MachoMan wrote:Duke4life831 wrote:Really curious on where his draft grade is going to be around. Im a big fan of the guy, the mix of athleticism and defensive timing is just flat out ridiculous and makes up for his lack of size.
a lot of upside there....only been playing basketball for 4-5 years. Grew up a soccer player in Mali. Still, I struggle to see him coming out this season. We (WVU) still have a coach assigned to him almost exclusively to keep his emotions in check....not like he has a temper, but he has these juvenile tantrums that have to be controlled. He plays on emotions, and still struggles with his conditioning only playing about 25 MPG most nights. He usually asks out of game several times each game. Don't get me wrong, I am a fan, and he has came a long way since last year when he would routinely block a shot, flash the double biceps to the fans while his guy ran down the court for a layup....all while appearing confused on what he did wrong. If he can progress as much mentally this season, and grow his offensive game, I think he could be a top #25 pick in the draft next season.
He hasnt had any off court issues correct? The other stuff I can deal with and I dont think will turn off too many NBA teams. To me his biggest question marks are his size, rebounding and offense. Still hard for teams to be sold on a guy his size to be their starting 5, hes not a bad rebounder but Im sure hes going to get compared to a guy like Robert Williams and Williams a the superior rebounder. Then how many teams want all 5 guys to be able to shoot now? One big thing Konate has over most other defensive/rebounding bigs, he is a good FT shooter, a lot of other guys that are defenders/rebounders tend to be horrific FT shooters which prevents them from being able to play late in games.
