Impact player right away? Starter?
I hear staff thinks he is an impact player. Starter? We'll see.
Is he more of a 3 or 4?
From what I read & from game tape samples, he looks like a 3 or stretch 4 occasionally.
Hey guys remember he is real young may not be finished growing
I'm not worried about his height. Needs to gain weight and put on muscle. But, that will come.
Weight and muscle is overrated. Basketball skill and smarts isn't. Anybody can put on muscle. If we have a 6'10" kid that can shoot and has skills, we are in good shape. Rebounding etc is more about positioning and aggressiveness than muscle anyway. In addition, he won't be guarding the 5-spot and we have some other good rebounders like Sima, Yakwe etc to help.
Don't repeat this nugget of wisdom to Mussini.
He's a perfect example of why muscle and a little weight matter.
It's not the end of the world that he's thin. But I don't dismiss any one attribute out of hand so easily, and I'm leery of anyone who does. We've seen what recruiting just athletes does. We've seen what recruiting size does (coker, Evans etc). And we've had undersized guys like hardy with all the skill in the world.
At the end of the day, good players, and coincidentally good teams, are a mix of all the above.
Freudenberg would be a great addition. But he still needs to beef up.