Miller interested in James Akinjo 2018 4 Star PG who decommitted from UCONN

[WILD]

Akinjo set to visit next week. UCONN is back in the picture with Hurley as the new coach & because he has a family member that went to UCONN. Hopefully his trip to UofA will seal the deal. This kid can really ball.

https://twitter.com/CasualHoya/status/979185541509009408

[azfreak]

Akinjo set to visit next week. UCONN is back in the picture because he has a family member that went to UCONN. Hopefully his trip to UofA will seal the deal.

https://twitter.com/CasualHoya/status/979185541509009408

Uconn coach is Dan Hurley

[WILD]

Meant Hurley, already fixed

[mvpreed2]

If that was the case, why didn't Akinjo wait and see who UConn was going to hire before making his next move?
The odds are in our favor though, most prospects that decommit hardly recommit to the same program.
There is a chance, a small one, but still a chance he could go back to UConn.

[OGWildcatMike]

If Miller can land Akinjo it would be huge! Definitely need an elite PG, and theres plenty of playing time available

[WILD]

Arizona appears to be in the lead to land 4 star PG Akinjo. He's set to visit UofA next week.

[Bob A]

How would landing Akinjo effect our recruitment of Brandon Williams?

[mvpreed2]

How would landing Akinjo effect our recruitment of Brandon Williams?

I'm guessing here, but if Williams was on board with playing alongside Quinerly, I don't see what adding any other PG would do.
Both are about the same size which would mean (to me) if Miller decided to play them both, it would be a "whomever is closest to the ball is the PG for that possession and the other one fills the lane as a SG.

If Miller is REALLY going to adapt to this position-less basketball, than he better be selling everyone on the idea of being able to do it all in our offense a la Markkanen/Ayton/Alkins/Ristic.

[Bear]

Watching Loyola make their run, it almost didn't matter whom brought the ball up the court.  Constant pressure. Akot and Barcello seem the most adaptable. I guess it's a worthy experiment considering our current roster necessitating small ball, but I would be apprehensive this actually happens outside of exhibition games and creampuffs.  Miller has a propensity for reverting reverting back to his base offense rather quickly when things get tough.  Making that fluid is definitely not going to be a one year thing. Not because of Akot or Barcello whom have already been doing it, but freshmen and a lot of new faces that we would need to even attempt this. The effectiveness of that pressure would be mitigated by having to set up into half court offense so everyone is on the same page. Personally I am all for it this is a rebuilding year and players and coaches are in it for multiple seasons though.

I know we need another point guard and am not holding hopes out on Williams.  Haven't seen anything in Akinjo highlights that says he is a better player than what the expectations of a second year Barcello would be. Going to be a wild ride.

[GoCatZ]

I like this Akinjo kid. I saw some people saying that he's another PJC.  The people who have seen him in person say he's a legit 6ft PG. PJC was listed as 5'9 & he was maybe 5'7ish.