Mullins Projected Draft Projection

[ctbro1999]

What’s the assumption? My take is I don’t think he will be back if Mullins stays. Is that what we are arguing about? Because if your position is Mullins leaves then I am in agreement with you, solo stays.

I really don't see Solo playing for another team his last year of eligibility. I know he has aspirations of playing in the NBA and no doubt if he went to some other P5 program he could become "THE GUY" and get all the shots and PT he wants to improve his draft stock (not to mention probably a bigger NIL bag). But I feel like he has deep loyalty and connection to Hurley and UConn as well, and if he was the type that prioritized himself over team, he would have left after last season. I'll be very surprised if Solo is not a Husky next season.

 

[Arod18]

You have no idea who is coming or going yet.

If I don’t why are you saying solo is back for sure? What’s the inside scoop? Do you have a phone number to share? Of course I don’t and neither do you! That’s why this is a forum! You are the only one talking with assurances here

 

[Inyatkin]

I really don't see Solo playing for another team his last year of eligibility. I know he has aspirations of playing in the NBA and no doubt if he went to some other P5 program he could become "THE GUY" and get all the shots and PT he wants to improve his draft stock (not to mention probably a bigger NIL bag). But I feel like he has deep loyalty and connection to Hurley and UConn as well, and if he was the type that prioritized himself over team, he would have left after last season. I'll be very surprised if Solo is not a Husky next season.

I would be shocked too, but the mood of the board seems to be that he wouldn't get a chance to play at another high-level team, and he's only here for intangibles or something, maybe Hurley loyalty.
I feel like I'm watching a different team

 

[ctbro1999]

I would be shocked too, but the mood of the board seems to be that he wouldn't get a chance to play at another high-level team, and he's only here for intangibles or something, maybe Hurley loyalty.
I feel like I'm watching a different team

I'm sure someone like Pope would throw millions at him if he thought he had a chance to land Solo.

 

[Arod18]

I would be shocked too, but the mood of the board seems to be that he wouldn't get a chance to play at another high-level team, and he's only here for intangibles or something, maybe Hurley loyalty.
I feel like I'm watching a different team

I think you are reading a different than watching a different team. My take is if Mullins stays and landrew comes in his minutes are getting slashed unless Hurley petitions the ncaa to add another 20 mins per game. Again it has nothing to do with Solo’s loyalty or even Hurleys because I do think hurley’s loyalty will be to tell solo his minutes would go down and he might have a different role. Just so I understand where you are coming from, do you think if Mullins stays then it’s landrew that won’t see a lot of the floor?

 

[Inyatkin]

I think you are reading a different than watching a different team. My take is if Mullins stays and landrew comes in his minutes are getting slashed unless Hurley petitions the ncaa to add another 20 mins per game. Again it has nothing to do with Solo’s loyalty or even Hurleys because I do think hurley’s loyalty will be to tell solo his minutes would go down and he might have a different role. Just so I understand where you are coming from, do you think if Mullins stays then it’s landrew that won’t see a lot of the floor?

I'm not making minutes predictions. If guys can play, they'll see the floor plenty. I'm talking about half the board wanting to jettison a key player

 

[ctbro1999]

I'm not making minutes predictions. If guys can play, they'll see the floor plenty. I'm talking about half the board wanting to jettison a key player

Especially after he gutted out the title game on a bum ankle and hit some huge shots. Really boggles the mind. Treating a guy who's given his heart and soul for 3+ years like a disposable part.

 

[Arod18]

I'm not making minutes predictions. If guys can play, they'll see the floor plenty. I'm talking about half the board wanting to jettison a key player

I don’t want to jettison anybody but in today’s day and age of college sports if a player doesn’t get minutes they move on. I’d love to start 7 players as well but you can only start 5 and there’s only 40 mins in a game. If Mullins stays and ball decides he wants to come back then I’ll open him with open arms too. I just can’t see it in today’s climate

 

[PAHusky]

I think you are reading a different than watching a different team. My take is if Mullins stays and landrew comes in his minutes are getting slashed unless Hurley petitions the ncaa to add another 20 mins per game. Again it has nothing to do with Solo’s loyalty or even Hurleys because I do think hurley’s loyalty will be to tell solo his minutes would go down and he might have a different role. Just so I understand where you are coming from, do you think if Mullins stays then it’s landrew that won’t see a lot of the floor?

Yes, I think it's pretty certain that an upperclass Solo - who even in a bad year for him had some big time performances - gets the lion's share of minutes over a freshman who's pretty highly rated but not a five star and has never played a minute of college ball. No chance Hurley is playing him more minutes than Solo unless he ends up a lottery level talent year 1.

