Then we go for Asa as a backup C?
Liam Mac came back and dropped 38 and 10.
Ingram wanted 50 mil a year ? He average like 55 games a year. But still good negotiations - ask for 50, get 40 when true value is closer to 30.
I've had him #9 on my board for sometime now and he could very well be available when we pick.
This is who I want us to draft, but I would want him as my starting power forward. I might stagger his and Wemby's minutes so that one of them is on the floor at all times.
Would be an excellent replacement for Sochan in the starting lineup. Better form on his shot and more coordinated overall.
Stolen from some bloke on Reddit about McNeeley:
Just a few quick insights as a UConn fan. Feel free to ask me anything else.
For starters, he just missed 8 games due to a high ankle sprain. First game back on Saturday he had 18/11, and as you can see yesterday he had 38/10. He also was playing as point-forward yesterday because UConn has some injuries at PG. (Just a note, I would not expect him to play point or anything, he is a willing passer and has good vision, but he's not an overly creative passer. Good ball handler though.) He is a warrior with an insane compe ive drive and has the maturity of a much older player.
Offensively, he has a perfect toolset for the NBA. Very good shooter with a nice stroke. At 6'7 he's very tough to guard, and is very capable of putting the ball on the floor, attacking the rim, and drawing fouls. He always has ice in his veins, too.
He is a very good rebounder on the defensive glass.
Defensively he has some struggles with closeouts but plays with intensity which makes him harder to beat 1on1. He has pretty good timing on recovery blocks.
He LOVES doing the "call me" hand gesture after 3s and has some awesome intensity with fist pumps and getting the crowd going. Definitely the type of player for your fans to love and other fans to hate.
Overall, whoever drafts him is getting a certified winner. He does not have the defense of Castle (or Clingan) but his offensive potential is unlimited. For my money he could be the best offensive player in the entire class.
My two mocks:
1st. Liam McNeeley- Smart, good shooter, good rebounder
2nd. Danny Wolf - Can play PF when we need to go big and backup Center to Wemby
3rd. Hunter Salis - Older play backup PG/SG
1st. Liam McNeeley
2nd. Ben Saraf - Has potential only question is he is left handed don’t know if that would mess with Fox? Could also go with SF, Bryant for more upside?
3rd. Maxime Raynaud - A very good rebounder and shooter
If you get McNeeley to go with Castle, you get two hard-ass players who get angry at not winning games, unlike the lackadaisical lumps already on the team, including Wemby.
@ McNeely being the best offensive player in this class
Probably not, but dropping 38 at Creighton, a place where the last two UConn teams couldn't win and where they got blown out last year as perhaps the best college team of all time, is pretty significant
He would 100% be an upgrade over Sochan.
Again, people need to stop thinking some college player who might be a lottery pick against other college players is automatically better than a guy with a strong and growing successful career in the NBA.
Texas is back to mediocrity-sucking. It's amazing their idiot, insufferable boosters ran Shaka Smart off.
That said, Tre is a nice player. This draft is starting to turn on the jets a bit in some areas and there are a number of good scorers available, if one or two manage to drop.
I am all for bringing in 2-3 new draftees in our positions of need and replacing our bottom of roster guys with them. Yes we may also need to trade or FA sign another vet or two at said positions of need.
Love it. I got on the McNeeley bandwagon a while ago.
Just no.
He would upgrade the Champaigne minutes to start, and top out at a solid 5th starter on a team featuring a Fox-Castle backcourt.
Tre Johnson is a three-level scorer at age 18.
He's the best offensive player in this draft.
Yup, potential long-term Devin replacement.
If it were just a negotiation tactic, he could have stayed in New Orleans. They would have paid that, but he was adamant about $50M, so they flipped him, and that was his reality check.
I was pretty strong on him early on, but his stats other than points are minuscule. Doesn’t rebound, doesn’t get to the line, doesn’t defend. He could drop.
Newell's 3p% is sub.300 but his shooting form is better than Sochan's and he can run on a break which works well with Fox and Castle. He's also a good offensive rebounder, Sochan is not, Sochan doesn't even know how to get good position for offensive rebounds.
When the ball goes to Sochan the offense goes to a crawl.
He's awkward handling the basketball and is a poor passer. Sochan needs to be replaced in the starting lineup and moved to the bench. Asa Newell has a higher ceiling.
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