I believe he is one of the more underrated players in the portal- if he decides to stay in college I believe his size & versatility would be a great benefit to the Husky roster…
I agree.
On Thursday, I was on the phone with a buddy who's a huge UConn fan who lives in Boulder. He goes to a ton of Colorado games and watches the Pac-12 almost as much as he watches the Big East.
He was very excited for our transfer pickups and raved how Delaire is the missing piece.
Why? He's a 6'9 face up forward who has finally the strength needed to be helpful down low for rebounds and defense. Similar to Polley, he was a stick for most of his college career, but he's "bulked up" to 215. At Stanford, he was asked to play more of a low-post role, so having him play at UConn will be a refreshing change of scenery and will allow him to play his style of preference just minutes from his hometown.
He also argues that while Karaban has a future as a 4, he doesn't yet have the strength to handle that role. With Delaire on board, that allows the flexibility to have have Samson play the 4 and 5 and then Karaban play the 3 more than the four. It also allows Karaban to ease his way into his hopefully long tenure at UConn.
Delarie doesn't shoot as well as Polley, but at 32.3%, he'll force defenses to at least pay attention to when he's at the perimeter to allow Newton/Hawkins/Jackson to attack the rim.
Adding Delaire, the 3s and 4s could look like:
3: Jackson, Karaban
4: Delaire, Johnson, Springs