Don’t remember if this was posted here before , but this is an interesting interview with Chima pre-nba signing. Not sure if it was cut out or if you could read more into it, but he doesn’t mention UCDavis at all.

Considering new kings head coach Mike brown also coached Chima on the Nigerian national team, and that Chima’s deal is partially guaranteed, there is a pretty good chance that he makes the final roster. Of course it’s only summer so there is still plenty of time for things to change.

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Night game in October in Montana, yeah definitely time to break out the blanket.

We are one of two Big Sky games to be on the ESPN networks this fall.

Well that takes me back.

yeah I would think so. In the, what seems like, distant pass, Les liked to start two bigs and then bring in two off the bench together (thinking back to jt/ritchart starting and fox/monson subbing in). More recently he’s really played with only one big on the court at a time, and sometimes none. Curious to see how the minutes play out this year. I’m guessing that Mani will redshirt, as it usually takes some time for bigs to get accustomed to D1 speed. I could see Anigwe and Henry getting the most minutes with Bora and Rocak subbing in. Manu and Strong seem to be more wing type players who will compete with Milling for minutes. It’d be kind of interesting to see a group of Beasley/Johnson/Pepper/Milling and maybe Strong or Manu get some time together.

I watched a few minutes of his HS senior season highlight and he looked pretty good. Some low post moves and some driving from the high post. Even some 3 point range. But that was about 3 years ago, so we'll see where his skills stand now.

More size. Niko Rocak, 6'9" big man is transferring from UCSB where it looks like he only got into two games in 20-21 and none last year.

With 6'11" Borra, 6'9" Anigwe/Mani/Rocak, and 6'7" Henry/Strong/Manu, this has to be one of our biggest squads in a while. Of course, we now have to see who can produce.

Yeah I remember my son (who was still in high school) and I going to see the Ags at Cal in one of Henn's better early games (16-17 season). My son has graduated college and is already in the working world. Crazy college career for Mikey.

I hope it works out for him.

Some pretty high level programs. Seems like a big step for him.

In case anyone was curious whatever happened to Mikey Henn, he is transferring to Penn st. This after stops at cal baptist, Portland, and Denver after leaving the Ags.

Rodgers repping the Ags (front row 5th from the right). Also of note is Tucker Fisk (2nd from the right in the front) from Davis HS via Stanford.

Nice! Looks like we are also getting our off-season Europe trip.

Looks like the roster is set for 22-23

So usually I figure freshman will be red-shirted by coach Les, but there have been exceptions, Manjon and Pepper both started as true freshman I believe. I re-read the signing article about Joaquin Strong from last November and saw this quote from Les: "JQ' has as much upside as anyone we have recruited in recent years. It's rare to find someone with his size, athleticism, and shooting ability. And the reality is – he is still only just scratching the surface of how good he could be." It'll be interesting to see if he earns his way into meaningful minutes his freshman year.

ah then there were at least two.

And sang opera (if we're talking about the same guy).

manu is certainly intriguing. At 6’7” with good 3 pt shooting percentage, he could really fill a whole. It’s a little interesting that he didn’t have any other D1 offers (that we know of) but we’ve had some success with under recruited (Chima and TJ) players.