New Commit: Rrezon Elezay

[UCONNOLOGIST]

My first thought after reading his name:

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Can anyone name this song?

Thug passion

 

[Umami Zen]

Clingan was dominant from day 1 and the most must have recruit of Hurley's career. Think Yarin Hasson, not Donovan Clingan.

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.

 

[Mr. French]

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.

“Dominant from day 1” is an interesting description in general. Can’t say I remember it that way.

 

[superjohn]

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.

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.

 

[superjohn]

“Dominant from day 1” is an interesting description in general. Can’t say I remember it that way.

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.

 

[Umami Zen]

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 ..

 

[IndyLives]

He is getting early comps to Rudy Gobert, Jordan Bell & Al Jefferson.

 

[Huskyforlife]

He is getting early comps to Rudy Gobert, Jordan Bell & Al Jefferson.

Anyone comping this kid to Jordan Bell and Al Jefferson is probably looking at the wrong profile

 

[Huskyforlife]

I will say any pessimism about a 7’2 kid because he wasn’t productive at 17 years old in some random junior division is silly to me.

Let’s see what happens as he bulks up and develops over the next year. He's only 18.

 

[Jimdish255]

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.

 

[husky429]

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.

 

[jibsey]

Heaven forbid but injury insurance with a 7’2” guy could be useful. Hopefully won’t need him to play meaningful minutes.

 

[Fishy]

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

 

[Huskyforlife]

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

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.

 

[Fishy]

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.

They’re more towards the Hasson side of the ledger - Roumoglou was an orbit better and I really should not have included him.

 

[UCLJ0211]

Give me a Rrezon to believe!

 

[HooperScooper]

Give me a Rrezon to believe!

 

[Fishy]

Give me a Rrezon to believe!

 

[Mooch82]

They’re more towards the Hasson side of the ledger - Roumoglou was an orbit better and I really should not have included him.

What are you basing this off of? Rrezon seems a bit like Hasson but is 5 inches taller and just turned 18. With more scholarships you can afford to keep a guy like this as scholarship #15, with the hopes that by his junior year he can be a serviceable backup big.

Uros’ highlights were impressive to me. Handles the ball well, has a good feel for the game, plays at a nice pace, and a good shooter. I thought he looked at least as good as Apostolos when he came in - probably a tick better.

 

[TheShot1990]

Some of the negative posters are acting like there is a plethora of seven-footers out there.

There’s no plethora.

OK, maybe we have a plethora because we have two.