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UConn in the NBA - April

RuffRuff said:
No doubt - may already be on an all defense team.
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This is just his second year. He’s only 21.
aceboon said:
He doesn't have an offensive game, playoff basketball is a completely different animal than regular season. Kon Knueppel couldn't even make 3s with "playoff" pressure in the play-in games, it's no surprise DC isn't making them. Needs to be spending all offseason continuing to make improvements with his body and figuring out reliable offense that he can go to. He's likely years away from being a reliable offensive threat in the playoffs if it ever comes together.
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Maybe instead of 1000 threes he can do a 1000 hook shots and turnaround jumpers from the post this summer. It’s not like he doesn’t have the touch for it.
RuffRuff said:
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I understand he had to get picked above Castle because of the fit (Rockets had Castle at home with Amen), but man that choice is going to age bad for them.
 
HW611 said:
He’s really going to be All NBA for years to come. One of the best PGs in the league.

Not going to look so crazy to say he was an SGA, Cade Cunningham level player.
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We were united on Steph.

In my top projections of his development, this is what I saw. I didn’t fully expect he’d do it this quickly, but this was it.
 
REB1094 said:
Castle and Harper carried the Spurs without Wemby. Steph 33pts/5ast on 10-18 (3-4 3P, 10-11 FT!). Harper 27 pts/10reb on 9-12 (4-5 3P, 5-6 FT)

Clingan struggled again. 7 points and 11 rebounds but on 2-6 shooting in 19 minutes. Anyone know what’s going on with him? Hasn’t had a good game all postseason
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The play of Rob Williams has been a factor. DC’s offense has been a little rough, but he also just isn’t on the court as much because Time Lord is playing out of his mind. I think that playing some meaningful playoff basketball games is going to be an invaluable experience for Clingan going forward.
 
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I wouldn’t be surprised if Reed has (some) level shooting abilities like Clingan suddenly did. It’s just that Hurley uses their offense for post moves almost exclusively.

Because I like to throw shade, I’ll say that there’s a difference between post-heavy bigs with underrated shooting and bigs that only want to shoot because that’s their bag.
 
aceboon said:
his trainer posted this last summer, all these guys can do this in workouts/drills. he'll probably show well at the combine, getting the leash and confidence to shoot them in games will come with time

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Who goes earlier, him or AK?
 
REB1094 said:
Not sure where go put this but uhhh can Tarris Reed hit dribble combo threes?
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I'm not even a great lip-reader but even I could see Hurley calmly tell Tarris after that brick "Don't you ever bleepin' do that again!" He nodded.
 
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Would love to be wrong but I see Tarris and Alex both going early in Round 2. Top 5 or so in the 2nd.
 
That’s good stuff from Reed, especially working on speeding up the release off the bounce. That’s a must for the next level.
 
Non UConn thought but it's a shame Minnesota found the perfect piece in Dosunmu to make a postseason run and now their season has potentially gone down the drain in 24 first half minutes.
 
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RuffRuff said:
And he went ahead of Castle…….

Three teams are going to be forever sad they didn’t take Steph.
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Yeah I was down on this guy when the draft was about to happen but lots of people were high on Sheppard. I mentioned that Castle has so much more potential due to his size and over all athletic ability over Reed.
 
aceboon said:
his trainer posted this last summer, all these guys can do this in workouts/drills. he'll probably show well at the combine, getting the leash and confidence to shoot them in games will come with time

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I'm surprised that Hurley didn't even let him shoot the 10 footers. Nice stroke.
 
aceboon said:
Non UConn thought but it's a shame Minnesota found the perfect piece in Dosunmu to make a postseason run and now their season has potentially gone down the drain in 24 first half minutes.
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Didn't Minnesota win and up 3-1 and Dosunmu have 43 points?
 
3rdbass said:
Didn't Minnesota win and up 3-1 and Dosunmu have 43 points?
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Divincenzo tore his achilles and Edwards hyperextended his knee and never returned from the lockerroom, all in the first half. If Edwards is cooked, and he's already battling runner's knee in the other knee and clearly compromised, their season is over.
 
EBonz30 said:
I believe he is already the best on ball perimeter defender in the league.

His ability offensively to get two feet into the lane & make quality decisions is high level.

If he can continue to improve on his outside shooting- he will be a top 5 player in the league in years to come.
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Since the all-star break he's shot 41% from 3. Dropped the TOs that he had issues with early to 2.8. 17/6/8 overall.
 
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husky429 said:
High-major d1 players are really fricken good. I remember people being shocked in some summer video that Brimah had handles. Veryyyy different thing to do that against an NBA defense.
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Yep, if you showed up early to games and watched pre-game warmups with Donovan nailing 3’s, you could see that it would be a part of his game as he progressed in the NBA.

Same for Reed, but I generally didn’t see him shooting them as much in early pre-game warmups as Don.

If Reed gets drafted, he’ll likely start bringing that part of his game out more and more.

I understand the reasons why the staff doesn’t really let them do it in-game, but I wouldn’t mind if they gave our centers a bigger leash during OOC cream puff games.
 
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