Maten and Iduwe sign

Yante Maten and Fred Iduwe have both officially signed, so you can breathe a sigh of relief if you were at all worried something might go wrong (and if you were not at least a little bit worried, you haven't followed Georgia basketball long enough).

Here is what Mark Fox has to say about Maten:

"Yante is more of an offensive player than Donte' was," Fox said. "Donte' was a terrific, I mean a terrific defender, and a very versatile defender. Yante is mobile like Donte', but a better offensive player out of the gate than Donte' was."

And here is a little bit about Iduwe:

"He's a bigger frame guy than Donte', but he has a lot of those characteristics than Donte' had as a defender," Fox said.

I have said here before that I believe Donte' Williams was an undervalued piece of the puzzle this past season.  It sounds like Fox agrees with me.

The good news is, it sounds like the combination of these two guys should be able to replace him and then some.

Maten may not have all of the defensive upside that Donte' possessed (though Iduwe certainly seems to), but he shot 66% from the field his senior year in high school.  Even against over-matched high school kids, that is a fairly eye-popping number, and it suggests he may be able to replace the 4.9 ppg that graduated with Williams fairly easily.

Of course, this is all coach speak and gut feel, and every recruiting class is the best recruiting class until they lace them up and get on the court.  Regardless, welcome to the Dawg Nation fellas.  We're glad to have you.

h/t Seth Emerson

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