Class of 2025 PF Francis Folefac (MD) Portal from Siena

[walsh2012]

Tbh give me bouncy athletic William Kyle like bigs over a plodding seven footer

 

[granthath9]

Tbh give me bouncy athletic William Kyle like bigs over a plodding seven footer

Agree as long as they’ve got a little bit of weight to them unlike Kyle did

 

[walsh2012]

Agree as long as they’ve got a little bit of weight to them unlike Kyle did

You’re going to have to sacrifice weight for bounce

 

[tptcuse]

A 20 year old Dirk Nowitzki could be available and you'd probably prefer Folefac

...because of the culture!!

 

[OttoinGrotto]

You’re going to have to sacrifice weight for bounce

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[granthath9]

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Something something she said

 

[DomeHolmes]

Tbh give me bouncy athletic William Kyle like bigs over a plodding seven footer

Kyle was my favorite player this year for several reasons. High motor, highlight reel dunks, great effort. But the fact remains that he was bullied in the low post by plodding seven footers from mid major schools, not to mention ACC competition. When teams had really good centers like SMU and North Carolina, it wasn’t even close. Being a shot blocker is not necessarily the same as being a rim protector.

Kyle was good against some of the competition, a different style of center would have been better against others like SMU or Carolina.

 

[walsh2012]

Kyle was my favorite player this year for several reasons. High motor, highlight reel dunks, great effort. But the fact remains that he was bullied in the low post by plodding seven footers from mid major schools, not to mention ACC competition. When teams had really good centers like SMU and North Carolina, it wasn’t even close. Being a shot blocker is not necessarily the same as being a rim protector.

Kyle was good against some of the competition, a different style of center would have been better against others like SMU or Carolina.

This is a very good point that i accept (betterly)

Personally i’d like to see an up tempo style that gets up and down so quickly and kind of big like you’ve described becomes negated by virtue of not being able to keep up with the pace and when they do are too gassed to be fully effective

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Something something she said

This might be the rare he said case.

 

[RedtheGOB]

Where is Franny? I can't wait to do a year over year comparison of Height, Wingspan, and Weight when the portal is done!

 

[djorange1989]

A 20 year old Dirk Nowitzki could be available and you'd probably prefer Folefac

Evan Miya doesn’t line that Dirk guy so I don’t like him

 

[Orangezoo]

This is a very good point that i accept (betterly)

Personally i’d like to see an up tempo style that gets up and down so quickly and kind of big like you’ve described becomes negated by virtue of not being able to keep up with the pace and when they do are too gassed to be fully effective

While it’s fun to watch the borderline gimmicky push the ball at all costs approach has its limits to me. When you do it with a team full of draft picks it looks amazing and fun but it can be hard to watch against top competition otherwise. Michigan plays fast with major talent but has the big man downlow to work inside out in the half court as well. If you want to win as many games as possible you need to be able to adjust and push at times to get an advantage or play the half court if you have a better advantage slowing the opponent down and controlling things.

 

[Newhouser]

I want a big who in a key FT moment won't get pushed under the tin and out of the play like Trayce Jackson Davis did to Benny. It could have been any of our bigs recently - we need strength.

 

[Orangezoo]

I want a big who in a key FT moment won't get pushed under the tin and out of the play like Trayce Jackson Davis did to Benny. It could have been any of our bigs recently - we need strength.

Well Wilson and Folefac both wouldn’t be pushed around.

 

[007]

I want a big who in a key FT moment won't get pushed under the tin and out of the play like Trayce Jackson Davis did to Benny. It could have been any of our bigs recently - we need strength.

That play was probably more about Benny not paying attention or even anticipating that Davis would go all out to make a play like that. Never thought about before you mentioned it, but that play was probably illustrative of the impact that a lack of BBIQ and hustle have on talent.