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PF Mamadou Diarra (Signed LOI on 11/14)

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same size as draymond green. the differential is major, looks like he has the tools to be a very good rebounder/ rim protector.
 
uchusky32 said:
Should put to rest the center talk.
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Not really. Depending on who the oppenent plays, Diarra can play center. Just not a center in the traditional sense.
 
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DeJuan Blair destroyed us at center being 6'7. I'll take heart over height any day. Diarra will be more than capable of being our PF once Facey is gone. And Enoch will be a stretch C once Brimah leaves. P.S. I just had to share this one: my Mac wanted to autocorrect Diarra with Diarrhea.
 
This isn't anything new: he was always an undersized (height-wise, anyway) PF and a serious reach at C.

He's Jeff Adrien minus the skill, but with all of the toughness -- something our frontcourt needs in practice and off the bench.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
This isn't anything new: he was always an undersized (height-wise, anyway) PF and a serious reach at C.

He's Jeff Adrien minus the skill, but with all of the toughness -- something our frontcourt needs in practice and off the bench.
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Saying that Diarra has all of Jeff Adrien's toughness without even having seen him play one game is a little bit of a stretch, no?
 
its a message board so it can and should be used to deliver info from those in the know but obviously if people want to they can use it for speculation. but 99 percent of the speculation is usually wrong and/or even asinine. no one has any clue what diarra is except a short but long big man with similar measurables/body type to adrien. maybe hell become more skilled than jeff adrien, maybe hell be similar to rock, maybe hell be in between. realistically no one here has any clue unless they have been to a good amount of his games vs good competition
 
diarras arms drag on the floor when he runs up the court. he also looks like he has a great lower body (pause), good explosion.
 
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mdkhusky said:
its a message board so it can and should be used to deliver info from those in the know but obviously if people want to they can use it for speculation. but 99 percent of the speculation is usually wrong and/or even asinine. no one has any clue what diarra is except a short but long big man with similar measurables/body type to adrien. maybe hell become more skilled than jeff adrien, maybe hell be similar to rock, maybe hell be in between. realistically no one here has any clue unless they have been to a good amount of his games vs good competition
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Gave you a like cause agree with your premise. However you must realize from observation in these forums that even after watching many games there is seldom a consensus about anything.
 
The top of his head may be short, but people are often deceived by height. Wingspan is a much better indicator of a player's size. Who cares if his head is short if his arms reach higher than dudes like Aaron Gordon. If you put the two next to each other and they reached up, Mamadou's hand would be higher. That's all that matters in basketball.
 
Good showing for him so far, Bossi rated him as the 7th best performer during the 1st day of the UA camp

The Connecticut bound Rivals150 power forward from the class of 2016 wasn't happy to hear he measured in at 6-foot-5 ½ bare footed during the combine. However he has a 7-foot-2 wingspan to help make up for being a slightly undersized four man. Diarra is also bouncy, has a great motor and rebounds in and out of his area. Diarra finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds on the night.
 
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Yankees32123 said:
The top of his head may be short, but people are often deceived by height. Wingspan is a much better indicator of a player's size. Who cares if his head is short if his arms reach higher than dudes like Aaron Gordon. If you put the two next to each other and they reached up, Mamadou's hand would be higher. That's all that matters in basketball.
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Eh, I think Diarra will be fine as a college big because of his length, frame, and that he's bouncy but I wouldn't say wingspan is the only thing that matters. BG had over a 6'8" wingspan, NBA SGs still posted him up and shot over the top of him, his lack of height was always going to make him a defensive liability as a full time NBA SG.
 
Diarra is slightly taller than Adrien with a slightly longer wingspan.
 
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He looks like he's afraid he might jump out of the building. :D Now against good defenders we'll have to see but looks like a special talent.
 
tcf15 said:
Fixed an autocorrect typo for you to avoid stupid jokes.
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Thanks, I can imagine what it is and I'm sure we'll be hearing that joke while he plays here.
 
If he ever learns how to dribble even to Adrien's level he could be a bad bad man.
 
RipCity said:
If he ever learns how to dribble even to Adrien's level he could be a bad bad man.
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we don't need him to put the ball on the floor we need him to run the floor
 
Tenspro2002 said:
This isn't anything new: he was always an undersized (height-wise, anyway) PF and a serious reach at C.

He's Jeff Adrien minus the skill, but with all of the toughness -- something our frontcourt needs in practice and off the bench.
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Are you comparing adrien senior of college to diarras junior year of high school?
 
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As far as height goes, why couldn't he grow a couple inches between now and next fall?
 
Stairmaster said:
To the best of my knowledge, Top 50 centers do not grow on trees. If it turns out that I am wrong, I want the Ag department on it pronto.
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Dope.

Centers are root vegetables.
 
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