If he wants, I think he could play two more years with this one not counting.

Our defense really should be much improved with Bamisile and Adams being 6’5” athletic guards.

From what I remember, he’s been a bit of a streaky player and pretty good around the rim, but has struggled a bit on threes.  He may have gotten hurt this year because he went from playing a lot to DNPs (and then just a few minutes player over the last 10 games).  He even started while Bouknight was hurt.

I agree. Very good.

Free Quebec wrote:

If he wants, I think he could play two more years with this one not counting.

Our defense really should be much improved with Bamisile and Adams being 6’5” athletic guards.

From what I remember, he’s been a bit of a streaky player and pretty good around the rim, but has struggled a bit on threes. He may have gotten hurt this year because he went from playing a lot to DNPs (and then just a few minutes player over the last 10 games). He even started while Bouknight was hurt.

FQ, Adams didn't get hurt at all, he just sort of fell out of Hurley's rotation once Andre Jackson got healthy and more acclimated on the court. I'm not sure that was the right decision for UConn, especially against Maryland when it was clear they needed anyone that might've been able to hit a jumper, but Jackson was a tp 40 recruit and is obviously a bigger part of the future of UConn's program than Adams would have been.

In my opinion, Adams is a better shooter than the percentages say. The form is solid, but the confidence was always seemingly the issue with him at UConn, as he never really had a clearly defined role. When he played with confidence, he looked like a player that physically belonged at the AAC and Big East level, so hopefully taking a minor step down to the A-10 will allow him to play more to his ceiling than what I think he did at UConn. 

The UConn Connection returns to GW. Nice addition. Welcome to Foggy Bottom, Brendan!

Very cool, good stuff.

 

Thanks everyone! 

What a season Brendan Adams is having so far.

18 points 6 boards 3 dimes   1.2 steals

Shooting 53% and 67.6 from 2  87% from FT     65.6% true shooting    1.1 Win Shares in 6 games


 

GW0509 wrote:

Co A-10 Player of the Week: Adams Named A-10 Co-Player of the Week - George Washington University Athletics (gwsports.com)

Well earned.  I thought, and still basically do there's no chance this roster can be anything but a bottom 4 A10 team, the only hope would be guys like Brendan Adams taking huge leaps forward.

Are we witnessing it?  or is it just a fast start to the year.  

The other 2 guys I'm hopeful for making a leap like this, Lindo and Maximus.   if we can get 4 guys to legit A10 starter levels we've got a chance at a half-decent season.   James Bishop can't carry the team alone

 

The A10 Most Improved Player Award is named after Chris Daniels, the former Dayton player (and brother of Antonio Daniels) who died in 1996 at age 22 from cardiac arrhythmia.  Really not at all a hard thing to look up.

While I have little context as to who else may have significantly improved within the conference, I'd have to say that Brendan appears to be a strong candidate at this point.

In a recent interview (I think the post game press conference after the UNH game?) CC said that one thing he's been stressing to BA is to be more patient in the pick and roll.  I think I saw that a few times last night where BA let the play develop and found guys rolling to the basket or spots in the defense to pull up for a jumper.