Take a little break from the deluge of conference realignment news, rumors and craziness flying around the UConn corner of the internet and relax with a cold glass of mail.
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Big Ron asks (via email): with Daniel Hamilton struggling at the combine do you think he gets drafted?
Poor Jean-Claude Dan Ham had a rough day on Thursday. At the NBA Combine, he missed five of his six shot attempts and had three turnovers in 24 minutes of a five-on-five scrimmage. His measurements returned as expected.
My gut reaction right now is that someone takes a chance on Hamilton in the second round and stashes him overseas. Of the three major draft prediction websites, DraftExpress and ESPN both project Hamilton to go undrafted. NBADraft.net is the clear outlier. They had Hamilton as high as pick 29, recently dropping him back into the second round at 33.
Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer reported that Hamilton met with the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday. Hamilton is a nice kid, from a basketball family who has never encountered any off-the-court problems. If he’s struggling on the court in workouts, he still may impress NBA coaches and general managers with his personality and work ethic. Remember, all it takes is one team willing to take a chance.
Husky Army asks: is Pittsburgh vs UConn the most under appreciated rivalry ever?
Yes. A million times, yes. I’m not sure I can do teenage Russ’s hatred for Pittsburgh justice. Mind you this was a period where the one time of year I looked forward to the most was Big East Tournament week, where I’d take a few days off from school and go to New York with my dad. We saw the 2003 and 2004 title games together and watched Pitt make runs pretty much every year. At this time, the only people more obnoxious than Pitt fans were Pitt players (yes, they even surpassed Syracuse for me). Carl Krauser. Chevon Troutman. Chris Taft. Jaron Brown. Julius Page. Those names make my blood boil. The way they played was infuriating — especially because they were so good at it. They’d slow it down. Beat the hell out of you (literally!). Crush your spirits defensively. A 10-point deficit against them felt like it was 25. The night of the 2004 BET championship game was one of the greatest of my life.
TCF asks: which UConn player would you put on the $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 bills?
- $1 Ray Allen. Ray gets the spot held by our first president. Number one in all things
- $2 Khalid El-Amin. Gotta have some swag for the $2
- $5 Diana Taurasi. One score minus four years ago, DT won her first of three National Championships
- $10 Chris Smith. Founding Father status confirmed.
- $20 would initially have Jeff Hathaway, who has much in common with genocidal maniac Andrew Jackson, but would then be replaced by Perfect Human Rebecca Lobo, because obviously.
- $50 Kemba Walker. Badass floor general gets actual general’s spot.
- $100 Breanna Stewart. All about the Stewies, baby.
