Fraschilla on Hannes Polla???

[coolm]

Re: Fraschilla on Hannes Polla

OK...I was incorrect.

I asked Tony if Polla "is a big physical body..." and he replied "more of a stretch 4 but is 6'11" ".

I took from this he was saying he's like Freeman. This was on 1/7 so I've slept A LOT since then. :ez-roll:

I didnt ask tony to doubt you. I asked to see if he knew anything else about Polla now.

 

[okiezoni]

Re: Fraschilla on Hannes Polla

Thanks for all of the input. Like I posted, I believe that Polla and Markannen have different games. Really want to know potential impact. Some of what I have read projects that he is in the rotation next year and more of a player than a project.

Regarding his ACL, I believe an article around the time of his commitment in September said that he was already back of the court doing basketball activities.

I am going to go with a Marc Gasol type because he is supposed to have a medium range jump shot at least.

Maybe Fraschilla keeps his info close to the vest since he is the expert on international players during the NBA draft telecast.

Thanks again and forgive Tony Sellars, I read the same report about the stretch 4, so he was misinformed.

 

[Big Old Booger]

Re: Fraschilla on Hannes Polla

I didnt ask tony to doubt you. I asked to see if he knew anything else about Polla now.

No worries, I didn't think you asked him to doubt me. I did refer back to the tweet though because I couldn't remember exactly what he said.

As I mentioned, he never mentioned Freeman, but when he said "stretch 4" that was a connection (Freeman) made by me. So, I was wrong when I said Tony said he was like Freeman though that's sort of what he said.

 

[Big Old Booger]

Re: Fraschilla on Hannes Polla

Thanks for all of the input. Like I posted, I believe that Polla and Markannen have different games. Really want to know potential impact. Some of what I have read projects that he is in the rotation next year and more of a player than a project.

Regarding his ACL, I believe an article around the time of his commitment in September said that he was already back of the court doing basketball activities.

I am going to go with a Marc Gasol type because he is supposed to have a medium range jump shot at least.

Maybe Fraschilla keeps his info close to the vest since he is the expert on international players during the NBA draft telecast.

Thanks again and forgive Tony Sellars, I read the same report about the stretch 4, so he was misinformed.

:OUbball-logo:

In all fairness, I was asking someone else on twitter about Polla when Tony replied. I don't even follow Sellars because he's been out of the sports beat for so long, I just never really thought of him. At the time, I wondered if he knew what he was talking about but with so little info about Polla (back then) I assumed what he was saying has as much a chance to be accurate as anything else.
:ez-roll:

 

[Larry72]

Re: Fraschilla on Hannes Polla

No one mentioned the video (Finland vs Germany) that was posted here a couple of weeks ago.
To me it showed that Polla was fairly slow, had poor hands and will take a couple of years to develop.
The fellow Fin that is a Frosh at Arizona, Markannen, is several light years ahead of Hannes

 

[CMSOONER]

Sounds like he has a Marc Gasol type body, a bit shorter, and maybe the same type game???

Have also read about him being a stretch 4 but with moves and able to finish with both hands around the basket. I have read that he would be the first real low post presence under Lon at OU.

From the video I've seen of Polla he will not play significant minutes next season. He will get CJ Cole's minutes.

He is 100% not similar to Freeman, and I did not see any significant moves around the basket nor did he attempt a jump shot. He is a big bodies 6'11" kid. He is a true low post player, but will not be a significant player on this team as a freshman. He could 100% blossom into a better player than what I saw, but at this point he is not there. As a freshman I see him being a guy that beats up on McNease and Lattin in practice and toughens them up.

 

[sunnyjim48]

I'm Tony Sellars' brother and most of what he gets about basketball recruiting comes from me. Most of what I tell him comes from what I read on here and other sites (mostly from here). I don't know where he got the stretch 4 thing, but he didn't get it from me.
I suggest that we wait until he gets here before we decide how many minutes he gets and how big of an impact he will have.
By the way, Tony is not out of sports. He just isn't on the radio or TV any more. He still covers some games for AP and does high school play-by-play for football and basketball. He does have a full-time job out of sports.

 

[okiezoni]

thanks again for the input.....I was hopin'