Taiwo Daramola
Taiwo Daramola
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Paul Hernandez | Prep Hoops Scout
The 6-foot-8 power forward is an elite athlete, physically gifted with strength and bounce, an elite rim protector and rebounder, and has been putting up double-doubles most of the season. Daramola went up against another elite junior big man in
Mahamadou Diop
Mahamadou
Diop
6'10" | C
San Gabriel | 2027
State
#55
Nation
CA-S
from San Gabriel Academy, and both delivered an impressive showing of interior play on both ends, as Daramola would have a monster stat line of 12 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Daramola has good footwork in the paint, relentlessly crashes the boards to get putback opportunities, or limit the opposition to single shot possessions, outlets the ball to his guards and gets up the court to be available for transition dunks, has a long wingspan with great timing and instincts to block/alter shots in the paint, with the strides and timing to alter shots on the perimeter. Daramola has good court awareness, gets open in the dunker spot, the middle of the key, or diving to the basket off the pick and roll action to be available for the passes off the catch, has enough handle to attack from the top of the key, is effective with the mid-post jumper, and looks to hammer down the ball as soon as he is close to the basket. Daramola is agile and has the lateral quickness to stay in front of smaller players on switches, has active hands to deflect entry passes, as well as jump cross court passes and get out into transition.
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