A flight, right arm extended so far from a helpless Luke Fischer, and the ball slammed into the hoop facing the 2.11 m from the interior of Orleans. Yoan Makoundou, 20 years old (2.06 m), a pure product of the Cholet Basket training center, shook the basketball world on Saturday night at the end of the third quarter of an easily won match against the OLB (91-70 ).
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The strong winger’s takeoff, captured from two angles that allow us to appreciate the height and power of the dunk, even earned him second place in the highly prestigious Sports Center Top 10, ESPN’s show. What to offer a little visibility to a player in full progress this season.
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He’s been breaking the screen for three matches
After discovering the Jeep Elite in 2019-2020 (5 matches, 0.6 points in barely 4 minutes of play on average, a season stopped due to the pandemic), Makoundou has been breaking the screen for three matches: 14.6 average points (including 19 in Strasbourg in early February) and significant playing time (around 24 minutes per match).
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A trajectory which suggests that the nugget of the Mauges club – which has formed a nice batch of French players who left for the NBA (Gobert, Beaubois, De Colo, Séraphin …) – could quickly interest American scouts as well as specialized sites , most of which left blank fields regarding the characteristics of the native Melun. A situation which, with the help of this crazy dunk, should not continue.
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