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[QUOTE="fanfanclubclub, post: 43600, member: 787"]
pretty. . . pretty . . . pretty . . . pretty good.

sure, FAB does a lot of stupid things on both ends of the floor that great players do not do. He seems like he will be making quite a few mistakes. Since he wears his emotions on his sleeve a bit, I'd guess that we will constantly be parsing his body language and facial expressions all season long.

But on the plus side, he looked really good above the rim. The simple things have come together: timing, focus, hands, power, explosion. I was young, but I've seen all the tapes: the Rony Seikley comparisons might become really apt in a hurry. Like Rony, Fab looks like he just figured out how to use a serious pro body.

Last season, it was hard to describe FAB as an "above the rim" player, even though he is basically above the rim simply standing on flat feet. His injury made him play like his foot was booted.

Now that FAB is sleeker and bouncier, he is going to be impossible for small teams to stop. Against UConn and Pitt, we'll have to see where FAB is at, developmentally. But against the runts, FAB is going to be dominating. Usually I don't drool at the abilities of a player to crush Canisius, but it will be fun to watch our 6'7", 6'9", 7'0" front line dominate both rims.
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