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Uconn needs either Mahaney or Nowell to play atleast 10 minutes a game. There will come a time when Diarra is in foul trouble and we need a PG off the bench. It’s too early to give up on either n the rotation for this season.
 
NJHusky said:
We can’t keep playing Hass 38 min a game. Need to get Nowell some burn.

We would have been better off taking Brea in the portal. He’s as good a PG as Mahaney and a much better shooter
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Koby Brea is nowhere remotely close to being a PG. Maybe we should have taken him, but he would not be getting a single minute at PG for this team
 
navery12 said:
Koby Brea is nowhere remotely close to being a PG. Maybe we should have taken him, but he would not be getting a single minute at PG for this team
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His stats this year are also buoyed heavily by all the cupcakes they’ve played. Possibly just luck, but he’s been pretty mediocre against the handful of decent teams they’ve played so far.
 
UCFan1513 said:
What PGs did we recruit in the portal other than Mahaney?
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Hurley just missed on Mahaney. Good coaches do that from time to time. Bill Self missed big time on Tmberlake. They really don't have a lot of time to evaluate them in the transfer window especially if the like UConn they are playing in the championship game.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Hass averaging 9 assists a game in last 4. Nothing to sneeze at.
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What the hell does that have to do with the amount of minutes he is playing?
HD has been great but he has no chance to last playing 35+ minutes a game. We are not even a 1/3 of the way through the season. Someone has got to step up and give 10 minutes a game .
 
navery12 said:
Koby Brea is nowhere remotely close to being a PG. Maybe we should have taken him, but he would not be getting a single minute at PG for this team
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I know. My point is Mahaney isn’t either…and now he’s barely playing the 2. Based on our shooting splits we prob could use someone like Brea who’s a 53% 3pt shooter at 6’7.
 
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NJHusky said:
I know. My point is Mahaney isn’t either…and now he’s barely playing the 2. Based on our shooting splits we prob could use someone like Brea who’s a 53% 3pt shooter at 6’7.
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I'd never turn down a shooter, so I wouldn't complain if we had him. But minutes are a zero sum game, and Brea's minutes would be coming at the expense of McNeeley or Stewart or Ross. And that latter 2 are already not getting enough minutes even without Brea. We need a backup PG, not another wing
 
NJHusky said:
I know. My point is Mahaney isn’t either…and now he’s barely playing the 2. Based on our shooting splits we prob could use someone like Brea who’s a 53% 3pt shooter at 6’7.
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If it makes you feel any better, he’s shooting just north of 30% from 3 against top 100 teams.
 
We really don’t know what Nowell will bring, especially in a tight game like last night. It’s telling that Aidan never got off the bench according to the stats. I thought I saw him for a quick minute. The folks on the yard who called us idiots for wanting to reduce his minutes must be blind, becuase Dan Hurley shut him down and the staff are not idiots. With more work maybe he can back into the rotation.
 
Stinger92860 said:
We really don’t know what Nowell will bring, especially in a tight game like last night. It’s telling that Aidan never got off the bench according to the stats. I thought I saw him for a quick minute. The folks on the yard who called us idiots for wanting to reduce his minutes must be blind, becuase Dan Hurley shut him down and the staff are not idiots. With more work maybe he can back into the rotation.
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He was out there for a very short stretch in the first half.
 
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I just haven’t seen enough of him to know his skills but we have played against some great driving, dishing and shooting guards already and he is not very tall so the question is does he have that in his game at his size?
Im pretty sure he can defend better than Mahaney against high quality guards from what we’ve seen because he just isn’t quick enough so far.
 
Diara could run 40 minutes a game if needed - he's a NYC PG
But, that is not ideal
I think we will se Nowell very soon for a few minutes each half and he will slowly build from that starting point.
 
3rdbass said:
Hurley just missed on Mahaney. Good coaches do that from time to time. Bill Self missed big time on Tmberlake. They really don't have a lot of time to evaluate them in the transfer window especially if the like UConn they are playing in the championship game.
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He technically missed on Timberlake too, but Self bailed him out. If Kansas doesn’t come after Timberlake with a big NIL, we have no idea who Cam Spencer is. And Cam is prob playing overseas or working as a stock broker.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
He was out there for a very short stretch in the first half.
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3 minutes, did nothing (good or bad), then never seen again.

