

...which is what happened with Darius Smith, and also they can leave in good academic standing but not have a certain GPA and still cause a program to lose points, which is what happened with Jamal Coombs-McDaniel(UConn scored a 975 instead of a perfect score the year he transferred).
 
This is a great move no ifs ands or buts on this one!!

And hopefully EW comes back and completes his time in Storrs.........he would hurt a little as far as depth with the bigs if he stayed home!! Maybe more than a little........

Nonetheless this kid is a better fit than even RJ, God forgive me because I liked what RJ did for this team. If you think he was told he was going to play 24.5 minutes at UConn like he did at GWU you're crazy...instead he was told by his ex-coach he would be a great fit and play some key minutes on a team who can be in the hunt for a NCAA title if they play well........just knowing the kid has ten toes in and just wants to experience playing for the Huskies should tell you he's a great fit......and he's a solid defender by all accounts!! Nice
 
boog204 said:
He was actually supposed to be a very good scorer and had a couple of moments his freshman year. He then had an absolutely hideous year as a point which necessitated Khalid. People forget that Ricky was a goat going into his junior year.
Expand ...

Moore was still pretty good as a Soph. He got the Huskies to the Elite Eight vs UNC who basically played a home game in Greensboro.

El-Amin committed to Clem Haskins at Minnesota as a freshman, IIRC. He even played in the McD's AA game as a Minn. commit. When the Gophers looked like they were going on probation in 1997, with Haskins taking the fall (basically), he decommitted. Big time steal for UConn.
 
Hopefully I can help out a bit, since I'm at gw and have seen him play. He's a decent scorer, can hit some threes, and has some pretty good moves to the basket. He's better than rj, more athletic for sure. I think this will be a good addition and really help us out when it comes to depth
 
Great pickup for one year. Hope Wolf comes back as a walk-on.
 
.-.
Husky25 said:
Moore was still pretty good as a Soph. He got the Huskies to the Elite Eight vs UNC who basically played a home game in Greensboro.

El-Amin committed to Clem Haskins at Minnesota as a freshman, IIRC. He even played in the McD's AA game as a Minn. commit. When the Gophers looked like they were going on probation in 1997, with Haskins taking the fall (basically), he decommitted. Big time steal for UConn.
Expand ...

UConn was an NIT team Ricky's sophomore year. The year they lost to UNC, KEA was a freshman and Ricky slid over to the 2. That was his junior year. Ricky was not great as the starting PG as a sophomore...earned the nickname "Rickety" from a lot of boneyarders. Team was loaded with freshmen (albeit good ones, RIP, K-Free, Jake) and it's most experienced player, Kirk King, was suspended for much of the year.
 
Husky25 said:
Transfers don't affect APR unless they are not in good academic standing upon transfer, but other than that. I agree...
Expand ...

Right, it seemed to me many of our freshman transfers didn't exactly post the best grades.

Why take the academic chance on a guy who probably won't cut it on the court is what I'm husky saying.
 
gwhuskyfan said:
Hopefully I can help out a bit, since I'm at gw and have seen him play. He's a decent scorer, can hit some threes, and has some pretty good moves to the basket. He's better than rj, more athletic for sure. I think this will be a good addition and really help us out when it comes to depth
Expand ...

His FT percentage seems better than RJ's. He is supposed to be a good defender - have you seen him defend? Is he someone we can throw to lockdown an opposing shooting guard with his height and athleticism?
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Right, it seemed to me many of our freshman transfers didn't exactly post the best grades.

Why take the academic chance on a guy who probably won't cut it on the court is what I'm husky saying.
Expand ...
You seem to be very confused about what is actually happening here.
 
  • Like
Reactions: caw
Mooch82 said:
UConn was an NIT team Ricky's sophomore year. The year they lost to UNC, KEA was a freshman and Ricky slid over to the 2. That was his junior year. Ricky was not great as the starting PG as a sophomore...earned the nickname "Rickety" from a lot of boneyarders. Team was loaded with freshmen (albeit good ones, RIP, K-Free, Jake) and it's most experienced player, Kirk King, was suspended for much of the year.
Expand ...

Kirk was suspended with Ricky..............
 
.-.
You're absolutely right. I can't believe I screwed that up. I went to the game vs Iona. My bad.
 
Will be great for the backcourt depth.

If Wolf stays home because he doesn't want to come back as a walk on, it will hurt our rebounding. Not that we had much of it. I think we need to pray for better rebounding.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Anyone complaining about this needs to realize half the reason we got into this APR mess was we took too many incoming freshman with debatable UConn skill sets and they ended up transferring and killing the APR.
Expand ...

That's not half the reason, it's the whole reason. We could withstand guys like Stanley Robinson and Gavin Edwards failing to graduate in vain attempts to pursue professional basketball careers. At least those guys provided some value during their time here.

We couldn't afford players who both offered nothing on the court and also torpedoed our APR off the court.
 
Marat said:
His FT percentage seems better than RJ's. He is supposed to be a good defender - have you seen him defend? Is he someone we can throw to lockdown an opposing shooting guard with his height and athleticism?
Expand ...

Yea...I have seen him defend. He has the ability and athleticism to lockdown a guy, but didn't show it as much last year. I have a feeling that under KO with his coaching will be able to get Lasan to go all out and will really help him become a better defender.
 
My son just graduated GW in Kromah's class and I have watched a lot of GW basketball -- and Kromah -- the last few years. He is much, much more athletic than an RJ Evans. He will not be a super athlete in the -- never mind -- he will not be a super athlete at UConn, but will be athletic enough. He is a scorer -- not a shooter. While he is a better shooter than Evans, he is another slasher type. But more athletic and better able to finish at the rim against better competition. I always felt that Kromah underperformed his god given talent. That was more true under Lonergan -- who many think favored the guys he recruited over Hobb's leftovers -- but it was even true under Hobbs, who thought Kromah was not disciplined enough defensively.

I see him, at UConn, as a back of the rotation player, but not one who is going to be the leader - if underperformer - that RJ was. If we had an open spot, fine. If we pushed someone out for him -- well, I doubt we did. Having said that, he does have the athleticism to perform at a higher level if our staff can get him to learn the subtleties of the game in a manner that GW's staff couldn't.
 
.-.
Burnsbros23 said:
I like this move. He is 6'5 adds size depth. Will take all Evans minutes maybe takes minutes from Giffey. Let us give Calhoun rest. We don't need guys playing 38 minutes a game.
Expand ...
not to mention Calhoun is coming off double hip surgery ...
 
I am all for depth just not sure why we need another guard who can not shoot. Looking at his stats you would say we are getting a more athletic RJ Evans. His three point shooting and free throw shooting were horrid for a guard.
 
If Wolf was gone anyway then why not say yes to a guy who will take up a scholarship for only 1 year? I understand the team needs height but its not like you can just go out and get someone to fill that void.
 
scotty0330 said:
I am all for depth just not sure why we need another guard who can not shoot. Looking at his stats you would say we are getting a more athletic RJ Evans. His three point shooting and free throw shooting were horrid for a guard.
Expand ...

So which available 5th year transfer would you have preferred?
 
.-.
Status
Not open for further replies.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,289
Messages
4,561,585
Members
10,455
Latest member
UConnGabby


Top Bottom