Kentucky Coach Pope Eyes Local Giant Dynes

0:00On April 20, Kentucky coach, Mark Pope is stacking his 202627 roster and he's got eyes on a local giant from the transfer portal Seven foot five-center gay dines a junior from USC with one year left just entered the portal Saturday On three ranks him 150 second overall and 17th among centers Pope already zoomed with him and dines visits Lexington this Wednesday April 22nd Dines hails from right here in the bluegrass born in independence and starring at Simon Kenton High He crushed it as a senior shooting 74% with 12.5 points and 9.8 boards per game earning defensive player of the year Collegewise, he started a youngstown state leading the horizon league and blocks both years as a freshman and sophomore At youngstown he averaged solid paint numbers 3.9 points four rebounds 2.3 blocks in limited minutes his first year then up to 6.8 points and 3.1 swats as a sophomore

1:03He transferred to USC last season under Eric Musselman playing rotation minutes with 2.9 points But still shot nearly 80% inside while blocking at an elite clip Strengths pop off the page his block percentage hit the 95th percentile and he's a monster offensive rebounder who dunks everything Downsides 0-3s may career wise 43.6% from the line and weak on defensive boards Other schools like Louisville, Xavier, NC state and Georgia are circling too Pope just grabbed guards zoomed the aloe from Washington and Alex Wilkins from Ferman So landing dines could lock down the paint for a title push big blue nation Um keep watching this homegrown tower. He might just bring that rim protection back home