I'm puzzled. The young man is absolutely entitled to do what he views as being in his best interests, and no one thinks he promised Hurley a second year. That having been said, you think someone promised him that he'd make enough shots to prove to scouts that he's NBA ready? That would be quite a promise unless the person making it gets to shoot for him.
In no universe is Liam playing point in the NBA. Liam is a wing.
Obviously that's not where they're going to play him, but he has the skills where he could play it in a pinch, absolutely.
Liam is not quick enough to play NBA 1 and even an NBA 2 could be a stretch. He is SF at the next level but needs to work on his shot.
NBA teams won’t be playing Liam at point in a pinch. He is a wing. He doesn’t have the skill set to play that position.
He is not a distributor, he is a scorer.
He’s not playing as a point forward in the NBA. His role at Montverde would be more a comp, what he did at UConn isn’t really going to be his role in the NBA, They won’t give him the reigns to do that. NBA teams would be drafting him on the hope the shot turns around & can add some positional size/shooting. His usage needs to go down to be more effective, was asked to do a bit too much for UConn.
Is there is another Liam McNeeley, because one I saw wasn’t the same one you saw.
It's so stupid it's usually some boomer who thinks he's some expert. I eaves dropped on a conversation one time with a guy middle aged probably in his 60s at a barbershop as I'm headed toward the door he was talking about Kyrie Irving saying he won the national championship at Duke and that's why he's in the NBA.
I know nothing about the NBA and Liam’s prospects but calling out the age of some opinionists is strange. And no, I’m not a boomer
it must be hard always being the smartest guy in the room, or I should say the barber shop.
It's just the vibe I feel. Everyone's entitled to their opinion.
Perhaps Liam would benefit from a chat with Bouknight and the virtues of playing with the Rip City Remix? He was “evaluated” for his super talent and went 11. Nobody is claiming to be an NBA evaluator, but watching a kid every moment on the floor within the context of game situations gives you a pretty good insight. Bouknight suffered from a similar problem as Liam… not ready to take over and deliver in the crucial moments but gets his numbers. When it was crunch time, the Florida AA did just that and buried us.
Bouknight problem wasn’t talent is what that he was immature and needed to grow up
Fair commentary
That’s fine. You are not wrong. And maybe the NBA’s profile is seeing a player 4 years out. But my eyeballs didn’t see a lottery player THIS YEAR! I love him and I love his motor. Kid never stops competing. One more year.
Hurley relied on Castle to guard every teams beat player. He did it flawlessly.
