What’s next immediate need? PF or Center

[UConnTrumbull]

They had a huge day, they're probably the favorites now. Lolz

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Trilly said that’s fake. People with too much time on their hands.

 

[boog204]

They had a huge day, they're probably the favorites now. Lolz

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Calling shenanigans on that one…

 

[navery12]

Yeah that's a fake Trilly scoop, albeit one that someone spent a ton of time making look real

 

[superjohn]

Trilly said that’s fake. People with too much time on their hands.

I know, I was joking.

Everyone is trolling Kentucky fans. I almost feel badly for Mark Pope. All the money in the world and nobody wants to play for him.

 

[Emoney2737]

I was thinking we could bring back Malachi. There's your backup PG.

Didn’t he just sign with a professional team in Puerto Rico

 

[RuffRuff]

I know, I was joking.

Everyone is trolling Kentucky fans. I almost feel badly for Mark Pope. All the money in the world and nobody wants to play for him.

He’ll land at some obscure school in Utah much wealthier.

Some of the tweets about the weird stuff he does during recruit visits is hysterical.

 

[SaeHusky]

It was announced today that Jordan Burks from UCF entered the portal. Would be perfect backup PF but likely wants to start. Avg 13.3 pts, 4.8 rebounds and shat 37% from 3. 6ft 9 205lbs.

 

[Chin Diesel]

With Giltay signed, a super athletic four would be my next preference.

 

[bendm]

Can’t ask for better than Nils as our backup CG. Hopefully staff can close this weekend. Hurley has never played 10 guys but there’s still a need for a backup PF that’s ok playing 0-10mpg. Hard sell IMO but we can afford to take our time now.

 

[Ricker]

Can’t ask for better than Nils as our backup CG. Hopefully staff can close this weekend. Hurley has never played 10 guys but there’s still a need for a backup PF that’s ok playing 0-10mpg. Hard sell IMO but we can afford to take our time now.

We've toyed with 10 or at least had 10 playable players on the roster.
newton, hawkins, jackson, sanogo, karaban, clingan, joey california, diarra, alleyne, & samson johnson at #10 would have played if not injured so long. Richie Springs was also on the roster and I personally feel was playable. His listing at 6'9 235lbs with the ability to rebound and play defense in spot situations against big physical teams is exactly a piece we need now, and, we don't need to even seek out much more than what Richie offered. Just need some size and power at the 4 in specific situations.

 

[bendm]

We've toyed with 10 or at least had 10 playable players on the roster.
newton, hawkins, jackson, sanogo, karaban, clingan, joey california, diarra, alleyne, & samson johnson at #10 would have played if not injured so long. Richie Springs was also on the roster and I personally feel was playable. His listing at 6'9 235lbs with the ability to rebound and play defense in spot situations against big physical teams is exactly a piece we need now, and, we don't need to even seek out much more than what Richie offered. Just need some size and power at the 4 in specific situations.

Another Richie would be the perfect

 

[Chin Diesel]

He needs to shat better from 3. What a mess it must be to clean up.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

If the advanced metrics are a sign of things to come Giltay will be a lot more productive on D than Reibe was this year

I’m not a PORPAGATU guy so someone will correct me if I’m wrong but I read something indicating that Giltay graded out around where reed was when he got to UConn offensively and is significantly ahead of where he was defensively.

 

[Fan1978]

Another Richie would be the perfect

I hope for much better than springs. His post Uconn time at quinapiac was underwhelming. I thought he would dominate at that level. Need a big stong pf that is difference maker on the board and defense

 

[aceboon]

Can’t ask for better than Nils as our backup CG. Hopefully staff can close this weekend. Hurley has never played 10 guys but there’s still a need for a backup PF that’s ok playing 0-10mpg. Hard sell IMO but we can afford to take our time now.

I think they might have more minutes to sell than that, Khamenia will obviously start and play alot but I don't see it being an AK situation at the 4 where against real teams he never comes off the floor.

 

[bendm]

I think they might have more minutes to sell than that, Khamenia will obviously start and play alot but I don't see it being an AK situation at the 4 where against real teams he never comes off the floor.

Sure We could conceivably sell a backup PF on 15mpg I just don’t know what Hurley is selling given he’s never had a 10 man rotation. But The PT is there for the taking:

Silas 25 / County 10 / Nils 5
Mullins 30 / Nils 10
Ross 20 / Landrew 20
Nik 25 / Transfer 15
Hines 25 / Giltay 15

30: Mullins
25: Silas / Nik / Hines
20: Ross / Landrew
15: Nils / Transfer / Giltay
10: County

 

[auror]

I’m not a PORPAGATU guy so someone will correct me if I’m wrong but I read something indicating that Giltay graded out around where reed was when he got to UConn offensively and is significantly ahead of where he was defensively.

It's true, but we need to take defensive metrics for backups with a pretty healthy skepticism.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

It was announced today that Jordan Burks from UCF entered the portal. Would be perfect backup PF but likely wants to start. Avg 13.3 pts, 4.8 rebounds and shat 37% from 3. 6ft 9 205lbs.

I noticed that "shit" was not filtered out from recent posts by Tom and Fishy. In context, they seemed inoffensive, but "shat" took me a little by surprise. What's next, "scrod?"

 

[Fishy]

Another Richie would be the perfect

Holy shit.