Ousmane Ndaye
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so, you need someone to explain what your own eyes can see?
The guy is 6'11" with a 7'3" wing span and moves like a small forward.
I mean, do your own homework, the rest of us already did.
After watching Illinois last year, this was something I wanted Pope to try. International kids honestly are probably more team oriented these days than American kids. At least young American kids. Would love to sign a couple more quality internationals.
The Patterson School of Diplomacy might be a draw ... well-respected internationally. A back-up if NBA plans fall through for bright international students.
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I mean, if I had to make an accurate guess, he’ll have a couple above average games but then have lots of frustrating games where we’re venting about him in game threads.
Hopefully, he is more talented and consistent than Jelavic was ...
Stokes AND Momcilovic now.... has been what I was hoping for as a best case scenario. Pope has actuqlly got this old blue hair checking on the boards like the days of The DOOR to see if we could *somehow, impossibly* get BOTH Stokes to come and get that can't recruit moniker off his back, and with Momcilovic, whom I have wanted since last year watching Iowa State.
He would light up Rupp Arena. UK would LOVE him.
Frankly, I'd be giddy and quietly sitting back watching everyone run around like idiots going every direction with it.
Just my .02
A little tape on Ousmane,he definitely has some skills.
Heard Jelavic complain about the selfishness of some on the team so why not
We gotta solid supporting cast roster now, if we can just land a true stud and a deadeye shooter we could make real noise. One of Stokes/Graves/Otega plus Milan would put us in contention.
This seems like a good get on the surface. We have to have players. He’s a player.
When he scores, the fans can all chant:
"Wolof, there it is !!"
Gotta love it !!
"Wolof, there it is !!"
Gotta love it !!
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Close your eyes… .
Pretend Duke, or Louisville landed him… .
Now, how do you feel about him?
You don't really know what you're talking about. He plays in the third best league in the world
I’d assume he was a project back up for the following season after next, probably.
They're 100% more team oriented, grow up passing the basketball. And just naive enough to think Pope is cool. They honestly lean into his 5 out style better too. Honestly not sure why he hasn't tried it.
Lucky he doesn't know **** he's just puts anything down because he's a negative jerk
I know there’s a ton of hype around Muurinen, but this is a really good article about him. One thing that stood out was this: “One media member around Partizan told HoopsHype that coaches within the organization described Muurinen's basketball IQ and fundamental knowledge as comparable to that of a player no older than 13 or 14, and his attention to detail and work ethic during practice leave much to be desired.”
https://www.hoopshype.com/story/spo...ut-he-has-bigger-problems-first/89685478007/#
https://www.hoopshype.com/story/spo...ut-he-has-bigger-problems-first/89685478007/#
Sorry my bad. I just thought you were talking about the guy we picked up not the French guy.
A lot of emphasis on N'Diaye's offense.
What you should really be talking about is his defensive rebounding and defensive versatility. Can guard the 1-5, although he can struggle in the paint with physicality. Had a DRB% of around 20%. He's especially good at using his length and mobility to secure 3pt misses of the opposing team. Something we struggled with last season.
He's as good as a defender as Mo D, possibly better, and he's 6ft 11, the same as Jelavic. This guy's defense and his rebounding, especially the rebounding, are a great upgrade on last year's 4's
He's also a way better offensive player than Dioubate, and Mo D had some solid moments on that end. This guy will be more consistent. Better handles than both those guys as well.
If he plays for us like he did in Italy, we are getting a fantastic player.
What you should really be talking about is his defensive rebounding and defensive versatility. Can guard the 1-5, although he can struggle in the paint with physicality. Had a DRB% of around 20%. He's especially good at using his length and mobility to secure 3pt misses of the opposing team. Something we struggled with last season.
He's as good as a defender as Mo D, possibly better, and he's 6ft 11, the same as Jelavic. This guy's defense and his rebounding, especially the rebounding, are a great upgrade on last year's 4's
He's also a way better offensive player than Dioubate, and Mo D had some solid moments on that end. This guy will be more consistent. Better handles than both those guys as well.
If he plays for us like he did in Italy, we are getting a fantastic player.
I admit that mine is only a cursory look, so far, but I see what you see. He might be much better than most folks are expecting him to be.
We have 6 starters now & a couple of potential great role players.Plus 2 freshmen point guards & Noah . I’d like to see Noah & Lil Thorne redshirt Unless we get the 5 in 5 rule change.
We need another wing, and another big still along with a shooting guard. But our starting 5 is definitely improved from last season. Not to mention Ndiaye was half what Freeman wanted and a million less than McBride. It was an excellent smart pickup and I think we get one more euro still.
This was a super huge pickup. We had to get a stretch 4 for our Offense to be its best. He has more upside than anyone we had been recruiting. He has to get stronger which is a common issue with European players, but if he can consistently stretch the floor, rebound, and rim protect, I don't think we could ask for more at the 4 position. Super important piece. So we still need a deep range sniper, a really impactful wing, and some backup frontcourt pieces.
If we end up with both Stokes and Momcilovic, that’s something we can get fired up about. Pope should have the support to get those guys easily. Make it happen Mark.
i get why everyone wanted freeman. i did as well. but if we are being honest....was he really a good fit? if we land stokes, how effective would he be with moreno and freeman occupying the same space?
if this is pope's last year and i where him...i'd go down swinging with what i know....and this guy is a better fit on paper than freeman.
this is the problem i have with fans.....you make it sound like landing stokes and momcilovic is not just realistic, but expected. and that getting those two is on mark.
those two guys are going to cost you 10M-12M total.....no way mark has access to that kind of money.
The more I watch and read about this kid, the more I like