Welcome Staš Sivka

[MasonSAE4]

TRŌУ̀ TӘ́ MARA

 

[MasonFanatic]

I assume this means that Chase Tucker is now a walk on??

Chase Tucker has always been a walk-on. If you're wondering about the walk-on who earned a scholarship last season, that was Kam Johnson, and he transferred to D2 Elizabeth City State.

It’s odd he only played 5 games last year, is there a reason for that

He apparently had a shoulder injury of some sort.

Patriot8 - Any intel on how we got this guy.... seems like it came out of left field. Did any of our coaches have a connection or hop a plane to Slovenia recently?

I have zero inside information, so I don't know if this was the connection, but Javon Greene was on the same team in Slovenia this past season.

 

[DRK331]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1803880231591125286

 

[Patriotsince81]

Patriots Add Staš Sivka to 2024-25 Roster - George Mason University Athletics

George Mason University men's basketball head coach Tony Skinn ('06) announced Thursday that Staš Sivka will join the Patriot roster beginning in 2024-25.

gomason.com

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Spicy...

 

[DRK331]

6'10 Forward Stas Sivka made it to campus

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1811787534029996283

6'10 Forward Stas Sivka made it to campus

 

[Earl the Squirrel]

6'10 Forward Stas Sivka made it to campus

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1811787534029996283

6'10 Forward Stas Sivka made it to campus

I've made a point of watching Sivka during pre-game and halftime warmups. All he does is splash 3s. It's routine for him to hit 5-6 in a row. His form and release are excellent and with his height, you're not going to stop him from getting his shot off. I think he could be inline for 15-20 minutes next year.

If Westhead had Sivka instead of Nic Mirich firing off those threes from the top of the key we would have won more games.

One caveat: we don't know what the staff thinks of his defense and it's pretty clear that if you can't defend you're not going to play a lot of minutes. Still, he's an intriguing prospect.

 

[Verdad]

I've made a point of watching Sivka during pre-game and halftime warmups. All he does is splash 3s. It's routine for him to hit 5-6 in a row. His form and release are excellent and with his height, you're not going to stop him from getting his shot off. I think he could be inline for 15-20 minutes next year.

If Westhead had Sivka instead of Nic Mirich firing off those threes from the top of the key we would have won more games.

One caveat: we don't know what the staff thinks of his defense and it's pretty clear that if you can't defend you're not going to play a lot of minutes. Still, he's an intriguing prospect.

Would be awesome if he can contribute next year as a 3 pt shooter, along with Ball. I imagine he needs to bulk up to be able to play the 4 and especially the 5 in the A10.

Hopefully defense will maintain and we can improve the 3 pt shooting - will need it for the triple teams Haynes faces next year.

 

[NewPatriot]

Would be awesome if he can contribute next year as a 3 pt shooter, along with Ball. I imagine he needs to bulk up to be able to play the 4 and especially the 5 in the A10.

Hopefully defense will maintain and we can improve the 3 pt shooting - will need it for the triple teams Haynes faces next year.

The dude has played..like 10 minutes all year and he's 3 of 4 from 3...not bad..

 

[GMUgemini]

He’s going to have a lot of competition at the 5 for any minutes (Haynes, Emejuru, and Kanga is coming in as a highly touted freshman), if he can transition to playing the 4 things open up but I’m not sure what his perimeter defense would look like. He might be a very situational player next year if he sticks around.

He does have a good shot. And he runs the floor really well for 6’11 but he is really lanky and we haven’t really seen if he’s got good lateral quickness.

We will see.

 

[DRK331]

Stas Sivka basket from yesterday's win over La Salle:

https://x.com/MasonMBB/status/1897461563163910228

Stas Sivka basket from yesterday's win over La Salle:

 

[GMU79]

Stas Sivka basket from yesterday's win over La Salle:

https://x.com/MasonMBB/status/1897461563163910228

Stas Sivka basket from yesterday's win over La Salle:

Would have loved to have seen him flush it!

 

[GSII]

Would have loved to have seen him flush it!

Worth the same. A flush is more risk...see Jalen Haynes.

 

[GMU79]

Worth the same. A flush is more risk...see Jalen Haynes.

I don't know. There was a moment when it looked like that ball could have bounced out. Besides, he doesn't have to jump very high. Leave no doubt.

 

[Masonman]

I don't know. There was a moment when it looked like that ball could have bounced out. Besides, he doesn't have to jump very high. Leave no doubt.

The offense seems to have a better flow to it when he is on the floor (as opposed to Gio).