Player Wenyen Gabriel

[Pantone287]

Get some.



Figure our next commit deserves his own thread at this point.

 

[best4heisman]

Too good to be the stabilizing Amile-esque piece we were hoping for.

If he ends up top 20 and still agrees to come to Duke and patiently wait for playing time, I will love him forever.

 

[best4heisman]

The obligatory KD comparison in the title of that video does not bode well for us.

 

[rome8180]

To be fair, it doesn't say he has Kevin Durant's skills. Just his build. I'm not sure why that's a selling point, but whatever.

 

[rome8180]

Best case scenario is he's so good he's ready to play immediate. That would totally justify playing Tatum at the three. Imagine our defense with a Tatum, Gabriel, Giles front line.

 

[deeyoukayeee]

The real question is whether or not he can advance quickly enough to play sg as a soph, enabling Bagley to play the three.

 

[rome8180]

BTW, his final stats in the game some of us were watching the other day were 21/13/3. Surprised after watching this video that he only had three blocks.

 

[best4heisman]

Gabriel is 2016 and Bagley is 2018, right? Getting hard to keep track of all this. We're recruiting kids who were born in like 2002.

 

[deeyoukayeee]

The basketball fantasies I'm having after watching Bamba, Gabriel and Bagley videos non-stop for the last two days are almost pornographic in nature they are so obscene. K is leading the hoops world straight to the singularity - interchangeable 6'10" uber-athletes with all the skills at every position. Basically the hoop version of Cruyff's classic 'total football' teams. With more championships, hopefully.

Troy Brown is kind of a midget, but he might have to suffice as pg for that team.

 

[Pantone287]

Just realized he's going to turn 20 before his freshman college basketball season ends. OAD.

 

[Thain]

That sure was a tall ginger at the 1:10 mark.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Should barely play at all for Duke as a freshman, if K does a satisfactory job with recruiting.

 

[DurhamSon]

Yeah, I don't think he's coming here unless he's the world's biggest Duke fan. But if he did along with Giles/Jackson, we'd have to be talking title favorites over the field.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

What the fuck. This guy who would average 15 and 10 in 30 minutes as a freshman is our 4th best recruit in 2016. I almost hope he goes somewhere else like ASU to get PT.

 

[rome8180]

Look at his stats through the first three games:

http://adidasuprising.com/adidas-global ... -schedule/

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

If Gabriel said tomorrow, "I commit if you cut off Giles," I think you have to think long and hard about it.

 

[skins]

It's probably safe to assume that Jayson Tatum is now the 4th best and weakest of our 2016 recruits.

 

[Topher]

It's probably safe to assume that Jayson Tatum is now the 4th best and weakest of our 2016 recruits.

Our new Alex Murphy.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

 

[best4heisman]

When was the last time a kid rose this fast? Is a top 10 ranking in the realm of possibility?