Newton Commits- It's on ESPN

[Tenspro2002]

So, just so we're clear, Newton is better than anyone we've lost in the portal, right?

To be very, very clear, the issue with our portal losses is quantity, not quality.

 

[bigknight3]

Does anyone keep a spreadsheet of predictions and outcomes? It would be awesome to have a log with columns for poster, date of prediction, substance of prediction, actual outcome, and date of outcome becoming public. @navery12, @auror ?!

And links to epic crash and burn threads!

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Probably became a fan seeing the best dunk in the ECU arena’s history was by a guy in a Husky uniform.

 

[FlakeyFoont]

Tristen Shout.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Guy can score at all 4 levels -- at the rim, mid-range pull-up, 3, and the FT line.

And a capable distributor, rebounder, and defender too.

 

[Scoe]

Ok, now we’re cooking. Phew!

Newton says thats a woman's job, the man is in charge.

 

[Rico444]

Newton says thats a woman's job, the man is in charge.

Can you edit your post to clarify you're talking about Cam Newton in the Tristen Newtown thread?

 

[Scoe]

Can you edit your post to clarify you're talking about Cam Newton in the Tristen Newtown thread?

I think its pretty self evident.

 

[HooperScooper]

“Coach Hurley is a great coach and he can help me go to league, like I really want,” Newton said. “His vision for me is exactly what I need and I feel like his role for me is exactly what I want.”

Hurley can be demanding, Newton said. Which is also a draw.

“I feel like everybody needs to be pushed,” Newton said. “Growing up and going through life, everybody needs to be pushed. I don’t feel like I’ve been pushed like that in my life so this will help me.”

Good article from the Register.

East Carolina transfer Tristen Newton commits to UConn men’s basketball team

East Carolina transfer Tristen Newton, who once dropped 25 points on the UConn men’s...

www.nhregister.com

 

[Scoe]

Walcome aboard Newton, were looking at the hungry husky's this year.

 

[aburks41]

To be very, very clear, the issue with our portal losses is quantity, not quality.

But you can replace 2 bad players with 1 great one. We don't need a 1:1 replacement for each body we lost. We cannot build a roster of 11-12 guys who want to play, that's just not possible anymore in todays world. Give me 8-9 guys who can all contribute meaningful minutes and call it a day

 

[Storrs South]

Hurley can be demanding, Newton said. Which is also a draw.

“I feel like everybody needs to be pushed,” Newton said. “Growing up and going through life, everybody needs to be pushed. I don’t feel like I’ve been pushed like that in my life so this will help me.”

East Carolina transfer Tristen Newton commits to UConn men’s basketball team

East Carolina transfer Tristen Newton, who once dropped 25 points on the UConn men’s...

www.nhregister.com

Lines up with Slater's tweet the other day

 

[huskyniner]

I put together some quick Tristen Newton highlights because I'm procrastinating actual work. Kid can definitely create his own shot.

 

[87Xfer]

How would we compare him to RJ Cole?

he's tall

 

[Tenspro2002]

But you can replace 2 bad players with 1 great one. We don't need a 1:1 replacement for each body we lost. We cannot build a roster of 11-12 guys who want to play, that's just not possible anymore in todays world. Give me 8-9 guys who can all contribute meaningful minutes and call it a day

Yes, quality is much more important than quantity.

You want a full roster for practice bodies, in case of injury plague, etc., but at the end of the day, in your big games you're really only going 7-8 deep and it doesn't really matter beyond that.

 

[Pudge]

Tom Moore. Luke Murray. Kimani Young. We - UCONN - are extraordinarily strong in teaching-networking-connnected-knowledgeable assistant: perhaps the best in our Conference. They just are. Both complementary in on court skillsets to teach and regional national resources. We are in a good place to go target and hunt and close on getting what this program needs.

We aren't Musselman mindset. I DO think his existence around the CBA of his father makes him unlike others. But he isn't going to be a great candidate to win the best development 17 year old because he is going to run a controlled outlier of a program.

 

[aburks41]

I put together some quick Tristen Newton highlights because I'm procrastinating actual work. Kid can definitely create his own shot.

That play at the 3:00 stamp is what I expect we will be seeing a lot of this year. 4 guys out on the perimeter, the big drawing the opposing center away from the hoop and then Newton beats 2 guys and dunks the ball. That's a winning basketball play

 

[HuskyFich]

Well done to Dan Hurley and the staff

 

[JMick]

“Coach Hurley is a great coach and he can help me go to league, like I really want,” Newton said. “His vision for me is exactly what I need and I feel like his role for me is exactly what I want.”

Hurley can be demanding, Newton said. Which is also a draw.

“I feel like everybody needs to be pushed,” Newton said. “Growing up and going through life, everybody needs to be pushed. I don’t feel like I’ve been pushed like that in my life so this will help me.”

Good article from the Register.

East Carolina transfer Tristen Newton commits to UConn men’s basketball team

East Carolina transfer Tristen Newton, who once dropped 25 points on the UConn men’s...

www.nhregister.com

Mentions we're still looking for shooters with some height and could be digging into the 2022 class.

 

[aburks41]

Well done to Dan Hurley and the staff

Gonzaga is literally connected to every single transfer who enters the portal lol. They seem desperate. Kinda bizarre

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Lines up with Slater's tweet the other day

slater?
this is the only slater i know

the man. the legend. dude had it goin on, like donkey kong.
what's ur guy got?

 

[Vancat]

Kid can definitely create his own shot.

YEE HAH!

 

[HuskyFich]

Gonzaga is literally connected to every single transfer who enters the portal lol. They seem desperate. Kinda bizarre

Maybe Mark Few has lost the locker room?

 

[auror]

I'm very excited for Newton cross court passes to the far corner for open Karaban/Johnson threes. He looks for the skip to the corner all the time.

 

[MJKI]

I put together some quick Tristen Newton highlights because I'm procrastinating actual work. Kid can definitely create his own shot.

The highlights look awesome and I'm stoked to have a big ball handling guard lead the team. He looks to have a good shot, good vision, and can breakdown a defense. The only question I have from that highlight video is he doesn't seem to be uber athletic. Hard to glean from a highlight video but can anyone speak to this?