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navery12 said:
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This kinda mimicks the sentiment that was leaking out before the season that dauster made that the staff was worried about not Newton being the guy they thought they were getting, and being worried about the position. Glad to see he’s using that this offseason
 
Jbirdp5 said:
This kinda mimicks the sentiment that was leaking out before the season that dauster made that the staff was worried about not Newton being the guy they thought they were getting, and being worried about the position. Glad to see he’s using that this offseason
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Dauster has a good relationship with Hurley. Some of the stuff he says in his podcast, you can tell it's not speculation. I would wager his comments on Newton and his leadership is one of those things that came from Dan, not because Hurley doesn't think he can be a leader, but to light a fire under him. Looks like it's working.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Over/under on DC with more made 3's next season than Sanogo had this season??
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I'd like to a least see his first before making predictions. I know there are reports of him hitting threes in practice, but over the years I have also heard many reports of poor free throw shooters who can't miss in practice. Either way I guess it's not a bad strategy to put the threat of the three pointer in other teams head.
 
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HooperScooper said:
“Today is the end of last year. Today starts a new season, today starts a new year and now we’re trying to achieve the same goal with a whole new, different team. It’s going to be difficult, last year wasn’t easy, but we’re all willing to put the work in,” Donovan Clingan said, sweat dripping down his face.

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Defending champ UConn starts fresh in summer workouts; Clingan ready to let 3s fly

Much of the 2023-24 UConn men’s basketball team was back on campus and in action for the first day of summer workouts on Monday at the Werth Champions Center.
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Head coach Dan Hurley’s voice was groggy, tired after its first day back. “My coaching voice. it’s been nothing but compliments and easy conversations and today was the first time in a while I got a chance to get after some people and correct some things and coach. It’s so much fun to coach,” Hurley said.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
Over/under on DC with more made 3's next season than Sanogo had this season??
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I'll settle for DC going two for two on three point attempts in the first few minutes of the national semifinals.

If he matches AS on that I'll view it as more than enough. He doesn't need to surpass him.
 
Clingan feels he’s a knockdown shooter and if so who is going to block him? We’ve all seen the video of him making 3 after 3 in practice and he has a perfect release (wish AJAX had it).
Making them in games is simply a function of confidence and having the mindset of Hawk who was never going to stop shooting them no matter what. Shooter have streaks good, bad, hot cold but we have to give DC rope here and make him shoot them because it will be needed in March.
‘I would also like him to take the foul line and inside the 3 shot even though he’s most dangerous close in. And if he gets doubled we have other guys who will benefit as long as he can give it up, which it seems he;s actually better at than Sanogo.
 
I expect huge things for Tristen this season. The best thing for him and us was that disciplinary bump midseason. After that, he bought in and reaped the benefits. Saw he and believed firsthand what he can accomplish when he listens to Hurley. I honestly believe he can be first team big east
 
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I expect DC to be spending a lot of time next year shooting FTs after tough fouls.. Would be great to see him groove his stroke into a more predictable and efficient style.. Adama's progress over his three years at the FT line and his FT%s was impressive.. Good example for DC to aspire to.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Top 5 pick next year.
Going to be cool and interesting seeing 5 capable shooters on offense. Should be a lot of room to attack the paint for guys like Castle, Newton, and Ball.
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I love DC but to be a top 5 he will have to get a little quicker, his speed up and down the court is + right now, I am speaking about his lateral movement when on defense and his first step when he needs drive to the basket when he is being guarded closely inside 17ft. If he takes more than 80 threes and shoots above 36% then maybe he makes your prediction come true.
 
UCTitleTown said:
Well, there's definitely something wrong with the way the NBA plays, but maybe that's my 80s and 90s NBA bias showing. Give me defensive battles in the 85 to 100 point range any day. These 130 to 140 games make me vomit.
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Any time someone says "the NBA doesn't play defense," I am 100% sure they actually either don't watch the NBA, or have 0 idea how the game of basketball works.
 
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DC should be concentrating on a midrange game as AS should have done last off season. A 7'2" with a pull up jump 10-15' from rim would be a nasty weapon and something he would need in the NBA.
Shooting 3s are fine but he should be refining his foot speed and defending without fouling.
I see a huge year for DC in 2023-2024 - this team will need it.
 
gtcam said:
DC should be concentrating on a midrange game as AS should have done last off season. A 7'2" with a pull up jump 10-15' from rim would be a nasty weapon and something he would need in the NBA.
Shooting 3s are fine but he should be refining his foot speed and defending without fouling.
I see a huge year for DC in 2023-2024 - this team will need it.
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He actually needs to learn how to operate in the post, which I think will happen. He just needs to slow down a little bit and develop one go-to move. He is going to be dominant in many games just from catching and finishing and putbacks. I would actually rather him take 3s sometimes and do the majority of his work down low than work on his midrange game. Adama had a little bit of a pump fake and dribble drive game that I don't think Clingan can develop for this season. But Clingan will show his passing skills this season which is really exciting.
 
gtcam said:
DC should be concentrating on a midrange game as AS should have done last off season. A 7'2" with a pull up jump 10-15' from rim would be a nasty weapon and something he would need in the NBA.
Shooting 3s are fine but he should be refining his foot speed and defending without fouling.
I see a huge year for DC in 2023-2024 - this team will need it.
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I don't understand why you people continue to die on this hill. It's not even about whether or not the NBA should have more mid-range shots or not. The fact is that if he wants to get drafted and get a bunch of money, his best chance is to develop a 3-point shot rather than a mid-range shot. The NBA is desperate for true 7-footers that can shoot 3s.

