The Liam McNeeley Thread

Liver_Pooty · Post #81 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 2:35 am

wilson115 wrote:Looked a lot quicker than he did at UConn at least. Can't believe he played through the ankle, worsening it could've cost him.

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lol not going to lie I already liked this pick but this **** getting me excited.

Bassman · Post #82 » by **Bassman** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 3:05 am

Heck of a game from McNeeley tonight! He’s got the pedigree..had injury issues in his college season, but healthy and showing amazing quickness, shot looked really good, passing, lots of rebounding and defensive hustle.

Chapelchilla · Post #83 » by **Chapelchilla** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 3:09 am

Dude is a baller!

MasterIchiro · Post #84 » by **MasterIchiro** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:03 am

Bassman wrote:Heck of a game from McNeeley tonight! He’s got the pedigree..had injury issues in his college season, but healthy and showing amazing quickness, shot looked really good, passing, lots of rebounding and defensive hustle.

He's Gordon Hayward with actual balls.

JustBuzzin · Post #85 » by **JustBuzzin** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:06 am

Do we start this kid?

I actually like his upside more than Kon. Keep Miller at sg make this kid the starter at sf.

Chapelchilla · Post #86 » by **Chapelchilla** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:07 am

JustBuzzin wrote:Do we start this kid?

I actually like his upside more than Kon. Keep Miller at sg make this kid the starter at sf.

Seems like a good idea so far!

MasterIchiro · Post #87 » by **MasterIchiro** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:19 am

JustBuzzin wrote:Do we start this kid?

I actually like his upside more than Kon. Keep Miller at sg make this kid the starter at sf.

For all the talk of Kon being a bull, we all lnow Liam is tougher and more skilled.

And also UConn > Duke forever and ever.

Liver_Pooty · Post #88 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:23 am

MasterIchiro wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:Do we start this kid?

I actually like his upside more than Kon. Keep Miller at sg make this kid the starter at sf.

For all the talk of Kon being a bull, we all lnow Liam is tougher and more skilled.

And also UConn > Duke forever and ever.

lol your attempts at trolling are futile young sir. I cheer for everyone on the team. I have a Sean may bobcats jersey buried somewhere. Also it’s not even a rivalry. I do respect UCONN as a program though. **** UNC.

JustBuzzin · Post #89 » by **JustBuzzin** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:29 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:
MasterIchiro wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:Do we start this kid?

I actually like his upside more than Kon. Keep Miller at sg make this kid the starter at sf.

For all the talk of Kon being a bull, we all lnow Liam is tougher and more skilled.

And also UConn > Duke forever and ever.

lol your attempts at trolling are futile young sir. I cheer for everyone on the team. I have a Sean may bobcats jersey buried somewhere. Also it’s not even a rivalry. I do respect UCONN as a program though. **** UNC.

Can people have an opinion. You attack anyone who says anything negative about Kon. Cmon dude just stop already. We get you like all players. Doesn't mean we have to feel the same way you do.

Just ignore the negative comments it's not hard bud.

Liver_Pooty · Post #90 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:32 am

JustBuzzin wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:
MasterIchiro wrote:
For all the talk of Kon being a bull, we all lnow Liam is tougher and more skilled.

And also UConn > Duke forever and ever.

lol your attempts at trolling are futile young sir. I cheer for everyone on the team. I have a Sean may bobcats jersey buried somewhere. Also it’s not even a rivalry. I do respect UCONN as a program though. **** UNC.

Can people have an opinion. You attack anyone who says anything negative about Kon. Cmon dude just stop already. We get you like all players. Doesn't mean we have to feel the same way you do.

Just ignore the negative comments it's not hard bud.

Me and MI do this. It’s what we do. I’m sure he will mention 2004 at some point. This might be the strangest comment I’ve seen you make.

MasterIchiro · Post #91 » by **MasterIchiro** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:47 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:
lol your attempts at trolling are futile young sir. I cheer for everyone on the team. I have a Sean may bobcats jersey buried somewhere. Also it’s not even a rivalry. I do respect UCONN as a program though. **** UNC.

Can people have an opinion. You attack anyone who says anything negative about Kon. Cmon dude just stop already. We get you like all players. Doesn't mean we have to feel the same way you do.

Just ignore the negative comments it's not hard bud.

Me and MI do this. It’s what we do. I’m sure he will mention 2004 at some point. This might be the strangest comment I’ve seen you make.

All I know is that if I were Kon's chaperone I would need to bring a giant pooper scooper to the high-school dance. Liam is prom king.

Liver_Pooty · Post #92 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:57 am

MasterIchiro wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:Can people have an opinion. You attack anyone who says anything negative about Kon. Cmon dude just stop already. We get you like all players. Doesn't mean we have to feel the same way you do.

Just ignore the negative comments it's not hard bud.

Me and MI do this. It’s what we do. I’m sure he will mention 2004 at some point. This might be the strangest comment I’ve seen you make.

All I know is that if I were Kon's chaperone I would need to bring a giant pooper scooper to the high-school dance. Liam is prom king.

lol yea yea.

Post #93 » by **fatlever** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 6:07 am

He is fun to watch. Dude just plays with a lot of confidence. Sneaky Good rebounder. That means he's tough. I like that about him. I really wasn't sure what to expect from him, But that's about as good of a debut one can possibly have in the Summer League.

Politics and draft status will probably keep him out of the rotation for a while. But definitely looks like we have added some solid depth to the team with this pick.

MasterIchiro · Post #94 » by **MasterIchiro** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:30 am

We can dream on more. I am suspiciously biased, but I really do think his ceiling is prime Gordon Hayward. He has that dog though, something Gordon conjured but never really had deep down inside. However, Gordon was very vocal on both sides of the floor, bringing well-rounded skills in organizing teammates on both sides of the ball. He was integral to that 43 win team before missing a huge chunk of time with injury. Maybe he is our Desmond Bane of the late first round.

Rich4114 · Post #95 » by **Rich4114** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 3:09 pm

Liam was impressive in basically every facet of the game last night. I had some high hopes for him but never expected him to look like this right out the gate. He was talking all night on the court too as if he were a vet. Obviously one game is causing crazy overreactions both positive and negative but damn, would love to see if he can play like this all SL.

amcoolio · Post #96 » by **amcoolio** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:19 pm

Yeah it’s one game. But it’s encouraging. I liked his stuff inside the arc, Hayward esque. Needs to add strength too, like Kalk, so probably a year away. But it’s really hard to ignore that game and the everything he did, in all facets

Braggins · Post #97 » by **Braggins** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:21 pm

Watch on YouTube

amcoolio · Post #98 » by **amcoolio** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 5:05 pm

I will also say I preferred him to have the ball when he was in the game over anyone last night. He calmed things down and ran the offense. Certainly didn’t expect that

Braggins · Post #99 » by **Braggins** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 5:08 pm

amcoolio wrote:I will also say I preferred him to have the ball when he was in the game over anyone last night. He calmed things down and ran the offense. Certainly didn’t expect that

Being forced to play PG for UConn towards the end of last season may have been good for his development even if it seemed to be bad for his stats and hurt his draft position.

MPM · Post #100 » by **MPM** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 5:13 pm

Braggins wrote:
amcoolio wrote:I will also say I preferred him to have the ball when he was in the game over anyone last night. He calmed things down and ran the offense. Certainly didn’t expect that

Being forced to play PG for UConn towards the end of last season may have been good for his development even if it seemed to be bad for his stats and hurt his draft position.

Thought the exact same thing watching him last night - that forced duty combined with the injury def tanked his draft value but we may wind up being the long term winner for it.