Mohamed Diarra - 6'10 C Juco - Interest

[Dan]

and here comes the Kentucky offer

[Teddy Graham]

That's why they call them highlights. He's less than a 50% FG shooter (borderline criminal for a guy 6'11") 30% from 3 (looks like he's about 90% from 3, yes?)

He turns over the ball almost 3 1/2 times a game indicating way too much ball handling (and you can see it in his inability to pass the ball in obvious situations) and he has very little vertical ability.

He is 6'11" so there's that (and something we need desperately) but IDK. I'd be mildly interested, at best, if my goal is to win at the highest level. If my goal was to destroy the Norfolk States of the world, then yeah, this guy is a killer.

He's got a lot of improving to do to get to this level, but as I stated, 6'11" is 6'11" and you can't teach that and we don't have it either.

Doc, come on, he didn't miss a single shot in the first video!
Yeah, definitely like to see a guy that tall shoot > 50% overall. From the looks of how well he runs the floor with and without the ball my guess is that he misses a fair share of those drives through the lane, euro step stuff that was in the video. His form from three looks a little less than crisp (for example, Pohto's got a nice tight repeatable release from deep) so I assume his shots facing the bucket aren't at a high %. But man can he run the court, and his body control appears excellent. If he is getting that many boards he has to have a pretty good feel for angles, etc. (something X had in excess) which hopefully means he has some good BB instincts. 70% from the line is encouraging. Great motor, like to play D and rebound...let's get him.

[calfan]

"Diarra, who returned from a two-game suspension, chipped in 14 points and 10 rebounds, recording his fifth consecutive double-double.

https://www.gobroncbusters.com/sports/mbkb/2021-22/releases/20211205vi06vq

Curious about a 2 game suspension?

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

"Diarra, who returned from a two-game suspension, chipped in 14 points and 10 rebounds, recording his fifth consecutive double-double.

https://www.gobroncbusters.com/sports/mbkb/2021-22/releases/20211205vi06vq

Curious about a 2 game suspension?

Saw something somewhere that he was suspended for some incident after the Barton County game. That's all I could find.

[Ashockalypse]

Steve Strain is better than who he is replacing on + but Close is Close! Wish Cindy Close would do the games instead.

[RoyalShock]

I wasn't able to go, but Diarra had 26 pts and 22 boards last night, as GC beat Hutch 132-127.

[SubGod22]

That's a lot of points

[pinstripers]

Yeah, and Hutch is a top 10 team

[TrackSuitAndTie]

https://www.jucorecruiting.com/junio...nkings-top-100

Listed as the #1 recruit in the latest Top 100 Player Rankings for the 2022 JUCO class.

[ventichai]

A lot of Kansas talent in those top spots.

[shoxlax]

RoyalShock Have you seen Buhler play this year? They have an intriguing player.

[pinstripers]

RoyalShock Have you seen Buhler play this year? They have an intriguing player.

Haven has a 6'6" freshman who can jump and move

[shoxlax]

Haven has a 6'6" freshman who can jump and move

Related?

[pinstripers]

Related?

to me? No

[shoxlax]

to me? No

The only decent players I recall from watching Haven are Jrs and Srs but I wasn’t paying much attention.