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UConn in the NBA Nov 2025

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Just read a funny story. Cam had a good game for the Grizzlies, when they beat the Mavs 102-96 Saturday night (17points, 6/10 FG, 3/5 3PT, 5 assists). Apparently Cam was being interviewed on-court after the game, when Ja (injured and in street clothes), who had been chirping throughout the game at Klay, interrupts and says, “Tell ‘em who the best shooter in the house was, it wasn’t bro from Golden State.” Thompson overheard this and had some words with Ja, and they had to be separated.

The latest is that Morant WASN'T referring to Thompson, as everyone assumed. No, now it’s being reported that he was referring to PAT SPENCER, who’s on Golden State!
 
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amishboy said:
Just read a funny story. Cam had a good game for the Grizzlies, when they beat the Mavs 102-96 Saturday night (17points, 6/10 FG, 3/5 3PT, 5 assists). Apparently Cam was being interviewed on-court after the game, when Ja (injured and in street clothes), who had been chirping throughout the game at Klay, interrupts and says, “Tell ‘em who the best shooter in the house was, it wasn’t bro from Golden State.” Thompson overheard this and had some words with Ja, and they had to be separated.

The latest is that Morant WASN'T referring to Thompson, as everyone assumed. No, now it’s being reported that he was referring to PAT SPENCER, who’s on Golden State!
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Clingan with a modest but solid game: 8/8/2 dimes/2 blocks (2-4 from 3). Portland was up against the buzzsaw that is OKC and got....well, sliced and diced. But Clingan logged a +2 +/-.
 
Called me shocked at how good Kneuppel has turned out. 28 last night on 7-11 3 pt shooting. He’s averaging almost 20 a game and shooting 44% from three, and easy front runner for ROY as of now. Scheyer had the best two players in America last year and could not with a NC.
 
RuffRuff said:
Called me shocked at how good Kneuppel has turned out. 28 last night on 7-11 3 pt shooting. He’s averaging almost 20 a game and shooting 44% from three, and easy front runner for ROY as of now. Scheyer had the best two players in America last year and could not with a NC.
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I love Kon and I gotta say I’m not stunned. He’s so fundamentally sound, he’s perfect for Charlotte because most of the rest of their “stars” aren’t.

He just always makes the right play like he’s doing a coaching video tutorial. I wonder if 2 college playing parents and an uncle has something to do with it? lol.
 
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superjohn said:
The NBA becoming a finesse shooting league really crushed Andre's career. Dude is arguably the best rebounder ever. That shouldn't make you a bench player at 26/27 years old.
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If he had started his career in the early 90's, would have had a much different career arc. Owell, still good to see he's grinding well over a decade into his career!
 
superjohn said:
The NBA becoming a finesse shooting league really crushed Andre's career. Dude is arguably the best rebounder ever. That shouldn't make you a bench player at 26/27 years old.
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if he could have defended at a higher level he would have remained a starter and been more than fine
 
superjohn said:
The NBA becoming a finesse shooting league really crushed Andre's career. Dude is arguably the best rebounder ever. That shouldn't make you a bench player at 26/27 years old.
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I’m the biggest Drummond fan you’ll find, but he just had too many weak points in his game. He was never a great post defender, he is a great defensive big in space but not down low.

He never really figured out how to finish efficiently, he never learned a go-to move/never was post-efficient. Obviously free throws have always been an issue.

But, he has stuck because he has expanded his game step by step and is, as you said, potentially the best rebounder ever.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
I’m the biggest Drummond fan you’ll find, but he just had too many weak points in his game. He was never a great post defender, he is a great defensive big in space but not down low.

He never really figured out how to finish efficiently, he never learned a go-to move/never was post-efficient. Obviously free throws have always been an issue.

But, he has stuck because he has expanded his game step by step and is, as you said, potentially the best rebounder ever.
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Wouldn't call him a great defender in space at all because he use to get routinely lost in pick and roll coverage, that Lakers vs Suns series from a few years ago when Anthony Davis got hurt pretty much ended the idea of him being a starter on a team with high stakes involved. Bron was visibly disgusted with him on several instances for his defense.
 
aceboon said:
Wouldn't call him a great defender in space at all because he use to get routinely lost in pick and roll coverage, that Lakers vs Suns series from a few years ago when Anthony Davis got hurt pretty much ended the idea of him being a starter on a team with high stakes involved. Bron was visibly disgusted with him on several instances for his defense.
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He was a great defender for a big in space, especially with his switchability. He has great hands too, he was always near the top of the league in deflections and steal rate.
 
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ctbro1999 said:
If he had started his career in the early 90's, would have had a much different career arc. Owell, still good to see he's grinding well over a decade into his career!
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Absolutely. Not sure about any all-star appearances in the early and mid 90's because there were so many Hall of Fame centers- Hakeem, Shaq, Robinson, Ewing, Mourning, Mutombo but very late 90's-2000's and the 1980's he would've been a perennial all-star, IMO.

I give him credit for just taking the role that's given to him and still rebounding like a madman despite the league changing from right under his feet. Dude has averaged over 10 rebounds per game every single season he got 21 minutes per game of playing time, that's insane.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
He was a great defender for a big in space, especially with his switchability. He has great hands too, he was always near the top of the league in deflections and steal rate.
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bigs who are great defenders in space don't get benched because of their defense
 
aceboon said:
Wouldn't call him a great defender in space at all because he use to get routinely lost in pick and roll coverage, that Lakers vs Suns series from a few years ago when Anthony Davis got hurt pretty much ended the idea of him being a starter on a team with high stakes involved. Bron was visibly disgusted with him on several instances for his defense.
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That doesn't seem all that fair. He was thrown onto a new team after the Cavs sat him for months looking for a trade. He also had a toe injury and only played 21 games with them.
 
aceboon said:
bigs who are great defenders in space don't get benched because of their defense
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His benching and lack of stable minutes since has a lot of factors, not simply because he gets lost sometimes on defense.

And he wasn’t prime on the Lakers anyways. Just look at his advanced stats defensively, he was a good defender and was one of the best who could switch onto guards.
 

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Enjoyed my split screen of Clingan and Spencer tonight. Denver was ridiculous with 3s against Cam’s Grizzlies. Including Jokic from midcourt at the third quarter buzzer. But Cam orchestrated a nice comeback before Jamal Murray went on a run of contested threes to put it away. He’s playing a lot of point guard and quarterbacking things instead of pulling open shots when he can. Played the whole fourth quarter and finished 18 on 6-10 shooting, 4 assists and one unfortunate TO on a double deflection late.

Clingan knocked down a couple 3s and scoring on a couple lobs in the paint for another double double in a blowout win. Had 14-12-4. Covered Jackson for a couple possessions (so he could roam and help)
 
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RuffRuff said:
Called me shocked at how good Kneuppel has turned out. 28 last night on 7-11 3 pt shooting. He’s averaging almost 20 a game and shooting 44% from three, and easy front runner for ROY as of now. Scheyer had the best two players in America last year and could not with a NC.
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I hate giving Duke guys credit, but he always reminded me of Cam Spencer - just three inches taller. Basically had all of Cam’s savviness as a freshman - compared to Cam as a fifth year senior. He just won’t get sped up and constantly has counters to whatever you do to stop him. I didn’t know he’d be Rookie of the Year good - but thought he’d be good.
 
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