Why Hurley believes Braylon Mullins is a ‘high-end blue-chip talent’

[HooperScooper]

Article from Borges. He, Hurley and Murray went to see Mullins play on Saturday night.

McNeeley is a likely NBA first-round selection, possibly a lottery pick, in June. That means Mullins will be asked to help fill the void of McNeeley's probable departure.

And Mullins welcomes that challenge.

"Absolutely," he said. "Just watching (McNeeley), he does a lot for the team: play defense, run off ball-screens and shoot the rock at a very high clip. I'm definitely willing to step in that spot, but I'm going to have to work for it."

https://www.nhregister.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/article/dan-hurley-braylon-mullins-uconn-huskies-19994876.php

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Why UConn's Dan Hurley believes top recruit Braylon Mullins is a ‘high-end blue-chip talent’​

 

[HooperScooper]

@UCann, these are the type of articles that I was talking about that you don't get without beat writers covering the team. This is what I was talking about in the New London Day thread.

New London Day coverage of the Huskies?

I noticed in the last 2-3 weeks that there are no more Gavin Keefe articles in the Day. Does anyone know what is going on at The Day? Or is Gavin Keefe on some kind of leave or sick? To cover the Huskies there are either AP articles or once in a while they have an article from the Courant (Joe...

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[RuffRuff]

Mullins seems to be Hurleys most hyped recruit to date as I haven’t seen this level of pre-arrival love with any other recruit. The staff kicking out to watch him after the Butler game closing in on the holidays says a lot in of itself. Can’t wait to watch this sharp shooter in a Husky uniform.

 

[Sibeerian]

He's shooting 64% from three so far this season. That's crazy.

 

[UCFan1513]

He's shooting 64% from three so far this season. That's crazy.

But is he playing against... inner-city competition?

 

[Stasher599]

Mullins felt like a “must get” for our coaches and to see them close the deal earlier in the year was just huge for the program going forward. I was spending some time earlier in the recruiting cycle in Trilly’s Burner Ball chat and you can tell our program has turned a corner in recruiting. I got the feeling that Hurley was highly respected for his ability to identify talent and then develop his players at a higher level than is being offered at other programs.

 

[Jumpman62114]

High potential prospect, excited to see him play next year. I’ve only seen his highlight vids which are all offense, so I’m hoping he can hold his own on D.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Question: have we ever had a player from Indiana before? I don't remember one.

 

[husky99]

Article from Borges. He, Hurley and Murray went to see Mullins play on Saturday night.

McNeeley is a likely NBA first-round selection, possibly a lottery pick, in June. That means Mullins will be asked to help fill the void of McNeeley's probable departure.

And Mullins welcomes that challenge.

"Absolutely," he said. "Just watching (McNeeley), he does a lot for the team: play defense, run off ball-screens and shoot the rock at a very high clip. I'm definitely willing to step in that spot, but I'm going to have to work for it."

https://www.nhregister.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/article/dan-hurley-braylon-mullins-uconn-huskies-19994876.php

Alternate access:

Why UConn's Dan Hurley believes top recruit Braylon Mullins is a ‘high-end blue-chip talent’​

Live this kid... says the right things

 

[husky429]

High potential prospect, excited to see him play next year. I’ve only seen his highlight vids which are all offense, so I’m hoping he can hold his own on D.

He has the right size, length and mentality. He's never played very good competition, and his HS team only plays zone. They stick him at the front of a 1-2-2 to get a bunch of steals. Sometimes the wing of a 1-3-1. So I'd expect and adjustment period as he learns how to play real defense. High potential though.

 

[HooperScooper]

He has the right size, length and mentality. He's never played very good competition, and his HS team only plays zone. So I'd expect and adjustment period.

Wasn't the 3SSB tour this past spring and summer very good competition? And he was great.

 

[microfich]

Question: have we ever had a player from Indiana before? I don't remember one.

Never had a Hoosier here.

 

[LIUCHusky]

Question: have we ever had a player from Indiana before? I don't remember one.

P J Curran.

 

[husky429]

Wasn't the 3SSB tour this past spring and summer very good competition? And he was great.

It's a 2nd-tier AAU circuit. Fine, just not great. I think the next highest rated recruit was like 20 spots below Mullins

 

[Improviser]

P J Curran.

1960's reserve. Fan favorite.

Got a round of cheers when he came in.

Hustled every minute he played. Yankee Conference days. Toby and Wes, Spider Hesford and Tom Penders among other players of that era. No Indiana connection for those players.

 

[FearThePups]

Mullins seems to be Hurleys most hyped recruit to date as I haven’t seen this level of pre-arrival love with any other recruit. The staff kicking out to watch him after the Butler game closing in on the holidays says a lot in of itself. Can’t wait to watch this sharp shooter in a Husky uniform.

I thought I saw the Mullins family clan sitting behind the UConn bench at the Butler game. I expect great things from Braylon next year after watching some of his highlights. He appears to be a smaller clone of Liam. Liam’s Monteverde highlights looked so similar to what he is now doing here. Absolutely no drop off and virtually no apparent learning curve.

 

[HooperScooper]

It's a 2nd-tier AAU circuit. Fine, just not great. I think the next highest rated recruit was like 20 spots below Mullins

Definitely not as much talent as EYBL. But after all the handwringing on here about Clingan never playing high level competition, and I think you were one of the leading posters on this, I'm not worried about it. He'll be fine.