Big fan of finishing with a dunk instead of a dink around

the basket. That said, a surprising number of "big men" don't dunk that much due to lack of leaping ability, hand size and coordination levels. In the highlight reel, Malone shows leaping ability and sufficient hand size to go up in traffic for one handed dunks with both hands.

Malone looks like a classic late bloomer...in his Grace bio a coach mentions Malone was 6'8" when they recruited him...that grew into a big man while in college. Another comment on-line notes that two NAIA to D1 transfers performed very well for Wyoming and Morehead State this year. Riley Minix of Morehead State was great and Mason Walters for Wyoming was solid. With increased competition in practice, nutrition, D! level strength and conditioning, coaching and another year of maturity, Malone could be a Paul Atkinson level player for the Irish.