Hurley was prioritizing defense with Ross, to arguable benefit, or at least concluded that the difference on offense wasn't sufficient enough to offset the difference on D.
 
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NJHusky said:
He technically missed on Timberlake too, but Self bailed him out. If Kansas doesn’t come after Timberlake with a big NIL, we have no idea who Cam Spencer is. And Cam is prob playing overseas or working as a stock broker.
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I know we rightfully mock Kansas for giving Timberlake a bag and then getting forgettable performance (except a gift foul call when they should have been set up for a big upset), but I don't think we can conclude that Timberlake would have failed here.

Cam Spencer was a perfect fit, like never will be seen again for a 1-year transfer, but it's a bit absurd to ding Hurley for prioritizing Timberlake when we actually have no idea how he would have performed here.
 
Wondering about the timing of Cams availability in the Portal vs Timberlake. Did Cam register later in the process? Anyone who watched Cams films could tell he was pretty special. I didn't watch them until well after he was here.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
I know we rightfully mock Kansas for giving Timberlake a bag and then getting forgettable performance (except a gift foul call when they should have been set up for a big upset), but I don't think we can conclude that Timberlake would have failed here.

Cam Spencer was a perfect fit, like never will be seen again for a 1-year transfer, but it's a bit absurd to ding Hurley for prioritizing Timberlake when we actually have no idea how he would have performed here.
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we have a pretty good idea that he wouldnt have been the perfect fit that cam was, that's the comp fair or not
 
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Tenspro2002 said:
I know we rightfully mock Kansas for giving Timberlake a bag and then getting forgettable performance (except a gift foul call when they should have been set up for a big upset), but I don't think we can conclude that Timberlake would have failed here.

Cam Spencer was a perfect fit, like never will be seen again for a 1-year transfer, but it's a bit absurd to ding Hurley for prioritizing Timberlake when we actually have no idea how he would have performed here.
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I’m Just being snarky as I know there’s no way to know what Timberlake would have been here, but if as you say Cam was prob the best 1 yr transfer maybe ever, then why not go after Cam first?
 
NJHusky said:
I’m Just being snarky as I know there’s no way to know what Timberlake would have been here, but if as you say Cam was prob the best 1 yr transfer maybe ever, then why not go after Cam first?
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Because Nick Timberlake committed to Kansas on April 19 and Cam Spencer didn't enter the portal until May 19
 
to be clear i'm not blaming hurley for going after timberlake. we needed a shooter and he was supposedly the best shooter in the portal. i'm just thankful kansas stole him.
 
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Tenspro2002 said:
3 minutes, did nothing (good or bad), then never seen again.

Hurley was prioritizing defense with Ross, to arguable benefit, or at least concluded that the difference on offense wasn't sufficient enough to offset the difference on D.
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He was awful. He totally bogged down the offense due to his inability to separate from his defender. We were leading 20-10 when he came in and shortly after it was tied. Mahaney isn't a PG even for a few minutes. Still wondering what Dan Hurley was thinking he could put square peg in a round hole. I thought he was getting him to start at SG as I didn't think Ball was ready at the beginning of the season to do that. Either way Mahaney is a SG who can create when he is off the ball.
 
3rdbass said:
He was awful. He totally bogged down the offense due to his inability to separate from his defender. We were leading 20-10 when he came in and shortly after it was tied. Mahaney isn't a PG even for a few minutes. Still wondering what Dan Hurley was thinking he could put square peg in a round hole. I thought he was getting him to start at SG as I didn't think Ball was ready at the beginning of the season to do that. Either way Mahaney is a SG who can create when he is off the ball.
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Think you should watch the game again. Take particular note when Mahaney played.
 
3rdbass said:
He was awful. He totally bogged down the offense due to his inability to separate from his defender. We were leading 20-10 when he came in and shortly after it was tied. Mahaney isn't a PG even for a few minutes. Still wondering what Dan Hurley was thinking he could put square peg in a round hole. I thought he was getting him to start at SG as I didn't think Ball was ready at the beginning of the season to do that. Either way Mahaney is a SG who can create when he is off the ball.
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Not to let facts get in the way of your narrative, but he came in at 18-10 UConn and left at 20-15 UConn
 
If Mahaney can be slotted in against certain teams with point guards who won’t burn him and if he can get designed plays for him for open shots….I mean he is a good 3 point shooter.
 
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