are you going to add anything meaningful to this discussion? for instance, who did boatright make better as a teammate? he was a great second banana, thats it. or you can just continue to refute everything i say about boat like he is reading these forums, and i can assure you gives no effs about uconn hoops.
i overstated that, he can play winning basketball within a ROLE. he isn't a lead point guard. definitely not. a great off guard at the college level though, no doubt.
could you imagine daniel hamilton playing with napier? he would turn him into daniels on roids. lots of pick n pops boatright couldn't do, simply because he never had the passing skills in his tool box.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: If I live to be 1000, I'll never forget this bucket:
This, the great d in 2014 FF, his first game free throws.
20142014 FF,
That's when I knew we were going to win, that Bazz & Boat were both smart enough and quick enough and tough enough to punish every slow transition, every botched rotation from UK.
I'll remember the Syracuse comment, and the Cincinnati 3, and his overall toughness and wire-to-wire defense, of course. But that play is the first thing that will come to my mind when I read "Ryan Boatright" for the rest of my life.
Besides the shot my biggest reaction to that was how easily Amidah got pushed off the position bu that little forearm shove for the offensive rebound if needed. That cannot happen next year for sure.I've said it before and I'll say it again: If I live to be 1000, I'll never forget this bucket:
That's when I knew we were going to win, that Bazz & Boat were both smart enough and quick enough and tough enough to punish every slow transition, every botched rotation from UK.
I'll remember the Syracuse comment, and the Cincinnati 3, and his overall toughness and wire-to-wire defense, of course. But that play is the first thing that will come to my mind when I read "Ryan Boatright" for the rest of my life.
Bad news for Boat is that Kentucky and Duke have a total of ten freshman coming out. Most will be 1st rounders. That pushes everyone else that much further down to be drafted. Very worst is that Boat will go to camps as a undrafted player. He will probably have a long, very good career in Europe. Which is alright.
So who was Boatright's Robin, or Alfred to that matter this past season? Just sayin'.
bazz was good bc he had boat to allow him to play off the ball and had players who could score...bazz had 3 years of being "the man" the lead pg, boat had one with a very unfamiliar team.. who did bazz make better? he didnt make giffey better, giff playing over seas made giff better... giff was able to shoot and score.. daniels was inconsistent until tourney play... bazz had players around him including boat, boat had no one around him who could score... boat was a very good lead guard, the teams lack of knowledge of the offense, lack of team chemistry, and inability to score was the reason the team struggled... not because boat couldnt make them better
he couldn't do it bc hamilton doesnt know how to do that... it took daniels 2-3 years to develop that game... boat can't put the ball into the hoop for them, it also didnt work because hamilton would pump fake twice and pass it back to boat
Regardless of his NBA potential, he has always been an outstanding representative of UCONN. loyal to a tee and has the heart of a lion.Ryan's getting a DEGREE next month. Let's celebrate that too.
It's not about just turnovers as it is the manner which they are made. Like not being able to pass out of a double team, lazy passes, bad passes, forcing things, etc.
