Height: 6-9
Weight: 222 lbs
Birthday: 08/28/92
Team: Illescas (Spain)
Country: Congo
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Bruno seems to have missed this guy on his prospect list; I couldn't find him on the index...
Mutant freak measurements, http://bit.ly/h3BZZq , and you just have to LOVE the name.
He might stay in and fall late enough for us; he appears to be falling out a bit with his euro team,
http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/new...sid//arti.html
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Yeah, Biyombo has just popped up out of nowhere. I would love to make a high risk gamble on someone like him considering how lousy this draft is likely to be. I mean, that's a Kevin McHale build he has. I can't wait to see him at the Nike Hoop Summit later this month.
7'7 wingspan....
7'7 wingspan...., freakish is an understatement....
Congo produces freaks.
Wow. I just caught wind of this kid. Looks like he's a carbon copy of Serge Ibaka, with a 7'7" wingspan. He just moved to the top of my preferred choices for the Spurs 1st round pick.
http://www.beyondthebeat.net/blazers...k-biyombo.html
Congo-born Bismack Biyombo is another 18-year-old who has received much acclaim due to his outstanding athleticism and defensive prowess. Just by looking at his wing span and standing reach measurements, it’s obvious that Biyombo has a body built for terrorizing the NBA.
Biyombo talked about some of his individual goals for this year that will help elevate his overall game and make him a more well-rounded athlete.
“Right now, I mean, I can say probably I’m a good defender. My first strength is to defend the ball. I want to get stops on defense, and then we see about offense. We can make it better. I have one coach who says that the best offense is defense. So, if your defense better, then you can offense."
A player that Biyombo often gets compared to is Oklahoma City’s Serge Ibaka. Both players are from the Congo and they also share similar body types and styles. However, Biyombo is hesitant to push this comparison too far:
“We pretty much similar, but not completely. I will never gonna be Serge and he will never gonna be me. The way it is, I really do respect it, and I talk to everybody that Serge is first and not me, so he’s good friend to me. I like him – I’m not sure I’m going to be 100% Serge and he’s not going to be 100% me. But there is at some points, people are going to say we’re pretty similar. You know, good body, we block shots, which allow us to be good defender, we run on the floor, so I can say we’re pretty similar.”
Since he is so often compared to Ibaka, I asked if there are any other NBA players that he feels are more appropriate comparisons or that he strives to model his game after.
“There is, Kevin Love is a good rebounder. He’s a smart guy. You know, every time he play, he know the good position he can be to grab the rebound. So that’s my favorite player. And Kevin Garnett is a good player to me. He play intense, every time. When he’s not on the floor, the team really miss him.”
Unfortunately, coming to Portland to play in the Nike Hoop Summit created some controversy for Biyombo with his current team, Fuenlabrada. His coach didn’t want Biyombo to take the time off because doing so required missing multiple games. They even went as far as to threaten Biyombo, throwing out the idea that he would lose his spot in the rotation if he left.
At the end of a victory last week, coach Salva Maldonado said: "[Biyombo] said he is going so the player has decided to leave the train and this train will not wait for him. . . We will have to reinvent the team again."
However, those bullying threats carry no backing, as Biyombo specifically has a clause in his contract that allows him to travel to international events, such as the Nike Hoop Summit. When asked if he was worried about returning home to drama with his coach, Biyombo shrugged it off.
“I’m not worried bout it. I’m not worried bout it. You know, I do the right thing. It is something that I have in my contract. If I didn’t have it in my contract, I would never gonna be here. But like I have it in my contract, it’s something we signed, me and the club, and people knows that we signed it. It’s something that we were working on and when we signed, I asked that question two, three times. Are you gonna let me go? They say yeah, we take care of that, don’t worry. But anyway, I don’t worry bout it. I would go back there. I would play ball. Anyway, it’s not a problem for me. It’s not a problem.”
I expressed that I was glad that Biyombo did end up making the decision to come, anyway. He responded with saying that his team should feel the same way.
“Yeah, of course they should be glad, you know. Young talent you got on your team and if he coming to special thing like this, I’m sure you should be glad.”
Finally, similar to Bebe, Biyombo has declared himself eligible for the 2011 NBA Draft. Also similar to Bebe, this weekend’s game could play a large role in whether or not he decides to stay in the draft.
“The decision will be make in . . . four days. I might be on the draft this year, but we see what’s gonna happen today, tomorrow. We’ll figure out, me and my agents. And if I have to be on the floor, I will step on it. I will step on it, ready to go.”
This guy can play some D. I really hope spurs can get this guy. C./splitter pf./Ryan Richards Sf./Bismack Sg./hill pg. Parker. Future starting lineup
This guys already climbed up enough to be out of reach.
He's never going to be a small forward. He's a C on skills, and potentially could be a PF...
Agree.
I must admit that the possiblity of havng a kid of his skills, along with Splitter and Richards, would make for a very formidable frontline.
so much freaking length .... he's just blocking and bothering so many shots out there. But there is absolutely no polish to his game at all. Athletic freak with little basketball skill. Intriguing for sure, but major project in the early stages of development.
If you're not already watching, we're still in the 3rd qtr of the Nike Hoop Summit. Should be viewable for most, it's on FoxSports here in Michigan.
Did you see Gilchrist go up and challenge him, think 'oh !' midair, and bring the ball behind his back for a pass instead?
The World team looks like ; too bad Kanter, Motiejunas, Valaciunas, and Vesely didn't show.
Biyombo has seven blocks in 22 minutes
Yeah, he just on Rivers and Beal in back to back possessions.
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So ... are we completely buying in to the listed D.O.B. for this kid?????
Did it really matter with Mutombo?
crazzzzzzzzy! needs one more block for the triple dpuble
10 points, 10 rebounds, 9 blocks... no way this guy doesn't go top 20 in the draft.
He's surely locked himself into this draft. No chance he goes back to Europe.
And as weak as this draft is, he probably does go in the first round despite being pretty raw in many ways.
I'll be pretty curious to hear how he does in private workouts against bigger more developed guys.
He's a little too bouncy right now, but he completely owned the paint tonight. Challenges everything. Gonna be fun to watch him.
young Theo Ratliff?
What's his contract sitch? Reasonable buyout, or Scola nightmare?
the next Ben Wallace!
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