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UCONN in the NBA - 2023/24 Season

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Mike Honcho said:
Jordan Hawkins finished with 25/6/3 tonight in 40 min. 8/17 and 5/12 from three. Made a big three with a minute left to get the Pelicans within 3. Then they had a chance to tie with about 30 seconds left and essentially ran zero offense. I forgot who it was got called for an up and down before attempting a three to tie.
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Their PG, Daniels.
 
husky429 said:
NBA teams are so heavy on analytics that he isn't going to be ignored for his outside-the-box-score stuff. Bucks were a great landing spot for him.
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The Bucks are literally the perfect landing spot for Andre.

The Bucks don't need Andre to score a basket with Lillard, Giannis, Middleton, Lopez, Portis, Beasley, Connaughton and Payne. BUT, the Bucks went from one of the better defensive backcourts in the NBA to one of the worst when they traded for Lillard. Lillard needs protection on defense when he is on the court. If Jackson works, he can become Lillard's 2nd and 3rd quarter bodyguard, picking up the opposing team's top scoring threat and letting Lillard rest on D. That could turn into a 15-20 minutes a game job for Andre. Not bad for a second round pick to one of the best teams in the NBA.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
The Bucks are literally the perfect landing spot for Andre.

...If Jackson works, he can become Lillard's 2nd and 3rd quarter bodyguard, picking up the opposing team's top scoring threat and letting Lillard rest on D. That could turn into a 15-20 minutes a game job for Andre. Not bad for a second round pick to one of the best teams in the NBA.
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This article talks about exactly that from a G-league perspective. Most players don't make the show by "being the man." "That the best path to the league is through a role." Andre figured that out without being sent down.
 
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Waquoit said:
This article talks about exactly that from a G-league perspective. Most players don't make the show by "being the man." "That the best path to the league is through a role." Andre figured that out without being sent down.
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The Bucks are also great for Andre in that no one wants to end up on a Giannis or Lopez block highlight reel, so Andre can play aggressively on the perimeter and not worry about getting beat.
 
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I didn't like that Andre was drafted by MIL (i really hoped for Denver or Indiana), and i wasn't thrilled with the pels for Hawk.

I'm glad i was so wrong. They're both getting a chance, and that's more than a lot of rookies get (especially for 2nd rounders). Things really broke right for Hawk with the short term injuries to the guys in front of him. By the time Murphy & CJ are back, Jordan will have been established for a while.
 
HU5KIES said:
Andre starting again in today's game
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The way they are using him is so odd. He goes from zero minutes to starter to zero minutes to starter and it’s not for rest. Just so very strange.
 
caw said:
The way they are using him is so odd. He goes from zero minutes to starter to zero minutes to starter and it’s not for rest. Just so very strange.
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Strange indeed. Only logged 12 minutes as a starter today and had minimal contributions according to the box score.
 
Waquoit said:
I read that the coach started Andre so he doesn't have to mess with his bench rotation.
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He didn't play many minutes, and basically had a zero stat line. One rebound and nothing else the last time I looked.
 
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Waquoit said:
I read that the coach started Andre so he doesn't have to mess with his bench rotation.
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I think Griffin is 50/50 to finish the season. I don't think Griffin has the game planning chops or the leadership to be an NBA Head Coach, and the Bucks don't have a big window remaining to win another title. A lot of the defensive issues are because of changes Griffin made, and Griffin effectively fired a long-time, respected assistant and former head coach in Terry Stotts because Griffin had a tantrum in a practice, and then made it seem like it was Stotts' idea to leave. Griffin follows that up with getting into it with Giannis at the scorer's table during a game.

Giannis is too nice, but Lillard will demand Griffin get fired immediately if Griffin ever tries to show up Lillard during a game.
 
Andre has everything needed to play in the NBA with the exception of proper shooting mechanics. He cannot create his own space, cannot shoot off the dribble, no step back, etc. It’s all because of poor shooting mechanics. I’ve been saying this for a few years. It’s a shooters league. This is a shame and it should have been fixed prior to college.
 
87Xfer said:
He didn't play many minutes, and basically had a zero stat line. One rebound and nothing else the last time I looked.
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He basically sets screens and cuts and plays defense. That's it and that's fine but it's the playing time that's odd.
 
caw said:
He basically sets screens and cuts and plays defense. That's it and that's fine but it's the playing time that's odd.
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If that's it, then the playing time's not that odd, no?
 
Very glad Andre is getting a chance but he’s got to contribute substantially more to the stat sheet if he wants to stick around. Attitude and intangibles will only get you so far.
 
whosurdaddy2720 said:
Very glad Andre is getting a chance but he’s got to contribute substantially more to the stat sheet if he wants to stick around. Attitude and intangibles will only get you so far.
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He was the 36th pick. He doesn't need to be any better than he is 14 games into his first season. He has plenty of time to improve his game and earn a bigger role over the course of his 4 year contract.
More likely than not, the coach has asked him to play good perimeter defense, an be an energy guy right now.
Picks 8, 9, 11, 20 and more drafted ahead of AJ are completely out of their teams rotations right now, and none of them are on teams with the expectations that the bucks have for success.
 
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There was an article I think on ESPN about the Bucks having a Jayson Tatum problem. The article basically said they traded Holiday their best defender and now do not have someone to defend the Jayson Tatum's of the NBA. The end of the article mentioned AJJ as possibly their best perimeter defender at this point. With Middleton out it would seem that Griff wanted to start out with AJJs defense and not have to worry about messing with his bench. I did not see the game but can only imagine that AJJ played good enough defense and set screens both which don't show up in the stat line. They won too which is good - no?
 
Hawkins made 1 less three than the entire UConn team last night

13 points and 5 rebounds off the bench in 24 minutes. 5-11 FG and 3-6 3P in a close loss
 
Scoe said:
Hawkins needs to start and play 40 minutes a game.
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The odd thing about the Pelicans, is they don't seem to like playing Brandon Ingram at the 3. So until they replace Herbert Jones at the SF spot with Brandon Ingram, Hawk will be forced to the bench.

IMO, even when Hawk eventually starts this year for the Pels, he'll average no more than 30-32 minutes per game; but man, he'll be scoring 25 points in 30 minutes on more than a few occasions if this happens.
 
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REB1094 said:
Hawkins made 1 less three than the entire UConn team last night

13 points and 5 rebounds off the bench in 24 minutes. 5-11 FG and 3-6 3P in a close loss
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"A lack of 3-point shooting doomed the Pelicans. They connected on 7 of 22 triples. Rookie Jordan Hawkins was responsible for three of those makes."

"Second-year guard Dyson Daniels looked shaky in the loss. He shot 1 of 6 from the field and 0 of 4 from 3-point land. The Jazz sent multiple defenders to try and wall Williamson off from getting into the paint. They left Daniels wide open, but he could not make them pay."
 
Bouknight came in for the first time with 4:51 remaining in a 23 point game with 3 other benchwarmers (Nick Smith, Leaky Black, and Theo Malodon). Took 2 3s, made 1. Grabbed an oreb.

Andre didn't play in the 1st half, but got some time in the 4th and made 2 3's (1 banked in).
 
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