There is no precedent for this player. Calling him a project would be an understatement - he's more of a science experiment. Human beings aren't supposed to be this big and it often seems, in watching him play, that the outcome is at the mercy of complete randomness. There is a discernible process to his growth that puts UCF, as a mid-major, in the odd position of having to manage a resource that swings a larger hose than anybody else on the floor at all times. It isn't that he's always going to be the best player so much as he's the one with the launch code. By all accounts, he's an extremely bright kid, and he demonstrated growth from year one to year two that allows for hope moving forward. If he can hold up physically, he's capable of doing things - specific things - that are possible at the college basketball but not the pro level due to the absence of defensive three seconds among other things. Whether he does them is anybody's guess - they'll need some luck because a lot of this is a matter of pure instinct that can be the difference between anchoring a dominant defense and fouling out in ten minutes.
