Asbjorn Midtgaard 7'0 C 2017 a Shocker!

[shoxilla]

Det er en stor fyr!

[Sam Axe]

That's one big noggin'...

I was thinking the same thing - however I have a picture of my tall son with his short grandma and his head looks huge as well. I think the lens in a cell phone tilts the perspective slightly. Bottom line his head ain't that humongous.

[1972Shocker]

I'm geeked about having this kid on campus, but can we stop using the per 40 minute statistics? They don't work because A) no one plays 40 minutes, B) players don't enjoy constant returns to scale in terms of statistics as their minutes increase, and C) everyone looks better when you take their stats from 40 total minutes played and condense it into a single game.

Sorry, old man yells at cloud stuff, I know. But it bugs me. :)

Okay he averaged 9.0 points, 6.75 rebounds and 2.22 fouls per 20 minutes. That will work.

[im4wsu]

I'm geeked about having this kid on campus, but can we stop using the per 40 minute statistics? They don't work because A) no one plays 40 minutes, B) players don't enjoy constant returns to scale in terms of statistics as their minutes increase, and C) everyone looks better when you take their stats from 40 total minutes played and condense it into a single game.

Sorry, old man yells at cloud stuff, I know. But it bugs me. :)

It's just a lot easier to read than the many decimals of per minute. Per possession is okay, it it isn't always available. Per game is misleading because a gen-second appearance counts as a game just like a 20-minute appearance. Thus the per 40 is my preferred method

[SHOCKvalue]

What's striking about AS is his physical proportionality, as compared to most super tall guys who generally look a little ostrich-like. Take a picture of him up against a background that hides scale and he would actually look like a shorter fellow with built shoulders and arms. The fact that he looks like that but is actually 6'10"-7'0" is crazy. Dude is like a human-giant.

[shockerfan]

For comparison, I am 5'10" and this is me next to Orupke. We know how big he is.

[1972Shocker]

What's striking about AS is his physical proportionality, as compared to most super tall guys who generally look a little ostrich-like. Take a picture of him up against a background that hides scale and he would actually look like a shorter fellow with built shoulders and arms. The fact that he looks like that but is actually 6'10"-7'0" is crazy. Dude is like a human-giant.

You mean sorta like this:

[ShoxMTXE]

Another 7 footer! Wow!! Could you imagine if he started dating another volleyball back row player? It’d be like Rauno and Hannah Version 2.0. Imagine if all four of them got together to line dance, how crazy it’d be? That’d be a site to see. I’ll have to tell Maggie about it. That’s our favorite player.

[WstateU]

What's striking about AS is his physical proportionality, as compared to most super tall guys who generally look a little ostrich-like. Take a picture of him up against a background that hides scale and he would actually look like a shorter fellow with built shoulders and arms. The fact that he looks like that but is actually 6'10"-7'0" is crazy. Dude is like a human-giant.

This might be his great-grandfather... :)

[SHOCKvalue]

This might be his great-grandfather... :)

Love to know the background of that clip.

[wufan]

It would be truly ideal if Rauno or Willis could RS.

[another shocker]

It would be truly ideal if Rauno or Willis could RS.

troll talk. or mid-major talk. bad either way.

[wufan]

troll talk. or mid-major talk. bad either way.

Why?

[Windiwu]

I seriously doubt the new giant can beat out Rauno or Darral for minutes but the effort in the trying will certainly put him well ahead for 2018. As he improves, our maestro(coach) has increasingly fine options for different combos. I can't see he would want to red shirt him either to be honest. Our current *giant* almost looks fragile by comparison.

[ShockTalk]

troll talk. or mid-major talk. bad either way.

First blush says AM may not see much time and could use a RS more than Rauno or Willis.

However, AM could also use the extra playing time to prepare for next year if Willis or Rauno could RS, thereby having an senior big man and more experienced sophomore coming back next year instead of losing all 3 senior big men after this year with a less experienced returnee for the next.

Not saying I would want it, but there is merit in the idea.