NBA Draft Combine

[caw]

I’m on the edge of my seat waiting to find out how tall Castle is lol

NGL I am interested in his measurements.

 

[Robrio89]

Last Bleacher Report article has Karaban leading by accuracy in 3 different shooting drills. I think he will work himself up the draft stock. May 29th is the last day for him to pull out if he plans to stay. I get the feeling that won’t be happening.

 

[Kitaman]

 

[Drame]

Which number is correct. Borges' numbers dont add up "The one thing he didn't too terribly well was shoot from distance, hitting a mere 26.7 percent (30-for-75) of his 3-pointers."

30-75 is 40%.

Must be 20-75.

 

[NJHusky]

Which number is correct. Borges' numbers dont add up "The one thing he didn't too terribly well was shoot from distance, hitting a mere 26.7 percent (30-for-75) of his 3-pointers."

30-75 is 40%.

Must be 20-75.

U r correct. According to UConn it was 20/75. BUT he was 15/46 in BE play…nearly 33%. His shooting def improved second half

 

[nomar]

Edey hit 14/25!

Donovan 10/25

 

[Incursio007]

Anyone see the vertical numbers for our guys? Just curious.

 

[ctbro1999]

Anyone see the vertical numbers for our guys? Just curious.

I think I saw Castle listed at 37"....not sure about the rest (except Clingan, who was like 29" oof)

 

[JustbrewitMan]

I think I saw Castle listed at 37"....not sure about the rest (except Clingan, who was like 29" oof)

Clingan's standing reach is 3" from the rim. The dude weighs nearly 300lbs. What kind of leaping abilities do you expect?

Also, those metrics still get him nearly 3 feet above the rim.

Also also, did you not watch him rim protect this year?

 

[auror]

Anyone see the vertical numbers for our guys? Just curious.

StorrsCentral has a bunch of the numbers.
Max vert - Castle 37, Newton 32.5, Karaban 32, Clingan 29, Spencer I haven't seen.

 

[superjohn]

Edey hit 14/25!

Donovan 10/25

When? Yesterday Clingan was 19-30 in the moving three point drill and 14-25 in the spot up shooting drill.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10120912-nba-draft-combine-takes-grading-top-bigs-kus-big-leaper-and-the-bronny-james-show

 

[3rdbass]

The crazy thing about next year is that if we don’t three-peat, we’ll likely return the entire core of Stewart, Solo, Ross, Mahaney, McNeeley, Nowell, Abraham, and Reed Jr. So either we three-peat and lose at least 3 more guys to the NBA, or the 2025-2026 Huskies will be nearly invincible and we’ll win 3 titles in 4 years.

I'm pretty sure McNeeley is one and done no matter what just like Stephon Castle.

 

[mcs333]

NBA Draft Combine Takes: Grading Top Bigs, KU's Big Leaper and the Bronny James Show — Bleacher Report

The NBA combine kicked off in Chicago this week. And for the first time in years, all the top prospects were mandated to participate in measurements, athletic t

apple.news

Combine update. Bleacher report

 

[3rdbass]

StorrsCentral has a bunch of the numbers.
Max vert - Castle 37, Newton 32.5, Karaban 32, Clingan 29, Spencer I haven't seen.

It looks like Newton improved his max vertical from last year as it was around 29 then.

 

[boog204]

Clingan's standing reach is 3" from the rim. The dude weighs nearly 300lbs. What kind of leaping abilities do you expect?

Also, those metrics still get him nearly 3 feet above the rim.

Also also, did you not watch him rim protect this year?

Didn't Wilt purportedly have a 46 inch vertical?

