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superjohn said:
2 more years and possibly 3??? There is zero chance Amida is here as a senior and we will be lucky if he comes back for his junior year.
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If he puts up 15pt/10rb/4blk per game, then yes, he's gone. Every single person on this board would sign up for that in an instant. Not going to happen though.
 
intlzncster said:
If he puts up 15pt/10rb/4blk per game, then yes, he's gone. Every single person on this board would sign up for that in an instant. Not going to happen though.
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If he put up those numbers this year it may well be the biggest improvement by a player in the history of the NCAA lol.........can it happen? I guess but it won't, so I agree with intlzncster.

8 and 6 with 3.5 blocks would be wonderful from this young man, let's keep it real!
 
I think he's gone too. But after his junior year. The NBA actually does draft length and athleticism, and there are a million names out there that prove it.

I can name at least 5-10 Bismack Biyombos.
 
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superjohn said:
2 more years and possibly 3??? There is zero chance Amida is here as a senior and we will be lucky if he comes back for his junior year.
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The point about Brimah stands, especially since Stone has not talked with you about your strong evidence to the contrary. Please call him and inform/assure him of this.

Until then, I'm comforted by Jerry's idea about the two being able to play together.
 
superjohn said:
2 more years and possibly 3??? There is zero chance Amida is here as a senior and we will be lucky if he comes back for his junior year.
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Sometimes the optimism here does strange things when it comes to projecting into the future. Brimah is going to be very good, no doubt, but, he's not going to be developed enough to be a lottery pick by the end of this season...which is where he should want to be, before he declares.

Remember when Boat was heading into his sophomore year? Some were saying he was definitely gone to the league after that year. Obviously he wasn't... and was intelligent enough to continue developing his game under KO & staff. Brimah will be just as smart.. IF he returns for his junior year....and possibly more.
 
2Infinity said:
Sometimes the optimism here does strange things when it comes to projecting into the future. Brimah is going to be very good, no doubt, but, he's not going to be developed enough to be a lottery pick by the end of this season...which is where he should want to be, before he declares.

Remember when Boat was heading into his sophomore year? Some were saying he was definitely gone to the league after that year. Obviously he wasn't... and was intelligent enough to continue developing his game under KO & staff. Brimah will be just as smart.. IF he returns for his junior year....and possibly more.
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I don't think anyone believes Brimah is going to be a lottery pick in the next draft. especially when Kentucky alone has about 4 bigs who will get taken before him..

But since I've never read a report about his family background, I would not be assured that he does not have pressing financial concerns that might make him jump on the NBA's guaranteed million for being a first-round pick.
 
Based on what I have seen, it's my bull spit opionion that he stays 3 years and leaves after winning another ship.
 
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upstater said:
I don't think anyone believes Brimah is going to be a lottery pick in the next draft. especially when Kentucky alone has about 4 bigs who will get taken before him..

But since I've never read a report about his family background, I would not be assured that he does not have pressing financial concerns that might make him jump on the NBA's guaranteed million for being a first-round pick.
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I don't know the kid, but he appears to be enjoying the college life, being around teammates on campus and having fun. Sure the NBA is a goal, but he just seems to be that type of kid that just wants to be young and enjoy his life as long as he can. He also has Bazz as a role model for a 4 year career,

On the other hand like you mentioned financial issues could force his hand or he could be NBA driven. But until that is known I look at him and am reminded about how much I enjoyed those 'best years of my life' prior to adulthood and all that comes with it. He is enjoying himself, and is certainly spoiled by winning a ship in his first year of college ball.
 
Stinger92860 said:
Based on what I have seen, it's my bull spit opionion that he stays 3 years and leaves after winning another ship.
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He is clearly a 3 and done. Last year he was not good but was so infectious you could see he loves UConn. This year he probably will be real decent and become a fan fave. Then in his junior year he'll blow up.
 
upstater said:
I think he's gone too. But after his junior year. The NBA actually does draft length and athleticism, and there are a million names out there that prove it.

I can name at least 5-10 Bismack Biyombos.
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I was responding to the 2 yr projection. No way he jumps after this year, unless by some force of nature, the hype just completely blows up on him.
 
I remember hearing how he is very in to the academic side. Would not be surprised to see him get his degree; you were blessed to be able to come here from Africa, might as well.
 
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If Stone commits and Brimah stays (which I think he will be poised to be a first round pick after his Junior year) the UCONN BIG MEN would go:

Stone, Brimah, Enoch, Facey, Lubin, WOW.

We could go massive at times with STONE and BRIMAH on the court at the same time, Enoch is a 5/stretch 4, and Facey could have the athleticism at times to play a large 3? absolutely a 4 (depends on his development this year).

After 2015 you would be left with Enoch, Facey, Lubin, and incoming, still very strong, experienced, and deep.

