Christ Koumadje (Committed to Florida State)

[imno1]

yet all the 247 predictions had him heading to Georgia Tech

 

[otp85]

3 plus 2 is 5, yes

 

[tcf15]

I think the reason for the GT picks was because the brother of someone on their staff discovered Koumadje.

 

[Dogbreath2U]

Has he said when he plans to decide? (20 minutes from when?)

 

[intlzncster]

Is he 4th on UCONN's list behind: Stone, Enoch, and Baptiste?

 

[huskiesnyc]

Is he 4th on UCONN's list behind: Stone, Enoch, and Baptiste?

I hope so...

 

[Dogbreath2U]

Is he 4th on UCONN's list behind: Stone, Enoch, and Baptiste?

Isn't Enoch considered a 4 and the others 5's? Although it would be an interesting change to have a center with some weight to throw around, having Koumadje around to 3-4 years could be a lot of fun as well.

 

[CTBasketball]

I love me some 7 footers. But I'd rather have Koumadje and Baptiste than Stone. Pair them with Enoch and shazam!

 

[I Bleed Blue]

I love me some 7 footers. But I'd rather have Koumadje and Baptiste than Stone. Pair them with Enoch and shazam!

You'd rather have an extremely raw prospect that could take a few years to even contribute over a consensus top 10 player in his class who has shown consistent rebounding skills and low post game? Ummmm.......

 

[Tenspro2002]

You'd rather have an extremely raw prospect that could take a few years to even contribute over a consensus top 10 player in his class who has shown consistent rebounding skills and low post game? Ummmm..

There's a certain fetishization of raw big men on this board -- as if everyone is going to turn into Hasheem Thabeet. FWIW, Thabeet wasn't anything special his first few years, and Brimah wasn't always a net positive on the court this year either.

I'll take the guy who can play right away.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

There's a certain fetishization of raw big men on this board -- as if everyone is going to turn into Hasheem Thabeet. FWIW, Thabeet wasn't anything special his first few years, and Brimah wasn't always a net positive on the court this year either.

I'll take the guy who can play right away.

Same. I understand bringing in a development prospect ever few years, but we should still have Brimah in going into 2015. We need offensive production and rebounding from the C spot badly. Stone would bring that year one.

 

[CTBasketball]

You'd rather have an extremely raw prospect that could take a few years to even contribute over a consensus top 10 player in his class who has shown consistent rebounding skills and low post game? Ummmm..

Baptiste is not raw. He's raw muscle. Koumadje might be a project, but there's no way he won't be good given his size.

 

[intlzncster]

There's a certain fetishization of raw big men on this board -- as if everyone is going to turn into Hasheem Thabeet. FWIW, Thabeet wasn't anything special his first few years, and Brimah wasn't always a net positive on the court this year either.

I'll take the guy who can play right away.

HT was a monster defensively from the moment he stepped on the court. It wasn't just about numbers. He just changed so many shots and had the other team terrified of going in the paint.

He was BE All Rookie team. BE and national DPOY and 2nd team all BE as a sophomore.

You don't get those kind of accolades by being an also ran. As raw as he was to start, he was still pretty good.

 

[aceboon]

Baptiste is not raw. He's raw muscle. Koumadje might be a project, but there's no way he won't be good given his size.

he's definitely a raw, project big man. all dude is is basically a body at this point, he has no developed post game.

 

[huskyharry]

I highly doubt that worrying about taking too many of these talented big men at once is going to be Coach Ollie's problem...many other schools are in the mix. We will be blessed to get any one or two of them!

ESPN's recruiting tracker shows that UConn has made offers to 32 players in the class of 2015. Even though 11 have committed to other schools and obviously Adams has committed to UConn, but if that number is correct that leaves 20 offers that are out there what should be 3 slots. Clearly, some conditions must apply to the offers.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Baptiste is not raw. He's raw muscle. Koumadje might be a project, but there's no way he won't be good given his size.

Skill wise, Baptiste is extremely raw. Right now he's just a athlete playing basketball. As for Koumadje, I think he could be good after a few years, especially on defense, but its far from a guarantee. I'd rather take the more polished Stone.

HT was a monster defensively from the moment he stepped on the court. It wasn't just about numbers. He just changed so many shots and had the other team terrified of going in the paint.

He was BE All Rookie team. BE and national DPOY and 2nd team all BE as a sophomore.

You don't get those kind of accolades by being an also ran. As raw as he was to start, he was still pretty good.

No doubt HT he was good on D and Koumadje has the potential to be HT 2.0, but Stone can come in right away and be an offensive force and still provide good defense. He could be a All-American as a freshman. Besides, we should have Brimah at least through the 2015-2016 season to fill that defensive void.

 

[intlzncster]

No doubt HT he was good on D and Koumadje has the potential to be HT 2.0, but Stone can come in right away and be an offensive force and still provide good defense. He could be a All-American as a freshman. Besides, we should have Brimah at least through the 2015-2016 season to fill that defensive void.

Yep. Wasn't making any comment on the recruits. Just that hash, while raw, was better coming in than posters usually give credit for. Probably because he followed Okafor.

I'll take Stone 100 times out of 100.

 

[David 76]

Special K
I spent a season listening to people on this forum scream about needing a bigs coach. Now everyone is sure we can work a big project into a force?
Love Amidah, I don't think Koumadje has his talent, but maybe we should wait until AB averages 5 and 5 before we count on being a factory for finishing raw centers.

This place reminds me of politics, all extremes, no center

 

[tcf15]

He's supposed to be visiting UConn this weekend- anyone know if that actually happened?

 

[Rocktheworld]

He's supposed to be visiting UConn this weekend- anyone know if that actually happened?

Actually today is the last day: August 28-30

I wonder if they took him to the football game lol

 

[3uconn]

The visits not happening.

 

[tcf15]

The visits not happening.

Thanks 3!

 

[Rocktheworld]

The visits not happening.

Any further info?

 

[3uconn]

Any further info?

Tentatively rescheduled to October.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Tentatively rescheduled to October.

I mean as to why he backed out