Arizona basketball has offered 2020 Turkish forward Tibet Gorener

[WILD]

https://twitter.com/JoshGershon/status/1253046217379995648

Highlights

[MDcAtZ]

Offering a Turkish player... in late April.. with 3 open scholarships.

Nahhh, Doesn't reek of desperation at all.

[beardownZONAZONA]

He's played the last 2 years in the USA playing high school ball in California. He's a good shooter who might need to redshirt to bulk up a bit. He's currently a 4 star recruit according to 247 and almost cracks the top 100. It'd be a nice pickup. Miller usually only uses 8 or 9 man rotations anyways. We have our rotation set for the most part

[KansasCityCats]

Offering a Turkish player... in late April.. with 3 open scholarships.

Nahhh, Doesn't reek of desperation at all.

Reminds me a lot of the 2003 class that brought in Radenovic (from nearby Serbia), Walters and Shakur. That team finished 11-7 in the PAC-10. Fun to watch though.

[WerderBremen]

Shouldn't have watched the second video. Especially the ending. 

Now is he the European Big people were talking about?

[mvpreed2]

Offering a Turkish player... in late April.. with 3 open scholarships.

Nahhh, Doesn't reek of desperation at all.

Desparation?
I can see how it can look that way, but when you look at our roster right now, we are missing a big wing, that does not need to have the ball in his hands to make an impact.

Right now, Mathurin/Terry are going to be our pesudo-SF for 2020-21, so we could take this kid, put him as our #3 SF, let him get a year of spot minutes and an elite strength/weight-training program?
I do not see an issue with this kid coming in 2021 as being our primary wing at 6'8 and able to shoot the way he does.

[TucsonTruckStop]

Offering a Turkish player... in late April.. with 3 open scholarships.

Nahhh, Doesn't reek of desperation at all.

Always skeptical of white euro's. Rarely do they make a major or significant contribution. The athleticism and physical nature of the game is usually too much for them.

[ichi]

Jack Murphy: Kid fills a hole and looks like he will prosper in our system

CSM: nah, some guys on the college hoops boards might think we're acting desperate, we should just turn out the lights and pack this shit up instead of adapting and overcoming

[Jdmarti]

Credit for Miller an murph for finding these international  kids this kid looks like his specialty is shooting the ball an we need  that bad bring him in.

[azhoopsfan]

Offering a Turkish player... in late April.. with 3 open scholarships.

Nahhh, Doesn't reek of desperation at all.

Always skeptical of white euro's. Rarely do they make a major or significant contribution. The athleticism and physical nature of the game is usually too much for them.

Hmm...the last white Euro Arizona had was pretty good IMO