Prince Ali transferring

[August_West]

Obviously not shocking but I've been told by someone close to Ollie we are not interested.

Also, to all the people who don't want him because he committed elsewhere, guess you don't want Purvis or Larrier either.

No, like CL82 said, its not that he committed elsewhere. Its that he committed to us and de-committed to go elsewhere. There is a difference to me.

 

[Huskyforlife]

No, like CL82 said, its not that he committed elsewhere. Its that he committed to us and de-committed to go elsewhere. There is a difference to me.

In football this is common practice. Too each his own.

 

[August_West]

In football this is common practice. Too each his own.

apparently KO does not care for it either.

 

[Horatio]

If they paid you a quarter for every ignorant thing I said at that age you could buy a nice car. Not sure at what age statements should be held accountable/reliable but I really don't think it should be before the age of 21.

I know but I'm not opposed to him coming here even if he said some young, extremely ignorant stuff like that. Things have worked out for purvis and Larrier seems to be doing ok.

 

[ctchamps]

If they paid you a quarter for every ignorant thing I said at that age you could buy a nice car. Not sure at what age statements should be held accountable/reliable but I really don't think it should be before the age of 21.

I don't think age is a factor. I doubt most of us are younger than 21 and there is a slew of stuff we post that is ignorant or inflammatory. Maturation doesn't necessarily improve with age.

Not sure if my statement favors "The Prince" or not but it sure is an indictment on the state of Boneyard Nation.

 

[UconnFanNVa]

So he would have to sit out a year too right?

 

[mauconnfan]

Here is the story from Bruins Nation:
http://www.bruinsnation.com/2016/3/...l-is-another-athletic-guard-going-to-transfer

Sounds like a fun place to play.
Looks like he played 11.8 minutes per game and averaged 3.9 points. His FG% was only 38.8% and FT% 56.8%.

"Daddyball" huh? Not going over to well in Pawley land.

 

[Candyman]

Wow a young kid had a down freshman year I guess there is no bouncing back from that. Typical BY.

He has tons of talent and I'm sure he will develop over time. Watched him play Montverde in the National Prep game and he was legit. Has many flaws but he is strong and he finishes. The only thing that keeps me at bay is I really want Diallo and they seem very similar.

Now who even says he wants UConn? Who's to say Ollie wants him? So I'll sit back and just watch how this plays out but doubt he ends up here.

 

[intlzncster]

I'm with Gurley on this one. I don't care too much about the decommit, but I just don't think (what appears to be) his game atm is what UCONN needs right now. High Volume / low percentage shoot, turnovers, and weak FT shooting. Great, he's an athlete, but we've got plenty of those.

 

[Palatine]

I'm with Gurley on this one. I don't care too much about the decommit, but I just don't think (what appears to be) his game atm is what UCONN needs right now. High Volume / low percentage shoot, turnovers, and weak FT shooting. Great, he's an athlete, but we've got plenty of those.

Athletes are great. Basketball players are better.

 

[upstater]

The one thing I said about Ali last year earned a response on this board from someone in his camp. I wrote that I loved his game but for a guard he seemed very limited in terms of his handle. The poster really was PO'd when I wrote that. It was clearly someone in his camp. I wonder how Ali's handle was last year for UCLA.

 

[Gurleyman]

The one thing I said about Ali last year earned a response on this board from someone in his camp. I wrote that I loved his game but for a guard he seemed very limited in terms of his handle. The poster really was PO'd when I wrote that. It was clearly someone in his camp. I wonder how Ali's handle was last year for UCLA.

It's maybe not fair to reach conclusions from stat sheets without watching the games, but he went over two months between assists (about 140 minutes of playing time) -- from Dec. 6 to Feb. 12. or something like that. The two things aren't necessarily hand in hand, but if your handle isn't good enough to beat your man and draw help, you won't get many assists.

 

[8893]

Does @Jaybo still hate him? That's all that matters to me.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

If he wants to come here and Ollie thinks he can contribute, no reason not to have him. I trust his judgment.

If KO wants to call me and ask what I think, I'll start going over his freshman tapes then.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

I want nothing to do with this kid and he evidently wanted nothing to do with little, tiny UConn. We don't need him, we got more high profile recruits coming in. Next.

 

[Leebo]

he evidently wanted nothing to do with little, tiny UConn.

We've discussed this purported quote a few times... can someone point me to discussion about this? Was it just in his decommitment thread?

