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Interesting because you dont see guys come straight in from Europe anymore. They usually prep here first. Jarrod West (Marshall/Louisville) was the leading scorer for his team so maybe that's the connection as we recruited him pretty hard a few years ago. If he is a 41% shooter then he's a take.
Yes, he is. Looks like a very skilled player.
Pitt Basketball Hosting Sharpshooting European Wing on Visit
Jeff Capel and the Pitt coaching staff aren’t quite done adding to the 2024-25 roster, not with a couple of scholarships still available. Pitt is hosting Amsal Delalic — a 6-foot-7 wing from Borac Nektar in Bosnia & Herzegovina — for a visit on Wednesday, Chris Peak of Panther-Lair reported...
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I'd be curious what the level of competition is like over there. I know they have some guys who fared pretty well in college basketball at one point or another, but I mean... I Googled Nelly Cummings and it looks like he's putting up more high point totals in a Euro league than he ever did at Pitt.
I'm not against taking him or anything; I just can't help but remember how impressed I was with Chris Payton's tape, and that didn't exactly go well. Seems a bit risky if we're only filling one more spot (seems like it'll be that and an open scholarship that might eventually turn into a late Hueitt-esque add).
I'm not against taking him or anything; I just can't help but remember how impressed I was with Chris Payton's tape, and that didn't exactly go well. Seems a bit risky if we're only filling one more spot (seems like it'll be that and an open scholarship that might eventually turn into a late Hueitt-esque add).
Probably why there is so much parity in college basketball right now. So many of these mid-major transfers are crapshoots. He could barely get on the court for Pitt, and then he averaged 12.6/7.4 this past season at Kent State. Did he get a lot better? Maybe. Is the MAC just that much worse? Maybe.
Not as much size in the mid-majors so an athletic 6'7 kid can do much better there.
As for the Bosnian league level of play, I'd say low D1 or D2. Its not the top level in that region. The Adriatic League is.
His release reminds me of Joe Girard. He's a take at this point as he'd improve the roster. My only question is where do they play him? It would almost guarantee Austin plays mostly at the 4.
I would think this dude would play as a stretch 4. Although it's mostly just semantics, I guess, as they'd both be "wings" of some sort. But this guy looks bulkier to me, whereas Austin looks more apt at defending a guard if they were facing a team that was playing three of them.
I agree he's a take as we need a shooter but there's so many guys left in the portal that I really believe that prices are going to start dropping in June, July, August. Can maybe get a good player really cheap.
Interesting prospect. Like his tape and his shooting stats. If the staff thinks his skills translate well to ACC play, then he's exactly what we need.
