I would tend to agree. He has a throwback center’s game and he’s not tall or particularly athletic. But what he does do he does spectacularly well. It’s not a sexy profile for today’s game, but it’s hard to argue with his results.
Yea exactly bro. We all love Adama but we gotta get realistic here lol
Yea he is perfect for the college game.. by his junior year I expect him to be comfortable from 15ft
Texas A&M tournament game
Not the athlete, passer, or height and length of Boone. Josh was productive in a title run as a freshman and we definitely don’t get past duke without him basically playing taps with himself lol. If Sanogo has Josh’s UCONN career then I’ll be pleasantly surprised
No no no. Josh Boone was a decent player good enough to just make the NBA. I think Sanogo though different has a lot more potential in college and NBA. We haven’t seen whether he has outside shooting ability yet, have we?
Yes I agree with you wholeheartedly with this take. I just wanna see more before we start saying he is this and that feel me?
I was a big Josh fan but Sanogo is way better offensively than him and is a better rebounder. Josh got a Big East defensive player of the year, Adama is improving a lot on defense but Josh gets the nod there.
Decent? A Lottery pick/mid first round and an integral part to a championship is more than decent lol
I can respect your take but he was more than decent as that is what another poster called him. Sanogo does have more touch and better footwork but I just wanna see more which I’m not doubting will happen. I loved Josh’s rebounding skills maybe the Duke game is clouding my view a Lil
I like that comparison in the way back and not as talented John Thomas.
It’s his physicality plus the fact that he really doesn’t get sped up much. People can be collapsing on him and he just does his thing. He’s a special kid.
Josh was great but I just never thought he was gifted offensively, Sanogo is.
Alonzo is an all-time great college center and a Hall of Famer, not fair to compare Sanogo to him. If you're going to do stats it's only fair to do them per 40 minutes
I was more curious to see how their style of games compared. I don't expect Sanogo to put up Alonzo numbers, although if he continues to improve, I could see him being as dominant by his junior year. Amazing that Alonzo played 4 years of college ball.
I agree on potential. He seems well trained and perhaps a quick learner. Check out that footwork and go to with either (soft) hand near the rim. And he is just a freshman. I think Hurley was even surprised at how quickly he is learning from mistakes and starting to assert himself. I am astonished at his stamina and conditioning for a big.
Love Josh and his contribution to our program. Josh freshman year averaged about 6 points and 6 rebounds. He brought that up to 12/8 and 10/7 his next 2 years. His 5 year NBA career was about 5/5. You don't expect better from Sanogo?
I don’t expect Sanogo to be a lottery pick. But I do expect similar if not slightly better numbers
Per 40 his scoring and rebounding numbers are a lot better than Boone's freshman year and the same as Boone's sophomore year which was Boone's beat year. Both great but totally different players. It's just great to have a big with footwork, low post moves, and touch. It's the one thing this program has never really had.
Well besides Okafor. He had a smooth low blocks game but not as a frosh . So that goes to your point . Just saying By soph/ junior year you could toss it in to Oak and good things happened. I can’t remember anyone on the blocks with a traditional post up game more skilled as a frosh than Sanogo.
Good thing, too. I can't wait until he starts getting more of the net.
