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Horatio said:
Wasn’t he a good football player also??? That’s what I was referring to.
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He didn't play football at Albany Academy iirc. So he didn't at least past freshman year. I wouldn't mind him as a tall wideout though.
 
JohnFSilver said:
He has spent two years in nba. If he gets released he will get picked up for defense by someone. His biggest issue is the refusal to shoot. Has to slow it down on offense.

But. Wing defense is valuable.
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Is it? When you can’t score a lick? The NBA isn’t college ball where one dominant guy can be shut down with a closer and stunt a team. Everyone on the floor can shoot it, so if you have one guy that can’t, at all, the balance of value is massively limited.

One thing if you’re an average offensively player and a great defender, another if you’re scared of the rim.
 
ctbro1999 said:
Not UConn related but holy crap, this might be the best summer league dunk ever. And that guy's career just ended as well. LOL
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Johnny Furphy on Noa Essengue might be the greatest Summer League dunk ever!
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Certainly the best picture of a dunk. Furphy needs to actually get a poster of that.
 
husky429 said:
My good friend was a skill guy for the Hawks for years and I know plenty of others working with high level players.

The basic answer, honestly, is they don't reconstruct a shot very often at all. It's not worth it. Very few players do it successfully. Who's the last few NBA players to truly take their jumper and reinvent it? Building a new jumper is much easier.

College coaches VERY rarely overhaul a shot. We don't at UConn. There's a video out there of Pope saying how he doesn't teach shooting--he recruits it.

Small tweaks to a shot there are tons of drills for. Like Solo this past year... he upgraded his footwork and became a real shooter because of it.

Mostly players are just working on their footwork in the league. Or developing consistency in their form... not building a shot.
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I recall Kemba making an adjustment where he moved the point of release a lot higher during his NBA career. I suppose that might be called minor.
 
Scoe said:
Cam is too good to be playing in summer league good to see him tear it up.
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I agree. Cam stated he is taking more of a leadership role on the Summer League team and that's very valuable to the others trying to play their way onto a roster because he can speak from personal experience.

Maybe that is why he is still playing because Memphis' management wants that. As far as proving performance, skill, and ability, he really has outgrown the Summer League.
 
Scoe said:
Cam is too good to be playing in summer league good to see him tear it up.
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That's why they locked him up to a contract. But I think they're letting him play because the rotation there is pretty tight so he could use the minutes.
 
Need to find replays from earlier this week but just watched the 3 most recent games for our guys

Samson had 10 minutes today! Was very active but mostly roaming around setting screens. Did have a nice block. 2 points and 3 rebounds

Adama played 19 minutes against the Wizards. He made the first basket of the game and then only took 2 more shots the entire game. Also spent most of the time setting screens and rebounding. Seems the Jazz have no plan for him, he's spent most games just roaming around screening. 3 points, 9 rebounds

Andre actually had some encouraging moments against the Bulls. His box score shows that he was 1-2 shooting so you'd think he was the same passive player on offense, but he was much more aggressive with the ball. Leading pick & rolls, driving, attacking on fast breaks. But most times, he still deferred to the pass at the last second instead of taking the shot. He did shoot and make a 3 with no hesitation and was even decently contested, maybe it was the camera angle but the form looked different. He almost ended someone's life on a poster dunk but got fouled and made 2 FTs. Defensively he did a great job. Positive steps but I think he's running/has already run out of time, especially with the Bucks signing Chris Livingston to a guaranteed deal (he has definitely been Milwaukee's best player in Summer League). 5 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists
 
aceboon said:
probably the end for AJ in Milwaukee

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Livingston physically looks like an NBA player, is very aggressive and isn't afraid to impose his will and get inside to try to score.
AJ just looks lost.
I didn't see his most recent game but in the few others I saw parts of he didn't look comfortable doing much besides making an occasional great pass, running around a lot on defense without creating turnovers and avoiding shooting..... especially not driving inside to score. The last game I saw him in he drove into an open lane but instead of going to the basket and dunking he threw a pass behind himself to a guy beyond the three point line. And I think the guy missed.
It's bizarre.
Don't all these players have mentors or personal coaches that should clue him in that you won't last the way you're playing? Or does he sense it's over for him and he doesn't know what to do?
 
Scrutineer said:
Livingston physically looks like an NBA player, is very aggressive and isn't afraid to impose his will and get inside to try to score.
AJ just looks lost.
I didn't see his most recent game but in the few others I saw parts of he didn't look comfortable doing much besides making an occasional great pass, running around a lot on defense without creating turnovers and avoiding shooting..... especially not driving inside to score. The last game I saw him in he drove into an open lane but instead of going to the basket and dunking he threw a pass behind himself to a guy beyond the three point line. And I think the guy missed.
It's bizarre.
Don't all these players have mentors or personal coaches that should clue him in that you won't last the way you're playing? Or does he sense it's over for him and he doesn't know what to do?
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I think it was the first Vegas SL game I saw him do the same exact thing and it resulted in a turnover/bad pass over a teammates head at the 3 point line, just as Doc Rivers was on the broadcast saying he needed to work on his offense 30 seconds before.
 
Mike Honcho said:
Tristen having a huge game with 2 minutes to go, up 3 points.

He's got 24pts, 10 assists, 5 rebounds on 8/11 shooting (6/9 from three). And just 3 turnovers.
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Besides UConn kicking arse and winning it all this upcoming season, nothing would make me more pleased as a basketball fan to see Newton, Sanogo, Bouknight, and other UConn players make it on a NBA roster, especially Newton and Sanogo. I was very pleased for Cam and the contract he got-he has earned this.

There is no question Newton and Sanogo can be back up level players off the bench on a NBA roster. As Queen Andrea (other alias, Mama Hurley) has said about the players, "these are my babies", LOL.

FWIW, having said that last statement, before anyone accuses me of being a UConn homer, I would say that I have been accused of the opposite. I have been flamed for being too critical of UConn players in the past as to how they performed at UConn or their draft prospects (i.e. Thabeet going #2).
 
Mike Honcho said:
Tristen having a huge game with 2 minutes to go, up 3 points.

He's got 24pts, 10 assists, 5 rebounds on 8/11 shooting (6/9 from three). And just 3 turnovers.
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Ahh. Twolves had the ball down 1 with 4.4 seconds to go and Tristen got called for a pushoff that essentially sealed the win for Houston. Disappointing end but still played great overall.
 
Newton was on fire from three and hit a couple of tough twos as well. 10 assists and there were probably 3-4 left on the table from teammates dropping passes or missing bunnies

Weak push off call at the end. Refs kind of blew that one, but can’t blame the refs for losing a double digit 4th quarter lead
 
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