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We made an off to 6'8" Alexis Yetna. I wonder what his status is regarding ISU. Gonna sign?
http://247sports.com/Player/Alexis-Yetna-46037686
Looks very athletic. Nice 3 shot for a big man. I kinda get the feeling he might be an underrated 3 coming from France. Another Prohm lefty.
http://247sports.com/Bolt/Cyclones-extend-new-prep-forward-offer-for-2017-49969098
http://247sports.com/Player/Alexis-Yetna-46037686
Looks very athletic. Nice 3 shot for a big man. I kinda get the feeling he might be an underrated 3 coming from France. Another Prohm lefty.
http://247sports.com/Bolt/Cyclones-extend-new-prep-forward-offer-for-2017-49969098
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Long reminds me exactly of Sherron Dorsey Walker. Decently high rated out of high school, but might have trouble ever finding minutes.
Perhaps, but many also thought the same (and with good reason) about Naz.
Long and McNeill will be battling for a spot. Next year we'll need a pure shooter more than anything else, We'll have the 1 and 3 covered.
If you take DJ or LW out, the other would be at the 1 and we need a shooter at the 2. I don't see others on the roster that could fill that role at this point.
Doesn't have to sign til he's ready to enroll in classes fall semester I don't think.
EDIT: Division I: May 17, 2017
After that, it's not an NLI anymore. He could still decide after that date and get a full ride, like Simeon Carter who didn't commit til 8/6.
http://www.nationalletter.org/signingDates/
http://247sports.com/Player/Simeon-Carter-78150?Institution=17197
If Yetna chooses the good guys, his nickname is Air France. I dont care what anyone says.
Probably true. Just curious, have we ever had a player that got absolutely no playing time in Big12 action as a freshmen, yet go on to be a contributor the next year or two?? I thought even Naz played some Big12 minutes his freshmen year, but I could be wrong.
Back in the day, no doubt. It seems that kids (and coaches to an extent) have less patience these days. I don't think Naz got a lot (maybe 5-10 avg), but I can't remember. I'll try to look it up. The other factor is that JL has been behind 5 high level guards. It's not like we're throwing out a bunch of bad players in front of him. All five have been extremely solid, so I'd attribute his lack of playing time more to that than to any shortcoming of his own.
Naz played in 4 games (3-4 min), all of which were decided by 17+ points. Can't compare when every games a game this year.
Edit: My bad, didn't scroll up far enough to see the 3 games he played 0, 1 and 2 min.
He also got 2 min in our drubbing of Notre Dame, fun memory.
Here are Naz's freshman stats. Little to no playing time in the Big 12 (17 total minutes I think, most in games that were already decided):
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/gamelog/_/id/61211/year/2013/nazareth-mitrou-long
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/gamelog/_/id/61211/year/2013/nazareth-mitrou-long
If you added Yetna to our current class it would move us from #26 to #17 nationally. I would also suspect Yetna and Wigginton's ratings to only rise this Spring.
http://iowastate.247sports.com/Season/2017-Basketball/Commits/Preview
http://iowastate.247sports.com/Season/2017-Basketball/Commits/Preview
Knowing Naz, he is relaying that very scenario to our young guys as to how much you have to hang in there and obviously WORK on your game. Of course, its hard to know if some will have the upside to reach.
Long will benefit from not having the same coach as SDW in this regard.
That said, Long has a rep of being a good Big 12 defender? Imo we don't know if he'll be able to defend Big 12 guards, let alone be apt in team defense
