I'm just saying that if Mullins did come back, wouldn't that be a good thing for UConn? Would you be excited to see what he could do with more muscle on his frame? He predict he would have a better sophomore year than Jordan Hawkins. Not as good as Steph Castle would have had, but still pretty good. We will probably never get to find out.
Well, in fairness, it’s the same person that makes most of these ridiculous posts and he does it so much that it seems like it’s the whole board.
Well said
Maybe you are just being hyperbolic for effect, otherwise that is pretty pessimistic. If you mean Demary, Ball, Ross, Stewart and Reibe all starting wouldn't average 60 as starters I would agree. Increasing their current production to account for starter minutes, their scoring would be Demary (12), Ball (14), Ross (8), Stewart (8), Reibe (13). That's 55 ppg. But assuming Furphy, Landrew, County and other portal additions would add 15 ppg off the bench, I could see that team averaging 70. Of course that is still a drop off from this year's 77. So I am not suggesting those 5 starting would be good enough. Just saying it is are baseline worst case scenario.
You see Stew as a lottery pick next year??? Hawkins went 14th. I'd be surprised if Stew is drafted at all so it doesn't seem like a great comp.
Don't know about that. It's definitely a step back from this year, but at least bubble team doesn't seem unreasonable. That's 4 seniors and a sophomore starting and a couple good freshmen off the bench, plus Furphy. And obviously we are getting at least more bench help in the portal. Hopefully a couple of starters but even if no starters in the portal I still say we could be top 3 in the Big East with those starters. I am hoping for a little improvement over the summer from Ross based on his performance lately. I see Reibe improving as well.
So 60 was hyperbole? I could see that team averaging 75 with a decent bench. Not saying that is what I am hoping for, just that it is not s horrible as you think. Cheer up!
There's a pretty strong argument for Mullins returning. This is arguably the strongest draft class in a decade. Braylon could come back for a big NIL deal then get drafted in the Top 5 next year instead of the Top 15 this year. he really can't go wrong in the NIL era
in this year’s draft class 2025 the 15th pick had a guarantee three years of 12 1/2 million
Stewart started when we lost to Arizona, was benched in the 2nd half of the Kansas game and was 5-15 from the field with 10 rebounds and 6 assists in the wins over Illinois, BYU and Florida. Oddly enough one of his best games was actually in the loss to Arizona. (4-8, 3 boards, 2 steals, 1 block and 0 TOs).
Yeah especially bc we anticipated he'd become the 3rd option but would be more efficient.
Is it conceivable that Stewart could develop into Alex Karaban freshman year type production next year? (9.3 ppg/4.5 rpg) I'd take that. Of course if we get someone in the portal who can outperform those numbers, even better. Stew off the bench is probably best option.
Everyone knows AJ"s strength was his defense not his offense. Defense is harder to quantify in the stat lines (other than rebounds) but just as important as offense.
I think Dan Hurley would disagree with you Ruff. I personally think that this is the most lamentable, ungrateful and singularly myopic take you have ever shared on this forum. All Alex needs to hear from us is one word: THANKS!!! And yes, with three exclamation marks too. There are hundreds of examples to prove that you can be an indispensable player and yet, not be the best player, on a title team. Take the 80's Celtics, the best players was Bird. McHale was an Allstar too. But without Dennis Johnson and The Chief, do they win all those titles? Was DJ better than twenty of his contemporaries? probably not. But for that team, he was the glue. Lyman DePriest was never the best player on any our UConn teams, yet we would not trade him for anyone, would we? Shoot, remember a guy by the name of Cam Spencer? Was he better than Castle? Clingan? Newton? Look, I never met you in person, but this take was a bit trolly for my taste, particularly as we are about to start the tournament. Bad energy from you.
Spencer was better than Newton and more important to our title run than Castle. I don't know how good of a person AK is but he was definitely a valuable piece on those championship teams. I don't think RuffRuff was disputing that though. His claim he could be replaced by 100 different players seems like a stretch though. Agree with you, let's keep the energy positive!
Yeah but the coach is awful. Hes not putting Pettiford in good positions. Just let him run hog wild. We need penetration, ballhandling and creation.
The second contract argument doesnt apply to most players drafted. Its more important to come into the league strong with a lot of investment from the team that drafted you.
