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Message: [QUOTE="UConnSwag11, post: 2621712, member: 240"] [I]"KO is one of the best coaches, and I'm not saying that just because he coached me," said Napier, recruited to UConn by [URL='http://www.courant.com/topic/sports/basketball/jim-calhoun-hpa2011-topic.html']Jim Calhoun[/URL]. "A lot of stuff he instills in you in college you face in the NBA. Every kid in college wants to play in the NBA. When players go 1-on-1 a lot, some call it hero ball. When you think about it, who was a bigger hero than Napier in 2014? "In college, defenders can sit in the paint and clog the area. I think that's the biggest problem," Napier said. "You can't do that in the NBA [with defensive 3 seconds]. You've got guards on UConn that can get by people, but then they have to worry about a secondary defender. That's what hurts a lot of college players. It hurt me. That window is so small. It's their job to figure out how to maneuver around them. I had to figure it out. That's on the player in a lot of ways, not really on the coach. They teach you. At the end of the day, they put you on a stage and it's time to perform. [URL="http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/hc-jacobs-column-shabazz-uconn-shabazz-pushes-conditioning-and-ollie-20171127-story.html"]Jeff Jacobs: Shabazz Napier Takes The NBA Stairs, Backs Kevin Ollie[/URL][/I] [/QUOTE]