It’s not just the [autotag]Oklahoma Sooners[/autotag] football team that is making moves in the [autotag]2024 recruiting class[/autotag]. The Sooners men’s basketball team added a power forward to its class.
[autotag]Kuol Atak[/autotag] is a 6-foot-9, 185-pound power forward from Fort Worth, Texas. Atak is one of the best shooters in the class, and he also can alter shots at the rim. But he is still a work in progress.
He shows more effort getting vertical on the defensive side of the ball than on offense. His glaring weakness is in his body. He is painfully thin, lacks functional strength, and is unable to play through physicality the majority of the time. While his frame does not project to fill out in a significant way, the programs recruiting him must have him eat, drink, and sleep all things in the category of adding muscle, strength, and weight to give himself a great shot at maximizing his potential. Although his frame is beyond slight, there is a lot of upside with how efficient he is as a shooter at the stretch four spot. Atak’s calling card serves the biggest purpose in this era and his effectiveness will be based on how well he adjusts to the physical aspect of the college game. – 247Sports Recruting Analyst Brandon Jenkins
Atak joins [autotag]Dayton Forsythe[/autotag] in the 2024 class for the Sooners. This will be the first class in the [autotag]SEC[/autotag] for [autotag]Porter Moser[/autotag] and Co.
See you soon Norman. #committed #Boomer pic.twitter.com/JpqIbjlO4k
— Kuol Atak (@kuol_atak) September 5, 2023
For a team that has struggled with shooting since Moser took over, this is a really solid get. Now, the staff has to build on it to finish this 2024 class.
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