The 7’9” dude at Florida was a freshman with no prior CBB experience. Which is why he was cool with knowing he wouldn’t get any minutes this season.
Then he won’t be here. Staff is targeted him only as a deep bench piece not a rotational player. The reason he might come is he is from Independence Kentucky and grew up a UK fan. He knows the value of playing here then moving into a career within the state.
Yep, especially if he plans to move back to Kentucky after college.
Because he wasn’t dominating in HS. I saw him play a couple times. He was ok but mostly against guys no bigger than 6-5” or 6-6”.
yes ... here are career stats
www.sports-reference.com
Makes sense for him,if he were to come here; especially with the 5th year rule in play now.
You can see Mara's progression here ...
www.sports-reference.com
I can’t believe we are wasting our time on this. Not every ridiculous 7 foot 5 monster is like Mara. I get wanting to build a team like Michigan but most overly huge Centers rarely pan out. Too slow, not skilled most of the time.
Tubby had the original 21 feet of suck.
I’d prefer Freeman if we can only have one. Love to snag both though. I think Rancik would be a perfect 18-20mpg guy off the bench.
I have seen them both play and Dynes is half a foot taller, and a better player than Potter. Did you not ever watch Dynes when he played at Northern Kentucky ? e is s serviceable player. He can catch lobs and dunk the ball and block shots.
I’ll be over the moon if we could get Stokes or Momcilivic.
Dynes is a superstar compared to the guy from Florida. He is not great, bur like I said ,Servicable. The Florida guy is not. Musselman would not let him play. If he would have stayed at Northern Kentucky he would have been their starting center.
He is a better player than Potter. He is a Kentucky kid from Independence, and he has been a starter at a NCAA division 1 basketball team. He is much better than you people making fun of him think. Most of you have never eve
We aren’t saying he’s not a quality player relative to everyone who plays basketball, but when you get into the SEC at Kentucky you can’t be bad compared to your peers. It’s not that he can’t play at all. It’s that if we want to compete with the best then he isn’t it. You cannot be in a competitive game shooting 35% from the line, he would just clog the paint on offense.
This guy is not like Florida’s big guy
15 scholarships - giving a 7-5 Kentucky kid who has played at YOUNGSTOWN ST & USC $250K & a uniform is a “No Brainer”.
Why do people in this thread keep claiming that he played at NKU (with one even seemingly claiming to have a watched him play there)?
I wouldn’t even recruit a player who shot 35 percent from the line. Move on to another prospect.
Really no comparison, I didn’t know anything about this guy so I looked at his highlight videos. Unlike the Florida kid, this guy actually moves pretty good for a 7’5 guy. And unlike our big guys from last year, he knows how to dunk the ball. I don’t mind him as a backup. Also he’s good at pick and rolls, that’s probably why they’re looking at him. Isn’t Zoom supposed to be one of the best pick and roll guards?
