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A first half like tonight is why he's going in the lottery.

22 year old role playing big men are not going to get picked over him lol.
 
MexicoHusky said:
All our NBA draft experts jump all over anyone who says Mullins should stay another year. I'm of the opinion another year in college could be good for Mullins. But it always seems like the draft experts on the board are correct. At least they were with McNeeley and Castle.
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He would be top 5 if he stays
 
He's likely to be gone. It's a lot of money to turn down and we'll see where he gets drafted in this deep draft.

It's not a badge of honor for our picks to get drafted and go to the G league or not even play - Hawkins, Liam, AJax, Bouknight. Castle and DC were ready to go.
 
I don't see Reed being drafted period. I know it depends on the depth, but if Adama Sanogo went undrafted, I don't see how Reed is worthy of a 2nd round pick. Adama is at least a class above Reed.
 
ZenConn said:
He's likely to be gone. It's a lot of money to turn down and we'll see where he gets drafted in this deep draft.

It's not a badge of honor for our picks to get drafted and go to the G league or not even play - Hawkins, Liam, AJax, Bouknight. Castle and DC were ready to go.
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Hawkins is the only real disappointment for me. He just hasn't shot well as a pro. Far too early to tell on Liam.
 
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ZenConn said:
He's likely to be gone. It's a lot of money to turn down and we'll see where he gets drafted in this deep draft.

It's not a badge of honor for our picks to get drafted and go to the G league or not even play - Hawkins, Liam, AJax, Bouknight. Castle and DC were ready to go.
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People on this board don’t care if someone is actually set up to do well as a pro.

It’s not a part of the thought process when discussing these things.
 
HW611 said:
People on this board don’t care if someone is actually set up to do well as a pro.

It’s not a part of the thought process when discussing these things.
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Do you think it affects recruiting? Perhaps not a great deal but I would imagine it does.
 
This is a loaded class, and there are also a few interesting factors with this draft.

For one, there are a lot of really good point guards. Some of those guys might fall simply because not everybody will need a lead guard in the draft. That could benefit Mullins because he should fit nicely in just about any system eventually.

And because this is such a strong draft, some guys who won’t be lottery picks may decide to take an NIL payday and come back to college for one more year, hoping to be drafted much higher next year. That could benefit guys like Karaban or Reed if a bunch of guys ranked in the 30s decide to play another year.

And this doesn’t relate to UConn, but the tank race is going to be ridiculous this year.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
It’s the boneyard mad-lib. Replace Mullins with Castle, Clingan, McNeeley, Hawkins, Sanogo, Bouknight….
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Outside of McNeeley. These situations are different because these guys draft were at peak heights while being lottery.

If McNeeley thought he was going to fall into the mid 20s he may have made a different decision.
 
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ZenConn said:
Do you think it affects recruiting? Perhaps not a great deal but I would imagine it does.
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I hope not. But I have nuanced thoughts I’d rather not post about this because it’s mostly speculation and nothing concrete.

Our recruiting has looked “different” and intentionally so it seems. Whether that will be a good or bad thing remains to be seen.
 
HW611 said:
I hope not. But I have nuanced thoughts I’d rather not post about this because it’s mostly speculation and nothing concrete.

Our recruiting has looked “different” and intentionally so it seems. Whether that will be a good or bad thing remains to be seen.
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Thank you
 
HW611 said:
Outside of McNeeley. These situations are different because these guys draft were at peak heights while being lottery.

If McNeeley thought he was going to fall into the mid 20s he may have made a different decision.
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The point is this board is littered with posts of people saying they won’t go as high as they actually did, they aren’t ready, they should stay another year, etc.
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
The point is this board is littered with posts of people saying they won’t go as high as they actually did, they aren’t ready, they should stay another year, etc.
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Yeah I’m usually on the side of it’s time for this player to go in all the cases you named. They had nothing more to gain here.

Not 100% sold on that being the case with Mullins yet. I’m still stunned at how his numbers look against the rest of the top 20.

College basketball is just so loaded this year
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
( Why do we have to do this every year. So stupid. He’s gone and all likelihood a lotto pick. Shut up and accept it.
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He’s gone ( we all we’re hoping that he was this good and he’s a better player than we were expecting) and he’s deserving of the lottery, he’s a know entity, incredible shooter, passer, extremely smart plays well defensively and has a great feel for the game. He will be missed but he will represent UConn better in the NBA than any of our recent draft picks besides DC and S. Castle. Some of those players reputations benefited greatly by playing for UConn during their back to back championship years and their recent lack of success in the league proved that. Whether another year at UConn would’ve helped ( I think it could’ve helped especially Booknight ). JMHO
 
we're gonna see some nasty stuff the next couple of months if teams are already doing this in February. I get this draft is potentially an all timer but ever since the odds have changed we've seen teams with the worst records not get rewarded.

 
aceboon said:
we're gonna see some nasty stuff the next couple of months if teams are already doing this in February. I get this draft is potentially an all timer but ever since the odds have changed we've seen teams with the worst records not get rewarded.

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It's mostly about still guaranteeing themselves a star player in this year's draft. They have a worse chance at Darryn Peterson than in the past but I think there's value in locking in a top 5 pick and knowing you'll get one of Peterson, Boozer, Dybantsa, Wilson, Flemings (?)

This level of tanking is still gross though
 
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