James Bouknight Released

[navery12]

Hopefully he gets a second chance and realizes it's time to get his act together. And before anyone says it no he shouldn't have come back

 

[Punkbo]

Perfect opportunity to prove people wrong. Get after it, young man!

 

[Chin Diesel]

Hopefully he gets a second chance and realizes it's time to get his act together. And before anyone says it no he shouldn't have come back

Some would say he's already had a second chance.....And a third chance.
Most likely he is approaching his last chance.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Makes sense. Maybe someone takes a flier. Not holding my breath though.

 

[HuskyBoi]

Man, I can't believe it. Truly thought he was the chosen one to come out of the Hurley era at Uconn. He still can carve out a high earning career overseas if he wants to go that route. I still will keep my eyes on him and how he does because he made me fall in love with our team again

 

[Northbound]

China or Europe - can make plenty of coin in those two scenarios.

 

[AdamaNation]

He was Hurleys first big athlete although gaffney was seen as the prize on paper. Now it’s athlete and character, or more so, maturity. I lived bouk. Wished and wished especially since my boys loved him and saw his big alley oop here in NC. Then to have him drafted here like sooo many other UConn stars but it just never clicked. Hopefully getting cut shows it’s a lot more than talent in any pro league.

 

[aburks41]

Hopefully he gets picked up by an organization that isn't totally dysfunctional but I doubt it. He could still make a ton of money over in Europe

 

[imno1]

He was Hurleys first big athlete although gaffney was seen as the prize on paper. Now it’s athlete and character, or more so, maturity. I lived bouk. Wished and wished especially since my boys loved him and saw his big alley oop here in NC. Then to have him drafted here like sooo many other UConn stars but it just never clicked. Hopefully getting cut shows it’s a lot more than talent in any pro league.

I’m pretty sure Bouk was rated a lot higher than Jalen

 

[How Sway?!]

Per basketball reference, he had the 6th highest win share per 48 minutes on the team. Hopefully he gets picked up because it felt like he was starting to become an NBA player

 

[7774]

I’m pretty sure Bouk was rated a lot higher than Jalen

Yeah that comment was not at all based on reality.

 

[lavuuk153]

Yeah that comment was not at all based on reality.

I was at one of the coaches events before their freshman year and he said Bouk would make the NBA and Gaffney could make it.

 

[REB1094]

He had his chances and didn’t perform. At this point just have to hope that someone takes a chance on picking up a young guard that had lottery talent a few years ago. Then he’d have his final chance to stick in the league

As always I wish him the best and would love to see him play well and have a long NBA career

 

[husky429]

He was Hurleys first big athlete although gaffney was seen as the prize on paper.

Gaffney was a 100+ 3-star recruit. Your memory is wrong

 

[formerlurker]

Show me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are. I pray James figures ish out.

 

[Viet Vet]

Hopefully he gets a second chance and realizes it's time to get his act together. And before anyone says it no he shouldn't have come back

Second chance? Third chance? He wrote his own NBA epitaph.

 

[champs99and04]

It's hardly a given in 2024 that someone who washes out of the NBA goes onto have success in Europe. It's a much different game over there, and Bouk doesn't really strike me as a guy who'd excel in that type of setting.

Maybe he goes to China, but does he want to? Too bad he doesn't have eligibility, because in the NIL era, college is the perfect spot for guys like him.

 

[IndyLives]

He's probably made enough coin to live comfortably the rest of his life. He can thank Hurley for that.

 

[aceboon]

Not a good first round haul...

 

[HooperScooper]

Not surprised. Hopefully someone picks him up now or during the offseason another team signs him. The best he can probably expect is a two-way prove-it-to-us contract during the offseason.

It's unfortunate that the first guy Hurley sent to the NBA from UConn was a knucklehead. Some on here will probably defend him but he's been a knucklehead since he got to UConn and never matured enough. He's talented but it takes more than talent to make it in the NBA. Hoping this is his wake-up call.

Something to ponder, would Hurley take him today? Back then he had no choice but listening to Hurley talk about what he looks for in recruits now, Bouknight doesn't seem to fit that narrative.

 

[HooperScooper]

Not a good first round haul...

It's Charlotte so not surprising.

 

[Rondogg]

Was he the guy who got kicked out of the stands while attending a UConn game? Had a feeling...

 

[Deepster]

I can’t say im surprised. The pro game is so different from the non pro levels. At this point he needs to grind. Hard.

 

[BGesus4]

Was he the guy who got kicked out of the stands while attending a UConn game? Had a feeling...

 

[kobebeanbryant]

Ni hao James!