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Just watched Zoom against Mich., Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin…

MdWIldcat55

MdWIldcat55

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…the 20-plus minute “game extended highlights” packages anyway.

I was pleasantly surprised. He has excellent vision, good size, got to the rim on all those teams, made good decisions with the ball.

He can score through contact. While his 3-point percentage wasn’t great (32 percent) his form looks good. He’s an 80-plus percent FT shooter so his touch is fine.

He’s quicker than I expected. He wasn’t over-matched by the guards on any of those teams.

I couldn’t tell a ton about his defense, but he plays with energy and intensity and looks like he moves well laterally.

In short, he won’t be a weak link if surrounded by talent. The people who immediately disparaged him on this board are simply trolls or so deeply resigned to negativity that they can’t be objective.
 
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pattyice270

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MdWIldcat55 said:
…the 20-plus minute “game extended highlights” packages anyway.

I was pleasantly surprised. He has excellent vision, good size, got to the rim on all those teams, made good decisions with the ball.

He can score through contact. While his 3-point percentage wasn’t great (32 percent) his form looks good. He’s an 80-plus percent FT shooter so his touch is fine.

He’s quicker than I expected. He wasn’t over-matched by the guards on any of those teams.

I couldn’t tell a ton about his defense, but he plays with energy and intensity and looks like he moves well laterally.

In short, he won’t be a weak link if surrounded by talent. The people who immediately disparaged him on this board are simply trolls or so deeply resigned to negativity that they can’t be objective.
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Freshman year he was just 18% from 3 then he really improved sophomore year. Tells me that he least puts the work in to get better. If we can get him around 36-37 percentage then that really spreads the floor. I think mo Williams can develop these guys.
 
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will1976

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MdWIldcat55 said:
…the 20-plus minute “game extended highlights” packages anyway.

I was pleasantly surprised. He has excellent vision, good size, got to the rim on all those teams, made good decisions with the ball.

He can score through contact. While his 3-point percentage wasn’t great (32 percent) his form looks good. He’s an 80-plus percent FT shooter so his touch is fine.

He’s quicker than I expected. He wasn’t over-matched by the guards on any of those teams.

I couldn’t tell a ton about his defense, but he plays with energy and intensity and looks like he moves well laterally.

In short, he won’t be a weak link if surrounded by talent. The people who immediately disparaged him on this board are simply trolls or so deeply resigned to negativity that they can’t be objective.
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Been busy so thanks Man!
 
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Rosie66

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MdWIldcat55 said:
…the 20-plus minute “game extended highlights” packages anyway.

I was pleasantly surprised. He has excellent vision, good size, got to the rim on all those teams, made good decisions with the ball.

He can score through contact. While his 3-point percentage wasn’t great (32 percent) his form looks good. He’s an 80-plus percent FT shooter so his touch is fine.

He’s quicker than I expected. He wasn’t over-matched by the guards on any of those teams.

I couldn’t tell a ton about his defense, but he plays with energy and intensity and looks like he moves well laterally.

In short, he won’t be a weak link if surrounded by talent. The people who immediately disparaged him on this board are simply trolls or so deeply resigned to negativity that they can’t be objective.
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Just think Zoom did this playing on a terrible team that just had one teammate that was any good. Just watch that Washington, and you can see a team that spent a truckload of cash for all the wrong players. If you get a bunch of players that won't play together as a team, you will just be wasting your money.
 
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Loucatfan30

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MdWIldcat55 said:
…the 20-plus minute “game extended highlights” packages anyway.

I was pleasantly surprised. He has excellent vision, good size, got to the rim on all those teams, made good decisions with the ball.

He can score through contact. While his 3-point percentage wasn’t great (32 percent) his form looks good. He’s an 80-plus percent FT shooter so his touch is fine.

He’s quicker than I expected. He wasn’t over-matched by the guards on any of those teams.

I couldn’t tell a ton about his defense, but he plays with energy and intensity and looks like he moves well laterally.

In short, he won’t be a weak link if surrounded by talent. The people who immediately disparaged him on this board are simply trolls or so deeply resigned to negativity that they can’t be objective.
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Outstanding!
 