 

[Arod18]

Yes, I think it's pretty certain that an upperclass Solo - who even in a bad year for him had some big time performances - gets the lion's share of minutes over a freshman who's pretty highly rated but not a five star and has never played a minute of college ball. No chance Hurley is playing him more minutes than Solo unless he ends up a lottery level talent year 1.

Mullins played more minutes than solo last yr towards the end of the yr. And stars don’t mean a thing. It’s rare UConn gets 5 star recruits. Landrew is not somebody that’s going to sit a yr. Trust me

 

[HuskyHawk]

I would be shocked too, but the mood of the board seems to be that he wouldn't get a chance to play at another high-level team, and he's only here for intangibles or something, maybe Hurley loyalty.
I feel like I'm watching a different team

I'm not saying that at all. I'm saying that Mullins is a 2. He's not a 3. He cannot handle the defensive obligations to play the 3 in our system and he's mismatched against may bigger 3s we face. That's why this is in the Mullins thread. So if he's back, he needs to be the 2. If he's going NBA, then Solo plugs in as an obvious starter at SG. They play the same position and Mullins is better. Having them both on the court, even last year, was one of our worst lineups by the numbers. We were best with Stewart or Ross paired with Mullins at SG by the analytics.

Can we play 3 guards? Obviously, we did much of the year. But the trend is obvious, the top teams are going bigger at the forward spots. A 3 guard lineup is not ideal.

 

[PAHusky]

Mullins played more minutes than solo last yr towards the end of the yr. And stars don’t mean a thing. It’s rare UConn gets 5 star recruits. Landrew is not somebody that’s going to sit a yr. Trust me

I'm not saying he sits but thinking he's coming in and playing better than Solo/taking the majority of minutes is pretty delusional. Hopefully he's as good as you think he is and he can big a nice piece of the bench but if Demary/Ball/Mullins come back those are the three in the backcourt getting the most minutes.

 

[Arod18]

I'm not saying he sits but thinking he's coming in and playing better than Solo/taking the majority of minutes is pretty delusional. Hopefully he's as good as you think he is and he can big a nice piece of the bench but if Demary/Ball/Mullins come back those are the three in the backcourt getting the most minutes.

Why is it delusional? If you had to pick who played better and you’d rather have on you team would it be Mullins who was a freshmen this yr or ball that was a junior? Stop with that crap, the evidence was right in front of you all yr!!!!!! You are guys talking about things that can never happen and they literally just happened! Stop. It’s your opinion and that’s great, I won’t call you delusional, but it’s mine that landrew will be playing a lot next yr. And it’ll be either next to Mullins or Ball. Not both

 

[Inyatkin]

I'm not saying that at all. I'm saying that Mullins is a 2. He's not a 3. He cannot handle the defensive obligations to play the 3 in our system and he's mismatched against may bigger 3s we face. That's why this is in the Mullins thread. So if he's back, he needs to be the 2. If he's going NBA, then Solo plugs in as an obvious starter at SG. They play the same position and Mullins is better. Having them both on the court, even last year, was one of our worst lineups by the numbers. We were best with Stewart or Ross paired with Mullins at SG by the analytics.

Can we play 3 guards? Obviously, we did much of the year. But the trend is obvious, the top teams are going bigger at the forward spots. A 3 guard lineup is not ideal.

Mullins is tall enough to be a three. He can get stronger. Most 3s are not Yaxel or Stanley Robinson
Mullins will be a a two in the NBA, but if he comes back, he's our starting 3

 

[JohnFSilver]

McNeeley was considered a surefire lottery pick and even was invited to the draft, yet he ended up going 29th. He lacked consistency shooting the ball (38%), especially from 3 (32%) and I think it scared a lot of teams off from taking him in the lottery because they figured he wasn't ready to contribute yet.

Mullins shooting struggles haven't been as bad (42% and 33.5%), but the story is somewhat similar. Both guys were expected to be much more consistent 3 pt shooters and more efficient offensively as freshmen. Because of this, I can see Mullins also getting picked outside the lottery. Maybe not as big of a fall as McNeeley, but somewhere in that 16-25 range.

Either way, I would expect him to spend his 1st season primarily in the G League and it all depends on if he wants to do that to continue his development, or come back to UConn, make some good money, and compete for another Final Four.

McNeeley was always finna be a mid to late pick. He was invited to the draft, but weeks beforenrhe draft they knew he was going to go in the 20s.

He went about where he should have went.