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Awesome, he gets a year of practice to go up against Dham, Brimah, and Miller. A heck of a practice player to help prepare our guys this year, even though he can't play this year he can help us in scouting out teams and push our guys.
 
In my euphoria may have missed it, but this will really help DHam. He is such a monster talent, but playing against a potentially better athlete (DHam has the skills, but not elite athleticism) will make him better. One of my big questions will DHam make that jump to elite player, or will he get down on himself like he did several times last year when things went awry. This is a win-win on so many levels, but I love what this does for DHam, who goes from practicing against less talented guys at his position to practicing against a peer who has as much or more athleticism! Toughen him up, because the sky's the limit for him!!!

Great job by the staff, esp KO!

In KO we trust!!!
 
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Yankees32123 said:
It will make practices extremely competitive and make everyone better. I also can't believe Brimah was a 3-star. He plays like a 5 star.
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No right now he plays like a 3 star. He can block shots against inferior players but can do little else. He was being benched for Nolan at the end of the year. Does he have potential sure but he needs to work on his strength and post moves before he sniffs the NBA. He is an adequate center at most right now due to getting pushed around by most legit centers and he can't rebound or score unless it is a dunk from an alley-oop.
 
Scoe said:
Awesome, he gets a year of practice to go up against Dham, Brimah, and Miller. A heck of a practice player to help prepare our guys this year, even though he can't play this year he can help us in scouting out teams and push our guys.
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Having that quality player on the team but being unable to play him is like having a Ferrari in the garage.
 
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3rdbass said:
No right now he plays like a 3 star. He can block shots against inferior players but can do little else. He was being benched for Nolan at the end of the year. Does he have potential sure but he needs to work on his strength and post moves before he sniffs the NBA. He is an adequate center at most right now due to getting pushed around by most legit centers and he can't rebound of score unless it is a dunk.
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Ignored your first comment in this thread about how this was 'make or break for KO', but this i cannot ignore. he was dpoy for a reason, had plenty of very good games against the top of the conference. just didn't close the year out well.
 
mets1090 said:
Not positive but I think most of the guys that played for Calhoun were 4 stars. He just brought in top 20 talent less often than other top tier programs.
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You're right, but it seems like ~80% 4 stars was a little much. Keep in mind that Calhoun had much better luck with his 3-stars than Ollie has so far -- Emeka is the ultimate success stories, but Craig Austrie was a 3-star who gave us four years of extremely serviceable play.

I think the big difference is that there will be no Nolan/Samuel types who showed some stuff but made people pull their hair out in frustration more often than not.
 
James said:
Ignored your first comment in this thread about how this was 'make or break for KO', but this i cannot ignore. he was dpoy for a reason, had plenty of very good games against the top of the conference. just didn't close the year out well.
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Huh? Against what good front court players did he play well? Duke? No way. Smu no way, cincy no way, Stanford no way Memphis no way. He had most of his good games against weaker front lines. He needs to come back stronger and with some semblance of a post game. Hopefully having a full off season will help. He is the weakest link in the starting line up but it probably won't matter as we won it two years ago with weak canters. I do hope he can improve though.
 
3rdbass said:
No right now he plays like a 3 star. He can block shots against inferior players but can do little else. He was being benched for Nolan at the end of the year. Does he have potential sure but he needs to work on his strength and post moves before he sniffs the NBA. He is an adequate center at most right now due to getting pushed around by most legit centers and he can't rebound or score unless it is a dunk from an alley-oop.
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I think his 19 point/12 reb performance against Memphis (best front court in the conference) this year immediately refutes everything you posted.
 
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3rdbass said:
Huh? Against what good front court players did he play well? Duke? No way. Smu no way, cincy no way, Stanford no way Memphis no way. He had most of his good games against weaker front lines. He needs to come back stronger and with some semblance of a post game. Hopefully having a full off season will help. He is the weakest link in the starting line up but it probably won't matter as we won it two years ago with weak canters. I do hope he can improve though.
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A short while ago, we were starting Tyler Olander at center. AB leaves much to be desired but he is more than adequate given the team around him.
 
3rdbass said:
Huh? Against what good front court players did he play well? Duke? No way. Smu no way, cincy no way, Stanford no way Memphis no way. He had most of his good games against weaker front lines. He needs to come back stronger and with some semblance of a post game. Hopefully having a full off season will help. He is the weakest link in the starting line up but it probably won't matter as we won it two years ago with weak canters. I do hope he can improve though.
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Didn't Brimah put up 19 and 12 in the game at Memphis?
 
3rdbass said:
Huh? Against what good front court players did he play well? Duke? No way. Smu no way, cincy no way, Stanford no way Memphis no way. He had most of his good games against weaker front lines. He needs to come back stronger and with some semblance of a post game. Hopefully having a full off season will help. He is the weakest link in the starting line up but it probably won't matter as we won it two years ago with weak canters. I do hope he can improve though.
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13 and 6 against Cincy, 19 and 12 against Memphis, 12 and 6 against Temple, etc. You're just wrong man.
 
Yankees32123 said:
I think his 19 point/12 reb performance against Memphis (best front court in the conference) this year immediately refutes everything you posted.
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or 13/6/4 blocks in 35 minutes for a ncaat team in cincy. or how about how he shut down the rim in the second half vs dayton? I guess these games don't count
 
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jfuchs91 said:


The 6'8" wing averaged 6.6 points and 3 rebounds during his freshman season at VCU. Per NCAA rules, Larrier must sit out the 2015-2016 season, but will have three years of eligibility remaining.

Larrier played sparingly in his lone season at VCU, but was a highly regarded prospect coming out of high school, ranking 34th in his class by 247.

From ESPN's Scouting Report: "He's exciting in that he meshes explosiveness, length with untapped upside. He's a classic "run and jump" athlete so it's no surprise when he explodes at the rim. He's got enough of an offensive game to get by. He is really good with the ball in his hands scoring over small defenders. He see's the floor well and is a gifted passer.

The kid has swagger. He wants the ball and isn't afraid to make plays in the open floor. He'll be viewed as an exciting work in progress. Serious upside with him and he may not be done growing. Could even wind up as a point forward."

Here is Larrier's high school mixtape:

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Booke end with Diarra. Great job KO. I was so, so wrong with my pessimism in March!
 
Yankees32123 said:
Or his 7 blocks against Memphis on senior night. I guess that doesn't count either.
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I've lost count of how many times I've seen people shrug off his block numbers and act like those don't matter. Yes his rebounding needs to improve, but there are plenty more ways to impact the game than rebounding.
 
Stairmaster said:
I've lost count of how many times I've seen people shrug off his block numbers and act like those don't matter. Yes his rebounding needs to improve, but there are plenty more ways to impact the game than rebounding.
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Especially on this roster. With Hamilton and Miller both being stud rebounders, I'd rather have Brimah focus on blocks.
 
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Stairmaster said:
You're right, but it seems like ~80% 4 stars was a little much. Keep in mind that Calhoun had much better luck with his 3-stars than Ollie has so far -- Emeka is the ultimate success stories, but Craig Austrie was a 3-star who gave us four years of extremely serviceable play.

I think the big difference is that there will be no Nolan/Samuel types who showed some stuff but made people pull their hair out in frustration more often than not.
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Okafor was a 4 star.
 
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