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Mohamed Bamba
American
Athlete
Born:
May 12
,
1998
Best
Game
Me
People
Think
You
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Coach Smart, he's given me so much freedom to sort of grow into who I was.
Mohamed Bamba
Freedom
Me
Smart
Given
He
Sort
Much
Coach
Who
Grow
There are things that I need to do better, and I need to get to a point where it's hard to not have me on the court.
Mohamed Bamba
Me
Better
Point
Court
Get
Where
Hard
Things
Need
Having the tools and the intangibles mean nothing unless you are surrounded by the best.
Mohamed Bamba
Best
You
Nothing
Tools
Unless
Having
Surrounded
Mean
I truly have New York embedded in my blood.
Mohamed Bamba
Embedded
New
Truly
Blood
York
New York
It feels great when you work on something so long, and you see signs of growth. When you see it starting to pay off, it's such a great feeling.
Mohamed Bamba
Work
Great
You
Signs
Long
Feeling
Pay
Great Feeling
See
Something
Feels
Off
Growth
Starting
I don't know why, but I don't really get too nervous before games or practices or whatever.
Mohamed Bamba
Nervous
Before
Whatever
Too
Know
Practices
Get
Really
Games
Why
Being told to get out, not being afraid to fail and try new things - that really makes a difference.
Mohamed Bamba
Try
New Things
Out
Fail
New
Makes
Get
Afraid
Difference
Being
Being Afraid
Really
Things
At first, Coach Smart was big on not overwhelming me. But I told him, 'My mental capacity is a lot more than you think it is. I can take it.'
Mohamed Bamba
Me
You
Smart
First
Big
Overwhelming
Think
Mental
More
Take
Him
Lot
Than
Capacity
Coach
Absolutely, I believe that I have the tools, the presence, and all the make-up to be the No. 1 pick.
Mohamed Bamba
Believe
Tools
Absolutely
Pick
Presence
What makes me unique is my ability to adapt to different situations and switch onto smaller guards and stay out there. Another component to being out there on the floor - and this is something that I learned as my college career went on - was staying on the floor, literally, comes down to not picking up fouls.
Mohamed Bamba
Me
College
Down
Guards
Out
Stay
Component
Ability
Staying
Something
Onto
Picking
Smaller
Learned
Another
Makes
Up
Situations
Being
Different
Literally
Unique
Switch
Floor
Career
Adapt
As far as what teams need and what I need, I'm open to anything a team has to say about how they envision me in their future.
Mohamed Bamba
Future
Me
Say
About
Open
Envision
How
As Far As
Anything
Far
Team
Teams
Need
I honestly think, rebounding, it takes a couple of things to be a good rebounder... It takes motor. It takes effort. It takes a lot of things. It takes game reps.
Mohamed Bamba
Good
Game
Think
Honestly
Takes
Couple
Motor
Lot
Effort
Things
Whatever the team needs, I'll do.
Mohamed Bamba
Needs
Whatever
Team
I'm super competitive.
Mohamed Bamba
Super
Competitive
Both offensively and defensively, the presence that I have is pretty profound.
Mohamed Bamba
Defensively
Pretty
Both
Presence
Profound
Tony Bradley is pretty good.
Mohamed Bamba
Good
Pretty
Pretty Good
Tony
As much as I hate that it's a business decision - like, I'm just picking a school - it really is a business decision. I really don't see anything wrong with waiting it out.
Mohamed Bamba
Business
Waiting
Hate
School
Decision
Out
See
Picking
Wrong
Like
Just
Anything
Much
Really
My shot-blocking ability, it's really second to none.
Mohamed Bamba
Ability
None
Really
Second
One of my goals is to be Defensive Player of the Year. One of my goals is to be Rookie of the Year. And one of my long-term goals is to be walking across that stage with a jacket on and a nice little patch on it that says 'Hall of Fame.'
Mohamed Bamba
Goals
Year
Stage
Nice
Defensive
Says
Long-Term
Hall
Fame
Walking
Patch
Jacket
Little
Rookie
Across
Player
I want everything and anything I can get from this game. Because in reality, I owe this game my life.
Mohamed Bamba
Life
Game
Reality
My Life
Everything
Because
Owe
Get
Want
Anything
I have the natural ability to pick things up a lot faster than I think most people would.
Mohamed Bamba
Natural
People
Think
Faster
Would
Ability
Pick
Most
Lot
Up
Than
Natural Ability
Things
A 7-footer who hits a step-back jumper - that's a pretty unicorn-like thing. Or someone who blocks a shot off the top of the backboard, pushes it in transition, and finds a shooter in the corner - that's pretty unicorn-like.
Mohamed Bamba
Corner
Top
Finds
Pretty
Someone
Pushes
Blocks
Off
Hits
Shooter
Transition
Shot
Who
Thing
Whenever I guard a guard, I don't want to reach too much, but I will poke at the ball once to get him thinking.
Mohamed Bamba
Too Much
Will
Thinking
Guard
Too
Once
Poke
Reach
Him
Ball
Get
Whenever
Want
Much
A lot of playcalls are for the corner 3. I thought that's something I should really work on.
Mohamed Bamba
Work
Thought
Corner
Something
Lot
Really
Should
With that corner 3, it's the highest percentage shot in the game.
Mohamed Bamba
Game
Corner
Percentage
Highest
Shot
Although there's no one I really pattern my game after, I am a firm believer in stealing stuff from other people.
Mohamed Bamba
Game
People
Other
Stealing
No-One
Firm
Firm Believer
Stuff
Although
Am
After
Pattern
Really
Believer
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