Nolan

[mauconnfan]

Id rather see real defense and stop with the gimicky flopping crap. takings charges at his rate is too risky. high risk, low reward.

If you're good at it it IS defense. A guy can't come flying through all the time without someone defending him and standing in his way isn't easy. Not sure who else does? There is flopping when you just fall all the time like Puke and there's a strategic get your position and take the hit for the team. Phil does that more often than not!

 

[Bryan Lord]

Ok ok, maybe you guys are right. My recall of last season is sort of a blur due to rolling rocks and xanax so ill shut up now. Will be keeping an eye on this though.

 

[David 76]

Ok ok, maybe you guys are right. My recall of last season is sort of a blur due to rolling rocks and xanax so ill shut up now. Will be keeping an eye on this though.

Bryan, You just broke a BY cardinal rule. Never say, "maybe you are right". You fight like your mother's life depended on it for at least 3 pages and make sure you let the opposing posters know how incredibly stupid they are.

 

[Bryan Lord]

haha, gotta save my energy for the next weeks omar thread!

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

exhi 1, exhi 2 regs 1. deeza mensa claims season starts and balls rollin off of nollin hands so body blocks is good.

uconn football suks balls. putz nolan on o line to blox for de runners cauz nolan blox de runners charging to get scorz.

Ignoring Chap doesn't mean I don't sometimes want to take a hit. The 2nd set of the Rene McLean Sextet w/Gary Bartz at The Side Door in Old Lyme last night closed with about 5 solid minutes of pure free jazz after the band members were re-introduced, but I don't think my sweetie or theenthusiastic crowd would have wanted a night of it.

 

[BNich]

The more he takes charges and the less he blocks shots, the more NBA scouts turn their heads.

Pretty sure he isn't and never will be on anyones radar at the next level.

 

[ctchamps]

Ignoring Chap doesn't mean I don't sometimes want to take a hit. The 2nd set of the Rene McLean s e xtet w/Gary Bartz at The Side Door in Old Lyme last night closed with about 5 solid minutes of pure free jazz after the band members were re-introduced, but I don't think my sweetie or theenthusiastic crowd would have wanted a night of it.

You ignore chap. sdhusky hates him with a passion because of chap's football opinions. sd gave me a shot across the bow commenting on my careless use of "season". I gave him one back!

Besides how many opportunities does one get to put putz in a sentence bridging it between balls, posters criticism of Nolan and football.

My second attempt was redundant. It basically stated how easy it became after the first sentence but writing that first sentence was a real bear attempting to make it chap like. In the second version I was referring to how addicting being cleverly stupid can become. Even as I wrote it I knew it was pedantic and proof that silly clever should be made in small doses.

 

[itgoeslike]

de 1st raked and braked dis brain. de second waz smood and ezy as d kemba step back brakes d anklets of mcg(he he he)

fare me makes and bakes rugula for d bowels only; fared april never scripz normle postz againz and againz.

eye seeks a chap(lain) for de chap (not elite athlete) sticks hexorcism.

I'm thinking this is the guy behind the above post. . .same accent. . .gotta be him. . .

 

[chapwilvaug72]

check this: www. si.com/college-basketball/2014/09/11/best-college-basketball-team-no-national-championship

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

You ignore chap. sdhusky hates him with a passion because of chap's football opinions. sd gave me a shot across the bow commenting on my careless use of "season". I gave him one back!

Besides how many opportunities does one get to put putz in a sentence bridging it between balls, posters criticism of Nolan and football.

My second attempt was redundant. It basically stated how easy it became after the first sentence but writing that first sentence was a real bear attempting to make it chap like. In the second version I was referring to how addicting being cleverly stupid can become. Even as I wrote it I knew it was pedantic and proof that silly clever should be made in small doses.

Don't misunderstand, I enjoy an occasional Chap parody, and during times when I visit The Boneyard without signing in and run across posts by various people I ignore, I have no regrets but rather gratitude for the Ignore feature.

 

[ctchamps]

Don't misunderstand, I enjoy an occasional Chap parody, and during times when I visit The Boneyard without signing in and run across posts by various people I ignore, I have no regrets but rather gratitude for the Ignore feature.

No misunderstanding. Gave me an opportunity to explain some things.

 

[pnow15]

He is a space eater in the middle and he can give minutes that aren't totally painful. He should use his muscle to wear on other team' center. Nolan's main ability is to present himself in the middle on defense. He is not a shot blocker or great rebounder but he stands in the way. He sets a big pick and boxes out. He is a big body. He makes it harder for the other teams bigs to dominate the boards.
This allows little guys like Boat to pick up boards. He has a role to play and if used correctly he can help.

 

[TheChamps990411]

He is a space eater in the middle and he can give minutes that aren't totally painful. He should use his muscle to wear on other team' center. Nolan's main ability is to present himself in the middle on defense. He is not a shot blocker or great rebounder but he stands in the way. He sets a big pick and boxes out. He is a big body. He makes it harder for the other teams bigs to dominate the boards.
This allows little guys like Boat to pick up boards. He has a role to play and if used correctly he can help.

That sounds great but he also has to play on the offensive side of the ball and on that side of things hes been downright offensive.

 

[mauconnfan]

That sounds great but he also has to play on the offensive side of the ball and on that side of things hes been downright offensive.

He's never been great on that end now has he? Call it "offensive" or just not that good. He sets a good pick and plays good on the defensive end for the most part - it's not like he's the first guy we've had who can't score but his mounts are nonetheless valuable?

 

[Cheeky]

Sometimes I read a thread like this and I wonder if we're all watching the same games.