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Anon1776024529

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I watched a 3 minute YouTube video on zoom. Dude never misses, never has turnovers, never fouls. I don’t understand why he isn’t the #1 pick in the draft.
 
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Eagles_Ball_69

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catsfan9234 said:
Brother theres a team 75 miles up the road that would love to have your fandom
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Sure, anyone that pushes back against this crap must not be a real fan? But the sheep that will blindly follow this crap show to slaughter are the REAL fans? Can’t make it up.
 
KOF98

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Against Michigan he was 5/14 (0/4 3PT) for 12 points with 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, and 6 turnovers.
 
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KOF98 said:
Against Michigan he was 5/14 (0/4 3PT) for 12 points with 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, and 6 turnovers.
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So that’s who is he permanently and he can’t improve at all or that’s just a bad game with bad teammates against a really good team????
 
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The bar isn't "better than Lowe" unless your goal for the season is winning a game or two in the tournament. The question is whether you can win the title with this player. I actually think they can, but it depends heavily on how the roster is built, because Zoom Diallo has specific things he does very well, and also specific things he does not do well. A team like Michigan is going to expose that if you don't construct the roster correctly. He's not the kind of player that's simply so good you could put anyone around him and make it work.
 
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TommyMansky said:
I get it, but the Furman and Hofstra guys are better than you think.
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Both Hofstra Guards were really good. The PG Edmead was just a freshman, but he's high major all day, and I think Cruz Davis is one of the top 3-5 scoring CGs in the portal. Wilkins from Furman is another freshman PG/CG that looks like he's destined to play professionally.
 
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TNCatfanforever

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MdWIldcat55 said:
…the 20-plus minute “game extended highlights” packages anyway.

I was pleasantly surprised. He has excellent vision, good size, got to the rim on all those teams, made good decisions with the ball.

He can score through contact. While his 3-point percentage wasn’t great (32 percent) his form looks good. He’s an 80-plus percent FT shooter so his touch is fine.

He’s quicker than I expected. He wasn’t over-matched by the guards on any of those teams.

I couldn’t tell a ton about his defense, but he plays with energy and intensity and looks like he moves well laterally.

In short, he won’t be a weak link if surrounded by talent. The people who immediately disparaged him on this board are simply trolls or so deeply resigned to negativity that they can’t be objective.
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We need positive news
 
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rivercatinfl

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KOF98 said:
Against Michigan he was 5/14 (0/4 3PT) for 12 points with 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, and 6 turnovers.
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Well then , we should cancel the offer. I mean, we can't have guys play for us who have any games where they don't meet our stat line expectations.
 
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Katscratch

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MdWIldcat55 said:
…the 20-plus minute “game extended highlights” packages anyway.

I was pleasantly surprised. He has excellent vision, good size, got to the rim on all those teams, made good decisions with the ball.

He can score through contact. While his 3-point percentage wasn’t great (32 percent) his form looks good. He’s an 80-plus percent FT shooter so his touch is fine.

He’s quicker than I expected. He wasn’t over-matched by the guards on any of those teams.

I couldn’t tell a ton about his defense, but he plays with energy and intensity and looks like he moves well laterally.

In short, he won’t be a weak link if surrounded by talent. The people who immediately disparaged him on this board are simply trolls or so deeply resigned to negativity that they can’t be objective.
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pattyice270 said:
Freshman year he was just 18% from 3 then he really improved sophomore year. Tells me that he least puts the work in to get better. If we can get him around 36-37 percentage then that really spreads the floor. I think mo Williams can develop these guys.
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I watch a ton of Big Ten hoops; the top post is 100% true re: his physical and vision qualities and a pretty perfect/realistic take on Diallo's strengths, which are real.

The second quoted post is not true. Diallo's distance shooting 'improvement' was on very low volume. His jumper has a slow release, starts too low, and is inconsistent. He was 31.5% from three largely because teams back off him from three a little - no ability to shoot from distance off of movement or without much space, and even then he is below average from outside. He would need to re-build his shooting form during his junior year in college to be average from outside. That has been done before, but it's a tall task.
 
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