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Title: we still need height?
Post by: jesmu84 on January 30, 2012, 10:39:37 AM

are we in on these kids?? ha

Mamadou Ndiaye

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/7-foot-5-senegalese-teen-mamadou-ndiaye-dominating-201311480.html

Thon Maker

http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/enigmatic-14-year-old-7-footer-a-top-middle-school-talent?urn=highschool,wp10047

Title: Re: we still need height?
Post by: real chili 83 on January 30, 2012, 10:48:45 AM

Did I miss it in the article.....how old is the kid in California, and what year is he in High School?

Title: Re: we still need height?
Post by: cj111 on January 30, 2012, 10:50:32 AM

Those clips are like outtakes from Elf

Title: Re: we still need height?
Post by: jesmu84 on January 30, 2012, 10:51:51 AM

Quote from: real chili 83 on January 30, 2012, 10:48:45 AM
Did I miss it in the article.....how old is the kid in California, and what year is he in High School?

according to another article he's an 18 year old junior. been in the USA since september 2010.

Title: Re: we still need height?
Post by: 4everwarriors on January 30, 2012, 10:56:55 AM

As long as the rim is 10 ft. high you'll always need height. It's a big man's game.

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Post by: MUCrew on January 30, 2012, 11:41:10 AM

This was in my FB Feed posted by the Bleacher Report:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Y4-CThQskBM

Title: Re: we still need height?
Post by: lab_warrior on January 30, 2012, 11:44:08 AM

Quote from: 4everwarriors on January 30, 2012, 10:56:55 AM
As long as the rim is 10 ft. high you'll always need height. It's a big man's game.

+1

Basketball teams need big guys/height, like baseball teams need left handed pitching, like football teams need linemen.

Title: Re: we still need height?
Post by: tower912 on January 30, 2012, 11:45:05 AM

See Durley article.

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Post by: Dawson Rental on January 30, 2012, 12:15:26 PM

I'm skeptical about Mamadou Ndiaye. All I really saw was that he could finish at the rim against midgets. He looked really brittle falling down, and didn't look very smooth running the court.

Thon Maker, on the other hand looks like a bigger Kevin Durant.

Title: Re: we still need height?
Post by: wadesworld on January 30, 2012, 12:42:34 PM

Quote from: LittleMurs on January 30, 2012, 12:15:26 PM
Thon Maker, on the other hand looks like a bigger Kevin Durant.

Kevon Looney looks physically like Kevin Durant. He plays a similar style game as Durant too. Will never have Durant's ability, though. Not sure anybody will. I think he'll end up being the best player since MJ and somebody who everyone tries to compare future players to.

Title: Re: we still need height?
Post by: Canned Goods n Ammo on February 02, 2012, 10:32:48 AM

Quote from: LittleMurs on January 30, 2012, 12:15:26 PM

Thon Maker, on the other hand looks like a bigger Kevin Durant.

= Kevin Garnett (his first 5 years in the league).

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