Really? His game looks and sounds nothing like Mamadou's game to me. Name the same, different game.
And he's more than a "dunker" according to scouting reports. This is a lazy assessment
He a lot longer than diarra which will make him a better rim protector. Diarra is like 6'6 6'7, this kid is a legot 6'9. But i agree we shouldnt turn or noses up at their skillsets being we havent had players like this in a long time
True re: height, but Adou Diarra has a 7-2 wingspan, which is Adrien's size. More than adequate for rebounding and some rim protection against the big boys.
Not on DraftExpress like Mama, but Mamou reportedly has a 7'2" wingspan as well.
Did not know adou was that long. Thanks for the insight
I think I like "Mama & Mamou" better than "Adou & Oudou", but I think we need to put it up to a vote and figure out on preferred monikers before we get too deep down this rabbit hole.
Yea you are right, very lazy indeed. Yet in both of the videos that I could find of him, he went up to dunk it about 80% of the time, not that there's a plethora of footage on the kid to be fair. You can see he is hesitant when he gets the ball away from the rim in tcf's second video, thats because he isn't comfortable dribbling the ball. We have had too many problems with poor ball handling on this team, and if you believe he is "more than a dunker" then he better sure as hell have some form of handling or mid range game to compensate, otherwise we are just recruiting another screen setter.
Poor Joe D.
For the most part, but Harrell's senior year he took some threes. I wouldn't say they were exactly effective but he had the confidence to pull it. I remember he hit the dagger from 3 against Virginia. Harrell was compact but he was pretty long. I'm not sure if he guarded multiple positions like this guy can.
There's not any option in the grad transfer front to replace Steve. And as bad as Steve was on defense, it appears KO really tried to persuade him not to leave which gives us some indication of what to expect from Cobb.
Mamoudou Diarra would have a much harder time bodying up centers. He's very thin even though he is long. I don't see him as a 5.
He doesn't look like a center. I would say in this order: 4/3/5 (5 in a pinch) but very athletic and lean (not skinny like Kelis Fisher).
I agree the talent scouting in this thread is ridiculous. He looks nothing like Mamadou Diarra, Harrell or Enoch. He looks to be a 3/4 who is raw but has the coordination and athleticism to really be a nice piece to mold as you point out. Ajou was probably more skilled at this stage but this kid looks to be a better athlete and have a better motor.1) Stop comparing him to Steve Enoch. He's not Steve Enoch. He's not even a center.
2) I don't think I'd call him a 'rim-protector'. He may occasionally protect a rim, but I think that will be more of a coincidence than an intention. Hard to be definitive off of ten minutes of Youtube, but his team looks like it plays more zone and they have him on the wing in the 2-3. A Connecticut kid named Nevin Zink appears to be their center.
3) He's a combo-forward - a pretty athletic one, but not a polished one. This is the kind of kid Calhoun would instinctively put under the basket, but I don't think Kevin will. He is a raw version of what Ajou Deng thought he was.
None of us are talent scouts and are basically talking out of our asses, but I'm thinking that this might be a kid who they think can help them down the road. There is certainly a lot of raw material here to work with...