 

[CallMeBruce]

We've discussed this purported quote a few times... can someone point me to discussion about this? Was it just in his decommitment thread?

They're just going to ignore you and keep repeating it over and over again.

 

[intlzncster]

If he wants to come here and Ollie thinks he can contribute, no reason not to have him. I trust his judgment.

If KO wants to call me and ask what I think, I'll start going over his freshman tapes then.

Of course, but this is a message board, so we offer opinions. There'd be no point in this place otherwise.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

We've discussed this purported quote a few times... can someone point me to discussion about this? Was it just in his decommitment thread?

I'm just going off what people have said for the last year or so. I guess maybe the Boneyard isn't a reliable source for accuracy though...
Either way, I'd rather get back to developing true freshman who commit to UConn from the start. Besides, why would he fit here if we have MAL, or Waters, or someone like that coming in to go along with Adams and Gilbert?

 

[Tenspro2002]

We've discussed this purported quote a few times... can someone point me to discussion about this? Was it just in his decommitment thread?

I don't think it's anything Ali said, more the nature of the de-commitment.

Coming on the heels of a monster performance in some AAU event, his stock was skyrocketing. The fact that he de-committed from us to open up his recruitment gave the impression that he wanted the attention and a bigger stage.

 

[Leebo]

I don't think it's anything Ali said, more the nature of the de-commitment.

Coming on the heels of a monster performance in some AAU event, his stock was skyrocketing. The fact that he de-committed from us to open up his recruitment gave the impression that he wanted the attention and a bigger stage.

People have been saying it's a direct quote. I just wanted to know how it originated.

 

[tzznandrew]

I don't think it's anything Ali said, more the nature of the de-commitment.

Sure, but that's the problem. Appearances may look bad, but just making up why the kid did something, and then suddenly quoting him, is a problem.

We probably aren't going to go after him, but some of this thread is the Boneyard at its worst. There are reasons not to want him, and @Gurleyman and @intlzncster nailed what it is. Let KO worry out the other things.

 

[Jaker]

We only take him if he brings one of the UCLA bigs with him, like 7 foot Welsch

 

[Padutch5]

Are we sure he is good?

Actually doesn't matter what we think. It's whatever Ollie thinks.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Actually doesn't matter what we think. It's whatever Ollie thinks.

Then delete your account.

 

[Athlete94]

I'm ambivalent, but moralizing garbage like this makes me hope we court the hell out of him.



No, that was made up by the insecure mutants on this board.

It's not moralizing and if you think so, you're over analyzing it. That's how I feel, I could care what anyone thought he said, I'm going on how I feel on recruits when I would recruit them. Plain and simple . TEN TOES IN!!!

 

[Athlete94]

He's also a teenager who, currently, seems to be acknowledging that he made a mistake.

I trust KO's judgement and don't presume to know what's best for UConn.

Exactly. I'm saying what I feel, I don't assume to know what Coach is thinking but I would bet he seeks loyalty and someone's word means a lot. That said he's a kid so he will learn and move on. I think we have more pressing needs at our BIGs positions, don't ya think?

 

[DALTX]

Hasn't it taken Pete Gillen long enough to pronounce KO's name correctly?

 

[tzznandrew]

It's not moralizing and if you think so, you're over analyzing it. That's how I feel, I could care what anyone thought he said, I'm going on how I feel on recruits when I would recruit them. Plain and simple . TEN TOES IN!!!

I mean, moralizing has nothing to do with the sincerity behind the statement.

 

[Mano]

Man, Ali was slagging us off left and right when he decommitted. It's right there in the quote.

“It’s part of the process,” Ali said. “People may think it’s strange, but at the end of the day I have to do, what I have to do.

“I have gotten a couple phone calls from [other schools] but nothing too serious. I made this decision because I feel like I committed a little too early and I wanted to reopen things.”

And another.

"Perfect fit both offensively and defensively. They will give me the chance to cover the opposing team's best player," said Ali, the No. 44 overall player in the ESPN 100. "I am competitive and look forward to that challenge.

"I like Coach [Steve] Alford because he is an up-front guy, he tells me what I do well and what I need to do better. He didn't sugarcoat anything in the process."

So it's obvious from these quotes, and from using the Boneyard Deductive Reasoning App™, that we were too small-time a school and we would have been far too easy a challenge, all the while being led by a back-stabbing, lying coach.