Mohamed Bamba

[7774]

Good one..

Yeah, it is good. And I guess we're done here since it only took 3 posts for you to abandon your original premise.

 

[CAHUSKY]

Please, yes he blocked shots, good defensive, not disputing that but you and anyone else can't honestly say he was a go to guy for any offense, so yes Okafor has been pretty much the complete package C/PF we have had in a while. Have there been some nice parts, yes, but nothing like Emeka.

During his Junior season Hasheem averaged 13.6 pts, 10.8 rebounds and 4.2 blocks per game. That's a ridiculous stat line. Emeka averaged 17.6, 11.5 and 4.1 his last year. Not a mammoth gulf between the two.

 

[Athlete94]

Yeah, it is good. And I guess we're done here since it only took 3 posts for you to abandon your original premise.

Who's abandoning, if you or anyone think Thabeet can hold a candle to Okafor or think he was this mega star, I will have what ever it is your sniffing. I liked HT, but I would not be calling for a play to run through him if we needed a bucket down low to open it up for the outside guys, that my friend is what Emeka did game in and out in college and if it weren't for his neck injury, he would still be relevant in the NBA...

 

[Athlete94]

During his Junior season Hasheem averaged 13.6 pts, 10.8 rebounds and 4.2 blocks per game. That's a ridiculous stat line. Emeka averaged 17.6, 11.5 and 4.1 his last year. Not a mammoth gulf between the two.

Please all garbage put backs etc, his offensive game and post moves couldn't hold a candle to Emeka, again which is why he had a longer NBA career and would still be playing if not for an injury. Teams still wanted Emeka if he came back, didn't see anyone knocking down doors for HT to come back, nice try though...

 

[7774]

During his Junior season Hasheem averaged 13.6 pts, 10.8 rebounds and 4.2 blocks per game. That's a ridiculous stat line. Emeka averaged 17.6, 11.5 and 4.1 his last year. Not a mammoth gulf between the two.

That average would have made him the leading scorer on this year's team.

 

[BUConn10]

Seriously? Who cares if he's a beanpole? We're looking for talented players, not "players who look good". If you only care about appearances, a new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is coming out in 10 months.

Dude, this is such a dumb argument. You really think the people saying they want a more physical big man are asking for him for esthetic purposes or for some sort weird fetish? Even for a joke that was weak. We want a more physical big man so that when teams with bigs like Shaq Goodwin come to town our big man doesn't get absolutely manhandled down low. At one point when Memphis was at Gampel down the stretch they just kept going to Goodwin because no one on our roster was physically capable of containing him, skill level completely aside. Shaq scored maybe a dozen consecutive points, that's a problem and a mismatch waiting to happen. Would you rather it happen to us in the NCAA tournament like this year against Josh Scott or the Kansas front court?

You can work your biceps all day and get a nice picture while flexing but it won't help you one bit under the rim while boxing out an opposing defender.

 

[Athlete94]

Please, don't go there, he would be getting garbage points, no plays would run through him, he couldn't catch the ball down low...

 

[Walker11]

Trying to argue with this guy is even crazier than his viewpoint.

 

[CAHUSKY]

Please all garbage put backs etc, his offensive game and post moves couldn't hold a candle to Emeka, again which is why he had a longer NBA career and would still be playing if not for an injury. Teams still wanted Emeka if he came back, didn't see anyone knocking down doors for HT to come back, nice try though...

So the reality that the only real difference in their stats was 2 baskets a game doesn't sway you? Standard boneyard logic. Who cares how they scored their points? If getting put backs was so easy why didn't Emeka score 30 a game with his great post moves?

 

[Athlete94]

Trying to argue with this guy is even crazier than his viewpoint.

Who?

 

[businesslawyer]

Please, don't go there, he would be getting garbage points, no plays would run through him, he couldn't catch the ball down low...

You are incredibly on target with this. Every coach and sportswriter who named him first team All Big East and an All American -- idiots. The NBA scouts who all would have taken him in the Top 5 of the draft -- mentally impaired dweebs. Luckily, we have one poster who knows basketball.

 

[Athlete94]

So the reality that the only real difference in their stats was 2 baskets a game doesn't sway you? Standard boneyard logic. Who cares how they scored their points? If getting put backs was so easy why didn't Emeka score 30 a game with his great post moves?

No, it doesn't . Thabeet was no where near the talent Emeka was, that's indisputable . Emeka would have scored more but our guards and team were pretty well stacked at the scoring options, put Emeka on this years team and he averages 28-30 easily ..

