NY Post article on Bouknight

[UconnU]

I guess Bouk was a stud short stop growing up. Didn’t play organized basketball until high school!

James Bouknight’s baseball dream paved way to UConn stardom

James Bouknight flashed a smile and laughed. You’re not going to believe it, he said. Basketball wasn’t his sport of choice as a young athlete. “I was playing baseball every day,” Connecticut’s sup…

nypost.com

 

[awfuldan]

Really enjoyed this article. Lot of stuff in here I didn't know about Bouk.

Special talent and seems like a good kid. Really proud he is a Husky. Shout out to Dan Hurley for getting him here and coaching him up to where he is at. Could have gone bad so many different ways with the injury, the incident his freshman year, etc. Gonna be so happy to see him drafted this summer. Hope we get to see him make a deep run first though!

 

[JMick]

that's a great article. thanks for sharing

 

[UconnU]

that's a great article. thanks for sharing

Most informative article on him yet. Great insight.

 

[awfuldan]

Most informative article on him yet. Great insight.

For sure. I read almost everything the CT beat writers put out - how the hell have I never read anything about Bouknight's baseball career before??

 

[Marat]

Never knew he was a baseball player !

Great article. The scary thing is his ceiling is really high having picked up basketball later than others.

 

[Chin Diesel]

For sure. I read almost everything the CT beat writers put out - how the hell have I never read anything about Bouknight's baseball career before??

Ummm, because the UConn beat writers individually, and as a group, have the curiousity of a frozen amoeba?

It's not a stretch to say and prove more than one of their stories was researched by reading this board.

 

[BoukofJames]

To be fair, Amore did make note of him being a baseball player. Also from this article, “He’s very Spider-Man-like..”

UConn Men Notebook: James Bouknight On Campus This Weekend

The UConn men’s basketball program, trying to gather recruiting momentum in the Class of 2019, have shooting guard James Bouknight on campus this weekend. “He’s very ‘Spider…

www.courant.com

 

[awfuldan]

To be fair, Amore did make note of him being a baseball player. Also from this article, “He’s very Spider-Man-like..”

UConn Men Notebook: James Bouknight On Campus This Weekend

The UConn men’s basketball program, trying to gather recruiting momentum in the Class of 2019, have shooting guard James Bouknight on campus this weekend. “He’s very ‘Spider…

www.courant.com

Word, noted. Apologies if you're reading Dom!

 

[UconnU]

It kind of makes sense that he played short stop. He totally has stud short stop swagger.

 

[Hi-Low]

"He’s ascending, but what makes him special is he’s the opposite of what we see today,” said Terrance “Munch” Williams, the PSA Cardinals’ director. “There’s no cookie-cutter in his offensive repertoire. There’s no pattern to what he does offensively. It’s never the same.”

 

[JakeTheDog]

“Initially, it was thought to be minor. But the pain didn’t go away and he had surgery. Immediately following the operation, Bouknight called (Kimani) Young and said he was ready to play.”

And some people here were questioning Bouk’s commitment lol. Don’t listen to fake insiders.

 

[Umami Zen]

It kind of makes sense that he played short stop. He totally has stud short stop swagger.

Like Mahomes.. Dexterity and footwork.

 

[UconnU]

"He’s ascending, but what makes him special is he’s the opposite of what we see today,” said Terrance “Munch” Williams, the PSA Cardinals’ director. “There’s no cookie-cutter in his offensive repertoire. There’s no pattern to what he does offensively. It’s never the same.”

Great point by Munch. He’s totally unpredictable, in many ways. Notice how on every touch in the half court he squares up and uses a three point stance.

 

[jayteeman]

Shortstop?....I can imagine how many line drive base hits he stole with that leap.....he had to have a huge mitt with those hands

 

[Kolumbo]

Re2pect. So who wants one.

 

[elmcityboy]

Shortstop?....I can imagine how many line drive base hits he stole with that leap.....he had to have a huge mitt with those hands

i was thinking the same thing. dude has measurables closer to a pitcher, right? maybe he could have made a degrom-esque transition from shortstop to the mound.