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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
He never developed like he could have after that sophomore season, but he's still a pretty good defender. He's also basically the 3rd big right now (as Bragg and Diallo can't be trusted to give much of anything at all), so he still has a reasonably important role going forward into March.
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Oh yeah. I agree with that. But he doesn't see the game well enough to take full advantage of his ridiculous athleticism.
It is just so damn disappointing that he turned out to only be a serviceable college player. if he'd have developed, he could have been an absolute monster and a matchup nightmare.
Actually, where I think KU could utilize him a little more is on the front end of a press. Miraculously, he seems to be fairly intelligent up there and gives dudes a hell of a hard time up there. I'd love to see KU throw a random press out there and try to steal a couple possessions, especially against the teams that flow well like OU and ISU. Breaking up their rhythm even if they don't get steals would be huge by itself. We'd need to be sure we didn't get thunder dunked on, but I wish they'd try it for a possession now and then.