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minidarren said:
What was Hamilton's contribution tonight? Educate me.
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What was Rodney's or Jalen's? I mean Jalen hit a floater, it is about all he can do at this point, and it prompted you to call him "special". If you do not understand what Hamilton does outside of shooting, and more goes into a player contribution than shooting you should just quit now because you are embarrassing yourself
 
CTBasketball said:
he almost killed two of our players going for a rebound that the team had safely secured already.
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This is something I've gradually been seeing more as his career goes on. Not entirely sure what it is - does he not trust his teammates' hands (which given what we've seen from Facey may be a legitimate concern)? Or is he simply looking to pad his stats?
 
Jerry1714 said:
What was Rodney's or Jalen's? I mean Jalen hit a floater, it is about all he can do at this point, and it prompted you to call him "special". If you do not understand what Hamilton does outside of shooting, and more goes into a player contribution than shooting you should just quit now because you are embarrassing yourself
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Answer the question toolbag.
 
UconnFanNVa said:
drafted a long complaining post, but eh. Not even worth my energy. Lets just hope this team can win the AAC tournament to save face a little bit.
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Save face? The entire country is laughing at us win or lose at that point, as they should be.
 
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Stairmaster said:
This is something I've gradually been seeing more as his career goes on. Not entirely sure what it is - does he not trust his teammates' hands (which given what we've seen from Facey may be a legitimate concern)? Or is he simply looking to pad his stats?
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So I'm not the only batshit crazy one? He started doing it this year, A LOT.
 
KO needs to go Jim Calhoun / Bobby Knight on this roster. Dham is clearly in a slump , but why are teammates over the past several games arguing with him over plays/ execution? YOU NEVER SAW THIS WITH CALHOUN COACHED TEAMS.

I can understand that our 4/5 positions arent our strengths ....but you have a D-1 scholarship and can't catch/ hold a basketball.....dribble it 3-4 times....make a decent pass when help comes?

Can ANYONE on this team developed a mid-range game ?

The nice-nice isn't working
 
Stairmaster said:
This is something I've gradually been seeing more as his career goes on. Not entirely sure what it is - does he not trust his teammates' hands (which given what we've seen from Facey may be a legitimate concern)? Or is he simply looking to pad his stats?
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Hey Dan Hurley has been playing poorly but to dog him for being a better rebounder than the others is ridiculous. I applaud his aggressive rebounding.
 
minidarren said:
Answer the question toolbag.
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Answer mine, help me understand why Jalen is "special" because he is hitting a floater 1 out of every 3.5 times he takes it?

I do not need to answer how a guy who had 15 rebounds and lead the team in assists yet again is "contributing" while he is on the floor despite a bad shooting night. Anyone with a brain can see that.
 
Small ball isn't working. I want classic Calhoum dominating size up front again. I don't want my 3/4 handling the ball and dumping sloppy passes off to our undersized, underskilled bigs anymore.
 
imno1 said:
Hey Dan Hurley has been playing poorly but to dog him for being a better rebounder than the others is ridiculous. I applaud his aggressive rebounding.
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No denying he has been aggressive, and I don't think it's really hurting the team that much. It's not like he's been knocking the ball into the opposing team's hands. It's just a bit of a weird dynamic having someone swoop in when a teammate already has a clear path to the ball.
 
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DHam need to stop going coast to coast. He never makes it all the way.
 
BUHusky10 said:
Small ball isn't working. I want classic Calhoum dominating size up front again. I don't want my 3/4 handling the ball and dumping sloppy passes off to our undersized, underskilled bigs anymore.
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I really, really wish Enoch weren't so behind on defensive concepts. Someone his size needs to be playing major minutes.
 
Stairmaster said:
I really, really wish Enoch weren't so behind on defensive concepts. Someone his size needs to be playing major minutes.
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But then again, that "Calhoun dominating size up front" I referenced almost never had effective freshman bigs. Our 4/5s often times were very raw and needed development, just like Enoch, unfortunately we don't have much room for error in this garbage conference, as well as Ollie's indecision in regards to what style he wants to play.
 
pnow15 said:
DHam need to stop going coast to coast. He never makes it all the way.
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I'm okay with the guy going coast to coast, he is great creating his own shot, unfortunately we have an entire team that can't make a short jumper with any regularity if it all.
 
