Defend the Block 185 - Olivier Nkamhoua
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🗓️ 4 July 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Over the next few weeks, we'll get to know the newest members of the men's basketball program. We begin with Tennessee graduate transfer Olivier Nkamhoua. He details his path to the Wolverines (5:00), breaks down his game and potential role this season (8:00), and shares the importance of his upbringing (14:00).
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| 0:00.0 | In this role, I don't have the ability to discuss recruiting news, high school, or transfer portal until the university makes it official. |
| 0:08.5 | But you better believe I follow along. I watch and see and read and hear all the reaction. |
| 0:14.5 | And the Olivier-Comwood journey for fans was certainly quite the ride on social media. |
| 0:20.1 | And it did feel like a pivot point on the |
| 0:23.1 | vibe among the fan base, not just for the off season, but also heading into the season. |
| 0:29.3 | And when you lose a pair of first round picks and an All-American Center like Michigan did |
| 0:33.1 | coming into this next season, yeah, there is some pressure to reload anywhere, especially at a |
| 0:38.3 | program like Michigan that's coming off its first season that did not end in the Sweet 16 in a while. |
| 0:44.6 | And when it comes to transfer portal recruiting, unlike the high school side of things, those tidbits, |
| 0:50.7 | that prognostication, it can have and does have an impact on the next time you'll |
| 0:56.8 | see your team. It is the closest thing that college basketball has to free agency. These |
| 1:01.7 | are players who will join the team the next time you see him out on the floor. So when Michigan |
| 1:07.0 | officially locked in Olivier, it felt like a massive win. It was a massive win, and it's not necessarily because he's guaranteed to have a much |
| 1:16.0 | bigger impact than some of the others we'll talk to later this month. |
| 1:19.2 | Those guys certainly factor in in a big way to what Michigan has planned for next season. |
| 1:24.6 | Because for Michigan to reach its lofty goals, at least one and probably |
| 1:28.1 | multiple of those other guys. Trey Jackson and Namari Burnett out of the transfer portal. George |
| 1:31.9 | Washington, the third, the lone incoming freshman for this team. They're going to have to play |
| 1:36.3 | a big role. Again, probably multiple of those guys. But when it comes to the Olivier Kamwa deal, |
| 1:41.6 | time was ticking. Michigan was still in need of several scholarship |
| 1:44.4 | players. So when the reporting around Comwell went from Michigan is out to Michigan has signed |
| 1:51.1 | him, that felt big. It really felt like a sigh of relief more than anything else. Now, as you'll hear |
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