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Solo looks to be working already

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Secure Dog said:
Working on what…….looks like he is just showing off…not sure that qualifies as work.
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You can be jeered at, but right answer. Anyone who thinks Hurley wants his players in the gym shooting tik tok videos instead of practicing 3s and foul shoots doesn’t understand Hurley yet. (And that’s not knocking Solo, who may have shot the video in between hundred sets of foul shots for all any of us know — just agreeing that players filming highlight reel dunks isn’t making anyone or the team better.)
 
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businesslawyer said:
You can be jeered at, but right answer. Anyone who thinks Hurley wants his players in the gym shooting tik too videos instead of practicing 3s and foul shoots doesn’t understand Hurley yet. (And that’s not knocking Solo, who may have shot the video in between hundred sets of foul shots for all any of us know — just agreeing that players filming highlight reel dunks isn’t making anyone or the team better.)
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Glad you added a bit of insight. From a 10 second clip there is nothing to conclude he was just there fooling around. He was in the gym and unlikely there just to do that clip. Hoops is still just a game and he was having a little fun.
 
He played a key role in stephs absence. He's tasted greatness. There's no way that this kid is not gonna ball out. Don't forget we were surprised by almost everybody:
Cam
AJax
Sanogo
Hass
Joey
SJ
DC
Newt
AK
Jstew

I'm on the boneyard a ton; I know the majority of us had no idea what we had in these guys. The only guys we were amped on were steph and Hawk. And even then, they had a bunch of detractors. Haven't we learned?

TRUST!
 
businesslawyer said:
You can be jeered at, but right answer. Anyone who thinks Hurley wants his players in the gym shooting tik too videos instead of practicing 3s and foul shoots doesn’t understand Hurley yet. (And that’s not knocking Solo, who may have shot the video in between hundred sets of foul shots for all any of us know — just agreeing that players filming highlight reel dunks isn’t making anyone or the team better.)
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This isn't nail painting and dancing. They're clearly in the gym working and decided to show off on the way out. We got similar videos from Castle and crew last off season, it worked out pretty good.

Don't be a buzzkill, this is fun.
 
Secure Dog said:
Working on what…….looks like he is just showing off…not sure that qualifies as work.
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Mean Girls Shut Up GIF
 
I have 2 options here -
  1. Drop my jaw because a 6'3 guard just threw down a between the legs dunk off of a 1 step dropstep
  2. Brush it off because he's posting dunks on Instagram instead of getting three point reps up, at 9pm on a Tuesday, after the season ended
I pick #1
 
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Horatio said:
Season ended 8 days ago. We gotta relax. Lol
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Haaa. That's pretty funny actually.
But think:
How many chances do you have to be a voice amongst the best fans in the country, on the leading cbb fan forum, for the most dominant team in the past 30 years? I'm not ashamed to say that I think about UConn basketball a good percentage of the time.
 
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businesslawyer said:
You can be jeered at, but right answer. Anyone who thinks Hurley wants his players in the gym shooting tik too videos instead of practicing 3s and foul shoots doesn’t understand Hurley yet. (And that’s not knocking Solo, who may have shot the video in between hundred sets of foul shots for all any of us know — just agreeing that players filming highlight reel dunks isn’t making anyone or the team better.)
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post / handle
 
Old heads in here losing their minds over our guys having some fun at the end of a workout. No doubt in my mind they spent a couple of hours getting a proper basketball workout in before this. There isn't a single player in this program that doesn't work their ass off or take basketball seriously. Dan Hurley has made sure of that.
 
WrenchFan69 said:
I'm impressed they're even back in the gym. If I had just won a title 8 days ago, I'd still be partying
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Basketball is what they do. Probably get a little squirrelly if they are not in a gym after a couple of days. If you are a shooter, you are always working on your shot. I remember Jeremy Lamb trying to find gyms to use when he was traveling.
 
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That Guy said:
Old heads in here losing their minds over our guys having some fun at the end of a workout. No doubt in my mind they spent a couple of hours getting a proper basketball workout in before this. There isn't a single player in this program that doesn't work their ass off or take basketball seriously. Dan Hurley has made sure of that.
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They shouldn't be allowed to dunk and filming it is just gratuitous.
 
Solo Ball needs to work on your handle and ability to drive. With that explosivemess you shouldn't have as much trouble scoring at the basket which he eitehr never tried oor wasn't that sucessful because of lack of handle. Also, needs to work on his defense as that wasn't a stregth too and anotehr reason his minutes were limited. I'm not too worried about his 3 pt shot as that was the best part of his game but he seem to settle for that too much.
 
3rdbass said:
Now go work on your handle adn ability to drive. With that explosivemess you shouldn't have as much trouble scoring at the basket. Also, needs to work on his defense. I'm not too worried about his 3 pt shot as that was the best part of his game but he seem to settle for that too much.
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You tell him! (Jay Eph Cee)

Go work on your spelling.
 
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3rdbass said:
Now go work on your handle adn ability to drive. With that explosivemess you shouldn't have as much trouble scoring at the basket. Also, needs to work on his defense. I'm not too worried about his 3 pt shot as that was the best part of his game but he seem to settle for that too much.
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Literally not worried about this once he has the ball more and it’s his show. He just has to take a backseat this year for good reason.
 
Drop step between the legs is pretty damn impressive. I don’t even think famous dunker/social media influencer/video game model Kwintin Williams was able to do that one although I stopped following his Instagram a while ago.
 
Critical jabronis take it easy.

The kid played well when we needed him and just won a national championship. Besides goofy speculation here on the board all signs pointed to him being a great teammate this year and hopefully an integral part of the program going forward.

I think his shooting form looks decent and he doesn’t get to the rim because the game sped up for him and he’s subsequently indecisive. He will be fine
 
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