Coach Seth Greenberg has apparently been searching among the wooden clogged Dutch for another recruit. After the loss of Manny "Millions" Atkins, who has decided to transfer to Georgia State in search of more playing time (congrats Manny, you will certainly get it on that team), Coach Greenberg realized the need to bring in another recruit ASAP. With the questions around the health of our post players, Greenberg wisely chose to offer the newly-opened scholarship to Joey van Zegeren of the Netherlands. Joey is a 6'10" power forward. He is 21 years old and seems to have gotten a late start on his dream of playing for a US college, but I think this was a good move by Greenberg. It's really too late in the year to start looking around this country for a diamond in the rough for next season, so he did the smart thing and starting looking around Europe.
After first hearing this news, I got a little nervous that Greenberg was looking to bring in another Robert Krabbedam, who is also tall and Dutch. Do you all remember Krabbendam? Yeah the 7-footer with terrible hands, no vertical, no shooting touch, and no talents other than being tall. I remember him too, he sucked. However my fears are a little relieved in this day and age where every basketball player's highlights are on YouTube. This is the link for JVZ's highlights. Right off the back I am feeling a little better. JVZ obviously has a lot more athleticism than Krabby, and he's got a nicer shooting touch for sure with range out to the 3-point line. He also doesn't seem to have that stereotypical softness that a lot of other Euro bigs are deemed to have (and that Krabbendam had in spades). Is he an impact player? No probably not. He looks a little skinny for a post player, I'm not sure his post moves translate to the ACC, and I'm not sure about his funky looking shot either. But I think there's some potential there, and it's not all that raw. This looks like a guy who could step into a backup role right away... but I've certainly been known to be overly optimistic in the offseason. At any rate, Seth Greenberg should be commended for going out and filling an immediate need. Nicely done!
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