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Hey Adrien! said:
I’m looking at the Rivals top 80 recruits for 2017, and here are the listed weights for players that are 6’8 to 6’10:

190, 197, 200, 200, 200, 200, 201, 210, 210, 210, 220, 220, 220, 220, 225, 235, 235, 246

Upper Quartile: 220
Median: 210
Lower Quartile: 200

Polley is listed at 6’9 210. Carlton is 6’10 235. Diarra is 6’8 215. Cobb is 6'9 290. Whaley is 6’9 200.

There's a lot of complaining about a lack of size in the frontcourt, but looking at the numbers, is our frontcourt size really that much different than the top-end talent that's entering in the NCAA next season?

If you include Whaley, we have a guy in the lower quartile, Polley is the median, Diarra is above the median, Carlton is above the upper quartile and Cobb is, well, a big dude.

Source: Rivals.com
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Good work
 
King Husky said:
The problem is that Carlton and Diarra are both about 3 inches less than their listed heights.
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I've seen Carlton standing next to people, and while he doesn't look 6'10", I'll eat my shoe if he's 6'7". I think Mau is right (for once ;^)) that he's 6'8" with very long arms. Nice shoulders, but body is thin. He is also pretty raw. He is quick when he makes his offensive moves, needs a fire lit under his butt on defense, but doesn't seem very active on offense either. He has all the intangibles to be much better than, say, Gavin Edwards, but he definitely needs some seasoning. Higher work rate, better positioning.

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upstater said:
I've seen Carlton standing next to people, and while he doesn't look 6'10", I'll eat my shoe if he's 6'7". I think Mau is right (for once ;^)) that he's 6'8" with very long arms. Nice shoulders, but body is thin. He is also pretty raw. He is quick when he makes his offensive moves, needs a fire lit under his butt on defense, but doesn't seem very active on offense either. He has all the intangibles to be much better than, say, Gavin Edwards, but he definitely needs some seasoning. Higher work rate, better positioning.

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I guess I can see 6'8 now looking at his latest vids. But that hair muddles things up :/
 
King Husky said:
The problem is that Carlton and Diarra are both about 3 inches less than their listed heights.
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The problem is we need experienced bigs not just 6'9"-6'10" guys to take a scholarship. They should be targeting an experienced grad transfer to allow Diarra and Carlton time to develop and Chill time to snatch at Top 80 guy next year as there are none left we can get this year - short of Mohammed Bamba shocking the world and signing here out of the blue.
 
Come on, if Carlton is 6'8" than #0 in that photo is about 5'6". Carlton has a nice body for basketball for sure.

I was hoping for a grad transfer to balance the classes a bit, but maybe it's best to have the young guys and prove they can develop big men.
 
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pj said:
Come on, if Carlton is 6'8" than #0 in that photo is about 5'6". Carlton has a nice body for basketball for sure.

I was hoping for a grad transfer to balance the classes a bit, but maybe it's best to have the young guys and prove they can develop big men.
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I think this guy is a 100% lock, a freshman Kentan Facey I would think
 
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Do we have any idea how good this kid is? Haven't seen much on him. Obviously we need bodies, but part of me wonders if it makes more sense to go hard after Wilson, Waters, a transfer (preferably Daniels) and leave a scholarship open for 2018.

If we get Wilson and Waters, we will be playing a ton of 3 guard lineups with traditional 3's playing the 4 (Larrier and Wilson), so that would really only leave maybe 50-60 minutes total for the other "bigs". Between Carlton, Cobb, Diarra, and Polley (4 only), I'd think we'd be able to do that. If we could somehow get in on a big grad transfer then we definitely wouldn't need this guy.

That being said, if someone tells me this guy is legit and definitely worth a scholarship for 4 years, I'm all for it. Just doesn't seem to be a ton of info on him.
 
Please tell me his car didn't break down.
 
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So, any word on how it went yesterday? No commitment that I've seen unless I missed it.
 
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Wilson and Whaley would take away a lot of risk, and pull the rug out from under most of the negative posters. The trend followers would have to acknowledge: the trend is up!
 
pj said:
Wilson and Whaley would take away a lot of risk, and pull the rug out from under most of the negative posters. The trend followers would have to acknowledge: the trend is up!
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Nice try pj love the optimism. But some, never! ;)...Bamba or nothing
 
HuskyHawk said:
Not exactly bonkers. Wilson looks like a nice player at the wing. Whaley is more of a guy we need for depth. Waters and one of the grad transfer bigs is what I really want to see.
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Wilson would be a significant commitment too, but I would really like to see a big man who can contribute from day 1. Tremont would be a great addition.
 
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