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UConn in the NBA Nov 2025

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CardiacAndre7 said:
Yeah that was premature, had a couple bad passes in a row. He has a habit of jumping without a decision made which has been a catalyst to a lot of his to’s.
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Lol yikes got tagged for 3 late TOs, though 1 was BS.
 
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Castle has been excellent so far. Some things still need work but he's been great overall. I think he does need Fox and/or Harper back though. Just like Wemby needs Kornet. When either of them is out, their current backups are not good.

It's putting a lot of pressure on two guys who are under 22.

They did run a lot of lineups with Harper playing more off ball even when Castle was out, so I think they are trying to bring him in and just let him play without the pressure of being the PG when he's in. Similar to how Castle saw a lot of minutes as a secondary ball creator last year.
 
Castle: 14 points on 5-12 (0-4 3P, 4-5 FT), 6 rebounds, 13 assists, 5 turnovers

Tyrese rough game off the bench. 2 points on 1-7 shooting

Cam: 12 points on 5-9 (2-4 3P)

AJax: DNP-CD

Liam: 8 points on 2-6 (2-5 3P, 2-2 FT) with 4 rebounds
 
Castle keeps racking up those stats and wins and gets that all-star nod in year 2, possibly win a playoff rd this year.
 
Scoe said:
Castle keeps racking up those stats and wins and gets that all-star nod in year 2, possibly win a playoff rd this year.
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Currently averaging 19/7/6 on 50% shooting with 2 steals and half a block

Turnovers are a problem (5 per game) and other shooting splits are rough (29% from three and 68% on FTs). But get those under control and that feels pretty close to being in the all star conversation
 
Steph 7 assists in the first quarter but boy his 3 pt shot is wayyy off. The rotation must be really bad because they look super weird coming off the rim. Nola is daring him to shoot and he’s wide open, just can’t hit the broad side of a barn right now.
 
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Mr. French said:
Steph up to 11 assists in 3rd Q.

I think he’ll be ok at PG.
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His shooting has been bad the past two games from distance but he's had 13 (and counting today) assists and shot well from two and the FT line with limited TOs.
 
Yesterday NBA -

Drummond 16 minutes, 4 points (1-5), 8 rebounds

Castle: 14 points (5-13, 0-6 3P, 4-4 FT), 14 assists, 4 rebounds, only 2 TO

Hawkins: 5 points in 18 minutes (2-6, 1-3 3P)

Clingan: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks in 20 minutes (6-9, 1-3 3P)

G League -

Newton on Friday: 15 points on 4-14 (1-7 3P), 9 assists, 4 rebounds

Newton yesterday: 35 points on 12-22 (9-14 3P!!!), 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks

Bouknight: 28 points on 9-19 (4-7 3P), 7 assists, 6 rebounds

Polley did get 7 minutes on Friday but not much in terms of stats
 
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REB1094 said:
Yesterday NBA -

Drummond 16 minutes, 4 points (1-5), 8 rebounds

Castle: 14 points (5-13, 0-6 3P, 4-4 FT), 14 assists, 4 rebounds, only 2 TO

Hawkins: 5 points in 18 minutes (2-6, 1-3 3P)

Clingan: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks in 20 minutes (6-9, 1-3 3P)

G League -

Newton on Friday: 15 points on 4-14 (1-7 3P), 9 assists, 4 rebounds

Newton yesterday: 35 points on 12-22 (9-14 3P!!!), 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks

Bouknight: 28 points on 9-19 (4-7 3P), 7 assists, 6 rebounds

Polley did get 7 minutes on Friday but not much in terms of stats
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What team is Bouk with?
 
ucp990411 said:
What team is Bouk with?
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Mexico City Capitanes, which is an interesting team in the G League. They run independently and are not affiliated with an NBA franchise. Believe they’re the only team in the G League like that
 
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REB1094 said:
Mexico City Capitanes, which is an interesting team in the G League. They run independently and are not affiliated with an NBA franchise. Believe they’re the only team in the G League like that
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I'd love to see a team in Mexico City. Really take the league international. Would give me another excuse to get down there and eat street tacos until I puke
 
husky429 said:
I'd love to see a team in Mexico City. Really take the league international. Would give me another excuse to get down there and eat street tacos until I puke
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I’m going there in a few months to do exactly that!
 
