Our next player profile looks at the most tenured member on the Iowa State roster, Naz Mitrou-Long. 3sus proved himself mortal and underwent off-season hip surgery last summer and to say that we may have all overestimated just how quickly Mitrou-Long could recover from such an invasive and serious procedure would be an understatement.
As we now of course know, Mitrou-Long wasn't able to endure the pain and simply needed more time to make a full recovery, opting to shut it down after only 8 games. Mitrou-Long's absence from the line up spawned one of the great what ifs of modern Cyclone basketball; just how good could have the '15-'16 team been had he been healthy?