re: UGA Basketball Thread Offseason

Kneehigh will do his thing later but one thing roster-wise I'm especially excited about is Russel Tchewa, big man transfer USF. He's a legit 7' and a girthy one at that not rail thin. I honestly don't know if we've had a player like that that is actually capable of playing major minutes in my lifetime. The first centers I recall us having when I first starting paying attention to bball were Robb Dryden and STeve Thomas. It feels like with VERY RARE exceptions we have never had a true big man center that had some offensive game and was a rim enforcer. We've had guys like Takais Brown or Yante that played the 5 position that had some good offensive game but weren't real imposing defenders. We've had guys like Rashaad Singleton that were tall but were basically baby giraffes on offense that could barely dribble. I think Nic Claxton is the only guy I can recall that played Center for us that had the height you want at the 5 and could score and defend.

Tcehwa looks to be able to do it all plus he's an established college player alrady so should contribute right away. Really looking forward to seeing him this year.