He had 5 assists, 5. I credit him with the 15 boards. But going 2 for 12 is inexcusable. He also turned the ball over 3 times.

Adams had the same amount of points while running the point. And had turned the ball over a single time. Shot 2 for 7. 5 boards. Adams plays with a spark whereas Hamilton does not. I also said that Adams "will be" special.
 
BUHusky10 said:
Save face? The entire country is laughing at us win or lose at that point, as they should be.
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A little bit! Id bet anything that most of us would be excited about winning the AAC tournament and making it into the tournament as opposed to making it into the NIT tournament.
 
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BUHusky10 said:
But then again, that "Calhoun dominating size up front" I referenced almost never had effective freshman bigs. Our 4/5s often times were very raw and needed development, just like Enoch, unfortunately we don't have much room for error in this garbage conference, as well as Ollie's indecision in regards to what style he wants to play.
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Exactly, he's not ready yet. I'm not sure if this is true, but I remember reading that he actually got cut from varsity at Norwalk HS his sophomore year. Definitely another project. It's tough when you have that alongside international players like Facey and Brimah who have something like 5 years each of experience playing.
 
We are seriously whining that somebody goes after rebounds too hard? I mean, really?

When DHam gets a defensive board we have a chance to ignite a break. When our bigs get it they stand there with the ball until someone can come take a handoff. So if DHam can get a rebound, I want him to go get the bloody thing. If our bigs help clear the path for him, then they are being good role players.

He found a couple guys on hit aheads off his defensive boards (Purvis missed a key one in the corner in the second half that would have put us up 11). He also had the shot blocked once trying to go end to end when I thought he was fouled low. Frustrating thing is he was lowbridged like that twice on the way up, and they called it the second time when he kicked it out to JA who made a 3. Reverse those two calls, and it's a seven point difference.
 
minidarren said:
He had 5 assists, 5. I credit him with the 15 boards. But going 2 for 12 is inexcusable. He also turned the ball over 3 times.

Adams had the same amount of points while running the point. And had turned the ball over a single time. Shot 2 for 7. 5 boards. Adams plays with a spark whereas Hamilton does not. I also said that Adams "will be" special.
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This post demonstrate the lack of understanding you have about the game of basketball. His 5, yes 5, were 3 more than anyone else, which is more than double anyone else. Yes, he had 3 turnovers, which considering how much handles the ball, way more than anyone on the team, is pretty good. Adams would kill for a 5/3 Assist to TO ratio it would be a MAJOR improvement over his 2 to 1.5 season average.

Just give it up, you honestly are looking foolish asking how Hamilton "contributed" while he was on the floor.
 
UConnMike04 said:
Biggest problem? This team is a team of a lot of great role-players, no real superstars. No Allen, Kemba, Shabazz' and Okafor on this team.
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First you need a LEADER
This team has no leader.
A lot of teams have no superstar but have leaders
 
minidarren said:
When missed shots equal points I suppose we can talk..
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And this is a post of a defeated man who realizes he was shown to be very very stupid, because honestly, of all your posts this is definitely the dumbest.
 
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Jerry1714 said:
And this is a post of a defeated man who realizes he was shown to be very very stupid, because honestly, of all your posts this is definitely the dumbest.
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Jenny, do you really think I give a about what you say?
 
minidarren said:
When missed shots equal points I suppose we can talk..
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Hey
DHam is no where near the stiff you liken him to be
He is in a terrible slump but due to the ineptitude which permeates the team right now, he can't work out of it
He's a real good basketball player who hasn't even touched his potential but he is taking too much on his shoulders right now
I don't care what kind of rebounds he gets but 15 is a lot - case closed
Yes he can rebound and yes he has proven he can score but right now it's a mental thing and it's time one of the dolts in suits on the bench needs to work with him to figure it out.
You don't care for him - that's your choice and in my mind - your problem
 
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