Dan Hurley says he has a 'contentious relationship' with transfer point guard Silas Demary.
NJ Advance Media's Adam Zagoria said he expects UConn head coach Dan Hurley to be linked to the Knicks' head coaching vacancy.Transfer point guard Silas Demary is apparently not there yet. Following No.
3 UConn’s 89-62 rout of Columbia Monday night, Hurley went on a riff about how he and Demary have a “contentious relationship” that will “grow throughout his career.” “Our relationship will grow throughout the year, throughout his career, like it did with Tristen ,” Hurley, the Jersey City native and former Seton Hall guard,of his former star point guard now playing for the Iowa Wolves in the NBA G League. “We’re in the stage of me being on his ass right now about everything, literally every possession, every decision, everything that comes out, everything he says, everything he does, his facial expressions, his body language, his decision making, his violence getting over the top of screens, his ball-screen defense, the way he leads, the way he directs. “I mean, you know, it’s a contentious relationship, because we’re trying to mold him into a quarterback, like a real elite level quarterback, like an All-American level quarterback, one of the best point guards in the country, an NBA player, a national champion. So that process is, it’s hard to get there, but yeah, our relationship will grow throughout the year as he continues to develop, and the player that we need him to be.”after also considering St. John’s. As for UConn, the Huskies are about to play a stretch of five games against Top 25 opponents, beginning with projected top-3 NBA Draft pick AJ Dybantsa and No. 7 BYU on Saturday night in Boston.Dybantsa, who got a $7 million NIL package, is a Brockton, Mass. native who will be playing in front of a mix of local fans and UConn diehards.Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers hoops at all levels -- NBA, College and Recruiting. For NJ.com, he has written about how projected No. 1 NBA Draft pick Cooper Flagg wasn’t born a basketball...If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our
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