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2024 Recruiting: Nolan Traore

cp176 said:
This is an interesting post. My background in bb is extensive. I'm stubborn but having watched some very good AAU teams play over the years, my experience has told me that many AAU coaches absolutely love getting kids to sign up who have actually been taught how to play in their local school programs under the leadership of coaches who have been trained in the fundamentals of the game and in what it takes to grow a winning program. Obviously I see the value in kids playing more but it comes with a cost not only in big dollars. When our kids went out to play on any travel or AAU team, we made it very clear what our expectations were for them. We took the responsibility for teaching them how to play very seriously. There will be always something special about playing for the school whose district you grew up in.
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AAU teams love kids who know how to play... most just don't want to take the tine to teach you to play. Show up an elite player, play 40+ games for us in 4 months and go home.
 
Matrim55 said:
So do I, and I take zero offense to those who are.

That said, I’ve heard from folks I trust that we’re in legit pursuit of this kid. And given our roster needs and Borges’ reporting last week it all adds up. So, to me, the kid seems worth a thread.

To be clear: I have zero contact with the staff, and I have no idea if we lead, of if this kid is first on our board, or anything like that.
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So, to summarize, he's ready to sign with us?
 
TheHorde said:
This system allows our players to show their whole game, a well rounded game. Passing, defending, rebounding, ball handling, screening, cutting, shooting. It arguably makes a player as pro ready as any program in the country. There’s more to the game than just scoring and chucking up 3s. Intelligent Teams with smart scouts know that.
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And conversely, what if Castle had spent his freshman year at Kentucky or Duke because they promised him 15-20 shots a game? Would probably have shot similar or lower percentage, had a lower assist/turnover ratio, and not had a chance to shut down the top opposing offensive players on the road to a national championship.

Not sure he'd be lottery in that alternate universe.
 
McLovin said:
If a potential top 5 one-and-done draft pick is your "see example" you're not making the point you think you are...
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Yet folks effuse about that example having intangibles such as “great parents” and “culture buy-in”. That example is an exception. Most would not buy in to last season.
 
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JungleLobo said:
#groupthink
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Your argument is littered with specious assumptions like "only 5* recruits think they are the man" and "only 3* guys want to play team team basketball". It's not worth picking it apart but I would say I'd happily pass on any players trying to go the one man army route.
 
You want to see a “3*+ talent approach look at Purdue or Butler. You know teams who have actual 3* on them lmao.

Who are the 3*s on UConn’s roster?

This is idiotic.

We are recruiting at the highest level.

We were 1 of 2 schools to the the #1 player in the country and best HS prospect since Kevin Durant on campus.

Hurley is not recruiting 3 star talent.
 
AntG168 said:
You want to see a “3*+ talent approach look at Purdue or Butler. You know teams who have actual 3* on them lmao.

Who are the 3*s on UConn’s roster?

This is idiotic.

We are recruiting at the highest level.

We were 1 of 2 schools to the the #1 player in the country and best HS prospect since Kevin Durant on campus.

Hurley is not recruiting 3 star talent.
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Newton
 
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JungleLobo said:
Yet folks effuse about that example having intangibles such as “great parents” and “culture buy-in”. That example is an exception. Most would not buy in to last season.
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True, but 2 consecutive chips later, 2 draftees last year, and potentially 5 this year (2 of which top 10), some kids and parents might start looking at things differently.
 
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AntG168 said:
You want to see a “3*+ talent approach look at Purdue or Butler. You know teams who have actual 3* on them lmao.

Who are the 3*s on UConn’s roster?

This is idiotic.

We are recruiting at the highest level.

We were 1 of 2 schools to the the #1 player in the country and best HS prospect since Kevin Durant on campus.

Hurley is not recruiting 3 star talent.
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I think the only one left is Singare.
 
Sorry for the bump, but figured I’d ask here. I know it’s a big if for Traore to go to College in the US for a year vs other overseas pro options, but would we be out regardless with Mahaney aboard?
 
I Bleed Blue said:
Sorry for the bump, but figured I’d ask here. I know it’s a big if for Traore to go to College in the US for a year vs other overseas pro options, but would we be out regardless with Mahaney aboard?
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You make it work
 
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Zonepress said:
Well 4 0f the top .5 players in the nba are not us born players

The next generational player is from france

The top 2 picks in the 2024 draft are from France
Probably 40 percent of the nba first round are
Internationally born players

France has a group of players under 21 which are
Most likely better than those in the us

Greater Toronto has as many players in the NBA than any metropolitan area in the US of similar size

The NBA Africa academy is on the verge producing a generation, a very good players

So it’s safe to say that basketball is a world game and that the USA I will never dominate like it had previously

I think it’s an open question as to whether the AAU system has hurt the development of US basketba

Imho the European system, which focuses on skills and development versus playing 100 games a year is a superior system

I don’t think I see anything changing anytime soon
The nba it’s perfectly fine with international players being the stars as it fits with their long range plans to have teams from Europe as part of the league
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Isn't it true that in Europe basketball (ultimately professional) is treated like a trade and if you have potential you can go to a school where you are educated as well as trained to make a career at basketball (or perhaps soccer) from a very young age?
 
dennismenace said:
Isn't it true that in Europe basketball (ultimately professional) is treated like a trade and if you have potential you can go to a school where you are educated as well as trained to make a career at basketball (or perhaps soccer) from a very young age?
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Yes, this is true. Not sure how fully developed or prevalent the basketball youth academies are in Europe, as it is still growing sport there, but they definitely exist. In soccer it is an extremely common thing. Most professional teams bring in players as young as 10 and train them in their youth teams. Back in the early 2010s FC Barcelona's entire starting 11 were players who came through their youth academy and they were the best team in the world at that time as well.
 
McLovin said:
He can get a bag as long as he isn’t standing in U.S. soil when it happens
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He can get paid in the US, he just can't work here.
 
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