 

[runner11]

When? Yesterday Clingan was 19-30 in the moving three point drill and 14-25 in the spot up shooting drill.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10120912-nba-draft-combine-takes-grading-top-bigs-kus-big-leaper-and-the-bronny-james-show

When? Yesterday Clingan was 19-30 in the moving three point drill and 14-25 in the spot up shooting drill.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10120912-nba-draft-combine-takes-grading-top-bigs-kus-big-leaper-and-the-bronny-james-show

There were 5 separate shooting drills. I think the 19-30 was for off the dribble mid-range. 14/25 on spot up 3’s. 10/25 3 point “star drill.” 9/24 side mid-range. 7/10 free throw.

 

[navery12]

Expected that the lottery guys aren't playing, but surprising that Newton isn't either. Wonder if he's hurt.

 

[REB1094]

To me, that reads as “I have more to lose by playing than to gain”

Which seems like someone told him they’ll draft him?

 

[aceboon]

if he already has good feedback that he will get drafted or has a 2-way already lined up then I get it, but borderline guys usually play to boost their rep. Anybody know who is his agent?

 

[Supes]

I'm pretty sure McNeeley is one and done no matter what just like Stephon Castle.

I'm sure that's the hope/expectation, but happens sometimes. However if he's not one and done, that means his season was somehow disappointing or something went wrong. So frankly I want him to be one-and-done.

 

[ctbro1999]

To me, that reads as “I have more to lose by playing than to gain”

Which seems like someone told him they’ll draft him?

Sounds like he has a handshake deal with a team and doesn't want to risk injuring himself like Topic did.

 

[nomar]

There were 5 separate shooting drills. I think the 19-30 was for off the dribble mid-range. 14/25 on spot up 3’s. 10/25 3 point “star drill.” 9/24 side mid-range. 7/10 free throw.

Right

But when the drills moved onto the Wintrust Arena floor for shooting, the Bristol product showed out. Clingan was tops among the bigs in Shooting off the Dribble, knocking down 19 of 30 3-pointers (63.3 percent). In Spot-Up Shooting, Clingan went 14-for-25 (56 percent), second only to Sarr (60 percent).

Clingan came back to earth a little in the 3-Point Star Drill, hitting 10 of 25 (40 percent) to finish fourth among the bigs behind Edey, Tyler Smith and Sarr. He went just 9-for-24 (37.5 percent) in the timed Side-Mid-Side drill, last of the sixth.

Gotta chuckle at the headline saying that Clingan struggled at agility but shined at shooting.

Donovan Clingan at NBA Draft Combine: UConn men's basketball star puts on 3-point shooting display

UConn's Donovan Clingan struggled in speed, agility drills, but rebounded with strong shooting performance at the NBA Draft Combine.

www.ctinsider.com

 

[runner11]

Right

But when the drills moved onto the Wintrust Arena floor for shooting, the Bristol product showed out. Clingan was tops among the bigs in Shooting off the Dribble, knocking down 19 of 30 3-pointers (63.3 percent). In Spot-Up Shooting, Clingan went 14-for-25 (56 percent), second only to Sarr (60 percent).

Clingan came back to earth a little in the 3-Point Star Drill, hitting 10 of 25 (40 percent) to finish fourth among the bigs behind Edey, Tyler Smith and Sarr. He went just 9-for-24 (37.5 percent) in the timed Side-Mid-Side drill, last of the sixth.

Gotta chuckle at the headline saying that Clingan struggled at agility but shined at shooting.

Donovan Clingan at NBA Draft Combine: UConn men's basketball star puts on 3-point shooting display

UConn's Donovan Clingan struggled in speed, agility drills, but rebounded with strong shooting performance at the NBA Draft Combine.

www.ctinsider.com

Ahh, I saw a clip of Edey lumbering his way into off the dribble elbow shots and figured that was the drill.

DC measured in bigger than Gobert and very comparable athletically so I think that bodes extremely well.

 

[Iluvsuebird]

You guys surprised that Edey is outperforming DC in offensive drills???? Today he is far superior than DC. In two years I feel that will change but right now, that’s not debatable. Look at the games.

 

[huskyharry]

I would have loved to see the 5 UConn players on one team blitzing their opponents with the offensive sets that they run!