Tarin Smith (Grad Transfer)

[bazzketball13]

Source?? This is from me being realistic. Why do you believe a player ranked at his caliber is coming to UConn over Kentucky, UNC ?

 

[bazzketball13]

Remember the hype of hami? How did that workout? Everyone was soo confident then

 

[AntG168]

Remember the hype of hami? How did that workout? Everyone was soo confident then

They had a right to be

 

[JMick]

Andre was from CT?? Also visited the school. Also wasn’t in an era where social media covers everything. I don’t know why people think we can get this kid we couldn’t even get kids ranked this high under Calhoun.

Lol how are you so wrong about so many things?

 

[UConNick]

Lol how are you so wrong about so many things?

Donyell Marshall, Rip Hamilton, Khalid el-Amin, Charlie Villanueva, Rudy Gay, Andrew Bynum (sigh), Kemba Walker, and I'm probably missing some other top 15-20 players. That guys gotta be trolling, right?

 

[bazzketball13]

Just like I have the right to be confident in the fact that we aren’t landing one of the best players this program has ever landed after a 14-18 season.

Lol how are you so wrong about so many things?

This kid is ranked 10th overall. Drummond was 2. Rudy and Charlie were both top 10. This would be one of very few players ranked In top 10 and you think he’s coming after 2 losing seasons.

 

[bazzketball13]

Donyell Marshall, Rip Hamilton, Khalid el-Amin, Charlie Villanueva, Rudy Gay, Andrew Bynum (sigh), Kemba Walker, and I'm probably missing some other top 15-20 players. That guys gotta be trolling, right?

Thanks for helping me prove my point. This kid is 10th overall. Not 20th.

 

[Scrutineer]

Pretty whelming.

Great free throw percentage for a guard. Just what we need in end game situations with a small lead...............

 

[HuskyHawk]

Source?? This is from me being realistic. Why do you believe a player ranked at his caliber is coming to UConn over Kentucky, UNC ?

Because in the modern era, we win more championships than they do. He's a NY kid. We've landed our share. Not saying he will come, just saying that I believe the interest is genuine. He's not saying..."UConn? Are you kidding?" as you seem to suggest.

 

[bazzketball13]

Because in the modern era, we win more championships than they do. He's a NY kid. We've landed our share. Not saying he will come, just saying that I believe the interest is genuine. He's not saying..."UConn? Are you kidding?" as you seem to suggest.

I don't think he's saying that, I just thinks he takes it as any other offer. Hopefully I'm wrong. interest is one thing people including him in next years plans is funny.

 

[UofCT]

Remember the hype of hami? How did that workout? Everyone was soo confident then

Get a job dude.

 

[bturn]

Donyell Marshall, Rip Hamilton, Khalid el-Amin, Charlie Villanueva, Rudy Gay, Andrew Bynum (sigh), Kemba Walker, and I'm probably missing some other top 15-20 players. That guys gotta be trolling, right?

Some dude named Caron as well. BGordon was 25 that year i believe so i guess doesn't fit the narrative

 

[2Infinity]

Did you get this from the same source that told you Ollie was coming back?

I think he got this from the same source who told him KFree was definitely our last assistant coach...we were all done! Oh...and then Kenya Hunter joined the coaching staff instead.

 

[bazzketball13]

I say stuff that I think will happen.. I knew freeman was being rehired I didn’t think they would have 2 guys doing almost the same job.

 

[JimHurley]

PG: Jalen Adams, Brendan Adams, Alterique Gilbert
SG: Tarin Smith, Christian Vital
SF: Tyler Polley, Sidney Wilson
PF: Kwintin Williams, Mamadou Diarra, Isaiah Whaley
C: Eric Cobb, Josh Carlton

I like that squad to win 20+ games.

 

[HawkHusky]

PG: Jalen Adams, Brendan Adams, Alterique Gilbert
SG: Tarin Smith, Christian Vital
SF: Tyler Polley, Sidney Wilson
PF: Kwintin Williams, Mamadou Diarra, Isaiah Whaley
C: Eric Cobb, Josh Carlton

I like that squad to win 20+ games.

