How UCLA's unusual size could cause problems. They have a front line with 7-3 and 6-10 players who will spend a lot of time together on the court.
Living with someone who’s 7 feet 3 doesn’t only lead to looking up. A few months ago, Lazar Stefanovic glanced across the four-bedroom apartment he shares with Aday Mara and two other UCLA freshmen and noticed a stool that had been in the living room was now residing in Mara’s bedroom. The tallest Bruin since 7-7 center Mike Lanier in the early 1990s, Mara had placed that stool at the end of his bed so that his size-18 feet would have something to rest on.
He's added a midrange jump shot and new post moves to his effortless catching lobs for dunks. Cronin has repeatedly said Bona will be the team’s best player and a first-round NBA draft pick in June. There's one thing Bona's willing to concede. Even with his long limbs, he's given up trying to contend with the Mara sky hook that has led to Bona calling his teammate Kareem Abdul-Mara.
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