Mr. French said:
Don’t “dislike” my post @Mike Honcho i didn’t play. If I did I’d go at least 2/6 from 3.
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Haha. I was in a pickle there. Rest assured I was disliking Hawkins' performance and not yours. I observed that you gained a reaction score point for my dislike, for whatever it's worth.
 
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caw said:
This is obviously great but teams are doing a very good job of screening him to get the switch and really dragging Barnes/Champ after, from what I've seen.
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It’s also just not correct. Booker hit multiple shots while guarded by Steph. I don’t remember the rest enough to fact check them.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
It’s also just not correct. Booker hit multiple shots while guarded by Steph. I don’t remember the rest enough to fact check them.
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Yep, well maybe. Hard to gauge how they are recording it for that tweet.

Booker went:

3 on Vassell
2 on Harper
2 on Castle/Wemby (Castle was screened off but did challenge from behind with Wemby the man in front. You could put this on Wemby as he did switch. McLaughlin was also digging from the other side.)
3 on Vassell
2 on Castle (or Wemby) hard to tell who was closer. I'd say Castle here but I could see the argument for Wemby as he was kind of challenged initially but dropped back as Booker was rising to his shot. Castle challenged late coming through the screen.
2 on Barnes
2 Cherry picking fast break
2 on Castle (great one on one fade away from Booker)
2 on Barnes
2 on Vassell

I'd say two-three were on Castle but you could argue one with poor switching defense by Wemby on two others.

For those two shots, Wemby kind of played a soft drop, with a hand extended but not really challenging the shot, and definitely not hedging the screen. So both times Castle had to fight through the screen and try and challenge while Booker was already in his shooting motion. I can see the argument they belong on Wemby as he was the man in front when Booker began his shooting motion. I think they were somewhat giving Booker the midrange on those plays with Wemby more focused on protecting the paint.

EDIT: I only watched the Booker highlights and they obviously don't show misses so not sure if Castle was actually defending him for his five misses of the game.
 
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caw said:
Yep, well maybe. Hard to gauge how they are recording it for that tweet.

Booker went:

3 on Vassell
2 on Harper
2 on Castle/Wemby (Castle was screened off but did challenge from behind with Wemby the man in front. You could put this on Wemby as he did switch. McLaughlin was also digging from the other side.)
3 on Vassell
2 on Castle (or Wemby) hard to tell who was closer. I'd say Castle here but I could see the argument for Wemby as he was kind of challenged initially but dropped back as Booker was rising to his shot. Castle challenged late coming through the screen.
2 on Barnes
2 Cherry picking fast break
2 on Castle (great one on one fade away from Booker)
2 on Barnes
2 on Vassell

I'd say two-three were on Castle but you could argue one with poor switching defense by Wemby on two others.

For those two shots, Wemby kind of played a soft drop, with a hand extended but not really challenging the shot, and definitely not hedging the screen. So both times Castle had to fight through the screen and try and challenge while Booker was already in his shooting motion. I can see the argument they belong on Wemby as he was the man in front when Booker began his shooting motion. I think they were somewhat giving Booker the midrange on those plays with Wemby more focused on protecting the paint.

EDIT: I only watched the Booker highlights and they obviously don't show misses so not sure if Castle was actually defending him for his five misses of the game.
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I think he was for 4 of them. I watched that game and was impressed with how he forced Booker to shoot contested fadeaways. Which he missed for a while and then he finally made a couple of them (he’s averaging 30 ppg - so he’s going to make some). I unofficially had it as Booker shooting 3-7 head-to-head watching the game - not counting the last one coming when he was the primary defender and Vassell flew out late to help when Steph was late getting around the screen.

I guess there’s a nuance as to whether you technically scored “on” someone if you used a screen to get an advantage. That might make that 1-6 closer to accurate if a screen negated the attempt. But if that stat is legit, you have to use the same standard on misses and makes (ie if Steph fought over a screen and had a good contest, that shouldn’t be a miss head-to-head if you wouldn’t have counted it if it went in).
 
Spencer with an ok night - 9 points (2-6, 4-4 FT, 1 assist, 1 TO). Was also out there in crunch time (down by 10) to try to give an offensive lift.

A little bit of “pass it to the UConn guy bias” on my part here - but I hate watching guys like Jaren Jackson Jr. play. Guys who give you 20 ppg and 1 apg and don’t see any of the four guys wearing the same color shirts.
 
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