Ree4
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A lot of the 3s have been forced, late in the shot clock type situations where he just had to throw one up.
Gotta love it!!!
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Robowe
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ssckelley
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He can play professional baseball and still be eligible to play college basketball. Murray got drafted by the A’s but still played football for Oklahoma.
Connor just can’t be payed to play basketball or sign with an agent.
Knight78
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One standout who comes to mind who made it work was Kenny Lofton at Arizona. Of course, he only made it work with minor league baseball in the basketball off season. He was never really serious about college baseball.
The officials had a bad angle to make that call on the foul in the face of Jordan. They were looking away from the action because they had swallowed their whistles on Iowa's end of the court. Guess officiating.
I would say most of his 3s were forced at the end of shot clocks.
To be fair, it's a lot easier to shot in an open gym in your work clothes than it is to shoot in the flow of a Big 10 game.
JG10Hawk
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The only issue would be during basketball post season play. MLB players and invitees start reporting to camp mid February, minor league players start reporting to camp in early March.
mopkins
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well yeah but he's a D1 scholarship college athlete and Im a 37 year old with a receding hairline
Robowe
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Pat Connaughton is currently playing for the Milwaukee Bucks. He played baskeball at Notre Dame for 4 years (2011-2015) and he played baseball for the Irish as well. He was drafted by the Padres in 2011 and the Orioles in 2014 (from Notre Dame). He played some minor league baseball for a bit (as a pitcher), but decided on basketball for now. The Orioles maintain his rights through 2020. From Wikipedia ...
At Notre Dame, Connaughton played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as a member of their college baseball and college basketball teams. In his freshman year for the basketball team, Connaughton was one of three players to appear in all of Notre Dame's 34 games. He averaged 7.0 points per game, 4.4 rebounds per game, and 0.9 assists per game while playing 24.1 minutes per game. The Fighting Irish appeared in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, but lost to Xavier University in the second round. Connaughton scored 10 points with two assists and two rebounds in 34 minutes of play during the loss. He then joined the baseball team as a relief pitcher.[4]
As a sophomore, in 2013, Connaughton averaged 8.9 points per game for the basketball team, and had a 1.71 ERA for the baseball team.[6][7] In the summer of 2013, he pitched in collegiate summer baseball for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[8] In his junior year, he averaged 13.8 PPG for the basketball team and had a 3.92 ERA in ten games started, which included two complete games, for the baseball team.[2][9]
After his junior year, he was forthright about his intent to return to Notre Dame for his senior basketball season, despite warnings that it would impact his prospects for the upcoming baseball draft.[10] He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the fourth round, with the 121st overall selection, of the 2014 MLB Draft.[5][11] One high-ranking MLB executive believed that Connaughton would have been drafted in the first two rounds had he not been committed to returning to Notre Dame for his senior basketball season, telling Goodman, "He definitely cost himself some money," as he expected Connaughton could have earned $1 million if he was willing to quit basketball.[2] He agreed to terms with the Orioles, receiving a signing bonus of over $400,000,[2] with the Orioles permitting Connaughton to play basketball for the Irish in his senior year.[12][13]
As a senior, Notre Dame's basketball team won its first Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship.[10] He took part in a 2015 tournament game against Kentucky for a Final Four berth, narrowly lost by his team after having sustained a lead until the six-second mark. Connaughton was determined to finish his degree at Notre Dame, and had a 3.0 grade point average with the university's Mendoza College of Business.[2] He ultimately graduated from Notre Dame in spring 2015.
dahlhawk
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Flop or not the NW defender had no right to touch him after the shot in his follow through, some acting but it was definitely a quick frustration jab.
dahlhawk
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He can shoot, he shot well in high school, just think he feels he has better options to pass to. Like to see him take the shots when the bigs kick it back to him and he's left wide open. That's gonna really open up the middle.
dahlhawk
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I don't see Conner going minor league, many good players make it from the college level to the majors. Conner doesn't need minor league baseball, but if he really has a desire to play MLB he might need to choose. He is missing so much time he will have to impress to get any playing time this year. I think it comes down to what dream is most important to him, playing for dad and with Pat, or succeeding at a high level in baseball. I won't fault him whatever he decides.
ssckelley
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It's not really an issue if the MLB team allows it. The Cubs drafted a football player from Boise State, Joey Martarano, he played minor league ball until he had to report for football.
ssckelley
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It is very rare for baseball players to go directly from college to the major leagues. Bob Horner comes to mind and I know there have been a couple of others.
JG10Hawk
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I guess teams would probably know up front before they even drafted him that it's something Connor would potentially pursue. If anything it's probably some cheap marketing for an MLB team getting mentioned during the Big Ten or NCAA tournament games. It'll be interesting to see if anything comes of Connor's baseball career this year.
LeBron?
Northside Hawk
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Dave Winfield was another. In fact, he was drafted by the NBA and NFL as well
Back then, the NBA draft had ten or twelve rounds and the NFL had fifteen. Teams could take flyers on players like Winfield who didn't play football in college and didn't play basketball full time.
hawkeyebob62
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"Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year"
"There was nothing left...well...there was a little green globule..."
Northside Hawk
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I remember the video of that walk off. His body dimensions are similiar to Darryl Strawberry, but that swing was more Graig Nettles. He won't be the type who strikes out 150 times a year at the major league level with that swing.
Also impressive from that video is the way he instantly recognizes changeup, and adjusts accordingly. You could see him, from the side view especially, double clutch his hips and keep his hands back. He was ready for that pitch and terminated it.