jeremy lamb 1st team AA??

[CusefanATL]

am i crazy here?

Jeremy Lamb - a top 100 player at best last year is a 1st team AA?

Lamb is a good player, probably a future NBA'er - but my gawd... what a joke.

 

[jekelish]

I don't think it's that far fetched, frankly. He's a hell of a player. Wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he put up 18ppg this year.

 

[RF2044]

am i crazy here?

Jeremy Lamb - a top 100 player at best last year is a 1st team AA?

Lamb is a good player, probably a future NBA'er - but my gawd... what a joke.

I think Lamb is a very good player. Might not be 1st team AA good, but he is front of mind coming off the national championship. He's a lot better than just top 100.

 

[jekelish]

Also, there's no "probably a future NBA'er" about it. He would have been a 1st round pick had he come out this past year. He'll be a lottery pick whenever he ultimately comes out, barring something completely unforeseen.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

am i crazy here?

Jeremy Lamb - a top 100 player at best last year is a 1st team AA?

Lamb is a good player, probably a future NBA'er - but my gawd... what a joke.

 

[SkanSU]

Jeremy Lamb is very, very good and he will be great for UConn ... is he a 1st team AA? I don't think so. Future NBAer? Without question and if he has a break out year UConn will be very good and may lose him for next year. This of course IMHO.

 

[HoustonCuse]

I guess it shows we have had quality players over the past couple years because I don't remember Jeremy Lamb as anything special. A good player, but certainly not one to be overly concerned with like you would think with a 1st team AA type.

 

[jekelish]

I'm happy with this in large part because the most frequent MCW comparison is to Lamb, so this sets the bar at a high but reachable level.

 

[hungrychuck]

If it's a stretch, it's not much of one. I loathe UConn, but that kid is GOOD.

He was much more than a Top 100 last year. They don't cut down the nets without him.

 

[SoBeCuse]

If it's a stretch, it's not much of one. I loathe UConn, but that kid is GOOD.

He was much more than a Top 100 last year. They don't cut down the nets without him.

Same with Oriakhi...he stepped it up in the postseason and was a beast in the paint.

 

[OrangeMuskyFish]

The kid has a higher ceiling than KJO and is a year ahead in development, but I really don't see him having all that better a year in 2012 than Kris had in 2011. It will be interesting to see how he does as the focal point. If he can find the balance between being too aggressive and too passive, then he certainly has the potential to leave as a high draft pick at the end of the season. But for now, I am saying very good player, but not an All-American, much like our KJO.

 

[SoBeCuse]

The kid has a higher ceiling than KJO and is a year ahead in development, but I really don't see him having all that better a year in 2012 than Kris had in 2011. It will be interesting to see how he does as the focal point. If he can find the balance between being too aggressive and too passive, then he certainly has the potential to leave as a high draft pick at the end of the season. But for now, I am saying very good player, but not an All-American, much like our KJO.

They are different players. Kris is a 3 but sort of wants to be a 2 sometimes I feel. Lamb is a pure 2. He's really good and smooth with the dribble. Can slither through traffic and is rarely out of control. Deceptively athletic. He's not going to throw down nasty dunks but his bball IQ is way up there for a young kid, imo.

 

[hungrychuck]

They are different players. Kris is a 3 but sort of wants to be a 2 sometimes I feel. Lamb is a pure 2. He's really good and smooth with the dribble. Can slither through traffic and is rarely out of control. Deceptively athletic. He's not going to throw down nasty dunks but his bball IQ is way up there for a young kid, imo.

Yep, basketball IQ much more akin to a Moten than a Joseph. Natural, intuitive player.

 

[OrangeMuskyFish]

They are different players. Kris is a 3 but sort of wants to be a 2 sometimes I feel. Lamb is a pure 2. He's really good and smooth with the dribble. Can slither through traffic and is rarely out of control. Deceptively athletic. He's not going to throw down nasty dunks but his bball IQ is way up there for a young kid, imo.

Haha, I was actually going to throw a disclaimer in there to make sure people knew I was talking less about style and position and more the similarities in their statistical performances in their breakout seasons and the expectations going into the following year.

 

[jordoo]

Its funny because we see a lot of BE ball and we know that it took Lamb quite a while to really break out. Most voter probably barely watched him until the BET and NCAA were he was very good and super clutch. Clutch in big situations is everything in sport and Lamb was bottom line. I think he is a very good player and expect him to show much improvement as a soph but he does have the big hurdle of no Walker to figure out as do all the Uconn players. Walker was the team last year and everyone played off of him so everyone is basically in a new roll this season.

 

[SoBeCuse]

Its funny because we see a lot of BE ball and we know that it took Lamb quite a while to really break out. Most voter probably barely watched him until the BET and NCAA were he was very good and super clutch. Clutch in big situations is everything in sport and Lamb was bottom line. I think he is a very good player and expect him to show much improvement as a soph but he does have the big hurdle of no Walker to figure out as do all the Uconn players. Walker was the team last year and everyone played off of him so everyone is basically in a new roll this season.

Very true. It will be interesting to see how he progresses with more attention paid to him and no Kemba like you say.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Lamb is one of those dudes that was intially underrated but then went full circle to overrated in a matter of months. I think he has a solid game but the guy is not super quick and not very strong. He is a very good college player and will continue to improve but I dont see how he is a sure fire NBA talent. You have to extrapolate someone's body type/size/game to the NBA norms and Lamb ends up being a slowish NBA point guard with a crafty game and a decent outside shot. He might play in the league, he might now. I just dont see how he is sure fire.

 

[realorange]

While Kemba was the star of UConn last year, he doesn't carry UConn to the NCAA championship without Lamb. Teams could not concentrate solely on Kemba with Lamb in the game. This year you will see Lamb picking up the load that Kemba had and doing it with a style that Moten had. The style comparisons with Fair are great ones as well.

 

[CusefanATL]

I think people give a few games too much credit... over the season he avg'd 10 points and 4 rebounds on a team with limited talent (outside of 1 player). people forget, they were on the outside looking in of the NCAA until the BET.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/gamelog/_/id/51453/jeremy-lamb

Cuse only has 2 players in the cbs preseason top 100 (scoop and kris). you really telling me Lamb was that much better than those 2 will be this year?

Again... dont look at a few games. Hell Fab look really good if you take his top games.

Im sorry - but to put him at 1st team preseason all american is laughable.

 

[Eric15]

am i crazy here?

Jeremy Lamb - a top 100 player at best last year is a 1st team AA?

Lamb is a good player, probably a future NBA'er - but my gawd... what a joke.

I hate UConn, but Jeremy Lamb is awesome, and appears to be a Rip Hamilton type in the making. I don't know off the top of my head who I'd put as the starting 2-guard on the 1st team, but he is at worst a top 25 national talent.

 

[jimsonjunction]

I'll need to see it without Kemba before I annoint him. He's got good skills and he'll certainly do well, but life's much easier when the defense is constantly gravitating towards another player. It opened up a lot of lanes for him (kind of like Joseph when Wes and Andy were in the picture). The question he will have to answer is, like Joseph, can he be effective with the ball in his hands, the other team's best defender in his face, and defensive help ready to rotate. We shall see.

 

[CusefanATL]

I hate UConn, but Jeremy Lamb is awesome, and appears to be a Rip Hamilton type in the making. I don't know off the top of my head who I'd put as the starting 2-guard on the 1st team, but he is at worst a top 25 national talent.

He was NOT top 25 last year...