Reer Minnesota finally got a star

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

How come we don’t have any highly touted prospects that are guards. They are always bigs lol.

Most Somali prospects are wings at least the ones in high school now only big is this brother and he’s more of a combo forward PF/SF then a traditional Big

 

[Grimmer]

Are you suggesting that ball handling, athleticism and basketball iq are missing?

waraa don’t troll me like like that, we have no fuckin athleticism and the ones that do are doing things completely different than basketball.

I knew a kid who was eastbaying and windmilling like nothing but his parents hated sports. He’s an imam at a masjid leading prayer for money, the Arabs and desi’s in the east bought him a car lol.

 

[Grimmer]

Most Somali prospects are wings at least the ones in high school now only big is this brother and he’s more of a combo forward PF/SF then a traditional Big

Honestly I haven’t seen any prospects that look like real deal wings. Aj dybansta is a wing and he’s the best it gets.

 

[TheLand]

waraa don’t troll me like like that, we have no fuckin athleticism and the ones that do are doing things completely different than basketball.

I knew a kid who was eastbaying and windmilling like nothing but his parents hated sports. He’s an imam at a masjid leading prayer for money, the Arabs and desi’s in the east bought him a car lol.

That is just sad. We are such a confused people. Imagine if Kareem or Hakeem didn’t play ball and decided to become imaams full time. Nothing wrong with it but you can have so much more impact on the community playing pro ball. Be a part time imam atleast.

 

[Einar68]

waraa don’t troll me like like that, we have no fuckin athleticism and the ones that do are doing things completely different than basketball.

I knew a kid who was eastbaying and windmilling like nothing but his parents hated sports. He’s an imam at a masjid leading prayer for money, the Arabs and desi’s in the east bought him a car lol.

this notion that somalis have no explosiveness is deadass only pushed by other somalis lol, we have plenty of guys with burst, and even if we didn't, the trait isn't as ethnically based as you think lol.

 

[TheLand]

this notion that somalis have no explosiveness is deadass only pushed by other somalis lol, we have plenty of guys with burst, and even if we didn't, the trait isn't as ethnically based as you think lol.

The best player in the NBA right now is the least athletic so it doesn’t even matter. Learn the fundamentals.

 

[Einar68]

this notion that somalis have no explosiveness is deadass only pushed by other somalis lol, we have plenty of guys with burst, and even if we didn't, the trait isn't as ethnically based as you think lol.

I played basketball but I wasn't good enough to play for a european team (reer UK), but there were plenty of somalis that played academy footy in the west/northwest region of london (where I'm from) and it was more of a technical skill reason that the guys didn't make it.

They lacked the skillset, but that's changing now that more kids are starting to play earlier and get the fundamentals down earlier.

there were also extra curricular reasons like family not wanting them to play, or the guys just hopping into street shit. Athletic concerns have never been a thing for us

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

The best player in the NBA right now is the least athletic so it doesn’t even matter. Learn the fundamentals.

Like Stephen A smith says Jokic can’t jump over a sidewalk yet he’s the best in the league fundamentals over everything euros perfected that shit that’s why their dominating

 

[TheLand]

We need sports academies to start these kids super young if we want to churn out a ton of pros. Before the age of 10 they need to start in the academies playing team ball and getting individual skills coaching . That’s how everyone else does it. Somalis expect to start playing basketball junior year of high school and go straight to the nba

 

[Einar68]

Hell, Mo Farah, our most successful diaspora athlete's most unique trait was his ridiculous burst/top speed relative to other long distance runners, and his ability to tap into it in the last lap. Other elite guys had greater stamina/pacing but his best skill was literally based on explosiveness lmaooo

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

this notion that somalis have no explosiveness is deadass only pushed by other somalis lol, we have plenty of guys with burst, and even if we didn't, the trait isn't as ethnically based as you think lol.

Somalis are always downplaying themselves for whatever reason

 

[TheLand]

I played basketball but I wasn't good enough to play for a european team (reer UK), but there were plenty of somalis that played academy footy in the west/northwest region of london (where I'm from) and it was more of a technical skill reason that the guys didn't make it.

They lacked the skillset, but that's changing now that more kids are starting to play earlier and get the fundamentals down earlier.

there were also extra curricular reasons like family not wanting them to play, or the guys just hopping into street shit. Athletic concerns have never been a thing for us

Once they see one Somali make it they will all follow since the herd mentality is as strong as it is in cattle

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

We need sports academies to start these kids super young if we want to churn out a ton of pros. Before the age of 10 they need to start in the academies playing team ball and getting individual skills coaching . That’s how everyone else does it. Somalis expect to start playing basketball junior year of high school and go straight to the nba

it’s best for Somali players to play with all types of ethnicities and develop that way you’ll be facing the best competition your age AAU ball and European academies

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

@TheLand my fam told me that there used to be basketball academies and programs in xamar before the civil war a lot of the national team players came through those programs

 

[TheLand]

@TheLand my fam told me that there used to be basketball academies and programs in xamar before the civil war a lot of the national team players came through those programs

Somalis also need to proactively leverage their greater endurance capabilities while playing basketball and soccer to run teams off. Let those slow twitch endurance muscles pay off.

 

[Grimmer]

this notion that somalis have no explosiveness is deadass only pushed by other somalis lol, we have plenty of guys with burst, and even if we didn't, the trait isn't as ethnically based as you think lol.

I believe natural athleticism is not enough, all of these freak athletes have trained hard at some point in their life. When I was younger there were quick and athletic Somalis but they were competing with madows wholift weights on the weekends while they were dugsi.

Sports are looked at as pretty much useless, parents only care about education and deen.

 

[Einar68]

I believe natural athleticism is not enough, all of these freak athletes have trained hard at some point in their life. When I was younger there were quick and athletic Somalis but they were competing with madows wholift weights on the weekends while they were dugsi.

Sports are looked at as pretty much useless, parents only care about education and deen.

"Madows who lift" no one on here is normal ffs

 

[TheLand]

"Madows who lift" no one on here is normal ffs

Are you a madow lover sxb?

 

[Grimmer]

"Madows who lift" no one on here is normal ffs

Caagyahow you know what I’m referring to, being in the gym at young age and training for explosiveness does wonders. When do you see young Somali kids doing 350 pound squats, explosive plyometrics, heavy hang cleans, heavy sled work or even resistance training? They look at shit like that and say, “that’s some try hard madow nigga shit”.
Training for hypertrophy is not the same at training for strength and speed.