Williams is unbelievable

[jwp91]

Clutch play after clutch play. Impressive.

[Madgesdiq]

He belongs in jail.

[jwp91]

Well,...then that jail team would have a heckuva player.

[theEDGEfactor]

rashad anderson is the clutch player, have no idea how he made that one long 3 that shoulda been AND 1

[DanMcQ]

Anderson ALWAYS makes those shots. Inexplicably nobody seems to realize that ball denial is the only way to stop him.

[Nitrorebel]

Marcus Williams IS amazing, but I'm not going to give UConn any props for anything this season. Giving him one semester suspension, the Wiggins affair and all the other crap turns their season into one big fraud. If Williams got what AJ Price got, UConn wouldn't have beaten Kentucky or Washington. Giving the Big East and college b-ball a really bad name - anything goes if you win...

[HoyaDestroya]

UConn makes me sick. i am rooting for nova at this point... they play with heart - as much as some of you want to hate them forever - this team deserves to keep dancing. imagine if they had been healthy for the last two years.

[Nitrorebel]

Agree completely Destroya, which is why I've been rooting for them all season. With 100% Sumpter and Fraser (he was the best guy from that '02 class!), they would be a legendary team for the ages. They're a 1 seed without those 2!

And UConn has got to be the dirtiest program in college hoops.

[kchoya]

It makes it easier when everyone on the other side has fouled out or has four fouls. Oh, and you get to goaltend at the end of the game.

[the_way]

Give Calhoun credit. If he doesn't suspend/expell Marcus from the team this year, they are stitting home. He is the whole team. Its disgusting.

[SFHoya99]

Lorenzo Romar is an idiot.

He had to cover one guy -- Anderson -- and he not only doesn't double team him off someone like Boone or Armstrong, but he actually put Applebee on him. Oh, good call.

[RBHoya]

Marcus is gonna be a really, really good NBA player if he stays out of trouble. Yes, the guy is an ass, but he's a spectacular point guard. He is what makes that team go. He's got that great ability to find his teammates open either for a 3 (anderson like a billion times) or streaking to the basket (Rudy especially). He has almost singlehandedly made Mr. Softee aka Rudy Gay into a lotto pick, and managed to convince America that Rudy is actually really good by finding him for a ton of dunks that ALWAYS get on sportscenter. Plus he's a pretty decent scorer in his own right.

If, hypothetically, every NBA GM was certain that Marcus wouldnt have any other off the court screw ups, I really think that guy ought to go top 3 in this draft. No way Morrison, Redick, Gay, or a lot of the other projected lotto picks have better NBA careers than he does, IMO. I been saying this for a while, not just after last night.

[the_way]

rbhoya said:

Marcus is gonna be a really, really good NBA player if he stays out of trouble. Yes, the guy is an ass, but he's a spectacular point guard. He is what makes that team go. He's got that great ability to find his teammates open either for a 3 (anderson like a billion times) or streaking to the basket (Rudy especially). He has almost singlehandedly made Mr. Softee aka Rudy Gay into a lotto pick, and managed to convince America that Rudy is actually really good by finding him for a ton of dunks that ALWAYS get on sportscenter. Plus he's a pretty decent scorer in his own right.

If, hypothetically, every NBA GM was certain that Marcus wouldnt have any other off the court screw ups, I really think that guy ought to go top 3 in this draft. No way Morrison, Redick, Gay, or a lot of the other projected lotto picks have better NBA careers than he does, IMO. I been saying this for a while, not just after last night.

See I disagree. I think Marcus is one of those great college players who won't really do anything in the NBA league. Like Randolph Childress, Sean Respert, etc.

He isn't the quickest, and has one hand. I was thinking maybe he may be a Sam Cassell type player in the NBA,but no. I don't see Marcus being an NBA-caliber guard. I don't know, I could be wrong.

[NickSixers]

I hate him as a person (as I told him at the BET and that amused him), he is a great player. He's playing the best of any of their players right now.

