OrlandoCuse
Living Legend
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Sad. Great player.
way too young
I may be recalling incorrectly, but didn’t we recruit him pretty hard?
Yeah I did some searching around after I said that... must be I just thought he was a good player and was disappointed that UCONN got him.Don't think it was him. Rivals doesn't have us listed as offering (not that it's always 100% accurate).
Wow. That’s horrible. Way too young. Was one of the UConn players I didn’t “dislike”. Was fun to watch. RIP.
RIP ...amazing athletic skills. Is Robinson the player who was actually working in a paperboard mill and not enrolled at UCONN. Does anyone remember?
Saddest part is that he had 3 kids.Sad. Kid had his whole life ahead of him.
RIP.
Sorry to read this one.
Found this compilation of his dunks. Amazing. He had an uncanny ability to grab a rebound while still on his way up so that he could complete an impressive dunk. And I can't recall seeing a player go over the back of his own teammates as much as he did.
I dont think there was one soft drunk during that entire video. The slam, the scream, I love it. Amazing.
Hak's bounciness was definitely comparable, but he didn't "perform" the way Robinson did.Hot take:
I don't think SU's had as creative a dunker as Sticks in the last 25 years.
Hakim's definitely an A+ dunker in almost every way, but Sticks had that rare "what's he going to do" quality when he got the ball in the open court that I don't see very often.
Hot take:
I don't think SU's had as creative a dunker as Sticks in the last 25 years.
Hakim's definitely an A+ dunker in almost every way, but Sticks had that rare "what's he going to do" quality when he got the ball in the open court that I don't see very often.
James Sutherland was the closest when it comes to creativity, but he literally had to be all by himself on a breakaway to dunk 98% of the time.
Hot take:
I don't think SU's had as creative a dunker as Sticks in the last 25 years.
Hakim's definitely an A+ dunker in almost every way, but Sticks had that rare "what's he going to do" quality when he got the ball in the open court that I don't see very often.
I’m wondering if you’re thinking of Stanley Johnson, Class of ‘14 out of Mater Dei who we recruited but ended up at Arizona. Or maybe Rudy Gay?way too young
I may be recalling incorrectly, but didn’t we recruit him pretty hard?
I’ll never forget that windmill he put down in the beginning of the 6OT game. Felt like something magical was going to happen after that dunk