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Message: [QUOTE="iommi, post: 2234688, member: 249"] Another great post above, [USER=393]007[/USER] ! I enjoy reading your thoughts. You can tell you've done some coaching. I will say that our biggest hope for post scoring is Sidibe. Yes, he is raw offensively but he does have a face up jumper out to about 15 feet, baby hook, drop step and an up and under move. The drop step looked like a work-in-progress but he used it effectively against Deng Gak, who will be at Miami this year. He reminds me a little of Baye, as I've said (and JB said a couple days ago) with his motor and his gait. He runs the floor well like Baye but with much better hands. His game down low reminds me a bit of Rick Jackson but not as polished. More like frosh or soph year Rick The Ruler. It's an old school post game with solid athleticism. He played a lot of soccer back in Bali before he took on basketball and it shows in his footwork. I've seen him finish lefty and righty. Again, all of this sounds amazing. It may come off over the top but it's what I've seen. The negatives: he has very thin legs. His arms do have some muscularity but he needs to get a lot stronger, something his high school coach told me he will work hard at. Still, I expect him to struggle offensively at times because he's raw and lacks strength. Looking at our roster, considering TT is more of a stationary jump shooter, I am looking at Sidibe as our best hope out of our 3 center types to do damage around the basket. Maybe TT worked on his inside game. But I'm basing all of this on what I've seen prior to this year. Sidibe could be our do-over from Diagne, whose absence has been underestimated. I just hope he's hitting the weight room with vigor and doing a ton of leg presses. I'm not expecting Sidibe to be hugely impactful offensively but with the skills I've described, could be somewhat impactful in year one. [/QUOTE]

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