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<blockquote data-quote="FatGreg" data-source="post: 1238778" data-attributes="member: 562927"><p>I assume he meant that Sam Thompson had more of a gliding athleticism rather than a quick stop-start way of moving. I agree with that more or less, but he's a world class athlete either way. He could probably have been an Olympic level long jumper or hurdler if he'd trained for it from an early age. I think Tupper was implying that Kipper is more of a Ray Rice/Roger Powell type athlete than a head-above-the-rim guy. I think we were all hoping from Kipper's limited HS highlights, build, and testing numbers that he'd be a big time athlete. </p><p></p><p>If he's a notch below Leron and DJW (maybe a slight notch above Malcolm and AJ), that means he's not going to physically overwhelm B1G competition. Not going to be a terror in the open court or jump over anyone's head. That's fine. I don't think anyone expected him to be Andrew Wiggins or anything. From the little bit we've seen, he's obviously not a poor athlete. If he's just decent athletically, but brings his lunch pail every day and plays smart basketball, sign me up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FatGreg, post: 1238778, member: 562927"] I assume he meant that Sam Thompson had more of a gliding athleticism rather than a quick stop-start way of moving. I agree with that more or less, but he's a world class athlete either way. He could probably have been an Olympic level long jumper or hurdler if he'd trained for it from an early age. I think Tupper was implying that Kipper is more of a Ray Rice/Roger Powell type athlete than a head-above-the-rim guy. I think we were all hoping from Kipper's limited HS highlights, build, and testing numbers that he'd be a big time athlete. If he's a notch below Leron and DJW (maybe a slight notch above Malcolm and AJ), that means he's not going to physically overwhelm B1G competition. Not going to be a terror in the open court or jump over anyone's head. That's fine. I don't think anyone expected him to be Andrew Wiggins or anything. From the little bit we've seen, he's obviously not a poor athlete. If he's just decent athletically, but brings his lunch pail every day and plays smart basketball, sign me up. [/QUOTE]
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