Combined with the OLLIGUARDS (Adams, Purvis, Samuel, Cassell, and/or potential Briscoe), you have SIZE and SPEED in TEAM ball.

We can press, we can run, and we can dominate the paint. Strive for 5!
 
Dove said:
I think we're getting Stone (d)!
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You got me wondering if Colorado and Washington schools have been getting an uptick in recruiting.
 
Kitaman said:
On the other hand like you mentioned financial issues could force his hand or he could be NBA driven. But until that is known I look at him and am reminded about how much I enjoyed those 'best years of my life' prior to adulthood and all that comes with it. He is enjoying himself, and is certainly spoiled by winning a ship in his first year of college ball.
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Yeah, you never know about those financial issues. Majok didn't want to go pro, and was reportedly really enjoying college life, but the group of elders in Australia who 'controlled his fate' said he needed to go. And that was it.
 
BankShot said:
If Stone commits and Brimah stays (which I think he will be poised to be a first round pick after his Junior year) the UCONN BIG MEN would go:

Stone, Brimah, Enoch, Facey, Lubin, WOW.

We could go massive at times with STONE and BRIMAH on the court at the same time, Enoch is a 5/stretch 4, and Facey could have the athleticism at times to play a large 3? absolutely a 4 (depends on his development this year).
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That's the thing that would be keeping him from committing the most, imo (outside of home pressure to Wisky). Not that he wouldn't get minutes, but it might be 20-25mpg vs 30-35mpg. If that's extremely important, then it's a big factor.
 
David 76 said:
After averaging 30 and 15 this year he will be a lottery pick.
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Wow can't believe how much people are under rating Brimah this year.

He is clearly going to grow 2 feet and be a college version of Wilt scoring 100 pts in one game and averaging about 30-40 boards a game.
 
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BankShot said:
If Stone commits and Brimah stays (which I think he will be poised to be a first round pick after his Junior year) the UCONN BIG MEN would go:

Stone, Brimah, Enoch, Facey, Lubin, WOW.

We could go massive at times with STONE and BRIMAH on the court at the same time, Enoch is a 5/stretch 4, and Facey could have the athleticism at times to play a large 3? absolutely a 4 (depends on his development this year).

After 2015 you would be left with Enoch, Facey, Lubin, and incoming, still very strong, experienced, and deep.

Combined with the OLLIGUARDS (Adams, Purvis, Samuel, Cassell, and/or potential Briscoe), you have SIZE and SPEED in TEAM ball.

We can press, we can run, and we can dominate the paint. Strive for 5!
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We can't do Fire, but we can put our a front line of Rock and Brim(ah) Stone
 
Love Amida... But if he doesn't tie up the game against St. Joes, does this thread exist? He had some great moments last year. He was infectious, worked really hard, and hustled all over the place. But lottery pick next year? He also had nine scoreless games last year and more telling 3 where he also didn't register a rebound and there were a handful of games where he was totally overmatched.

He has unbelievable potential and is a GREAT kid but we have to reel it in a bit. 30 and 15 in a game? Was that for real? Like Mau says, if he can give us 8-6-3 a game we should be absolutely ecstatic. Improve that to 13-9-4 as a junior and then he's a lottery pick.
 
boog204 said:
Love Amida... But if he doesn't tie up the game against St. Joes, does this thread exist? He had some great moments last year. He was infectious, worked really hard, and hustled all over the place. But lottery pick next year? He also had nine scoreless games last year and more telling 3 where he also didn't register a rebound and there were a handful of games where he was totally overmatched.

He has unbelievable potential and is a GREAT kid but we have to reel it in a bit. 30 and 15 in a game? Was that for real? Like Mau says, if he can give us 8-6-3 a game we should be absolutely ecstatic. Improve that to 13-9-4 as a junior and then he's a lottery pick.
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You said it, "He has unbelievable potential." This is what the NBA draft is about, there is no chance Amida is here as a senior, let's just hope he doesn't blow up too much this year and comes back as a junior. Either way it works out for us, if he blows up we are going to be really freaking good.
 
Davidm said:
Wow can't believe how much people are under rating Brimah this year.

He is clearly going to grow 2 feet and be a college version of Wilt scoring 100 pts in one game and averaging about 30-40 boards a game.
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100 points? What's wrong with 111?

And grow 2 feet? What about 2 Hilton Units?
 
upstater said:
There are a lot of ties between the Stone family and Wisconsin, and not only because of the locale or the school which some of them may have attended, but there are ties with the coaching staff as well. Longstanding. It will be very very hard to pry him away.
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Sometimes that works in the opposite way. Some kids want to establish their own way and not do what their family wants them to do. He may want something different. You cant read much into it either way. Uconn being last on his visits also means little. We`ll know whenever he decides. Hopefully early Nov.
 
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