Gator Basketball Basketball Offseason Thread: 7'7" Olivier Rioux, "World's Tallest Teenager", commits to Florida

[no1g8r]

The only shot I want him to be able to make more than 5 feet away is a free throw. I don’t even want him to dribble the ball. Grab it and put it back up.

This^^

At that height, if he can't shoot free throws they will hack him incessantly to get him to the FT line. If he is a liability there and not an asset, he does little good for us.

 

[Egor's Assistant]

This^^

At that height, if he can't shoot free throws they will hack him incessantly to get him to the FT line. If he is a liability there and not an asset, he does little good for us.

I hope he does underhanded Free Throws cause his hands are too damn big for shot puts.

 

[oxrageous]

The good thing about his complete lack of athleticism is that he won’t be looking to jump to the NBA after a year. We can have him as long as we want.

 

[maheo30]

This^^

At that height, if he can't shoot free throws they will hack him incessantly to get him to the FT line. If he is a liability there and not an asset, he does little good for us.

According to his Fiba stats, he is a career 30% from the line. This will have to be a trust the coaches signing. I expect him to redshirt. Guys like this don’t come along very often. It is worth the risk.

 

[oxrageous]

There’s no reason why he can’t be Manute Bol, in that he’s only in there for defense and rebounding.

 

[maheo30]

Isaiah Brown signed with us a few days ago. He's ranked anywhere from 95 to 105 nationally.

 

[maheo30]

This is a really nice highlight vid of Olivier Rioux. While he is as slow as Dez running the 40, he has really nice touch around the basket.

 

[maheo30]

 

[Zodiac]

With that reach he can dunk his free throws. And with one step backwards he'll be back on defense.

 

[FireFoley]

What is with all those 'Fro's. For a minute thought I was watching Darnell Hillman from my youth.

 

[maheo30]

 

[Born2beagator]

You like them? They have high interest in UF?

They're insanely talented. I don't know about the interest in uf.

 

[Born2beagator]

Another kid I've watched in the state title. He's the engine that runs OCP, who routinely wins the state title in their division. We're going after some big florida recruits