When Syracuse center Fab Melo wasn’t on the floor for the Orange, the team wasn’t the same. Melo was a big difference maker for the Cuse and he’s part of a NBA draft class of centers that is loaded with questions.
As his Melo, mostly on the defensive end. Sure the 2-3 zone works well in college basketball, as it was a big part of Orange domination in the Big East. But can Melo transition to man-to-man at the next level?
The Sports Bank’s Ngozi Ekeledo stopped by the 2012 NBA Draft Combine’s Media Day and talked to Syracuse’s “man in the middle” about preparing for the transition from zone to man in the NBA.