Dear Lord...UNC-Asheville has a 7 foot 7 inch guy
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:29 pmhe had 14 points, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks against UNC-Chapel Hill!
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Dear Lord...UNC-Asheville has a 7 foot 7 inch guy
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:29 pmPosted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:43 pmand he's not the usual skin and bones - the largest human I've ever seen playing bball
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:44 pmKenny George
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:27 amCan he actually get up and down the floor?
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:39 amPonyTales wrote:Can he actually get up and down the floor?
He gets down good enough to have had more than 10 blocks in their game against Campbell!
From what I saw on ESPN, he's extremely clumsy, but he still makes the other team change their game...there is no such thing as going inside on him. Plus, inbounds plays are extremely simple...toss it way up in the air and he will catch it. Then he will dunk it without even jumping.
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:57 pmThis is why basketball is such a farce sometimes. It is simply not always necessary to be athletic to be an impact player on a team. You'll never see a 7 ft or 300 # soccer player.
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:23 pmPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:19 pmPaladin wrote:This is why basketball is such a farce sometimes. It is simply not always necessary to be athletic to be an impact player on a team. You'll never see a 7 ft or 300 # soccer player.
Actually, Akeen Olajuwan grew up playing soccer (goalkeeper) and didn't really pick up basketball full time until he got over here.
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:04 amJunior wrote:Paladin wrote:This is why basketball is such a farce sometimes. It is simply not always necessary to be athletic to be an impact player on a team. You'll never see a 7 ft or 300 # soccer player.
Actually, Akeen Olajuwan grew up playing soccer (goalkeeper) and didn't really pick up basketball full time until he got over here.
Good point; I meant to say a 7 ft or 300 # clumsy soccer player.
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:40 amShawn Bradley in the making...what a stiff
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:33 pmPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:42 pmThe 3-second rule was made for guys like him
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:44 pmDo you think he will get a legit look for the NBA? The size alone might warrant a look....
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:23 pmSMU Kilmer wrote:Do you think he will get a legit look for the NBA? The size alone might warrant a look....
Nope...contrary to what someone posted above, big men in the NBA really do need to be athletic to survive these days. You can make fun of Shawn Bradley all you want, but for a man his size, he was (somewhat) coordinated. This guy has no coordination. He might get a summer league look, but I highly doubt he'd ever stick on an NBA roster
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:45 pmthis guy has nbdl career written all over him just because of his frame. and shawn bradley was never coordinated; take it back before you lose your credibility