Coming into the Syracuse Orange basketball season, Marek Dolezaj — Syracuse’s 6-foot-9, 180 pound forward from Slovakia — was a bit of an unknown. It was thought that he had some ability, but would his slender frame be a headwind?
Now, one shouldn’t draw too many conclusions just two official games into the season, but it appears Dolezaj’s head coach doesn’t think negatively of his frame, at least for the time being.
“He goes after the ball, he really hustles. You know, obviously he hasn’t gotten his shooting. He works hard every day on his shooting.