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Re: Oliver Rioux 

Post#21 » by Scase » Fri Nov 1, 2024 7:34 pm

aminiaturebuddha wrote:You can see a short write up about him by Hair Canada in the Canadian NCAA players thread.

Unfortunately, as anyone can tell you who's seen him play for any of the Canadian junior teams in recent years, he's really not good at all. There's an almost zero chance he ever gets to the NBA, and actually I'd be quite surprised if he's even a decent college player.

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Post#22 » by will » Fri Nov 1, 2024 7:54 pm

Someone needs to get him a set of Kevin Willis knee and elbow pads.
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Post#23 » by ontnut » Fri Nov 1, 2024 8:58 pm

He'll have a good career with the Globetrotters maybe, as a basketball sideshow sort of deal. But he's not going anywhere in the competitive professional scene. He'll get an easy 2 pts in the paint, but it'll be 5 on 4 going the other way.
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Post#24 » by artsncrafts » Fri Nov 1, 2024 9:06 pm

There is actually such thing as too tall for the NBA. Unless you are extremely nimble like Wemby for quick swats, there is no need to be that tall. Even then Wemby is like half a foot shorter. This guy wont even be a starter in college.
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Post#25 » by Westside Gunn » Fri Nov 1, 2024 9:08 pm

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Post#26 » by GreatWhiteStiff » Fri Nov 1, 2024 11:13 pm

Slade3 wrote:This dude is 7'9, 300 lbs at age 18 who just signed with the Florida Gators. Canadian too, born in Quebec. Looking at his bio his dad was 6'8, mother 6'1 and brother 6'9.

He doesn't have a lot of highlights yet as he's just starting to play college ball, but he does seem to be dominating because of his height. We'll see how he develops in Florida. What do you think of this guy and is the NBA a possibility for the kid?


how do you figure this? Is he dominating?

Also is he really 7 foot 9 or close? Is that in shoes or something? This is CBC as a source, not exactly trustable IMHO.
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Post#27 » by LarSiN » Fri Nov 1, 2024 11:38 pm

^ lol, "we can't trust cbc to report height!"
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Post#28 » by KL78192020 » Fri Nov 1, 2024 11:55 pm

hope he can have a healthy long life.
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Post#29 » by GreatWhiteStiff » Sat Nov 2, 2024 1:13 am

LarSiN wrote:^ lol, "we can't trust cbc to report height!"


Basketball height? Nah. There' so much interpretation there. I feel like there's 15 guys on reddit being like he's actually 7 foot 6 or something. There's an asian YouTube who calculates heights, we should get him on the case.

I'm reading a yahoo article where they're saying he's going to be taller than Kenny George who was 7'7 breaking the NCAA record, and they have him at 7 foot 9 too. It's just unfathomable to me lol, so I'm just skeptical because of that.
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Post#30 » by Slade3 » Sat Nov 2, 2024 2:25 am

GreatWhiteStiff wrote:
Slade3 wrote:This dude is 7'9, 300 lbs at age 18 who just signed with the Florida Gators. Canadian too, born in Quebec. Looking at his bio his dad was 6'8, mother 6'1 and brother 6'9.

He doesn't have a lot of highlights yet as he's just starting to play college ball, but he does seem to be dominating because of his height. We'll see how he develops in Florida. What do you think of this guy and is the NBA a possibility for the kid?


how do you figure this? Is he dominating?

Also is he really 7 foot 9 or close? Is that in shoes or something? This is CBC as a source, not exactly trustable IMHO.


I trust CBC more than ESPN. He's also in the Guinness book of world records.
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Post#31 » by Kingsway_fan » Sat Nov 2, 2024 1:53 pm

I don't see him making the NBA but I hope he proves me wrong
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Post#32 » by SharoneWright » Mon Nov 4, 2024 6:58 am

This kid is wasting everybody’s time.
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Re: Oliver Rioux 

Post#33 » by kwajo » Mon Nov 4, 2024 1:21 pm

GreatWhiteStiff wrote:
LarSiN wrote:^ lol, "we can't trust cbc to report height!"


Basketball height? Nah. There' so much interpretation there. I feel like there's 15 guys on reddit being like he's actually 7 foot 6 or something. There's an asian YouTube who calculates heights, we should get him on the case.

I'm reading a yahoo article where they're saying he's going to be taller than Kenny George who was 7'7 breaking the NCAA record, and they have him at 7 foot 9 too. It's just unfathomable to me lol, so I'm just skeptical because of that.


His own University reports him at 7'9", why shouldn't we believe it?

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Post#34 » by Harcore Fenton Mun » Mon Nov 4, 2024 1:39 pm

If he's 7'9", then his durability slider is set to zero.
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Re: Oliver Rioux 

Post#35 » by TorontoBaller » Mon Nov 4, 2024 2:36 pm

You can’t teach height!
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