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Message: [QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 5009043, member: 127"] Remember this is his 4th year in college, Kadary is a hybrid position player which is becoming more prevalent.We’re seeing more and more of these players who are more versatile on the court, not fitting the more traditional positions. Centers are seeing the same - more centers who spend half their time shooting 3’s, driving to the basket vs playing a power game in the paint. PJ Hall isn’t a typical center like Edey while Jokic for the Nuggets is another hybrid center in the NBA who is also a great distributor. Kadary was a forward all through high school, more comfortable as a forward and had been transitioned at JB’s request to the point when he went to prep school in a shortened Covid year. He was resistant at first but was told it was the easiest path to early playing time here and for his future. JB and Coach Smith saw he had the talent to be a pg but Kadary himself wanted to transition from a forward to a shooting guard. (see the Syracuse.com articles regarding his recruitment and video from Brewster from that short prep year). If you get a chance look at Quadir and Kadary’s 40 minute stats as freshman and sophomores.It’s interesting but Richmond has always had the greater upside potential. Kadary made the biggest leap in his 4th year at SHU . It’s his motor, motivation, conditioning, shooting and consistency that’s held him back. His ball handling, court vision, rebounding, quick first step, nose for the ball that are his greatest assets. He still needs to work hard on basic shooting skills and consistent effort. Happy that he finally dedicated himself to accepting a more active role leading the offense and being more consistent as a senior. By the way I followed him since prep school, he’s the opposite personality wise from Quadir - quiet, more reserved, less assertive, more deliberate, more uncomfortable in the limelight. No doubt Richmond would have really helped here but also our expectations would have been much greater than what we saw his next 2 years at SHU before his senior year. Regardless, Richmond is and has been gone for 3 years - history. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/kadary-richmond-1.html[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/quadir-copeland-1.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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