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(03-28-2023 05:01 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  Don't understand everyone's infatuation with Sharpe.

He is a goofy, gangly, uncoordinated, poorly conditioned, bad basketball player, but is freakishly tall. He literally blocks shots and can rebound some. That is it. Literally it. He can't dribble, he can't shoot outside of the length of his arms required to dunk the ball, he can't pass, he has no post game, he can't do anything but block shots, and that is really only because he is freakishly tall. He is a relic from basketball from the 80s-90s. He was tired out and completely irrelevant in our game against them at WKU early in the 2nd half.

If we could find a way to work him into our roster without having to completely change the way we play, I'd take him. But I don't see him being a huge part of a fast paced, run and gun type system, where most of the players are interchangeable and can all shoot, for the most part. Trey Jemison in his first year here is more skilled in the post than Sharpe is right now.

Averaging 7.7 rebounds in 28.5 minutes a game at 7'5" is not impressive.

One of the leading candidates for NBA Rookie of the Year does nothing but block shots at an elite level.

(03-28-2023 09:27 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  The center for Utah Valley is considerably better than sharp.

The NBA prospect that will either declare for the draft or transfer out for an NIL bag is better than Sharp? That's not too surprising

(03-28-2023 10:42 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  Two Auburn players entered the portal Yohan Traore and Chance Westry, both highly recruited players that were freshman this year.

I am holding out hope on those two, but I feel like a lot of times kids with those kinds of rankings get a second chance at a big program regardless of how poorly they played. But also I think South Alabama has a better pipeline of those kids than we do at the moment.