 

[CAHUSKY]

Only on the Boneyard could someone make the argument that Thabeet , the National Defensive player of the year and 2nd team All America wasn't a great college player.............................

As a junior, Thabeet emerged on the national scene, averaging 13.6 points and 10.8 rebounds. He earned his first career triple-double against Providence College on 31 January 2009, with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 10 blocks.[6] He finished with 152 blocks on the season. He was named Big East Defensive Player of the Year and was co-Big East Player of the Year with Pitt's DeJuan Blair.[7] He was named second team All-America and National Defensive Player of the Year.

 

[CAHUSKY]

No, it doesn't . Thabeet was no where near the talent Emeka was, that's indisputable . Emeka would have scored more but our guards and team were pretty well stacked at the scoring options, put Emeka on this years team and he averages 28-30 easily ..

easily? You're suggesting he would have led the country in scoring by 2 points a game? Only 2 players in college basketball have averaged 30pts per game in the last 25 years.

 

[Athlete94]

You are incredibly on target with this. Every coach and sportswriter who named him first team All Big East and an All American -- idiots. The NBA scouts who all would have taken him in the Top 5 of the draft -- mentally impaired dweebs. Luckily, we have one poster who knows basketball.

Yeah and your a genius lawyer then. Look at their NBA careers and overall career numbers, and who any NBA gm would take on their team now and then if they had to choose between Emeka and Thabeet. Your logic on who and why they picked or voted makes zero sense now that HT had such a short career and is an After Thought in the NBA circles.

 

[CAHUSKY]

Yeah and your a genius lawyer then. Look at their NBA careers and overall career numbers, and who any NBA gm would take on their team now and then if they had to choose between Emeka and Thabeet. Your logic on who and why they picked or voted makes zero sense now that HT had such a short career and is an After Thought in the NBA circles.

We're talking about their impact on UConn, not what they did in the NBA. You are moving the goal posts again because your initial argument is without much
merit.

 

[Athlete94]

Only on the Boneyard could someone make the argument that Thabeet , the National Defensive player of the year and 2nd team All America wasn't a great college player.........

As a junior, Thabeet emerged on the national scene, averaging 13.6 points and 10.8 rebounds. He earned his first career triple-double against Providence College on 31 January 2009, with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 10 blocks.[6] He finished with 152 blocks on the season. He was named Big East Defensive Player of the Year and was co-Big East Player of the Year with Pitt's DeJuan Blair.[7] He was named second team All-America and National Defensive Player of the Year.

My argument is he wasn't feared offensively and that Emeka was a better overall talent, dispute that... His NBA career was a joke...

 

[KemBuckets21]

Please all garbage put backs etc, his offensive game and post moves couldn't hold a candle to Emeka, again which is why he had a longer NBA career and would still be playing if not for an injury. Teams still wanted Emeka if he came back, didn't see anyone knocking down doors for HT to come back, nice try though...

Lets just get a 28 year old Hakeem Olajuwon. He's the only big who was truly a threat offensively and defensively.

 

[CAHUSKY]

My argument is he wasn't feared offensively and that Emeka was a better overall talent, dispute that... His NBA career was a joke...

Although the stats show he was just 2 baskets short of Emeka's average in his best year and his equal on the defensive end. Ok.

 

[Athlete94]

We're talking about their impact on UConn, not what they did in the NBA. You are moving the goal posts again because your initial argument is without much
merit.

Please you can't honestly think he had more of an impact at UCONN than Emeka, craziness, there's no goal post swaying there, that's my point ... Period

 

[UconnFanNVa]

Nevermind smh

 

[Athlete94]

Although the stats show he was just 2 baskets short of Emeka's average in his best year and his equal on the defensive end. Ok.

Yeah whatever, keep smoking Hasheem pipe, dude was not anywhere near the talent Emeka was and again made clear when he was out of the NBA after he finished his first cup of coffee.

 

[CAHUSKY]

Please you can't honestly think he had more of an impact at UCONN than Emeka, craziness, there's no goal post swaying there, that's my point ... Period

I'm saying their impact was about 2 baskets a game different. That's what the numbers say. Your inability to recognize Thabeet was the national defensive player of the year and 2nd team all america is mystifying.

 

[Athlete94]

Lets just get a 28 year old Hakeem Olajuwon. He's the only big who was truly a threat offensively and defensively.

Yeah, lets

 

[7774]

Does anyone else find it hilarious that this guy keeps acting like if you're not as good as Emeka Okafor, the best overall player in the history of the program, that means you're not good? No one is even disputing that Okafor is better, but he just keeps bringing it up.