Can he beat people off the dribble. Most average players can just shoot today and makes them Much easier to guard. He’s still young.Agree. Just what Buckeyes need . . . another player that can only shoot and can't play defense.
I didn’t ask that. Does he have handles. Does he have a pull-up jumper ? Most of the best do. Everyone is gym class can make the 3 ball. And athletic 6’3”” guys can dunk.
Appears he played on a very senior heavy team (8 and most of the other scoring). True, he did attempt 58% of his field goals from 3. But when you hit close to 40% why not? BTW he shot just over 50% on his 2s. I bet he controls the ball a lot more and shoots more 2s next year. Will be interesting to see his development.
That was my point. That’s the problem with a lot of HS players today. Very 1 dimensional. He’ll need way more then that going forward.
6’5 athlete as described averaging 2.5 boards, 1 steal, and 1 assist. That has nothing to do with AAU vs high school style of play that’s desire. The kid may turn out to be a McDonalds All-American and that would be great! My point was it is only a verbal commit for OSU and everybody knows in the long run those fall apart for a variety of reasons.lol - do you actually think he got a full scholarship as a sophomore to one of the most prestigious athletic universities in the country because of his high school stats and season?
Because HS teams are so controlled and scripted, there’s no way you can assess a kids full potential in these games. That’s why AAU is more important to recruiting, because you can truly assess a kids athletic and skill potential when he’s given more freedom to show his full skill set.
most of the kids are completely different players when playing teams outside of their high school teams.
6’5 athlete as described averaging 2.5 boards, 1 steal, and 1 assist. That has nothing to do with AAU vs high school style of play that’s desire. The kid may turn out to be a McDonalds All-American and that would be great! My point was it is only a verbal commit for OSU and everybody knows in the long run those fall apart for a variety of reasons.
My apologies if it’s against the rules to comment on effort “desire”. Can anybody else provide an example of a coach telling a 6’5 athlete not to rebound or defend? I’m all ears!LOL - you have issues - calling out the desire of a 16 year old kid who just got a free ride to a fantastic university as a sophomore. LOL
You have no idea what his coach asked him to do on that team. Being on the younger end of the roster, perhaps that was his role. It happens all the time on high school teams.
AAU. That’s a wonderful yardstick ??. There’s no D and no structure. There will in college. I do wish him the Best ?lol - do you actually think he got a full scholarship as a sophomore to one of the most prestigious athletic universities in the country because of his high school stats and season?
Because HS teams are so controlled and scripted, there’s no way you can assess a kids full potential in these games. That’s why AAU is more important to recruiting, because you can truly assess a kids athletic and skill potential when he’s given more freedom to show his full skill set.
most of the kids are completely different players when playing teams outside of their high school teams.
My apologies if it’s against the rules to comment on effort “desire”. Can anybody else provide an example of a coach telling a 6’5 athlete not to rebound or defend? I’m all ears!
AAU. That’s a wonderful yardstick ??. There’s no D and no structure. There will in college. I do wish him the Best ?
It should be against the rules to post about a kids desire that you have never seen play before. He had OSU, UC, XU, Purdue, and IU after him as a frosh and soph.
Care free. Yes , a lot of college coaches go to aau events, mostly to see how kids play against others at their same level of play. However. aau is horrible for skill development. Most aau ball is one on one shake and bake and get my stats. AAU might be faster paced than the way some high school teams play, but that does not necessarily equate to great basketball skill development. Just some thoughts
Care free. Yes , a lot of college coaches go to aau events, mostly to see how kids play against others at their same level of play. However. aau is horrible for skill development. Most aau ball is one on one shake and bake and get my stats. AAU might be faster paced than the way some high school teams play, but that does not necessarily equate to great basketball skill development. Just some thoughts
people who comment on here make me laugh a lot. First off to piggyback an earlier comment AAU is king high school means very little. I know of 6'4" guards who play post in high school but play 2 guard in aau, mostly because school is smaller but not getting any looks based on that part of high school
Let me preface this that I coached high school basketball in division 1 as a varsity asst for many years. I was down with our team last year at OHIO ST team camp. Talked heavily with asst coaches and recruiting coordinator. If you all will flashback to the point last year where NCAA announced they were moving the line back. that was right about time of team camp
Most brushed that off but that weekend trust me it was said to me numerous times kids were going to be re-evaluated for their ability to shoot the ball and space the floor. Now I am not speaking directly about this kid just in general but kids who may have been mid major kids previously have been jumped up to major target watch lists It is trickle down effect d2 kids getting more looks at being shooter for a d1 school now etc.
Over the course of next couple years you will see more kids who can shoot it getting more looks because their ability to space the floor for bigs (ie Wesson) is huge. Sure they will still recruit elite players regardless but a three star kid who can shoot it at 40% may get a look over a 4 star kid with someone on the roster with identical skill set