Why would he or our coaching staff focus on a skill that will not help his long-term career? Why are you advocating for Donovan to train a skill that will not help him be successful at the next level? Do you not want our players to be successful in the NBA?
 
For DC to have decent proficiency and comfort level at the 3 pt line this year (and for his future career) is pretty self-evident. There are secondary benefits as well as a high-screener/PnR threat/opens up the floor for the offense/and his above average skills as a passer/distributor.. IIRC.. One of the things Castle was most excited about with this year's team was the potential to PnR/Lob with DC .. Thought they could do that frequently and with great success.
 
I'm good with Clingan taking some threes. We know he can hit them, it's just a matter of getting the full speed reps in so he is comfortable. Obviously most of his shots should be at the rim. For reference, about 11% of Sanogo's shots last year were 3's and the other 89% were 2's. If Clingan wants to shoot two 3's per game, to keep those same ratios, he would need around 20 FGAs per game (lol)

Doesn't sound like a realistic plan, but who knows lol. Maybe if he shoots 36+% from three then he could change that ratio to 85/15 or 80/20. But his leash on perimeter play will be very short just because he's so big and dominates the paint so easily. Most of his offense should come from rolling hard after screens, rim running on fast breaks, grabbing offensive boards, and ideally getting some low post isolations where he will be working on improving this offseason

No team will let a 7'3 guy with a strong post game go 1 on 1 all game or get free runs to the hoop, so defenses collapsing on him will be a major focal point of our offense. Clingan won't have the post scoring skill that Adama had, but he will be a better passer out of double teams. If the defense sells out to protect the rim, I'm sure DC will be happy to pop out for a 3.
 
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Umami Zen said:
For DC to have decent proficiency and comfort level at the 3 pt line this year (and for his future career) is pretty self-evident. There are secondary benefits as well as a high-screener/PnR threat/opens up the floor for the offense/and his above average skills as a passer/distributor.. IIRC.. One of the things Castle was most excited about with this year's team was the potential to PnR/Lob with DC .. Thought they could do that frequently and with great success.
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Clingan developing a 3-point shot would be huge for the PnR game.

Imagine someone like Newton (or Castle) going downhill on a Clingan screen. Their defender would have to commit to staying with Clingan, in which case Newton can get to the rim if he has a step on his defender or throwing the lob if Clingan has a step on the roll defender, or, if they switch onto Newton, Clingan can pop to the 3-point line. It completely puts the defense in a blender.

This sort of worked for Sanogo, except he wasn't as much of a lob threat. Clingan doing it would be impossible to defend. And if, somehow, those two are stopped by help defense, they can kick to 40% shooter in Karaban or Castle/Spencer/Ball.
 
REB1094 said:
I'm good with Clingan taking some threes. We know he can hit them, it's just a matter of getting the full speed reps in so he is comfortable. Obviously most of his shots should be at the rim. For reference, about 11% of Sanogo's shots last year were 3's and the other 89% were 2's. If Clingan wants to shoot two 3's per game, to keep those same ratios, he would need around 20 FGAs per game (lol)

Doesn't sound like a realistic plan, but who knows lol. Maybe if he shoots 36+% from three then he could change that ratio to 85/15 or 80/20. But his leash on perimeter play will be very short just because he's so big and dominates the paint so easily. Most of his offense should come from rolling hard after screens, rim running on fast breaks, grabbing offensive boards, and ideally getting some low post isolations where he will be working on improving this offseason

No team will let a 7'3 guy with a strong post game go 1 on 1 all game or get free runs to the hoop, so defenses collapsing on him will be a major focal point of our offense. Clingan won't have the post scoring skill that Adama had, but he will be a better passer out of double teams. If the defense sells out to protect the rim, I'm sure DC will be happy to pop out for a 3.
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I think late summer/fall will be when we really figure out how many 3s Clingan should be taking per game. If we're implementing an offense where he's taking 2-3 shots from deep a game, it probably means he's developed proficiency on a pick and pop, catch and shoot, etc.

If he develops a 35% shot in a more limited capacity (like Sanogo who only ever shot straight from the top of the key) then we will probably see more like 1 or maybe 2 attempts per game.
 
gtcam said:
DC should be concentrating on a midrange game as AS should have done last off season. A 7'2" with a pull up jump 10-15' from rim would be a nasty weapon and something he would need in the NBA.
Shooting 3s are fine but he should be refining his foot speed and defending without fouling.
I see a huge year for DC in 2023-2024 - this team will need it.
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Yeah, he can work on ALL assets of shooting but he definitely shouldn’t ignore his midrange game. It’s possible to work on both your 3 point game and mid range game to be a well rounded player.

If he shows off the ability to pass like what’s been talked about here, scouts are going to look at him like Jokic. Jokic operates a lot in the mid range area while also having the ability to step out and knockdown a three.

If DC can develop that Dirk step back like Jokic has, he becomes an absolutely unstoppable post player at 7’3. He probably won’t work on that over the summer because of analytics, but it should be something he wants to master if he wants to be a star player instead of just a serviceable NBA player.
 
UCTitleTown said:
Well, there's definitely something wrong with the way the NBA plays, but maybe that's my 80s and 90s NBA bias showing. Give me defensive battles in the 85 to 100 point range any day. These 130 to 140 games make me vomit.
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Loved those bad boy Piston teams. Dennis Rodman is one my all time favorite players
 
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