Tyler Polley--Duncan Robinson?

[Tampahusky]

Polley was nonexistent in the first half , had a stellar 2nd half. Needs to be consistent to be even considered in the NBA.

 

[ColchVEGAS]

Can we relax with the straight to the NBA? Whaley and Polley have clearly worked hard in their time here and are valuable pieces to the team, but you do not jump from non mention to the NBA. Both are already at a level to play in highly competitive overseas leagues. Obviously they are not afraid to work so there is the possibility of the NBA down the road, but slim and still lots of refining of skills to make it. Hats off to both of them though. Nothing to be ashamed of if you are good enough to play for years overseas and just not quite there for the NBA.

 

[Captbluefin]

Polley is eligible for another year. So is Whaley..

 

[MDHuskFan]

Well, you can say "he didn't play well" or you can acknowledge that he was coming off a 10-month layoff due to a broken knee and needed a few games to reacclimate. Of course, if you acknowledged the latter, it would limit the number of negatives you could hang on it.

I acknowledge that he missed time with a “broken knee”. Just find it funny that you arbitrarily considered his 5 bad games the warm up & his 1good game the “he’s back.” Had this not happened for another 5 games, would he have been 2 back to back great games with 10 games as warmup? It’s ok to acknowledge he is looking more and more comfortable without throwing in a odd hot take

 

[auror]

It's hard to say he's found his consistency when he didn't score for the first 25 minutes of the game and his shot looked incredibly off.

But he was legitimately great in the 2nd half. An out of body on fire experience. He seems to be still in the "needs to see one go through the hoop" phase of his career, which is disappointing from a senior.

I think we still continue starting Martin and then ride Polley if he makes his first shot.

 

[Waquoit]

and he hasn’t improved.

??

Freakin' guy made me go emoji

 

[GemParty]

I don't think this is fair to Polley.

He was developing his game after coming in very raw. We thought he was ging to break out last year, as he put some games together like this one, and then he tore his ACL.

He is still coming back from that. He can go on a Deandre Daniels type run here for the next 2 months, and it would've been what we saw from him last year prior to getting hurt.

How can we say Polley is inconsistent when the guy tore his ACL?

The Daniels comparison is very interesting. He became unstoppable. Polley will need the reps. AKok will too. How do you see the starting lineup shaking out, with an improved and hungry Carlton too?

 

[Incursio007]

If Tyler keeps shooting like this - at his size, he’ll def get a look from the league.

 

[UConnSwag11]

check his stat line from today

 

[Waquoit]

The Tyler doubters need to go in timeout.

 

[coloradohusky]

Seems something has clicked to me. He was very good today. Uconn probably doesn't win if he scores under 8...

 

[Kitaman]

Can we stop doing this? When one player has a great game, everyone throws out the rest of their career and acts like this is how they always play. People do this with Carlton too. Polley had an incredible game, yes, but he’s never consistent. His whole career has been inconsistency and he hasn’t improved. Hopefully he builds off of last nights game and ends the year like Vital

Your shouting into a hurricane. You know how we are here.

 

[Kitaman]

I just want to see 'this' Polley and Bouk get married on the Court and ball together happily ever after.

 

[Umami Zen]

How about Polley giving us a consistent string of games with 40-45% 3 point shooting %.. Then we can talk next level.. In the mean time.. Keep doing your thing for us...

Has a sweet stroke as long as his teammates find him in his spots.. Still getting his points off of his own moves..All good..

 

[tcf15]

Stat line of the year for Polley

 

[Chin Diesel]

How about Polley giving us a consistent string of games with 40-45% 3 point shooting %.. Then we can talk next level.. In the mean time.. Keep doing your thing for us...

Has a sweet stroke as long as his teammates find him in his spots.. Still getting his points off of his own moves..All good..

He shot over 40% for the year as a sophomore and as a junior and is now over 50% this year.

You realize shooting 40% doesn't mean you do it every game, correct?

 

[Umami Zen]

He shot over 40% for the year as a sophomore and as a junior and is now over 50% this year.

You realize shooting 40% doesn't mean you do it every game, correct?

Correct.. Come on Chin..I may be casual but I'm not dumb..Know what I'm sayin' Bro??

Everyone is excited about Tyler Phommachanh's trending this year.. Let's keep delivering when the Big Boys are on the floor.. That's what get's you to the Next Level..

 

[UConnSwag11]

Stat line of the year for Polley

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If the shots aren’t falling he’s not helping out with anything else.

 

[Get a Job]

Stat line of the year for Polley

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Now that's what I call a pure shooter!

 

[Improviser]

If the shots aren’t falling he’s not helping out with anything else.

I wasn't that focused on his defense today, but it did not look like he got beat by the player he was defending. If so, that is a plus.

Hard to figure why he had zero rebounds. Akok did not play that much and it was his first game back. Springs did not play at all.

I guess on the defensive end, he likes to get out on a break so he can get in position to catch a pass and shoot it. On the offensive end, maybe he figures he will get in Whaley's or Sanogo's way, if he goes to the basket when a shot is taken. I am not being his apologist here about this statistic. It is puzzling since long rebounds do happen and even guards get them. But, against Butler, he did a coast to coast on a rebound, so if there is a will, there is a way.

I will say he doesn't just heave up shots every time he gets the ball. He more or less waits for a good look. So that is a plus for him.

Until he ballooned in the second half of last year, CV would just heave up shots. I think Purvis did that too. So then, Polley seems to be more discreet about shot selection. A high volume shooter with a low percentage is not a plus.

 

[formerlurker]

Can we stop doing this? When one player has a great game, everyone throws out the rest of their career and acts like this is how they always play. People do this with Carlton too. Polley had an incredible game, yes, but he’s never consistent. His whole career has been inconsistency and he hasn’t improved. Hopefully he builds off of last nights game and ends the year like Vital

Until the World balances out I have no issue with anyone seeing this glass as overflowing.

 

[superjohn]

If the shots aren’t falling he’s not helping out with anything else.

True in terms of rebounding and passing but his defense seems good and his role on this team is as a shooter and he's an excellent shooter. If he isn't shooting he shouldn't be playing but he has the ultimate green light and should be shooting 9-10 threes per game.

 

[Waquoit]

Seems something has clicked to me.

That something clicked last year, then he got hurt.

 

[glastonbury50]

Polley is creating his own shot this year which is something he hasn't shown before. If he can continue to do this he will be lethal.

 

[phillionaire]

You know what? Maybe.