Give me Brendan Adams or give me death!

 

[CL82]

Add Jalen to the 2 line as well. In all likelihood the more time he spends there the better we are doing.

 

[Stainmaster]

PG: Jalen Adams, Brendan Adams, Alterique Gilbert
SG: Tarin Smith, Christian Vital
SF: Tyler Polley, Sidney Wilson
PF: Kwintin Williams, Mamadou Diarra, Isaiah Whaley
C: Eric Cobb, Josh Carlton

I like that squad to win 20+ games.

Criticism of Vital aside, if Tarin Smith wasn’t able to crack the starting lineup at Duquesne last year, I’d feel uncomfortable slotting him in here. Let him be what AA was supposed to be.

 

[lange10]

PG: Jalen Adams, Brendan Adams, Alterique Gilbert
SG: Tarin Smith, Christian Vital
SF: Tyler Polley, Sidney Wilson
PF: Kwintin Williams, Mamadou Diarra, Isaiah Whaley
C: Eric Cobb, Josh Carlton

I like that squad to win 20+ games.

Hoping the first guy listed at each spot wouldn't be your desired starting line up.

 

[JimHurley]

Hoping the first guy listed at each spot wouldn't be your desired starting line up.

Definitely not. JA, CV, Sid, Mamadou, and Carlton as starters.

 

[JimHurley]

Criticism of Vital aside, if Tarin Smith wasn’t able to crack the starting lineup at Duquesne last year, I’d feel uncomfortable slotting him in here. Let him be what AA was supposed to be.

In no way was I implying the first guys listed at their positions would be starters. Smith would be the 4th guard at best.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Thanks for helping me prove my point. This kid is 10th overall. Not 20th.

Yikes dude. Being wrong is fine, but being so obnoxious when you obviously don’t know what you’re talking about ...

 

[JMick]

Thanks for helping me prove my point. This kid is 10th overall. Not 20th.

Rivals had Kemba Walker at 14 and has Lecque at 13. According to you we never signed Kemba Walker and he never played here since we've never recruited anyone ranked that high before. This is ignoring the fact that Drummond was #2 and that some other guys were ranked around 10 which has already been pointed out to you

 

[bazzketball13]

Rivals had Kemba Walker at 14 and has Lecque at 13. According to you we never signed Kemba Walker and he never played here since we've never recruited anyone ranked that high before. This is ignoring the fact that Drummond was #2 and that some other guys were ranked around 10 which has already been pointed out to you

Your the one that’s including leque in next seasons plans. Be realistic, tell me why a 5 star would forgo his senior season to come to a team coming off 2 losing seasons, new coaching staff not a talented roster over a team like UNC? His home school. Hurley is going to have to show the world he can win and they will come. To think any 5 star is coming in 2018..please

 

[Fishy]

Criticism of Vital aside, if Tarin Smith wasn’t able to crack the starting lineup at Duquesne last year, I’d feel uncomfortable slotting him in here. Let him be what AA was supposed to be.

If he starts here or if he plays as many minutes here as Anderson did, we’re not going to be very good. He’s a very, very similar player to Anderson.

And now, my tepid defense of Antoine Anderson.

The problem wasn’t really that he was not what we thought, it’s that the role he played was not the one he was suited for. (It was a little like Tony Robertson’s early career....he came in as a scoring guard and his career was diminished because we had to use him at point due to the fact that Marcus Cox was terrible.)

As a third ball-handler subbing in for Adams and Gilbert, I think Antoien would have been much more effective...but we had to play him 31 minutes a night and that exposed him pretty badly. (It exposed Vital, too.)

But, to his credit, I think he did help us avoid absolute disaster - I cannot imagine what last season would have looked like if we just had Adams and Vital handling the ball. Adams would have dissolved into a mist from the workload and Vital would have post-traumatic stress from the turnover rate.