He had played 12 minutes of game action over the weekend, the coach, Dave Briski, explained, and he needed time to recover. “Hopefully by next year he can play some major minutes,” Briski said. “If we can get 10, 15 minutes a game out of him next year, I think that’s a lot.”

Before Bobroczkyi can entertain the thought of becoming the next Porzingis, or even of earning a scholarship to a Division I college, he needs time to adjust to the speed of the American game. Bossman and others contend that his time on the court is productive, but limited.

“He’s so skilled for his height,” his teammate Julian Dancy said. “I’ve never seen a guy that can shoot 3s like him, especially the college 3 already.”

After dinner one night this week — breaded chicken, turkey tetrazzini, green beans and two helpings of rice pudding — Bobroczkyi rode the shuttle with his teammates to the house they share near campus, then sat on his bed. Below posters of Porzingis and Dirk Nowitzki, his face lit up when he heard the news that Porzingis had been named to the N.B.A. All-Star team.

He had been too shy, he admitted, to say anything the first time they met. But now, he said, he would relish another chance.

What would he ask? He paused to think.

“I’d like to ask him what advice he would give me,” Bobroczkyi said, finally. “About anything. Life, basketball, everything.”

His voice trailed off. He nodded, said “yeah,” and went back to folding his laundry for the next day.