Dunkin Darcy heading to Cal State

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i prefer block-out darcy

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A native of Canberra, Australia, Malone played in 63 career games with eight starts. In his three years at LSU, he averaged 1.0 points and 1.2 rebounds per game.

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Say what you want about him, if nothing else he seemed to be a great teammate. There were plenty occasions where he was the only one on the bench standing up and trying to encourage the guys on the floor.

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An Aussie will annihilate that west coast poon

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SlowFlowPro

dude looks coordinated for a 7-footer and has good feet. you can do a lot with that foundation he definitely suffers from "long neck" though

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thunderbird1100

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Skill wise, it seems like he'll come in as a natural extension of what Del Piero is now. I think he's a little further along, but still has some work to do.

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he has a jumper, which is already an improvement.

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I was about to come to the rescue on all these coomments. haha.

I have kept up with Darcy very well over the past few months. He has played under all sorts of numbers, especially because Aussie basketball is different. He has played on numerous teams and such, even if under the same ACT name.

I am very excited about Darcy Malone and I feel like he will contribute early. At first we thought he could be a redshirt prospect, but I know Coach Jones has already made comment to the contrary. He is expected to play early and somewhat often. I wouldn't be surprised to see his numbers similar to ADP's in a similar role, but their game's are very different.

Darcy is quick and nimble for a 7'er. He will catch people off guard with his speed and athleticism. He may not have all the tools to be an immediate big impact type player, but once he fills out and continues to work on his post moves, he will be a force to be reckoned with.

I could easily see Malone playing in the NBA one day and I think he will have a very capable staff showing him how to get there. The more I see of his game film (I've watched 4 games of his) I come to know the biggest thing that will be needed for him to improve is a mentality change. He needs to work on becoming more active without the ball. He will learn a ton very quickly under Coach Jones and his future looks very bright.

He did make it to Baton Rouge about 10 days ago and he should already have started with some LSU organized practice. While I have not confirmed that, I know that NCAA rules allow coaches to work with freshman as soon as they start classes and I believe (NOW CONFIRMED) he has started attending classes as of Monday.

This post was edited on 6/12 at 2:40 pm

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