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2025 Recruiting: New Commit: Rrezon Elezay

Huskyforlife said:
I’m not gonna go back and find the posts, but there was lots of mocking about how we wanted all league caliber third stringers and how impossible it would be to find a 7 footer to bench sit.

You wanna pretend these things weren’t said on repeat for months? Fine. But I know people remember.

Reasonable arguments could be had about Karaban and Koroma playing over this theoretical development center that we now have, we’ll continue to disagree about who should play in the event of a long term injury. That’s not what I’m bemoaning here.
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Nobody said it was impossible, just that if they did find someone he would be behind double K.
 
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I agree that this won’t change our season trajectory.

But that does not mean it is unlike chicken soup. Because this cannot hurt. Now at least we have two bodies to go against Tarris in practice. I think this probably helps Reibe more than anyone else.

He is 7’2” maybe….looks like he does not have much of a vertical but he does move ok if he is really7’2”. He has some basketball ability he appears to have some level of body control while airborne.

Again I know it is a highlight reel but man in the 80’s if a guy that big moved this well it was news.
 
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aceboon said:
one of the better follows for international scouting, these are practice bodies similar to the signings before the 2022-2023 season



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I'm not buying this dismissal of the big guy.

How many young bigs are as coordinated and can make quick moves inside? Sure he needs to add a lot of strength, but based on how he scores inside on the PNR and inside moves, plus his coordination and shot blocking, he could be a special player once he becomes stronger.

Give him a year or two in the weight room to get over 200 pounds (maybe even 230) and he could be very good.
 
Mooch82 said:
Does anyone know what the "official" roster rules are? Seems like there has been a lot of speculation but not a ton of certainty as to how exactly it's going to work. Would red-shirting even make a difference? Redshirts have always counted against the scholarship limit in the past, so not sure why they wouldn't count against a roster limit.
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15 scholarships
 
temery said:
He will be a star.
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Dude, I love this post. Prompted by humor or seriousness, I'm not sure, but either way. Rrezon is definitely a player that needs to develop, but he is 7'2, has hops, good feet, good hands, some timing on blocks, a nice stroke at the foul line, and he is just 18. Now he is in one of the best programs in the world to learn and grow his game. Hurley and staff must love this opportunity, this challenge. The rewards could be tremendous.
 
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Hard to say what Rrezon will become while in Storrs but there certainly are some intriguing components to his game via the eye test. Safe to say he is probably still growing and will be capable of gaining weight/strength in our SnC program. How soon we forget that it took Clingan awhile to grow into his body at UConn and gain conditioning and strength to expand his game and PT. Even in the pros DC is still working up to more minutes on the floor based on improving his conditioning(per his coaches).

Still like the depth we have at the 5- Tarris is leading the way.
 
Umami Zen said:
Hard to say what Rrezon will become while in Storrs but there certainly are some intriguing components to his game via the eye test. Safe to say he is probably still growing and will be capable of gaining weight/strength in our SnC program. How soon we forget that it took Clingan awhile to grow into his body at UConn and gain conditioning and strength to expand his game and PT. Even in the pros DC is still working up to more minutes on the floor based on improving his conditioning(per his coaches).

Still like the depth we have at the 5- Tarris is leading the way.
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Clingan was dominant from day 1 and the most must have recruit of Hurley's career. Think Yarin Hasson, not Donovan Clingan.
 
navery12 said:
It's not 15 scholarships, it's 15 total players including scholarship players and walk ons
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The new rule is 15 total roster spots, of which every single one can be a scholarship. So yes, it is 15 scholarships.
 
superjohn said:
Clingan was dominant from day 1 and the most must have recruit of Hurley's career. Think Yarin Hasson, not Donovan Clingan.
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Comments were about conditioning and growing into the body of a young Big. Not dominance. Billups loves Donovan but he'll be the first to tell you he needs to continue to work on his conditioning as a young Big to stay in games.
 
Umami Zen said:
Comments were about conditioning and growing into the body of a young Big. Not dominance. Billups loves Donovan but he'll be the first to tell you he needs to continue to work on his conditioning as a young Big to stay in games.
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“Dominant from day 1” is an interesting description in general. Can’t say I remember it that way.
 
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Umami Zen said:
Comments were about conditioning and growing into the body of a young Big. Not dominance. Billups loves Donovan but he'll be the first to tell you he needs to continue to work on his conditioning as a young Big to stay in games.
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Clingan stepped on campus ready to dominate. Elezay is stepping on campus expected to be a practice player.

The point is the more apt comparison for Elezay would be someone like Hasson or possibly Singare, not Clingan.
 
Mr. French said:
“Dominant from day 1” is an interesting description in general. Can’t say I remember it that way.
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Clingan was MVP of the Phil Knight classic at the beginning of his freshman year and I think he was #2 (or one of the national leaders in PER) his freshman year but I can't find that stat at the moment. He was dominant from day 1.
 
No one appreciated DC's two year contribution to the Program more than me. I am not nor have I compared his results to a kid who hasn't even stepped on campus yet. That's silly. What I attempted to do was respond to the challenges that any large human being at a young age has as it relates to conditioning and growing into their bodies-becoming more agile and effective at their craft. Donovan was tremendously efficient and effective in the PT he had at UConn.. And now with Portland-where his coach has repeatedly said he needs to improve his conditioning to play more minutes.

And so I said.. Who knows.. Rrezon probably hasn't stopped growing at 18 yrs of age and will continue to get stronger as we saw with an 18 year old DC That's it @superjohn ..
 
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Facing higher level competition and aggressive defenses will be an adjustment. I think he might need a year to build physically but either way its a good addition. Everybody gets better in practice.
 
Being gigantic is such a handicap in the game of basketball. Especially when I don't know what basketball is like in Turkiye or how long the kid has been playing. This seems like a low risk, high reward pick up.
 
Fishy said:
These are practice players in the Roumoglou-Hasson UConn Basketball Visa Program. Just filling open spots and building bridges for the future.

This is not their forever home, so do not overthink things
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Pasta did stay for two years, I think it’s possible with these practice bodies they’ll occasionally see something worth investing in for another season.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Pasta did stay for two years, I think it’s possible with these practice bodies they’ll occasionally see something worth investing in for another season.
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They’re more towards the Hasson side of the ledger - Roumoglou was an orbit better and I really should not have included him.
 
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