Hey, I wasn't saying he isn't athletic. My source, who is an ISU insider and a very objective fan, assures me Oguchi will be the most athletic player in the MVC when he steps on the court this year for ISU. He has an NBA-type body, and if he wanted to concentrate on rebounding, he should be able to average 6-7 rpg with no problem.
My question is why he had only 1.7 rpg his last year at Oregon? That's almost too low to believe.
From what I hear, some of the answer is he got some bad advice and thought his best chance to make it to the NBA was to stand outside the 3-point line and take threes. That hurt his scoring, rebounding, and defense and got him into the coach's doghouse and eventually lead to him leaving Oregon.
Incidentally, fans will see that Oguchi is a similar player to Osiris Eldridge, only mayby even a little more athletic.
Yet Osiris averaged 5.7 rebounds per game last year as a sophomore, and is ISU's leading returning rebounder.
Hard to figure how Oguchi couldn't get more than 1.7 rpg as a junior.