Rhody83 wrote: ↑3 years ago
Running Ram wrote: ↑3 years ago
Rhody78 wrote: ↑3 years ago
Let me tell you who his game reminds me of obi toppin what does everyone else think?!
Agree. And I recognize that you mean Obi when he was a junior in HS and that Samb has a long way to go to get to Obi's current level, but based on his body type, athleticism, skill set, style of play etc he does remind me of a Toppin.
Obi wasn’t 6’8” his Jr year of high school. He had significant growth spurts after HS. Obi was 21 years old in March of his Fr- RS year. Obi had ball handling skills and outside shooting skills early in his high school years because he was 6’4”-6’5”.
Samb is a big who has to continue to develop his ball handling and outside shooting skills.
Yup, all that superfluous stuff is true. No one said they were carbon copies in anyway. We said one reminds us of the other for various reasons currently.
I learned how to shoot before I learned how to dribble and pass, I was big enough to play with my back to the basket until most peers grew taller than me in HS so then I became practiced at the dribble and pass. My handle, currently, is probably the best part of my poor game.
Again, no one says Samb will be the next Obi Toppin. Just that he reminds us of Toppin. For me specifically he makes me think of Jacob not Obi, when I first watched his highlights I thought he looked springy, athletic, motivated and active with a smoothness that made me think of J Toppin.
Let me put it this way: if someone were to tell me Abdou was a younger Toppin brother and I had only seen Samb's basketball highlights, I would have bought it.
