A bunch of Biyombo game footage videos

[trigg3r]

I could see BB falling to 12 easily. Look how far Hassan Whiteside fell due to being so offensively inept, granted Whiteside had the brain of a small prairie animal.

Very true.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

You seriously believe that Eaton played like that? He was a great defensive player, but nowhere near the disruptor that Biyombo is. Olajuwon was closer, but he didn't do what Bismak does defensively. This kid is relentless. If BB ultimately comes anywhere close to Olajuwon offensively then we'd be looking at multiple championships. It's obviously much more likely that our offense would need to come from somewhere else.

You said defensive nightmare. Eaton was much more a defensive nightmare than Biyombo is. And Biyombo doesn't even come close to what Eaton and Olajuwon did defensively.

 

[NUMBERICA]

You said defensive nightmare. Eaton was much more a defensive nightmare than Biyombo is. And Biyombo doesn't even come close to what Eaton and Olajuwon did defensively.

Eaton and Biyombo are incomparable. Eaton was a ball-swatting Ent planted next to the hoop. Biyombo simply will not have Eaton's skyscraping reach, but he is a MUCH more versatile defender that will probably be able to guard 4 positions (and adequately cover 5 if he's forced to on a switch [this will be what really sets him apart in the league])

And it wouldn't be wise to compare Hakeem to anyone except those in his class; Russell, Kareem.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I could see BB falling to 12 easily. Look how far Hassan Whiteside fell due to being so offensively inept, granted Whiteside had the brain of a small prairie animal.

Exactly. I'm not the kind of guy to just fall in love with potential every year. I didn't for Whiteside and I didn't for Thabeet. The qualities that we KNOW Biyombo already has (insane body, gamer, smart, great work ethic) tell me you've found something special and that your patience will be rewarded.

 

[NAOS]

if we draft Biyombo, then I promise to do the following:

I will fly to SLC, pay for a good lower-bowl seat, buy a Biyombo jersey, and lose my voice screaming like a maniac.

pics will be posted.

 

[MilesDeep]

Wow, obviously, there are more than a few people on here who are quite clueless about Eaton's effectiveness, and obviously they never watched him play. If Eaton could play now, he would be defensive MVP every year. Who cares if he was slow? WHen you are that tall with that reach, and you have good instincts and hand speed, like Eaton did, you will be a dominating force. If they had allowed zone when Eaton played, Utah would have won championships and the NBA's transition into a outside shooting league would have started in the 80's instead of the late 90's. Olajuwon himself said he hated playing Eaton more than any other player.

 

[SojoDave]

The rumor is that BB is 22 years old. He definitely doesn't look 18. He has no offensive skills whatsoever, but what scares me more is that he doesn't look likehe has god hands. Good hands are essential in rebounding and if all he can do is block shots, he wil not get very many minutes.

 

[Qman]

The rumor is that BB is 22 years old. He definitely doesn't look 18. He has no offensive skills whatsoever, but what scares me more is that he doesn't look likehe has god hands. Good hands are essential in rebounding and if all he can do is block shots, he wil not get very many minutes.

The one thing that continues to dog Biyombo are the question marks NBA teams have about his age. Recently converted NBA draft analyst David Aldridge wrote that an NBA GM he spoke with said he had heard rumors that Biyombo was “anywhere from 23 to 26.”

Our research has revealed some slightly different information. Coaches who have worked with Biyombo earlier in his career while he was still in Congo think he's “no older than 20 at most,” while Biyombo's agent, Igor Crespo, has evidence that proves Biyombo is even younger.

Crespo says he took Biyombo to a specialist to conduct a bone age study immediately upon his arrival in Spain (Biyombo was reportedly 16). The study, as explained here involves taking x-rays of an adolescent's wrist and hand to see if his growth plates are still open. Because the cartilage in Biyombo's hand hadn't fused at that point, the specialist came to the conclusion that he could be 16 or 17 at most, but not 18, when growth plates are expected to be closed.

This obviously rules out the possibility of Biyombo being five to eight years older than he's listed, as the wild speculation we've seen recently on the Internet indicates. Crespo says he will willingly share these x-rays with any NBA team that requests them. One team we spoke with has already begun to evaluate the x-rays.

From DraftExpress.com https://www.draftexpress.com/article/Finding-a-Niche-For-Bismack-Biyombo-3683/#ixzz1P4t98VKp
https://www.draftexpress.com

I guess you can believe what you want to believe.

If you watch the game footage you can exactly how good his hands are. I regard his hands as average for an NBA big man. He catches most passes and can rebound most balls he gets both hands on. As a comparison Derrick Favors has exceptionally good hands. Greg Ostertag had poor hands.

 

[vslice02]

What make him different than Sanar Sene Sene (sp)? Who was an athletic guy but unpolished basketball player?

Sene was a center while Biyombo is a 6-9 PF (who can play center at times). It's alot easier to get minutes when you're an unskilled PF who can out-hustle, crash the boards, defend screen-roll and cover alot of ground defensively than an unskilled 7-footer who gets pushed around underneath the rim.

And any Eaton/Biyombo comparison is absurd.

 

[jimmy eat jazz]

Double post. Sorry.

 

[jimmy eat jazz]

And it wouldn't be wise to compare Hakeem to anyone except those in his class; Russell, Kareem.

Amen to that. The rhetoric about this guy gets a little absurd at times.

But then I remember that many on this board (not necessarily any of the Biyombo fans) also thought Koufas was the bee's knees, while others have argued that Fesenko was the key to winning. Just a couple things to keep in mind when reading the overheated rhetoric about Biyombo.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Sene was a center while Biyombo is a 6-9 PF (who can play center at times).

I suppose, but if you're drafting Biyombo, you're assuming he can play C full-time with his offensive skill (or lack thereof). Biyombo has to play around the basket offensively, so whoever he's playing next to there needs to be able to stretch the floor a bit. I think the Ben Wallace comparison has been clubbed to death, but it's the most realistic positive projection I've heard.

He has the size and quickness to pull off both positions and positions sometimes are a bit of an unnecessary technicality.