Duke fans got a pleasant surprise when Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje committed to the Blue Devils fairly late, but the surprise has turned to delight as more and more highlights come out.
This video is one of the latest from his Adidas EuroCamp performance.
He’s obviously highly promising, and the player he makes us think of is Paolo Banchero.
Like Banchero, he’s essentially a power forward with guard skills. His outside shot looks like a deadly weapon, and his ballhandling is solid, too. A few days ago,
we saw a video of him going coast-to-coast and dribbling behind his back with no hesitation.
In this video, we saw one minor mistake: on a drive on the right side, he stuck with his left hand, which is his dominant hand. The defender was small, so he could get away with it, but against the athletes he’ll see soon, that won’t work.
However, it’s possible that he’s mastered that, and just felt okay going with his left.
On a different note, it’s partly his hair and partly his build, but he reminds us of a young Wes Unseld, except for his eyes. His eyes remind us a good bit of Alaa Abdelnaby’s.
It’s going to be fun to see him settle in at Duke and to watch him grow.
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