Mamadou Ndiaye, a 7'6" freshman center from Senegal, currently playing for UC Irvine. This guy doesn't seem to be on the radar of many teams at this point and might be worth Morey taking a 2nd-round flyer on. He's not the complete stiff that most 7'4"+ players are (*cough* Thabeet *cough*). I don't know how many years he's been playing, but he exhibits more of a feel for the game than most previous giant African imports -- Dream and Deke excluded, of course. At 290 pounds, he's not a beanpole like Manute Bol was. He doesn't have Yao's massive lower body, but he's already got a stronger upper body than Yao had when he was drafted. He recently came close to a triple double against Univ. of Washington with 18 points (7 of 9 FGs), 8 rebs and 9 blocks -- in only 26 minutes. That's against a Div 1 opponent that's not a pushover. He seems to be pretty athletic for someone that tall and has a bit of a mean streak. And like they say, you can't teach extreme height. Highlights from the UC Irvine/Washington game: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/J_Iqu6cYGCE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Perfect campos of a guy who needs to stay in college to fill out that frame. He would get crucified in the nba
Oh I see. Thanks for the clarification. The "Old" guy is over 7 foot as well and played with Hakeem in his Raptor days I believe. Hence the confusion On another note, This guy looks slow. Don't think he can be a NBA rotational player.
Uhm, you can tell that from a 2minute video that shows him doing maybe 5 dunks under the basket and nothing else(no dribbling, shooting,...)?
