This, folks, is an example of player development at Iowa!
He looks good & in better shape, for sure.
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He looks good & in better shape, for sure.
#LFG
Josh Ogundele
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Poor man's Sam Perkins with that lefty set shot three. Looks good.
I think Hawk fans would take it!
I really think people underestimated how much the covid travel issues and his getting to Iowa last year effected Josh. He fully admitted that he did not keep in shape before he got to the states and his late arrival really put him behind. I think folks will be pleasantly surprised in how much more ready he is this season. I said earlier I think he and RM will play a lot at the 5 and Rebraka will play mostly at the 4, some at the 3 which will be interesting with the twins and Pmac eating a lot of those minutes.
Hell, I'd take a desperate, living in the gutters, on welfare man's Sam Perkins.
Looks like Josh is working with a trainer in London and Mulvey is with a guy out of New York
It didn't hurt that he got to go up against Luka. Lukas work ethic may have rubbed off on Josh too.
Oh I’m sure it didn’t well then again a few bruises or elbows to the head may have hurt some. Lol
Also, remember in March when Ogundele went up against Cockburn and held his ground, forcing a missed jump shot?
I think he's stronger than we know.
Wait a second. When did this kid learn how to shoot from outside? I never expected that to be a part of his game. That will be huge for him. Yes these are highlight, but his form looks pretty good shooting.
Josh doesn't seem that skilled yet with his right hand, based strictly on the one time we see him use it in the video. I'm liking everything else.
Josh has skills.....and Fran knew this a long time ago.. Fran knows what he is doing when he is out recruiting and I realize some pay closer attention to kid's HS vids and Josh has always had a nice looking stroke from the perimeter and beyond the 3 too. That's what I saw anyway. Big Body with BB skills to develop. Man that is one sweet lefty stroke.......and big body low post moves.
I think Fran knew the upside with Josh if he put the time in and surrounds him with some great coaching resources. That's an impressive vid Josh.....thanks for putting the time in to get better. Impressed with Riley too......kid is going to be a good one.
The season can't get here soon enough
Amen Fran and thanks for all your posts......just gets me more excited....
Son of a buddy of mine has a friend who played against him growing up. Said if he's in shape he's talented enough to play in the league.
Take that FWIW but never forget Fran has a hell of an eye for talent and you can see it in this kid now that he's slimmed down.
I see some Zach Randolph in him.
Take that FWIW but never forget Fran has a hell of an eye for talent and you can see it in this kid now that he's slimmed down.
I see some Zach Randolph in him.
love how this one defensive possession has taken on a life of its own. But it does in a sense show we will have a big body to throw out there next year. JO for teams with guy like Kofi can come in push each other around and if he picks up a lot of fouls so be it we aren’t expecting 20+ min a night. But JO is type of guy schools like Iowa needs to succeed. Comes in raw like fellow Englishman olseni and leaves a polished product.
The two conclusions that can be reasonably drawn are:
1. Josh O has improved body shape from last year that is more consistent with playing high level ball
2. He has pretty decent form on his outside shot
I've been hopeful that he would turn into a player who can give valuable minutes. Until we see it consistently in game action that matters we won't know. But at least what we can see is encouraging.
1. Josh O has improved body shape from last year that is more consistent with playing high level ball
2. He has pretty decent form on his outside shot
I've been hopeful that he would turn into a player who can give valuable minutes. Until we see it consistently in game action that matters we won't know. But at least what we can see is encouraging.
I am looking forward to playing small with Keegan and Kris at the 4 and 5 together.
But it will be nice to have some size when needed too against teams like Purdue, Illinois and MSU.
i am waiting for @EvilMonkeyInTheCloset 's predictions!
Didn't Big Sam need 15 seconds to get a jumper off his fingers? Seriously, if Gabe is 20% the player that Perkins was we've got a pretty good big boy on our hands.
Riley is probably an ever bigger and better boy. Josh may never start. For now, however, we have only seen and heard good things from Josh in the off season. Cheers to that!
I hope Luka's work ethic rubbed off on everyone who ever watched him.
I think that back in the day.......BJ Armstrong had a great work ethic that left a good imprint on the team.
Yeah, he had a slow release but bigs weren't used to guarding out there so it didn't matter.
He'd never be left open like that today.
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