No idea, and if I did, I wouldn't know how to quantify it to the requested scale -- but that still cracks me up.bobinator said:
On the Eric Vila to Antanas Kavaliauskas scale of european Aggie basketball players where do we think this guy lands?
Article gives a lot of impressive stats and mentions McDermott was second in his graduating class.Fanatic15...Drs2B! said:
I don't know a thing about him - but it sounds like he will be on scholarship - right?
I saw mention in the article our other two "scholarship" incoming fish in Mills and Turkson.
But, I am still curious why there continues to be little or no mention (even in an article like this one about our incoming freshmen) about an intriguing player from Houston (who appeared to be "committed" to play for Texas A&M as what I assume is a nonschalarship PWO) - the Guy V. Lewis Award Winner as the top player in the Greater Houston Area for 2024, Chris McDermott.
His stats (especially rebounding) were impressive last year. Please see: https://guyvlewisaward.org/
bobinator said:
I know there's a stickied thread but nobody reads those, what do we know about our newest signee.
On the Eric Vila to Antanas Kavaliauskas scale of european Aggie basketball players where do we think this guy lands?
You could give latin america a shout out by including Trocha, who if ya'll remember was a complete mystery and then we had to wait like a decade for him to become eligible to play.bobinator said:
We need to sort the following for a proper scale:
Dylan Johns - England
Yavus Gultekin - Turkey
Eric Vila - Spain
Antanas Kavaliauskas - Lithuania
Tomas Ress - Italy
Europe hasn't exactly been a hotbed of talent for us, lol.
ObviousLazyRiverIsObvious said:
Dario Quesada
Garcia-Morales lit me up on the b court at the rec. This was before his first season.. I was wondering why this average looking guy was shooting pull up 3s on the fast break and owning me.bobinator said:
Latin-America and the Caribbean would bring in some more absolute legends. Garcia-Morales, Clemente, Tavario Miller, Andersson Garcia is from the Dominican Republic but we recruited him out of the portal so don't know if that counts.
If he's on the Antanas side of the scale, Buzz better hide the dance team!bobinator said:
I know there's a stickied thread but nobody reads those, what do we know about our newest signee.
On the Eric Vila to Antanas Kavaliauskas scale of european Aggie basketball players where do we think this guy lands?
Those darn southern Europeans…Flaith said:If he's on the Antanas side of the scale, Buzz better hide the dance team!bobinator said:
I know there's a stickied thread but nobody reads those, what do we know about our newest signee.
On the Eric Vila to Antanas Kavaliauskas scale of european Aggie basketball players where do we think this guy lands?
Thanks for the time spent researching and providing these thoughtsMarcAg said:
I watched his last game in the Euros U20s. He didn't play too much in the previous games. He graded out as the most efficient player in their final game vs Spain. 12 points and 7 rebounds in 18 minutes. 5 of 5 from the field. I watched all of his minutes. He was one of the youngest players on the team as most were a year older than him, so that might have played a role in not getting as many minutes earlier on. Their team wasn't in contention for any medals in this last game so maybe that's why he got more run in that game.
The whole time I'm like he looks taller than 6'8. That was before I read on another thread and saw Hop say people said he is taller. He's not a leaper, but he moves well. Not a stiff, but you aren't going to say he's athletic. Good rebounder. Good screener. Finished pretty well around the rim. Hit a jumper from the elbow and shot looked good. Not an awful defender. Definitely needs to get stronger. Not surprising he has a high basketball IQ as you see with many euros.
It's really hard to gauge how well it all transfers. I doubt he was brought in with the expectation of contributing next year, but you never know how things turn out. American bigs usually take time to adjust to the college game as well. But kid has some skills to build off of. Poland looked to be poorly coached which didn't help with evaluation.
I like the pick up.
Reminded me of the GameStop stock guy.MarcAg said:
I watched his last game in the Euros U20s. He didn't play too much in the previous games. He graded out as the most efficient player in their final game vs Spain. 12 points and 7 rebounds in 18 minutes. 5 of 5 from the field. I watched all of his minutes. He was one of the youngest players on the team as most were a year older than him, so that might have played a role in not getting as many minutes earlier on. Their team wasn't in contention for any medals in this last game so maybe that's why he got more run in that game.
The whole time I'm like he looks taller than 6'8. That was before I read on another thread and saw Hop say people said he is taller. He's not a leaper, but he moves well. Not a stiff, but you aren't going to say he's athletic. Good rebounder. Good screener. Finished pretty well around the rim. Hit a jumper from the elbow and shot looked good. Not an awful defender. Definitely needs to get stronger. Not surprising he has a high basketball IQ as you see with many euros.
It's really hard to gauge how well it all transfers. I doubt he was brought in with the expectation of contributing next year, but you never know how things turn out. American bigs usually take time to adjust to the college game as well. But kid has some skills to build off of. Poland looked to be poorly coached which didn't help with evaluation.
I like the pick up.
