I actually really like this signing. We desperately need his size inside, and looking at his tape, Jakub moves really well for a big guy. Pikiell can work with that.
I think it's also worth noting that Jakub's team in the video posted had big men going to Louisville and Pitt. He's playing on very talented teams. Don't worry about his stats not jumping off the page.
That Canarias Basketball Academy team this year had a 7'2" kid go to Louisville, a 7' (#6 in video) go to Maryland, and a 6'11" go to Rutgers (originally Pitt but changed to Rutgers). Lot of quality bigs in his class on that team. Seems like a no-brainer to me; you needed another big.
To add a bit more info, we are pretty familiar with the Canarias Basketball Academy here in NJ because Seton Hall had 3 players from there a couple years ago. I think Petras now makes at least 8 of their players in this class getting D1 chances, although I think the kid that Iona offered ended up going JUCO:
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/databaseresults/_/class/2014/highschool/1867
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