>this kid has to be some type of effective just off the
>strength of being 7'4/280 lbs...just stand in the middle and
>hold your hands up...you're taking up real estate and giving
>them a tall object to shoot over at the very least. That's
>just my opinion on that.
>

I have a friend...7'0, 250, all muscle and cannot play a LICK of basketball even after 3 John Thompson camps. He's a big ass bouncer and fucking mechanic. B-Ball is a skill you have to have hunger for. Read: Kwame.

>
>Now if I were EJ, i'd have the kid working on 10ft. jumpers
>all day long. Just imagine if we had a 7+ ft outside scorer
>(outside meaning outside of the paint...i.e. no Kwame,
>Haywood, Etan, or Ruffin)
>

I agree tho.

>That's really our only legitimate offensive flaw, our big men
>can't play 4ft from the basket.

You damn right.