To make absolute statements like this is absolutely foolish.Kofi will be here, AT MINIMUM, for two years. He's pushed Nichols State, Grand Canyon, Hawaii and The Citadel around. He struggled against Arizona. He's got the tools and apparently the work ethic to get better, but he's still extraordinarily raw and limited offensively. As we move into December, he'll start seeing front lines that can move him off the blocks and that's where he'll have to adjust. It's going to take time. If by the end of next year, he can take his game 10 to 12 feet out....he'll be ready for the next level. There's a long way to go for Kofi, but a great start.
Happy to see Ayo get it going in the 2nd half.
You're right, but to his detriment, how many true, back to the basket centers are there in the NBA anymore? Big men in the NBA can generally play two and guard two positions. Of he left early, best case scenario is that he's Robin Lopez. Worst case scenario is that he's Mo Bamba playing in the D-League.Given his sheer potential, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Kofi be a late first round pick this year. They don’t make many like him
You put it much more eloquently than I did. I agree with this 100%.I think Kofi will still be around. The NBA is not a big man league anymore. His shooting skills are pretty weak at this point. I think he will need another year of play before teams are interested. Plus he has only tore up the cupcakes. Against Arizona he didn’t play near as well. We will see how he does against stiffer competition in December. I hope well!
Kofi will be here, AT MINIMUM, for two years. He's pushed Nichols State, Grand Canyon, Hawaii and The Citadel around. He struggled against Arizona. He's got the tools and apparently the work ethic to get better, but he's still extraordinarily raw and limited offensively. As we move into December, he'll start seeing front lines that can move him off the blocks and that's where he'll have to adjust. It's going to take time. If by the end of next year, he can take his game 10 to 12 feet out....he'll be ready for the next level. There's a long way to go for Kofi, but a great start.
Happy to see Ayo get it going in the 2nd half.
Hey, I hope I'm wrong. If he's NBA ready, then it means we had a fantastic year. I hope you're right and that I don't know what I'm talking about.To make absolute statements like this is absolutely foolish.
He's getting better every game and I'm sorry but he is not raw. He is inexperienced. That's all. He's barely fouling, he's a damn good passer, he's got multiple low post moves over each shoulder. He's obviously worked his a** off to get in great shape. Agreed about the competition but that's legitimately your only decent point. We've seen him make that 12-foot jumper already but that truly doesn't matter. Houston could care less about Clint Capela's shooting ability. Same goes for Utah and Gobert. Kid rebounds like a maniac and is nimble on defense and offense. Rare combination.
Maybe he gets exposed a bit come Mizzou and conference time but I don't know man. I don't think you know what you're talking about.
Clint Capela averaged 2.7 pts and 3.0 reb per game as a rookie.Both Clint & Rudy played professional basketball in Europe before they even sniffed the NBA. Kofi is nowhere near ready for that level by the end of this season.
New question: who do we have on the radar for 2020/21 if Kofi goes pro after a year or two? (Yes I know it's early and largely against cupcakes but I'm feeling good)
When Hawkins committed, there were those who said we’d whiff on Curbelo and Miller. When Curbelo announced, the board was saying we were going to lose Antigua, even before Curbelo’s ink dried. When Ayo had a slow start, it was Miller was going elsewhere because Ayo Might not go pro. Now that it looks like we may be getting Miller (knock on wood), it’s Kofi is going pro earlier than expected.
Can’t we just enjoy the moment without the doom and gloom? Like, maybe for a week?
Well that's boringLet’s don’t have thread after thread during the season on if Kofi will go pro. Let’s see how things play out and then speculate after the season is over. In the mean time we’ve only played a few games and let’s just keep hoping the team as a whole plays well and makes the dance.
When Hawkins committed, there were those who said we’d whiff on Curbelo and Miller. When Curbelo announced, the board was saying we were going to lose Antigua, even before Curbelo’s ink dried. When Ayo had a slow start, it was Miller was going elsewhere because Ayo Might not go pro. Now that it looks like we may be getting Miller (knock on wood), it’s Kofi is going pro earlier than expected.
Can’t we just enjoy the moment without the doom and gloom? Like, maybe for a week?
Let’s don’t have thread after thread during the season on if Kofi will go pro. Let’s see how things play out and then speculate after the season is over. In the mean time we’ve only played a few games and let’s just keep hoping the team as a whole plays well and makes the dance.
Maybe. We will have to see how he handles BiG play, but the modern NBA drafts more on potential now. And you can't teach athletic and big.
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NBA does draft on potential, but the league has went the way of athletic, mobile, big men....Kofi will have his spot, not sure he is the atypical athletic big drafted these days...at least not high in draft.
Jaxson Hayes was the first athletic Big last year.
Ayton, Bagley, Bamba, Jackson were early year before...all more lean and athletic overall.
Isaac, Markannen were up there in 2017...
Point is athletic bigs are in demand, Kofi is a different athletic big than what is going high based on potential, he will get there, it will take time. Selfishly I am glad that it will. 3 years imo. He is very much like Shaq as far as size, he is a long way away from Shaq's ability at this age. Shaq in high school was scary and then in college. Kofi has that ability, he has to achieve it and he is going to. Make him watch LSU highlights from back in the day.
Looks like TGB has been on this board a whole lot longer than a lot of us, soooooo...Hi, welcome to the IL boards. Is today your first day?