Mouhamed Faye

Nothing new to write about Mouhamed Faye. He played his game – rebounded on both ends, showed good motor, was physical when setting the screens or posting up and scored the points at the rim. Sometimes he made a few power dribbles, leaned into the defender to get the necessary separation and smartly used his strength advantages. Did his job in defense too in protecting the paint. His shooting motion and especially the release will need a lot of changes if he wants to add more range to his game and not rely just on finishes at the rim – on pro level against more physical players it won’t be so easy to get that kind of finishes.

Statistics: 19.8 PTS, 71.4% 2FG, 56.2% FT, 10.5 REB, 5 ORB, 1.2 BL in 28:12 MIN

The Reggio Emilia big was by far the most physical and dominant big, finishing putback dunks, dominating the boards and creating for himself from post-up situations or rolling actions. His development in face-up attacks was pleasing to observe, as he was able to overcome his opponents with good success on a few occasions with his improved ball handling even from the dribble. 

His performance in the decisive last group stage game against Kaunas was outstanding, in which he put up 33 points (13/15 2FG) and 11 rebounds (7 offensive rebounds), as well as blocking 4 shots. In this game he also showed that he can hit good percentages from the free throw line (7/10 FT). He wasn’t as dominant in the final against Madrid as he struggled with foul trouble.