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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2662839, member: 1414"]
Josh reminds me quite a bit of himself.  I mean, it's uncanny the similarities.

Aside from that, what is the point?  He's tall.  Not a leaper, but arms are long enough.  He has pretty good hands, and some decent post moves for a freshman.  He's not a great rebounder, but some additional strength will allow him to hold his position better on defense and block-outs.  I see some indications of shooting touch that should develop.   He'd need a lot more bulk to back people down, I don't see that as his game.  But it seems like he has some fairly deft spin/bank shots that he can use to good effect.  If he can develop a face up jumper from 10', that would be big.

I'd like to see how he runs the floor.  Haven't had enough of a sample size yet since our offense was so plodding.  Lack of footspeed would be a limiting factor for him on this team, based on what I expect to see.  I'm confident Diarra has wheels and can finish on the break.  I think even Cobb can get out and finish (for how long I'm not sure).  Whaley is built for that kind of role.
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