Dwayne Polee

Only averaging 14 minutes and 4 points for SD State.

ronald roberts about 9 ppg and 9 rebounds per game for st joes

Can u imagine Dwayne and Dom handling the ball together? That shit would be ugly

Can u imagine Dwayne and Dom handling the ball together? That shit would be ugly

Hahaha

I thought Polee played well for us as a freshman. He did a little bit of everything, and I don't recall him feeling the need to dribble more than he should. We could use him now.

I thought Polee played well for us as a freshman. He did a little bit of everything, and I don't recall him feeling the need to dribble more than he should. We could use him now.

 For what? He wasn't a great rebounder and the last two seasons he would have sat behind Harkless and now Sampson. I think he had some talent, but I don't think we miss him...at all.

we may not miss him this year, but we sure could have used him last year.

we may need miss him this year, but we sure could have used him last year.

 ^^^ True.

He would have benefited from another year working with Dunlap. I liked him, thought he had potential as a rotation guy.

Quote from: Poison on December 07, 2012, 01:45:45 PM

I thought Polee played well for us as a freshman. He did a little bit of everything, and I don't recall him feeling the need to dribble more than he should. We could use him now.

 For what? He wasn't a great rebounder and the last two seasons he would have sat behind Harkless and now Sampson. I
think he had some talent, but I don't think we miss him...at all.

I don't agree. He could have really helped last year. We could play him upfront w Sampson, and he'd be fine. He worked in our system. I wasn't happy losing him. I'm still not.

He kind of sucked. We needed him last year- only because we only hD 6 guys. He is a bench player who thinks he is a lottery pick. Great athlete- bad basketball player

He kind of sucked. We needed him last year- only because we only hD 6 guys. He is a bench player who thinks he is a lottery pick. Great athlete- bad basketball player

Thats where you figure an extra year with Dunlap and a year and half with Rico could have made a difference.

I think Dave said after he transfered that he was super lazy in the weight room, so I can't imagine he suddenly became Arnold while at SDSU.

Polee had springs in his shoes.  He looked like Dr. J in that breakaway dunk against St. Mary's early in the season.

I thought it was sad when he transferred.  He had a lot of upside and some great experience playing with more mature players and on a big stage.  He was a question mark but I thought watching his development would be fun and I was pulling for him to be successful.  I am afraid that all the reasons for him leaving -- wanting to be closer to family, talk about injuries -- were just masks for the real reason.  He feared competition from the incoming recruiting class with Pointer, Sampson, Harkless, etc.

Of course if he had stayed he would have gotten tons of minutes last year and would have had a great chance to develop.

Polee had springs in his shoes.  He looked like Dr. J in that breakaway dunk against St. Mary's early in the season.

I thought it was sad when he transferred.  He had a lot of upside and some great experience playing with more mature players and on a big stage.  He was a question mark but I thought watching his development would be fun and I was pulling for him to be successful.  I am afraid that all the reasons for him leaving -- wanting to be closer to family, talk about injuries -- were just masks for the real reason.  He feared competition from the incoming recruiting class with Pointer, Sampson, Harkless, etc.

Of course if he had stayed he would have gotten tons of minutes last year and would have had a great chance to develop.

+1

Polee had springs in his shoes.  He looked like Dr. J in that breakaway dunk against St. Mary's early in the season.

I thought it was sad when he transferred.  He had a lot of upside and some great experience playing with more mature players and on a big stage.  He was a question mark but I thought watching his development would be fun and I was pulling for him to be successful.  I am afraid that all the reasons for him leaving -- wanting to be closer to family, talk about injuries -- were just masks for the real reason.  He feared competition from the incoming recruiting class with Pointer, Sampson, Harkless, etc.

Of course if he had stayed he would have gotten tons of minutes last year and would have had a great chance to develop.

+1

I think he could have been a good to great role player here. I don't think thAt would have made him happy. His dad seems to think that he is an NBA player. Again great athlete, but I think horrible basketball player. I was happy when he left. I was sad when we lost Quincy (what ever his name ), at least he had some basketball skill.

Very true about hype surrounding Polee and that he was coddled.  It was probably a relief to some degree when he left.  I think everyone here knows that he was in the news from an early age, having been offered -- or so the story goes -- a scholarship by USC as a high school freshman.  But he was built to dominate the high school game and make the high light reels with his jumping.  Unreal expectations and lots of advocates promoting him.

In some respects, Balamou is the anti-Polee.  He flew in under the radar.  No entourage.  No distractions.  And he's making it in the traditional New York style with a 'can do' spirit.  He works hard all the time, takes nothing for granted, does whatever the coaches want whenever they ask, and trusts the process.  He's a hungry lone wolf, determined to make it in the USA with basketball, very far from little Guinea in West Africa which ranks among the poorest countries on the planet.

Very true about hype surrounding Polee and that he was coddled.  It was probably a relief to some degree when he left.  I think everyone here knows that he was in the news from an early age, having been offered -- or so the story goes -- a scholarship by USC as a high school freshman.  But he was built to dominate the high school game and make the high light reels with his jumping.  Unreal expectations and lots of advocates promoting him.

In some respects, Balamou is the anti-Polee.  He flew in under the radar.  No entourage.  No distractions.  And he's making it in the traditional New York style with a 'can do' spirit.  He works hard all the time, takes nothing for granted, does whatever the coaches want whenever they ask, and trusts the process.  He's a hungry lone wolf, determined to make it in the USA with basketball, very far from little Guinea in West Africa which ranks among the poorest countries on the planet.
+1
 

I was at the St. Mary's midnight game.  During that game I thought Dwayne would be the second coming of David Russell.  For his first college game he was exciting to watch.  However, he had both a good and bad game in that contest.  It was not until the end of the season that I thought he brought back that excitement.

I guess his father forgot that good teams need many good players. Competition tends to bring out the best in athletes, not the worse.