Ladji Dembele, from Mali in West Africa, is Fluent in 5 Languages
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Potential....
Can Fran and squad get the talent out of this young man? Seems like a really good kid
Can Fran and squad get the talent out of this young man? Seems like a really good kid
I’m way more excited for this young man than I am Brock.
This might be Fran's best overall recruiting class once it's all said and done.
They would need to have 1 first team all American and 1 third team all American to be better than the Murray twins
Hope they prove to be the best
Murrays are hard to beat, but this class has four guys who all could be major contributors and each brings something different to the team. We will have to wait and see whether they can be more than just good players. Hard for me to predict which guy will become the "best" of the group. I like them all.
TBF, the '20 class also included Tony Perkins who is going to be a 3 year starter at minimum (and hopefully he decides to use his covid year here too). Ulis was pretty mid, but he was a starting PG for a year at least. Ogundele was the only true bust from that 2020 class.
Good thread. Starting lineup not surprising to start the year. That lineup has a lot of offensive firepower, but I would be concerned on the defensive end, especially the interior. Dix and Perkins' size might help with that possible weakness and rebounding.
He is an easy kid to like. I expect the fans in attendance will agree.
I expect he will hustle, rebound, and play defense.... And the fan base will wonder why he isn't playing.
He's at least got a decent build to play down low and not get pushed around.
Agree. I think Perkins and Dix can both be pretty good defenders, but hard to pick anyone out of Krikke, PMac or Sandfort that is any better than an average defender, at best. The interior defense Rebraca gave us last year was pretty amazing for him not being that big or especially quick.
The final test might be how far they get in the tournament 🏟️
We need to give them a couple of years to find out.
Not too many 6'8 250 guys in college who can rebound, defend, score with back to the basket, shoot 3s and put it on the floor against bigger players.
He's got a lot of tools to work with.
It's going to be nice to have 4 bigs instead of 1 like last year.
He's got a lot of tools to work with.
It's going to be nice to have 4 bigs instead of 1 like last year.
I was just going to say, the next class to get us to the Sweet Sixteen will be the best class
Loving how Ladji has looked so far. Obviously very raw. But by the end of next season it will be obvious how scary good this guy can be
What's nice is that he can cuss out a ref in either of his native African language's and they'd have no clue what he's saying.
How sweet was this move? Broke the defender's ankles....
"Oh, my," indeed.
"Oh, my," indeed.
Watch using that kind of language on a message board, buddy! 😉
Needs to be more of an inside player. I know he wants to shoot 3's, I know he was sold on Iowa because we would allow him to shoot 3's but we need him down low this season. The 3's will come, go inside.
Owen (a freshman starter, of course) played 22 minutes in tonight's win over Ohio State.
Bench player minutes:
20: Dembele
15: PMac
5: Pryce
5: Dasonte
2: Brock Harding
Ladji's Other Stats:
1-2 FGs
0-0 FTs
2 Points
6 Rebounds (3 Offensive)
1 Block
1 Turnover
4 Fouls
Bench player minutes:
20: Dembele
15: PMac
5: Pryce
5: Dasonte
2: Brock Harding
Ladji's Other Stats:
1-2 FGs
0-0 FTs
2 Points
6 Rebounds (3 Offensive)
1 Block
1 Turnover
4 Fouls
Pyrce playing more mins than Dasonte and Harding is insane.
Here was his block. I love how he kept the ball in play (as opposed to swatting it into the stands)
Love this dude. Raw as fvck offensively but plays with passion, heart, and attitude on an impressive frame.
