Daniel Batcho joins Arizona

[iowajake]

Awesome. 6'10" big Daniel Batcho is our newest 'Cat.  Batchonhad scholarship offers from Miami, Virginia Tech, Creighton, TCU — and ASU.  He is legit.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/29085973/daniel-batcho-top-european-big-man-going-college-commits-arizona

Batcho highlights

[KansasCityCats]

Sweet!  Based on the interview, he sounds like a competitor that cares about winning. With the top 2 euro prospects, we can add some immediate experience (as far as freshmen are concerned).

[Geed]

Nice!  Sounds like a great addition for the cats.  Fingers crossed

[Johnny-bravo]

Wow, definitely fills a need!  Welcome Daniel!

[WILD]

BearDown!

Highlights added above and interview below

[WILD]

Daniel Batcho was named MVP of Adidas Euroleague Next Gen Tournament over the a couple of months back, despite his side losing in the final. Batcho averaged 14.3 ppg, 70% FG%, 11.3 rpg, and 1.8 bpg.  Creighton was thought to be in the lead to land the big man until Arizona got the commitment.

https://twitter.com/FIBA/status/1029410749540524032

[TucsonTruckStop]

Personally I am tired of soft euro's. Any guy who prefers to not dunk the ball scares me. For a guy his size, he does not get above the rim often; his shots will be easily altered unless he develops a hook-shot (a la Ristic).

[mvpreed2]

Personally I am tired of soft euro's. Any guy who prefers to not dunk the ball scares me. For a guy his size, he does not get above the rim often; his shots will be easily altered unless he develops a hook-shot (a la Ristic).

You do realize that most of the shots from our primary big (Nnaji) last season was below the rim right?

Miller has gone on record as saying that he wants his players to dunk the ball instead.
Honestly, I would love for anyone over 6'7 to punch it every time he gets the opportunity to do so, BUT you can't force that on a player.
He either has it in him, or he doesn't.

As for Batcho, I am surprised to see how fast Miller was able to turn the page after missing out on Haarms formerly of Purdue.
At this point, he is only missing the big wing that I would like for us to add to our 2020-21 roster.

[KansasCityCats]

Yeah, Doncic, Porzingis, Sabonis, Vucevic and our boy Markkanen are pretty worthless because they're white euros. I wouldn't want any of them on my team.

[TucsonTruckStop]

Personally I am tired of soft euro's. Any guy who prefers to not dunk the ball scares me. For a guy his size, he does not get above the rim often; his shots will be easily altered unless he develops a hook-shot (a la Ristic).

You do realize that most of the shots from our primary big (Nnaji) last season was below the rim right?

Miller has gone on record as saying that he wants his players to dunk the ball instead.
Honestly, I would love for anyone over 6'7 to punch it every time he gets the opportunity to do so, BUT you can't force that on a player.
He either has it in him, or he doesn't.

As for Batcho, I am surprised to see how fast Miller was able to turn the page after missing out on Haarms formerly of Purdue.
At this point, he is only missing the big wing that I would like for us to add to our 2020-21 roster.

You are supporting my point. Yes, most shots by the bigs take place near the rim; thus the reason to dunk it instead of a cute layup. I am sure I don't have to remind you of how many missed layups we have had over the years. Yes, Miller also believes in dunking, but Miller stating that does snot translate into more dunking; just that he WANTS his players dunking. Miller is not targeting players that "don't have it in them". Unfortunately, Haarms and Batcho were not Miller's first or second choice. Better recruits decided to go elsewhere, forcing him to settle with players with undesirable traits.