Lande...all due respect but I think at this point I am more likely to be up on NDour's chance to be an NBA body at the 3 than I ever was sold on DJ's ability and BBIQ to get there.at all. Guards are a dime a dozen. 6'8 guys with speed, motor, length and bounce are hard to find and grow. 

There are a lot of GM's and scouts wholook for the Ndours of the world. I thnk his length, court awareness and bounce will have many of them seeing Steven Jackson. He is most assuredly a 3 in the league and has already demonstrated his speed, ability to shoot the ball in the midrange and from the arc as well as a willingness to go inside if needed. Runs like a gazelle. I see huge upside form a guy who is smart, has a high motor and a desire to play.

I am NOT saying I think he is a lock for the NBA but I do see why folks would think so....and I do not say that about very many guys. He is a diamond and will get only better as he understands the game and learns to play it.

that's fair too.

I am just throwing out a name for reference as to what scouts are thinking. I was not going for accuracy or attempting to pigeon hole him on eto ne with anyone. Not seen enough to assess. Point being there are guys in the league that he can be compared to directly and not attach a "poor man's.....(fill i nthe blank)" label to Ndour.

I don't think it requires a great deal of insight to see that Ndour possesses attributes that translate well to the NBA.
Would love to see his development continue at the rate it seems to be progressing. It will be a fun two years for Bobcat fans :) 

I never saw Boals play, but I get the impression his offensive game was much more advanced than what I have seen from Setty to this point.  Yes?  No?

Not sure he was as a sophomore.  But if Setty turns into Boals I will be giddy.  He's one of my favorite all-time Bobcats.

This is good thinking.  Volleyball and Accurso--mighty good.

And, the MAC is a guard oriented league.  This team may surprise after all!

I may be slightly off on some of the details here, but through his junior year in high school, Jeff was being recruited by some high major schools.  At the beginning of his sr. year he suffered a serious knee injury and there was no further interest from the high majors.  I think he had at least two more procedures done on his knees while he was in Athens.

Jeff Boals may have been one of the two or three most mentally and physically tough individuals ever to wear our colors.  His knee problems severely limited his mobility, but not his desire.  He fought hard for every rebound, every loose ball.  He would give Gary Trent such a working over in practice that Trent wanted to fight him, but as he explained to Gary, that was what he could expect in every game for the rest of his career, wherever that career took him.  The two now are good friends. 

It is a shame we never got to see him play when he was physically at his best. He did indeed have game...

Also, this:

I'm not sure whether there was a message being delivered to Stevie from Coach Christian when Bean joined the program last year as a transfer.  If there was, Stevie heard and loud and clear, and so far has responded to the challenge.  Hats off to him.

Stevie has known all along what he wanted. THis is the first time he has had a chance to get on the floor and get there.

If you have not seen the potential in the previous years you have not been watching with a critical eye. THere are those moments along the way that gave you a clue.  Dagger 3's and timely shots with drives to the rim are parts of last years highlight reels. THis is truly his first chance to run the team and he is making the most of it. Hard to play behind a guy like DJ and have your light shine.

Not to slam fans who are bipolar and have pendulum like mood swings on each game and each possession but ya gotta love those pronouncements that  a player is a bust or is too small, too big. unskilled, the wrong fit and so on based what THEY see or feel. I am not as smart as a lot of these guys who proclaim a guy to be too this or that. I feel so dumb at times when they obviously can forsee an entire 4 year career in a 3 game sample through a crappy feed on a small video screen. When reading those opinions I feel like I got to get to even more games to hone my skills at evaluating players because I must not be very good.....