Class of 2023 - PF Ibrahim Souare (Guinea / AZ) TRANSFERRING TO SYRACUSE (4/6/25) | Page 5 | Syracusefan.com

Class of 2023 PF Ibrahim Souare (Guinea / AZ) TRANSFERRING TO SYRACUSE (4/6/25)

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BomberOrange said:
So we have two backup centers from the portal. Where’s the starter?
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Kyle clearly isn’t the backup at this juncture. Based on the interest he got last off season and then the injury that set him back he was expected to be a key piece out of the portal. It’s clear the role of the 5 now is more in line with how we used it in the past which Kyle fits that mold.

Maybe it doesn’t work but so far going with having a traditional 5 and then just size there hasn’t done much. Kyle is more in the mold of a more athletic rim protecting Maliq. With more around him in the frontcourt than Maliq had things should be much improved (in theory/on paper).
 
Orangezoo said:
Kyle clearly isn’t the backup at this juncture. Based on the interest he got last off season and then the injury that set him back he was expected to be a key piece out of the portal. It’s clear the role of the 5 now is more in line with how we used it in the past which Kyle fits that mold.
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The question is whether he'll bounce back from the injury. If he does, he could be a viable starter. I assume this is what Kline was angling toward with our pursuit of that player.

He's a lot better than his statistics at ucla, and he's got physical tools to produce a heck of a lot more than he did at ucla. What it will produce next year? TBD.

But an interesting gamble.
 
baggerbob said:
You were around when we had a front court 6-9, 6-8, and 6-4, and won 30 games 1989.
It's not height it's desire. And our center that year set the school block record at 127.
Later broken by Etan Thomas.
Give me athletic guys who can jump and run, and change inside shots and I' m happy.
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I mean, I was around, but I was 7 years old then.
 
I feel you should always have a space eater for those instances when the game turns into a halfcourt rock fight.
 
CardiacCuse said:
houston plays a very ugly brand of basketball predicated on rabid defense and aggression (which allows them to get away with shorter players)

is that what we're going for here??

im not seeing that
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That ugly brand of basketball is in the national championship game.

But whether you like that style player or not, they have an identity. What's ours?
 
He’s an intriguing player. I saw his stats first, and was not impressed by getting a 2ppg scorer, and another ‘thin’ center. Then saw the highlight reel and the stats and the video don’t really match.

He’s quick and athletic and really flies around the whole court. It was said somewhere that he was a 6’7” prospect and the grew two inches. That checks out. Plays like a wing—dribbles for effect, aggressively, defends/steals on the perimeter, penetrates, dunks everything. But he got a lot of minutes at GT and still didn’t score a lot? Weird. That turn around fadeaway was beautiful, high level stuff. Maybe it was a fluke one-off, but it looks like he’s got skills and dexterity, and may have big upside if he wasn’t an organized basketball player for many years.

I still would have liked to have some beef/power at the first/second C position, but… maybe we’re going to 80sUNLV everyone to death. Seeing strength in Auburn and Florida in the final, though, makes me wonder what our archetype is based on. Might only be ‘what we can get/what we pivot toward,’ which again makes me sneer at how the portal timeline works vs the tournament.
 
dasher said:
Do you want to know my sources? lol
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Orangezoo said:
Kyle clearly isn’t the backup at this juncture. Based on the interest he got last off season and then the injury that set him back he was expected to be a key piece out of the portal. It’s clear the role of the 5 now is more in line with how we used it in the past which Kyle fits that mold.

Maybe it doesn’t work but so far going with having a traditional 5 and then just size there hasn’t done much. Kyle is more in the mold of a more athletic rim protecting Maliq. With more around him in the frontcourt than Maliq had things should be much improved (in theory/on paper).
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No with his size and leaping ability he's closer to a DC on defense than Maliq. If he can block shots and defensive rebound that's what we need from both of them.
If Donnie can give us as a Sophmore year anywhere near what Billy did as a freshman, our front court could be very good.
At least there are more good pieces to the puzzle then the last 2 years.
 
Niastri said:
Stephen is going to be disappointed when he finds out UNLV doesn’t pay their promised NIL.
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Out of curiosity, does Syracuse pay their NIL? Should say does whoever control the Syracuse NIL pay?
 
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