[RBHoya]

theway said:

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See I disagree. I think Marcus is one of those great college players who won't really do anything in the NBA league. Like Randolph Childress, Sean Respert, etc.

He isn't the quickest, and has one hand. I was thinking maybe he may be a Sam Cassell type player in the NBA,but no. I don't see Marcus being an NBA-caliber guard. I don't know, I could be wrong.

It's true that he doesn't have a right hand. But he has really great court vision which I think is probably the most important attribute for NBA point guards. If he gets on the right team with some scorers I think he'll be a really good starting point for somebody. He's kind of a traditional point guard in that he's past first, more like Kidd rather than the New Age point like Marbury, Francis, AI, Paul, etc. He's not a guy who's going to fill it up on his own, but he's somebody who's going to just rack up assists, and keep defenders honest by getting his buckets a few times a game. Course I could be wrong too.

I think someone like Foye is the college guard whos great but won't succeed in the pros. He's very well-rounded. But I don't think he's really a true enough point... He's more of a scoring point, and not really the best distributor. Of course in the right system, he could succeed as well. But I like Marcus slightly better as a prospect. In fact I'd put Williams as the top prospect in the big east this year, with Foye and Green shortly after (notice Gay is not even in my top 3).

EDIT: Lowry too, belongs in that same breath with Foye and Green.

[the_way]

rbhoya said:

theway said:

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See I disagree. I think Marcus is one of those great college players who won't really do anything in the NBA league. Like Randolph Childress, Sean Respert, etc.

He isn't the quickest, and has one hand. I was thinking maybe he may be a Sam Cassell type player in the NBA,but no. I don't see Marcus being an NBA-caliber guard. I don't know, I could be wrong.

It's true that he doesn't have a right hand. But he has really great court vision which I think is probably the most important attribute for NBA point guards. If he gets on the right team with some scorers I think he'll be a really good starting point for somebody. He's kind of a traditional point guard in that he's past first, more like Kidd rather than the New Age point like Marbury, Francis, AI, Paul, etc. He's not a guy who's going to fill it up on his own, but he's somebody who's going to just rack up assists, and keep defenders honest by getting his buckets a few times a game. Course I could be wrong too.

I think someone like Foye is the college guard whos great but won't succeed in the pros. He's very well-rounded. But I don't think he's really a true enough point... He's more of a scoring point, and not really the best distributor. Of course in the right system, he could succeed as well. But I like Marcus slightly better as a prospect. In fact I'd put Williams as the top prospect in the big east this year, with Foye and Green shortly after (notice Gay is not even in my top 3).

EDIT: Lowry too, belongs in that same breath with Foye and Green.

In terms of New age PG's, have you ever heard of Nate Archibald and Isiah Thomas? ;D

Again, I respectfully disagree. It think Lowry will be a great PG in the NBA. He is strong, quick, fast, and can get rebounds (offensive and defensive) and take it to the hole. He still needs to develop but he is tough as nails. I like him for the NBA. He has skills you can't teach and what needs to be worked on you can teach.

See, Williams is a scorer first. He was 2-guard last year that was forced to play PG because of the brain hemorage of the kid who he stole computers with. That kid was going to start. In fact when Williams first started last year, he was really shaky because he wasn't a PG, he was a 2. He still is a scoring guard and takes over for his team in clutch.

But Williams doesn't have the vision that AI has. AI has great court vision, better than Jason Kidd's and Steve Nash's. Its just that AI is also a great scorer and dribble penetrator, so his passing skills and court vision are rarely recognized. AI IS the primary scorer on his team. Nash and Kidd have plenty of weapons to simply pass the ball too.

[HoyaTejano]

As I noted in the first round, this Uconn team acts fundamentally different than the '99 and '04 championship teams by playing bored, vain and at times absolutely banal. That said, of the teams left in the tournament, UConn is the most talented. Oh, to be that good, play so iffy and then STILL win.