Cliff needs to bulk up.
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To be fair kofi is almost a 300 lb ball of muscle. I agree but this won’t be the norm kofi is an anomaly physically
Dude he just came out of high school. Relax brother. Guy will be NBA 1st rounder by the time he's done here.
Cockburn is something else but he is a monster. Cliff is gonna grow still and what a game today!!!
You might want to wait a little while before claiming this. He's a freshman who's played limited minutes. You're also assuming that you need "bulk" to play in the B10 and that's not necessarily true. The guy from Minny last year did pretty well. Cliff will get stronger, just give him time.
I think he needs to bulk up. He might never be “bulky” but he doesn’t appear to be stronger than he looks, if that makes sense
I know that he’s a freshman. I‘m sure he will fill out. I’m not taking anything away from him but just saying he needs a little more bulk to play the 5. I can’t wait to see him in 3 years as well.
He's a true frosh who missed his first strength and conditioning season.
It’s a very good thing for Cliff to get experience like today to see what seasoned big men in the conference look like, play like, and feel like. He’s only 6 games into his career. Plenty of time to develop and I have a feeling next season will be his breakout campaign.
Cliff is a true frosh who is a freak athlete but not anywhere near a polished player. He just got tossed into the deep end of the college basketball pool. It’s gonna take some time and coaching.
Everyone should listen to Underwoods full post game presser.
He talks about the adjustment from high school to the B1G, he says the only similarity is the ball is round and the hoop is 10 feet high
Good stuff. Underwood is an excellent coach.
I absolutely love that coach played him early, he got manhandled and it didnt cost us the game. Cliff is no doubt sitting in his dorm thinking... damn so thats where i’m at, time to get to work.
Cliff will get stronger but he doesn’t need to bulk up. His greatest gifts are length and quick explosive power. Cockburn is a man. Cliff will be punking neophytes when he’s a Senior.
Today was a school day for Cliff. Garza will be another.
Today was a school day for Cliff. Garza will be another.
Cockburn is a 7’ 300lb freak. Outside of Shaq, not many 5s have ever been built like that. Cliff is a few months out of HS
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Patience..just think of difference between (James) Bailey as a freshman, and as a senior..
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I agree with OP becusse as I watched yesterday. I also thought that the Iowa kid will also use his body to eat Cliff alive. Now to be fair those are 2 future NBA players but that’s also how high our expectations are for Cliff !
He’s a freshman and a very strong one at that. Wait until he goes through a year or two of S&C and learns better technique. He’s going to be a beast. Remember Myles sat out a year and look at how he developed.
Cliff wouldn’t be playing if he wasn’t ready.
Just to clarify - Cockburn and Garza were both projected for late 2nd round/undrafted after last year.
“Future NBA player” (especially for Garza) is a generous label.
This will be a big year for Cockburn to improve draft stock.
I was about make a similar comment. He has to learn to play against people his size and bigger. Didn't happen in HS.
Honestly, not even Shaq looked like that at 19. Jamaicans are just built different.
I have often thought that if Bailey was a junior instead of a freshman in 76, we might have gone all the way