Class of 2022 PF Tafara Gapare (New Zealand / CT) Portal from Maryland

[Funk Doc]

That Hip Hop scene coming in big again!

 

[Orangefan1]

Sigghhh other teams getting stronger

 

[Niastri]

Sigghhh other teams getting stronger

Every good player that goes to an ACC team makes the conference better.

We don't want another year where the best teams in the ACC get middle tier seeds in the NCAA Tournament and the mid level ACC teams don't get bids at all.

Much better when the fifth place team gets a 4 seed

 

[rrlbees]

Sigghhh other teams getting stronger

JJ and Westry aren’t chopped liver.

 

[Cuse181]

Sigghhh other teams getting stronger

Not sure a 3/2 guy from the A10 is a big addition

 

[Niastri]

Not sure a 3/2 guy from the A10 is a big addition

Look at the video. Gapare is an incredible athlete and an improving basketball player. He might be a terrific player as soon as next year. Just like the African players who grow up playing soccer and convert only when they get to the US, this guy's from New Zealand, not exactly a world hotbed for hoops. He's a good pickup, almost as good as Westry and Starling in his own way.

 

[UpstateSM]

He was a terrible fit with Frank Martin. No idea how good he will be but his ceiling is a first round pick.

 

[Cuse181]

Look at the video. Gapare is an incredible athlete and an improving basketball player. He might be a terrific player as soon as next year. Just like the African players who grow up playing soccer and convert only when they get to the US, this guy's from New Zealand, not exactly a world hotbed for hoops. He's a good pickup, almost as good as Westry and Starling in his own way.

If you say so, I have watched the tape, he is clearly athletic but he is also playing some pretty bad competition. I think he will struggle mightily against athletes at his level.

 

[Sbucketball]

Look at the video. Gapare is an incredible athlete and an improving basketball player. He might be a terrific player as soon as next year. Just like the African players who grow up playing soccer and convert only when they get to the US, this guy's from New Zealand, not exactly a world hotbed for hoops. He's a good pickup, almost as good as Westry and Starling in his own way.

Yeah I wanted him to commit last year out of HS, especially since we were still 100% zone for the foreseeable future at that time.

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

Old friend we were once or twice linked to.

 

[Fly Rodder]

He's gotten better every season and is probably an average P4 player at this point, but it'd be tough to get a top season from him. He fouls a lot. Makes it hard for him to play.

 

[50YRsofCuse]

He's gotten better every season and is probably an average P4 player at this point, but it'd be tough to get a top season from him. He fouls a lot. Makes it hard for him to play.

When we were first started recruiting Tafarea and I looked at his tapes, I thought that he was a can’t miss star. Fast forward, 3-4 years, I was incorrect he missed.

 

[Melancer46]

When we were first started recruiting Tafarea and I looked at his tapes, I thought that he was a can’t miss star. Fast forward, 3-4 years, I was incorrect he missed.

He showed some incredible flashes back then and was still just learning how to play if I remember right. For every Giannis there's a million guys that don't even come close to Bruno Caboclo.