 

[Kitaman]

If Nolan becomes the best backup Center in UConn history I'll be happy. He can contribute in ways that may not show up in the boxscore. As for his propensity to take charges, he just may win a game for us, or change momentum, in doing so.

Maybe our expectations (at least mine) were way too high. I will root for him when I watch him play and be glad that we have a sufficient backup that relieves Amida when in foul trouble or allow some experimentation with twin towers when needed. Not too many teams in the country have an experienced big man like Phil coming off the bench. We are lucky to have him.

 

[Candyman]

PN will always be a role player nothing more. Last year he was a role player aned only started because Brimah wasn't ready yet. His role is to play solid post defense and yes take those charges, which are not easy. He did great in the toruny playing post D. He sets screens well and can get defense rebounds once in a while. But thats it. He is not a scorer he can sometimes make a nice move but hardly ever finishes.

He would have played more but he got into foul trouble. He will play 15 minutes a game.

 

[Palatine]

There will come a time....

 

[RipCity]

PN will always be a role player nothing more. Last year he was a role player aned only started because Brimah wasn't ready yet. His role is to play solid post defense and yes take those charges, which are not easy. He did great in the toruny playing post D. He sets screens well and can get defense rebounds once in a while. But thats it. He is not a scorer he can sometimes make a nice move but hardly ever finishes.

He would have played more but he got into foul trouble. He will play 15 minutes a game.

Tell that to Gavin Edwards

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Phil Nolan is not, and likely never will be, a very good shot blocker. When he contests at the rim, he commits a foul virtually 100% of the time. When he gets himself in position to take charges, he commits a foul significantly less than 100% of the time, because he actually draws a ton of charges.

I've always loved the fact that Uconn seems to be one of the few programs that doesn't have guys flopping around and taking charges out there.....but it's a heck of a lot easier to tell your big guys to contest at the rim when your big guys are Okafor, Thabeet, Drummond, or Brimah. Nolan isn't good at it, so he's found another way to actually contribute on defense.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Tell that to Gavin Edwards

Edwards rate stats as a freshman and sophomore were much better than Nolan's.

Edwards as a freshman (per 40 minutes): 12.0 points, 11.2 rebounds, 3.5 blocks, 2.2 turnovers, 5.2 fouls, .567 FG%
Nolan as a freshman: 5.3 points, 7.9 rebounds, 1.9 blocks, 1.4 turnovers, 4.5 fouls, .429 FG%

Edwards as a sophomore: 14.6 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.0 blocks, 2.8 turnovers, 6.4 fouls, .550 FG%
Nolan as a sophomore: 9.4 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.3 blocks, 1.6 turnovers, 7.0 fouls, .526 FG%

 

[ctchamps]

Sometimes I read a thread like this and I wonder if we're all watching the same games.

One person sees beauty, another sees dog.

I saw beauty in my dog.

 

[joober jones]

Well, at least he's less turnover prone than Edwards. There's some solace to be taken in that.

 

[David 76]

I don't think Nolan is much more than a big body as well as a great kid. But as long as there is life there is hope. He can improve over the next two years.

 

[jdb50]

He's one game into his junior season, let's wait and see how he develops this year. He has to get used to playing with the extra weight for one thing.

 

[TheChamps990411]

He's never been great on that end now has he? Call it "offensive" or just not that good. He sets a good pick and plays good on the defensive end for the most part - it's not like he's the first guy we've had who can't score but his mounts are nonetheless valuable?

he doesnt rebound,he doesnt block or challenge shots,he doesnt clog passing lanes,doesnt get deflections but does draw charges and i give him that but where is this "good" defense you speak of? the only time i saw him play well defensively was in the tourney especially against msu where he was really good. So far this season he has shown nothing other than drawing a charge. i hope he improves but if he is terrible im going to call him out and hes been terrible.

 

[joober jones]

he doesnt rebound,he doesnt block or challenge shots,he doesnt clog passing lanes,doesnt get deflections but does draw charges and i give him that but where is this "good" defense you speak of? the only time i saw him play well defensively was in the tourney especially against msu where he was really good. So far this season he has shown nothing other than drawing a charge. i hope he improves but if he is terrible im going to call him out and hes been terrible.

He's had a few good rebounding games over his career, though I'll concede that aside from in the first exhibition game, his rebounding this season has been solidly underwhelming. Let's just remember though that we're only 1 game into the regular season and Phil has nearly two years left with us to improve. I'm confident he'll do that.

 

[TheChamps990411]

He's had a few good rebounding games over his career, though I'll concede that aside from in the first exhibition game, his rebounding this season has been solidly underwhelming. Let's just remember though that we're only 1 game into the regular season and Phil has nearly two years left with us to improve. I'm confident he'll do that.

Hope so.

 

[johnhuskies95]

he doesnt rebound,he doesnt block or challenge shots,he doesnt clog passing lanes,doesnt get deflections but does draw charges and i give him that but where is this "good" defense you speak of? the only time i saw him play well defensively was in the tourney especially against msu where he was really good. So far this season he has shown nothing other than drawing a charge. i hope he improves but if he is terrible im going to call him out and hes been terrible.

He's the best pick and roll defender on the team. You know, that's a pretty big part of defense in college basketball.

 

[aceboon]

he doesnt rebound,he doesnt block or challenge shots,he doesnt clog passing lanes,doesnt get deflections but does draw charges and i give him that but where is this "good" defense you speak of? the only time i saw him play well defensively was in the tourney especially against msu where he was really good. So far this season he has shown nothing other than drawing a charge. i hope he improves but if he is terrible im going to call him out and hes been terrible.

He hedges and rotates very well defending high ball screens and the pick and roll, its the main reason why he supplanted Tyler in the rotation last year.