Stone/Newman Crystal Ball

[huskyharry]

Midrange jumpers?? I sure as hell hope not! These guys dont even have 1 post move combibed. One step at a time. Love their d though...I think phil being more than servicable on the d end significantly helped up win that ship.

It has nothing to do with the centers' post moves.
The driving ability of several players on the '14-'15 team will be an absolute strength. RP may be one of the best ever, TSam showed very strong driving and finishing ability and DHam also have the length and skill to be very effective. Sam Jr. may also have this ability (haven't seen his game enough to tell) and Boat can be very effective in driving and pulling up for short jumpers. However, to utilize this strength, the 5 will need to slide out and open up some space. If PN and AB can hit the occasional 10-15 footer, this will force their defender to have to come out to cover them...further opening up the middle for the drive (Kentan Facey will also likely work as a "stretch four" further opening up the drive...reference the video where he drained multiple 3s in a row in practice and he show a very good 15 foot to 3 pt touch last year).

 

[Jay-Bone]

Not to put the cart waaayyy before the horse....but would Adams, Newman, Jones/Smith, Enoch, Stone be the best recruiting class of all time? Fab five and Anthony Davis class might beg to differ. However, I'm already happy with this class, but wow, what could become. Hash tag Olliewood (is that how I do that?)

 

[Chief00]

I believe we only have 3 ships left

 

[Jay-Bone]

I believe we only have 3 ships left

True, put another poster brought up the point that a fifth ship is potential to pop up. If only Drummond was still around to give it away.

 

[Dynasty]

Malik Newman just retweeted this. I know he retweets damn near anything with his name in it but still:

Retweeted by malik newman


Dan Lazinsk @Dlazi · 5h
If UConn gets Diamond Stone and Malik Newman it's all over. Hand us the title

 

[Walker11]

Not to put the cart waaayyy before the horse....but would Adams, Newman, Jones/Smith, Enoch, Stone be the best recruiting class of all time? Fab five and Anthony Davis class might beg to differ. However, I'm already happy with this class, but wow, what could become. Hash tag Olliewood (is that how I do that?)

I hate to say this because I hate UK but each of Cal's classes prior to this one would beg to differ.

 

[champs99and04]

Midrange jumpers?? I sure as hell hope not! These guys dont even have 1 post move combibed. One step at a time. Love their d though...I think phil being more than servicable on the d end significantly helped up win that ship.

Phil's a lot further along than you might think in the post. He has a couple nice moves, he just hasn't been able to display a soft enough touch to be a consistent option down there.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Malik Newman just retweeted this. I know he retweets damn near anything with his name in it but still:

Retweeted by malik newman


Dan Lazinsk @Dlazi · 5h
If UConn gets Diamond Stone and Malik Newman it's all over. Hand us the title

That sounds promising

 

[nomar]

Malik Newman just retweeted this. I know he retweets damn near anything with his name in it but still:

Retweeted by malik newman


Dan Lazinsk @Dlazi · 5h
If UConn gets Diamond Stone and Malik Newman it's all over. Hand us the title

It's a little sick how much an 18-year-old kid can play with an adult man's mind.

 

[Dynasty]

So Jeff Borzello, Matt Jessen-Howard, and now Jeff Ermann have UConn predictions for the Stone/Newman package.

 

[jleves]

So Adams has committed and we seem strong with Stone, Newman, Briscoe, and Enoch but there's only room for three (let's assume nobody leaves early). If Newman and Stone are a package, who do you take, Briscoe or Enoch? Hopefully this is a problem we actually have.

 

[Strummer]

I was skeptical because when I think of elite package deals

I'm not a big, elite package guy.

 

[Tommyboy]

Every stinking year I tell myself I will not get caught up in this recruiting nonsense. And every stinking year I do.

 

[3uconn]

@iammaliknewman: Me @Diamond_Stone33 and ?????? Got some heat coming! Hmu big Bruh!!

 

[Dogbreath2U]

@iammaliknewman: Me @Diamond_Stone33 and ?????? Got some heat coming! Hmu big Bruh!!

Translation?

 

[uconnsouth]

Hmm

 

[3uconn]

Translation?

Idk. I'm looking at it as a third person possibly packaging. I have no clue.

 

[tcf15]

Idk. I'm looking at it as a third person possibly packaging. I have no clue.

Jalen Adams

 

[Huskyforlife]

Idk. I'm looking at it as a third person possibly packaging. I have no clue.

That's how I read it

 

[Huskyforlife]

There's no way they're thinking of adding another guy to this package deal. Pretty much guarantees it won't happen

 

[king conn]

That's how I read it

Adams is not a question mark

 

[husky91]

Stone, Newman, Purvis/Adams, DHam and Brimah may be the best college team of the last 20 years, if it happens

Good sign: Jeff Borzello picked UConn for the both of them.

Borzello usually knows his stuff.

 

[Dynasty]

Idk. I'm looking at it as a third person possibly packaging. I have no clue.

There is 3 open scholarships for the 2015 class. Adams + Newman/Stone + ????

 

[CAHUSKY]

It's a little sick how much an 18-year-old kid can play with an adult man's mind.

Not that's there's anything wrong with that.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Idk. I'm looking at it as a third person possibly packaging. I have no clue.

Complete speculation and maybe a pipe dream, but what if Newman's taking about Enoch ? Think about it, Stone meet him at the Reebok breakout classic and maybe just maybe they hit it off. Then Stone mentioned it to Newman and he was like whose that???? because Steve is a relatively new name on the national recruiting stage. And now he wants Enoch and/or Stone to hit him up.

Or maybe I just have a wild imaaaagination.