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A lot of interesting comments.
If we focus only on back to the basket scoring probably the only high level guy who could do that from day 1 would be Zimmerman. Just not sold on the kids will to play at the College level, comments aside I don’t see the motor that we would need from day 1. Great kid, can score in a lot of ways and is a high level passer which is also an important aspect of the H/L offense.
I think an important aspect that has been mentioned was that Diallo made his team better when he was on the floor. I watched the Hoops Summit focusing on Ingram, Diallo, and Brown. Diallo just seemed to be wherever the ball was, as I think it was Fran who said " Diallo treats missed shots like his pass". He is a few post moves away from truly being an unstoppable force. Can he learn that as quickly as Embiid did? We won’t know until we see it.
I think from an Effort stand point, Diallo might be able to improve the team enough to off-set any concerns about low-post scoring. He can block shots, weak-side, face to face in the post and would instantly give us a rim protector we desperately need as much as scoring. Rebounding & 50/50 balls effort he’d also stand to improve what we have. Let’s face it, we were much better defensively than 2 years ago but still not at the level past KU teams have been. Diallo is the instant upgrade to that problem. Offensively, its an unknown just like everyone else we got.