He needs to play smart and with proper pace or he wont impress at all. The NBA won't tolerate speed with no plan which AJax tends to do more than he should.
Interesting take and for good reason. Emphasis in modern coaching in AAU is superior athletes who are long is running the show). Fundamentals are left in the dust more often. Fundamentals are basic in a team game; individual ability (create your own shot) is important but it doesn't trump fundamentals in the long run. Individual potential and athleticism attract attention from above with the shrug and "further development" as a a fall back. Karaban, Clingan and Sanogo are all great examples of fundamental coaching. They did not pick that up in the playground. Private schools have the ability to recruit from a larger area than public schools and mostly can pay their coaches more so this does attract coaching talent. I think our staff is on to something about looking deeper on prospects for character and fundamental skills as well as athletic talent. They can see that recruits are not going to make it here if they lack those basics because there mostly isn't time to teach that and blend them into the rotation. Unless a player comes along with truly extraordinary gifts and a great (teachable) attitude (such as Andre Jackson) this is going to be the exception and not the standard.
+7.5
I actually had the opposite take on Adama. I guess there's the possibility that UConn just listed him below his actual weight, but when I saw the numbers my first thought was the feedback he got from the NBA was they wanted him to get back to 260 to be able to play the 5
Al Horford is 6'9" weighs 240. I don't think strength is an issue with Adama. He can hold ground as well as anybody. Bam Adebayo was 6'8.75" and 242 with the same wingspan.
That may actually be team dependent. I would imagine some may see him as a 5, and some a 4. I agree though that most will see a backup 5 for him.
I've been wrong before but I just don't see any way he's able to play the 4 in the NBA. He couldn't even handle the 4 in college and the 4's in the NBA are infinitely better and much faster. I think he carves out a long career as a backup big man who can score off the bench, but expecting him to guard elite perimeter guys is setting him up for failure
Not at his current weight, no.. He'd have to slim down 15-20 lbs for sure, and still maybe not. Who knows.
Yup. The hope is that he can be Looney with a slow but reliable 3-pointer. That'd be a great career to have.
for sure. Look at all the big strong post players that tried to back down and bully Sanogo only to never to move him even 1 inch. I would always laugh this past season whenever I saw players trying to do that to Sanogo and say out loud "that's not going work, you better try something else."
Can’t wait for Andre Jackson to fix their mentalities.
