Christ Essandoko is the latest guest on The Friar Podcast

The engaging Friar big man talks about playing alongside Wemby, Kim English's aggressive recruiting pitch, what has impressed him about Oswin Erhunmwunse and Anton Bonke, and more in our latest pod.

Billy and I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation with new Providence center Christ Essandoko. In this podcast, Essandoko touches on:

• His development as a basketball player in France and playing alongside Victor Wembanyama as a teenager

• His emergence as a top recruit and his commitment to Providence in high school

• The disappointment of finding out he had to redshirt his first year at St. Joe’s and how he turned it into a learning experience

• The irony that his first time back on the floor in nearly two years came against Providence in a scrimmage last season

• Kim English being the first coach to call him when he entered the transfer portal this spring

• His admiration for Josh Oduro’s game and how English utilized him

• Dropping over 20 pounds in PC’s offseason conditioning program

• Being in Paris for the Olympics

• Impressions of his fellow centers at Providence, Oswin Erhunmwunse and Anton Bonke

Essandoko was a terrific guest and we are excited to bring you this episode. It can be heard on Soundcloud or Apple.

Here is an excerpt: