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[QUOTE="Orangeyes, post: 111957, member: 34"]
[SIZE=4][B]Fab Melo, 7-foot forward, Syracuse[/B][/SIZE]

[B]Fr: 9.9 mins, 2.3 pts, 1.9 rebs, 0.8 blks, 36.0% ft[/B]

[B]Soph: 22.0 mins, 6.3 pts, 5.1 rebs, 2.4 blks, 50.0% ft[/B]

I usually don't make it my business to root for specific players, but I'm making an exception for Melo. He is endearing and earnest, and it's not his fault that he arrived in Syracuse amid sky-high expectations he was unprepared to meet. After all, Melo only came to the U.S. to play basketball three years ago. The college game proved to be too fast for Melo as a freshman, and like a lot of big men he came in woefully out of shape. Melo spent his summer working hard to improve his conditioning, and you can just see how much better his self-esteem is now. He's still a long way from being an offensive threat, but he has given the Orange the defensive anchor in the paint they lacked last year.

Seth Davis

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