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Sam Cassell Jr. to UCONN!

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In the words of the immortal Flava Flav "Yeah Booooyz, bring da noise"
 
Lynch494 said:
http://zagsblog.com/articles/sam-cassell-jr-to-uconn/

"The 6-foot-3 Cassell Jr., the son of the former NBA guard and current Washington Wizards assistant, had cut his list to Louisville and UConn, but Louisville pulled out of recruiting him. Cassell Jr. also previously considered Marquette and Missouri."

Does not look like he choose UCONN over Louisville!!!
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Congrats... you've succeeded in making the most irrelevant post on the Boneyard today... trust me that's not an easy accomplishment
 
Awesome news. Hats off to KO, Ricky Williams Moore (oops), and rest of staff in their recent recruiting successes. Hope it spawns more success. Sam's dad was smart, hustled all the time and made Florida State a much better team than they were on paper. Based his video, he should build on that family tradition.
 
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itgoeslike said:
Awesome news. Hats off to KO, Ricky Williams, and rest of staff in their recent recruiting successes. Hope it spawns more success. Sam's dad was smart, hustled all the time and made Florida State a much better team than they were on paper. Based his video, he'll should build on that family tradition.
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Now you've got me trying to imagine what Ricky Williams would be like as a recruiter. Safe to say he would have landed Jamal Coombs-McDaniel.
 
itgoeslike said:
Awesome news. Hats off to KO, Ricky Williams, and rest of staff in their recent recruiting successes. Hope it spawns more success. Sam's dad was smart, hustled all the time and made Florida State a much better team than they were on paper. Based his video, he'll should build on that family tradition.
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Ricky Williams? I think he used up his eligibility at Texas.
 
Its beginning to look like we will field a team in 2014 . I was getting worried.
 
upstater said:
Think of PG combos who pass AND score. Especially with 3 guards on the floor.

Bazz and Boatright.
Kemba and Bazz.
Kemba and Dyson.
AJ Price and Dyson.
Khalid and Ricky Moore.

The only guard combo I remember as being absolutely set as "distributor" and "scorer" were Taliek and Ben Gordon.
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Why stop there?

Ricky Moore / Doron Sheffer
Doron Sheffer / Kevin Ollie
Chris Smith / Tate George
 
selles said:
Now you've got me trying to imagine what Ricky Williams would be like as a recruiter. Safe to say he would have landed Jamal Coombs-McDaniel.
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I started typing Ricky and the rest is history. . . At least I didn't type Ricky Ricardo.
 
Vuder said:
Bottom Line:
Sam is starting to turn into solid point guard at the C-USA/CAA level. He plays a similar game to his father in taking advantage of mismatches and being a floor general in getting players and the ball to where it needs to be. His length defensively was effective in getting deflections. He displays poise and the ability to knock down open shots. He knows how to play.
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Is he really considered a CUSA/CAA (i.e. mid-major level) talent? That seems unlikely, given the caliber of schools that were recruiting him. Is this scouting report overly pessimistic, outdated, or both?
 
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Tenspro2002 said:
Is he really considered a CUSA/CAA (i.e. mid-major level) talent? That seems unlikely, given the caliber of schools that were recruiting him. Is this scouting report overly pessimistic, outdated, or both?
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Old IMO. He did come on a bit late his senior year. He was a spring signing by Maryland I believe.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Is he really considered a CUSA/CAA (i.e. mid-major level) talent? That seems unlikely, given the caliber of schools that were recruiting him. Is this scouting report overly pessimistic, outdated, or both?
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It was just overly simplistic.

When your analysis of his weaknesses are "he's thin and he needs to get more loose balls", you don't really know what you're talking about.

He committed to Maryland, not Old Dominion, so perhaps the ESPN monkey was mistaken.
 
Fishy said:
It was just overly simplistic.

When your analysis of his weaknesses are "he's thin and he needs to get more loose balls", you don't really know what you're talking about.

He committed to Maryland, not Old Dominion, so perhaps the ESPN monkey was mistaken.
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They rally are monkeys at espn, no quality control, just throw it at the wall and see what sticks
 
bigeastconf said:
They rally are monkeys at espn, no quality control, just throw it at the wall and see what sticks
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Nah! They used a real crystal ball (unlike the 247 bunch) and are actually correct! Lot's of guys in our own forum call the AAC conference USA 2.o.
 
From the videos posted he looks to have good offensive skills and passing IQ so this is a great signing. His step back reminds me of both Bazz and Boat. It was hard to tell how quick he is though. He recognizes that his path to the NBA is KO's point guard school, which is why we got him. Smart kid.
 
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Fishy said:
It was just overly simplistic.

When your analysis of his weaknesses are "he's thin and he needs to get more loose balls", you don't really know what you're talking about.

He committed to Maryland, not Old Dominion, so perhaps the ESPN monkey was mistaken.
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Are they guessing he has tight balls or do they know for sure
 
tcf15 said:
David Borges ‏@DaveBorges
Cassell.: "If I want to make money playing basketball, I've got to be a point guard. Coach Ollie said I'll be in a lot of PG situations but whatever guard gets (the ball), can go." #uconn

http://borgesblognhr.blogspot.com/2013/10/sam-cassell-jr-uconn-felt-like-place.html
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This quote seems to be very telling. It sounds like for now, Ollie is not necessarily looking at using a pure PG (like Brown who was great with the ball but not a scorer/shooter really), but rather a 2 guard approach. I think that could be a terrific way to run the offense - sort of like putting Bazz and Boat on the court together - 2 guys who CAN play the 1, distribute the ball, etc, BUT also can shoot and score from anywhere. That means a full court press won't be as effective when you have really talented ball handlers instead of just one primary ball handler.

I know I'm oversimplifying it, but it seems like a great strategy IMHO... and as others have pointed out, we've had some great guard tandems in the past...
 
Though he grew up a Maryland fan, Cassell said he also had a rooting interest in his new school.​
“I always followed UConn, always a Husky,” Cassell said. “I really started paying attention to UConn with Kemba Walker, when he took over that year [the Huskies won the national title]. … [And] I know [Baltimore native and former UConn star] Rudy [Gay]. I don’t know if he knows about [my commitment] now, but I know he will know.”​

 
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caw said:
Old IMO. He did come on a bit late his senior year. He was a spring signing by Maryland I believe.
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I was going to chime in as well. Often these scouting reports are out-dated.

What's funny is I had thought that it read at the C-USA/AAC level , downgrading our new conference, but it read at the C-USA/CAA level. I guess I'm a tad defensive about our new conference, which I think will get better as long as they get good TV exposure. We've already seen some of the other non-Old-Big_East programs begin to get some highly ranked recruits. If that begins to trend upwardly, the conference will have a number of elite to very good basketball programs. As for FB...hum...that's a whole other story.
 
espn scouting reports mean zilch. See : Tyler Olander. Our backup pgs in 2014 will both be 6'4...! By that I mean I don't see RP, Calhoun, and Hamilton sitting. If we land Swift/Robinson, our roster is going to be stellar... Hell it's stellar right now.
 
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