It appears that was the norm as well as his teammates always seem to be positioning for retrieving the ball before he even completes the block. It was apparently a regular part of the team's game.
Beverly: I will commit to ISU
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Yeah, what am I missing with Kasongo? He looks like an athletic beast in his highlights. Is he a terrible teammate? Do all of his passes go to the wrong team? Is he lactose intolerant?
From what I can gather, he is a great athlete, has the body to be a stud in the pain, but the actual basketball part is what is lacking. Bball IQ and skills. But maybe someone else might have more info.
Everyone is assuming Kasongo isn't up to the quality of big man that we need, due to us continually going after play-right-away big men. Which is a fair assumption.
Can we just have him stand under the opposing team's basket and be a rim protector then?
Prohm needs to figure out a way to use that length and athleticism IMO.
If Kasango can catch, jump and run a little, that will be enough to get him 15 minutes per game this year. From the highlights, it appears that he has the raw tools. I hope something clicks and he can make a nice impact for us.
Beverly would be a solid piece that we can get 8 and 4 out of and help provide some leadership and work ethic for the young guys.
Beverly would be a solid piece that we can get 8 and 4 out of and help provide some leadership and work ethic for the young guys.
Agree. Beverly is what he can defend, and that's very unlikely to be the 3. Imo we'd go with any of the guards, and perhaps even Lard, defending the 3 before Beverly.
If he's truly 6'6" 250 and above average on offense he'll see time at both forward spots before Kasongo imo, although Ray may come in as a niche guy like Edozie. How many conference minutes will our 9th man, 4th post get next year?
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After seeing what Prohm has been able to do the last couple seasons with Nader and Burton, I think Ray will be just fine.
How do those two relate to Kasongo?
CycloneErik
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I think NWB will be this year's Nader/Burton Breakout.
I saw Ray in a couple of early season practices and was really impressed with how he moved for his size. He struck me as a guy that could guard multiple positions and would be a long and athletic rebounder/defender. I had forgotten that we had him at that point and thought (until I looked up that he was a sit-out) that he could have potentially helped us this past season.
Full disclosure: I also had Holden penciled in as a lock to start after the first practice. In fairness though, they didn't call any fouls in that practice
Did he display any offensive moves other than dunking?
Hopefully, he showed some flashes of confidence and what he can do when he nailed a three in one of those games last season, I can't remember which game it was, but that was good and encouraging to see.
The thing that Babb needs to improve is his ability to finish layups and gain a respectable 3 point shot. If he does that then look out.
If he really wanted to commit he would have showed up at Prohm's front door at 6am this morning. Not encouraging.
