Player Khaman Maluach

[Pantone287]

The lightning fast pace of this game really stands out.

 

[Dukenation12]

 

[StopThePumpFakesShav]

What is the level of competition here ?

 

[aiw]

Probably like me and my kids in the driveway

 

[bdotling]

That end to end was with under 20 seconds left in a 25 point game

 

[aiw]

And they were on the wrong side of the 25 point spread

 

[Dukenation12]

 

[Dukenation12]

I’m curious who this big monster will go up against everyday in practice if Pat isn’t ready to compete at a high level yet.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

ESPN is saying these games are in Cairo, and he’s playing in Brooklyn tomorrow? That’s a 12hr flight. Anything better than looking terrible tomorrow would be impressive. Back to back to back games with a 12hr flight before the final game.

 

[Dukenation12]

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

My bad, he’s not in the Jordan Brand Classic game tomorrow.

 

[LastHearth]

I'm coming around on him. I was worried he could turn into a Skal/Bradshaw type bust. But if he's playing against 30 year olds, which I got to believe is higher level of competition than HS aged basketball in the US.

Then I think he will be a bigger Yves Missi, who put up .622 TS%, 14.6 OR%, 7.3 BLK%, at 23 MPG. If he can duplicate those numbers it's going to be a good year.

 

[aiw]

I mean, there are several 30 year olds on this board

 

[DurhamSon]

I'm coming around on him. I was worried he could turn into a Skal/Bradshaw type bust. But if he's playing against 30 year olds, which I got to believe is higher level of competition than HS aged basketball in the US.

Then I think he will be a bigger Yves Missi, who put up .622 TS%, 14.6 OR%, 7.3 BLK%, at 23 MPG. If he can duplicate those numbers it's going to be a good year.

This is Egypt man, they haven't won anything in 2500 years

 

[2001Dukechamps]

He looked virtually unplayable at the Nike hoops summit.

So pardon me if a game against overmatched sheep herders and coal miners doesn’t exactly change my expectations after seeing him play for the first time against NBA athletes and a heightened level of physicality.

 

[CK86]

I do like that he seems to try to dunk almost everything around the basket. If he can rebound, block shots and dunk 3/4 times a game, that would be useful.

 

[LastHearth]

Here he is playing against Libya, putting up 16 pt 19rb 7 blocks .
And before you say "it's Libya", the guy he went up against is Jo Acuil, a 7footer who was All Big12 in 2018 for Baylor, putting up 14 pt, 9 rb, 2 blk as a senior that year, who's now a 29 year old sixth year pro who has played in the Israeli League and Australian League.
He's not going up against plumbers and firemen.

 

[Dukenation12]

 

[Pantone287]

I watched this entire replay, like a fucking psycho. Looks like all of the games get archived on the YouTube channel. Second half was a lot better than the first for him.

I do wish he was going to be in Durham this summer. Just some basic coaching stuff like keeping his hands high will help a lot.

One encouraging note - #41 in black is a 7-footer who was 3rd Team All-Big 12 for Baylor in 2018.

 

[physicsfactor]

He does tend to swat a lot. He’ll probably be a foul machine early, but hopefully he can be coached to keep those hands up.