Captain Kangaroo Posted November 10, 2020 Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 21 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said: Kalle looks to have a shooting range of about two feet but you can't teach 6'10". Which nut would you have surrendered...left or right...to have had 6' 10" Deng Riak be money from 2-feet-and-in? 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted November 10, 2020 Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 Yup. He looks athletic and knows where the hoop is. AND has a reverse layup. I LIKE it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted November 10, 2020 Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Captain Kangaroo said: Which nut would you have surrendered...left or right...to have had 6' 10" Deng Riak be money from 2-feet-and-in? I'd have surrendered both (of yours). ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted November 10, 2020 Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 3 hours ago, akronzips71 said: Looks like an athletic 6'10". Has a nice reverse layup. I like what I see. The highlights are almost all dunks, but he looks to have a nice stroke as well. I;ve never seen highlight tapes like his, 3 second snippets of dunks and layups! I am looking forward to the kid in a Zips uni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted November 10, 2020 Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 On 11/9/2020 at 12:14 AM, Illini Zip said: Sekou Sada Kalle Highlights. https://www.hudl.com/video/3/13880128/5e717ff232dcb217780ea340 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBao7FWvjso I watched the Hudl tape; on it Sekou is a man among boys. Short, slow, white boys. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted November 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Zipmeister said: I watched the Hudl tape; on it Sekou is a man among boys. Short, slow, white boys. So you’re saying I’d better not try to guard him ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 11, 2020 Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 random thought, but this appears to be Groce's first class here where he didn't go the transfer route at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted November 11, 2020 Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 13 hours ago, Blue & Gold said: So you’re saying I’d better not try to guard him ? Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted November 11, 2020 Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 hour ago, LZIp said: random thought, but this appears to be Groce's first class here where he didn't go the transfer route at all. I think that's the sign of a sound plan by Groce, one that we hoped for early in his stay here. Build it quickly to a successful program with transfers and jucos in the mix making it more and more attractive to top notch high school seniors that stay with the program for four years. I don't think he'll ever stop turning over rocks for top notch talent, but the math is pretty simple- 4>1 or 2. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted November 12, 2020 Report Share Posted November 12, 2020 Have any of these prospects signed? With such emphatic commitments, l would have expected letters yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 12, 2020 Report Share Posted November 12, 2020 27 minutes ago, Ham said: Have any of these prospects signed? With such emphatic commitments, l would have expected letters yesterday. I'm not sure about Sekou Sada Kalle, but the other two definitely did. I didn't go out of my way looking for anything, just going off of what I noticed scrolling through twitter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZippers Posted November 12, 2020 Report Share Posted November 12, 2020 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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330Zip Posted November 12, 2020 Report Share Posted November 12, 2020 This is a huge recruiting class! On paper this is our best overall recruiting class ever. Outside of Zeke we will now have our 4 highest rated recruited players in Zips history all on the same team. Tribble, Clarke, Nate Johnson and Kalle. Also don’t sleep on Kobe Mitchell his HS is small and in the middle of nowhere Ohio which doesn't get much attention. He could very easily be rated a 3 star recruit before the year is over. Obviously stars are stars and play on the court in college is what matters but this is an extremely exciting time to be a Zips Basketball fan. We have a VERY bright future. Now can I talk myself into thinking we could somehow land Chris Livingston in 2022 and wanting to stay in Akron? One can dream. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
330Zip Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) Can’t find much info on him and surprised to see another commit in this class, especially at guard. Edited November 29, 2020 by 330Zip Additional info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, 330Zip said: Can’t find much info on him and surprised to see another commit in this class, especially at guard. Looks like a shooter. https://www.hudl.com/profile/10513590/Evan-Wilson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 I'd bet walk-on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 On 11/12/2020 at 9:41 AM, LZIp said: I'm not sure about Sekou Sada Kalle, but the other two definitely did. I didn't go out of my way looking for anything, just going off of what I noticed scrolling through twitter. The only one of the three that the notorious 247 lists as having signed is Kallee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted February 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 I’ve watched a few Kobe Mitchell games & he can really shoot the ball from deep. 3-4 feet behind the high school line easy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 On 2/19/2021 at 8:37 AM, Blue & Gold said: I’ve watched a few Kobe Mitchell games & he can really shoot the ball from deep. 3-4 feet behind the high school line easy. Where is the "high school line" in Ohio? Most states it's the same as NCAA, I think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 9 hours ago, Z.I.P. said: Where is the "high school line" in Ohio? Most states it's the same as NCAA, I think... The common high school distance is 19.75 feet which was the same as NCAA until around 2007 when the NCAA moved back a foot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Replacement for LCJ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 10 hours ago, akronzips71 said: Replacement for LCJ? From what little I have seen of him he seems like more of a 2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted February 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said: From what little I have seen of him he seems like more of a 2. +1. I don't want to be a prisoner of the moment, but he kind of reminds me of Bryan Trimble. Like Trimble, his athleticism isn't going to blow you away. But he can be a little tricky with the ball & hit a 3 off of a crossover from 4 feet behind the high school line. His competition is reeeeeeaaaalllllyyy suspect, IMHO. So I wouldn't be surprised to see him redshirt to get acclimated to higher-caliber athletes. But he played AAU, so, who knows. But the teams I've seen him play have been pretty low caliber... except East Liverpool. East Liverpool looked pretty good & he dropped 40 on them. Also, he's reeeeeeaaaallllyyy (yes, same spelling as above) going to have to step up his game defensively; not much intensity there. However, when watching him play it appears his coach may be encouraging him to not risk picking up any fouls on D due to the fact that if Harrison Central has any chance to win they need him on the court all 32 minutes getting buckets. He's a football player, so I have confidence he could get nastier on D if asked to. Edited February 23, 2021 by Blue & Gold 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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