As he showed in Baylor’s postseason run last year, 7-footer Josh Lomers can be a productive post player in the right situations.
And now that he’s added a few moves, Lomers might get even more chances during his senior season. The senior from Boerne, Texas, went to the 33rd annual Pete Newell Big Man Camp earlier this month in Honolulu, Hawai`i.
“It’s mostly just learning new moves and trying to perfect them,” said Lomers, who averaged 3.4 points and 1.9 rebounds overall last year. “It’s all about repetitions. If you do it enough, it becomes second nature rather than having to think about it. It was good to kind of focus down on the post moves.”
Considered the world’s premier “big man” basketball camp, the Newell Camp’s impressive alumni list includes Shaquille O’Neal, Akeem Olajuwon, Ralph Sampson, Rasheed Wallace, Shawn Kemp and Shawn Marion. The Texas Longhorns’ Dexter Pittman parlayed a trip to last year’s camp into being named the Big 12’s Most Improved Player last season.
Alton Lister, another alum who spent 16 years in the NBA, was one of the coaches for this year’s camp along with coaching veteran Pete Gaudet and Golden State Warriors strength and conditioning coach John Murray.
Lister demanded consistency, making sure that they did it the right way.
“He was on everybody to do it right, do it right, do it right, all the way to the end,” Lomers said. “A lot of times you go places, and they’re like, ‘Do it right,’ and then they kind of slack and don’t care anymore. By the end of the camp, they’re kind of like, ‘Just do it.’ But he was do it right every time, and I think that was good for me to get that kind of consistency that he demanded.”
