Mike Anthony Hartford Courant on James Bouknight

[Son of Robert]

Great article on "Effortless James" . Hurley quotes, Bouk quotes. "I'm at UConn and Hurley is turning me into a monster".

Can't make this stuff up.

Somebody, anybody, please post this, thank you.

 

[UConnKev]

Mike Anthony: James Bouknight, with monster UConn debut, makes everything look easy

James Bouknight’s first few days in a UConn uniform were nothing short of jaw-dropping. He debuted Thursday with eight points against Buffalo. He took over parts of Friday’s double-over…

www.courant.com

 

[UConnKev]

From that link: “The things he has the ability to do, we knew when we recruited him,” Hurley said. “We felt like he was under-recruited. Our fear while we were waiting for the July recruiting period to end was Duke, Kentucky. Because we didn’t see too many guards in the country, at 6-4 or 6-5, who had his skill set.”

 

[huskyfan224]

This guy is a stud, another under the radar guy and I love it

 

[storrsroars]

Can't read the article, but I guess that explains why AG was taking more shots than Bouk vs Xavier.

Seems that's gonna change shortly.

 

[FatHank]

Great article.

 

[JCSuperstar]

Here's the Outline link, it mangles the article a little, but it's still better than using the Courant's site.

Outline.com

outline.com

 

[Lefty2one]

I heard the preseason comps to Lamb and not to get ahead of ourselves but this kid is more talented than JL. It's an exciting time to say we have a freshman who's more talented than a former lottery pick. The only question is how many years do we get out of Bouk?

 

[Kenny11]

I heard the preseason comps to Lamb and not to get ahead of ourselves but this kid is more talented than JL. It's an exciting time to say we have a freshman who's more talented than a former lottery pick. The only question is how many years do we get out of Bouk?

2 max

 

[awfuldan]

Can't read the article, but I guess that explains why AG was taking more shots than Bouk vs Xavier.

Seems that's gonna change shortly.

Agree that we should hopefully see Bouknight shooting more than Gilbert later in the season. In that specific game though, Bouknight fouled out in 25 minutes. He took 10 shots in 25 minutes and Gilbert took 13 in 39. Pretty easy explanation. Bouknight had the ball in the second OT crunch time before he fouled out on a freshman mistake.

Edit: the fact that Hurley trusted Bouknight out there in such a huge moment speaks volumes. He's a special player.

 

[Rico444]

I heard the preseason comps to Lamb and not to get ahead of ourselves but this kid is more talented than JL. It's an exciting time to say we have a freshman who's more talented than a former lottery pick. The only question is how many years do we get out of Bouk?

The more I think about it and with his offensive skillset, I don't think this kid is coming back next year. I hope I'm wrong, but my gut says he's too talented and will get assurances from teams in the pre-draft process that he's going in the 1st round.

If he does come back, I think we've got national championship potential next year; he's that good.

 

[Bonk]

2 max

Lamb is averaging 17 PPG in the NBA right now and making over $10 million a year. Think we gotta pump the breaks on saying JB is more talented than Lamb already. It isn't fair to James, were only a few games into his college career

 

[CL82]

The best part is the kid we're watching is just Bouk being Bouk. Hurley isn't running sets for him, he's just letting play. That may explain why he didn't take the last shot against Xavier. Once we work this kid into the line up and start running stuff for him his impact on the game will increase.

I don't know if he's coming back next year, and the fact that we are seriously discussing that possibility at what three games into his UConn tenure is impressive in and itself, but I am going to enjoy every minute this kid plays for us. He is a pleasure to watch.

 

[superjohn]

Lamb is averaging 17 PPG in the NBA right now and making over $10 million a year. Think we gotta pump the breaks on saying JB is more talented than Lamb already. It isn't fair to James, were only a few games into his college career

He's better than Lamb was.

 

[Lefty2one]

Lamb is averaging 17 PPG in the NBA right now and making over $10 million a year. Think we gotta pump the breaks on saying JB is more talented than Lamb already. It isn't fair to James, were only a few games into his college career

Lamb had a slow start to his freshman season. Double-figures in 5 of the first 14 games and they were against the likes of Stony Brook, UMBC, Fairleigh Dickson, Coppin State, and Harvard. He had a nice stretch in the middle of the season but then dipped off. He didn't blow up until the BET and NCAAs.

 

[HooperScooper]

Somebody, anybody, please post this, thank you.

Smh. I feel like a parent whose son didn't learn what I taught him. So disappointed.

 

[warbler1055]

All this talk about Book comparing to Lamb and Hamilton is really premature. Book only played about 55 minutes of UConn 3 games. He needs to be bigger, older, stronger in his development. He hasn't won anything yet, no championship to his resume. Book seems to enjoy his role with Dan Hurley and teammates. Here is hoping Book will bring a couple NC to UConn before taking a job with the NBA.

 

[Kenny11]

There's no problem with saying Bouk is as good or better than freshman Lamb because he is.