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Danzz said:
Just watched some videos of Brown and besides talent he gives us something we haven't had in a very long time at the 5: a player with broad shoulders and a big Barkley like butt perfect for taking up space and moving opponents out of the way.
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I haven't seen video one yet, but do you know what has me excited? I know 7 footers don't grow on trees but the scouting ESPN report says he has good hands. So if he is 7' 250 he can catch a basketball close to the basket and not be pushed to the floor or stripped out of his hands., generally. Hands are very underrated.
 
The one thing I can never understand about these comments about whether or not he's an athlete, is that the kid grew to 7 feet by age 16. Think how difficult it is for someone to grow into his body. My nephew has been on a top ski team for a good few years. He just had a huge growth spurt (at age 12) and I think he is now close to off the team, LOL.

Last year, people were down on the athleticism Jesse Govan and Diamond Stone showed, and now these 2 as freshman are some of the most athletic centers in the country. Similar comments were made about Enoch too.
 
Silk31 said:
KO finally recruiting his type of big men. Strapped with a bunch of string beans in Brimah, Nolan and Facey, KO seems to have his type of big bodied athletic front court players. Enoch and Brown could really bring us back to the old days of us controlling the glass and the paint
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I remember the "old days" when we were a donut team:cool:.
 
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husky99 said:
All high school centers are raw. I am happy he was not a soccer player 3 month ago
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I was joking as that is complained a lot here at the boneyard. I guess you missed were I said "jk" at the end of my comment.
 
Thank you Boo. Welcome aboard Zach great news for the program for sure. GREAT news.

Heard it while attending a meeting on a text from a buddy and man the news made the next 2 hours much easier to deal with. Nice
 
3rdbass said:
From the article "Brown's post game is still raw and unrefined" Oh great another raw big man. JK. Great get by KO but this seems so anti-climatic with OZ predicting this was always a 100% sure thing.
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A junior in high school better be raw. If not he would have stayed back a few years. Just saying this is a non-concern and is to be expected at his age, particularly with bigs. I've been around many years and can't recall any high school junior that wasn't raw. All are developing and get better with more and more court time, along with good competition. By comparison, Anthony Davis was fortunate that he played guard until his growth spurt so his development was ahead of schedule.

Its sad that they would even mention weaknesses on such a young kid. High school coaching staff aren't big on developing/improving talent, they just provide a platform for them to excel and showcase. These types of articles should just focus on what he is capable at this point and deal with weaknesses his senior year (at the end of season). Even strengths can be misleading at such a young age.

The kid is big, is a very good player and has skills, that's all that counts right now.

By the way Amida and Facey (and Thabeet) were 'raw' because of the limited time they played basketball. Zach is much different. Him and Enoch will be so fun to watch, especially with Enoch mentoring the lad.
 
Bigflip12 said:
He's not the most athletic 7ft I have ever seen and he will need the weight training program as soon as he steps on campus. He will take up space and blocks some shots until he game rounds out.
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We have athletic, it doesn't always work. You can see he knows how to flip it in the basket and he will be a space eater. You take athletic I will take Zach Brown and work from there. He's perfect. People worried about jesse Govan too and he was more raw than this, and he may eat us up on Saturday as a frosh. These are the kinds go "BIGS" I like. great get
 
mauconnfan said:
We have athletic, it doesn't always work. You can see he knows how to flip it in the basket and he will be a space eater. You take athletic I will take Zach Brown and work from there. He's perfect. People worried about jesse Govan too and he was more raw than this, and he may eat us up on Saturday as a frosh. These are the kinds go "BIGS" I like. great get
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I bet Shaq wasn't a ballerina as a junior in high school either. I would certainly bet that he was a bullerina though.
 
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He doesn't look all that athletic but he certainly looks a million times more athletic than Hibbert when he stepped on campus at G'Town. Hibbert could hardly run down the court without tripping. Zach skinny legs but his frame is huge. Kid has shoulders too wide to fit through a doorway so 240 lbs. is too small for him, with weight training and diet he could easily carry 270-275. lbs well. To me the most important things for a a bigman are hands, footwork and keeping the ball high. What I see in his videos are really good hands and he always keeps the ball high, has good footwork too but I'm sure that can improve plenty. Best thing is he looks to have no bad habits, most big men always bring the ball down and pretty much every UConn bigman over the years had this habit.
 
jibsey said:
I haven't seen video one yet, but do you know what has me excited? I know 7 footers don't grow on trees but the scouting ESPN report says he has good hands. So if he is 7' 250 he can catch a basketball close to the basket and not be pushed to the floor or stripped out of his hands., generally. Hands are very underrated.
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Good call on the hands! As a long-time basketball coach, one of the toughest things to get big kids to do is to keep the ball UP HIGH when they get it down on the block. Catching the incoming pass and protecting the ball are huge!
 
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Kitaman said:
I bet Shaq wasn't a ballerina as a junior in high school either. I would certainly bet that he was a bullerina though.
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Shaq was incredibly athletic when he was younger; probably the most athletic 7-1 guy (how tall is Garnett, really?) that I've ever seen. Watch clips of him when he was at LSU. He was frightening.
 
coachRD said:
Good call on the hands! As a long-time basketball coach, one of the toughest things to get big kids to do is to keep the ball UP HIGH when they get it down on the block. Catching the incoming pass and protecting the ball are huge!
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Brown does this exceedingly well. In every clip he grabs the board up high and offensively always keeps the ball where he cannot be stripped. He was obviously taught very on this.
 
Who are the guys we are looking at the hardest/most realistic to get to go along with Brown for this class?

Obviously Diallo. Waters?
 
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tcf15 said:
Yeah - Diallo and Ashton-Langford are definitely the top targets at the moment.
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Are we looking hard at any other wings/ combos like Samuels, Eggleston, Preston, PJ Washington, etc?
 
Refined is not an issue here
You can't teach legit 7' and 250 lbs with an added extra - HANDS
This is a great recruitment coup at this time.
Welcome Zach to the Husky family
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Are we looking hard at any other wings/ combos like Samuels, Eggleston, Preston, PJ Washington, etc?
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Yes:



The best version of My Sweet Lord ever - if you're old and don't get some chills watching this video with Billy and the other huge names from music recording here, you don't like music. Tribute to George who Billy Preston was very close to. Now UConn is recruiting him;)
 
boog204 said:
Shaq was incredibly athletic when he was younger; probably the most athletic 7-1 guy (how tall is Garnett, really?) that I've ever seen. Watch clips of him when he was at LSU. He was frightening.
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ok bad example. Shaq is unique.
 
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