Source: Naz Long has signed Letter of Intent

**nallen34** · 05-15-2012, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by ChrisMWilliams

Per a source, Naz Long has now officially signed his National Letter of Intent to attend Iowa State. He is officially a member of the class of 2012.

Did he sign today?

**WhatchaGonnaDo** · 05-15-2012, 08:30 PM

I am truly shocked by this

**bosco** · 05-15-2012, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by madcityCY

I think you could say that in small circles, there is some decent hype. Antonio Curro (NY2LA Sports) followed up @CycloneMBB's tweet saying he "likes his potential". The Canadian bball analysts obviously think he's pretty good.

That hoser is bias.

**zwclones51** · 05-15-2012, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by nallen34

Did he sign today?

WHAT NUMBER IS HE GOING TO BE!!!????!!!?!??!?!?

**MaccloNe** · 05-15-2012, 09:26 PM

Chris said he will be a solid player. Not great, not all conference. That was a litle of a downer when I heard that on the radio.

**Aclone** · 05-15-2012, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by madcityCY

I think you could say that in small circles, there is some decent hype. Antonio Curro (NY2LA Sports) followed up @CycloneMBB's tweet saying he "likes his potential". The Canadian bball analysts obviously think he's pretty good.

Yes, but they also think that Michael J. Fox is the greatest comedic actor of all time.

**ISUonthemove** · 05-15-2012, 10:17 PM

Does this mean RW is gone to the NBA?

**Jambalaya** · 05-15-2012, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by ISUonthemove

Does this mean RW is gone to the NBA?

or we're not bringing back baseball?

**Rhoadhoused** · 05-15-2012, 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by MaccloNe

Chris said he will be a solid player. Not great, not all conference. That was a litle of a downer when I heard that on the radio.

FWIW ESPN ranks him as the second worst high school recruit in the Big 12 (behind only CJ Cole of OU)

Now, I said FWIW because ESPN isn't exactly phenomenal at recruiting coverage (actually they aren't good at all). However, that is pretty weak sauce. It could be because he is from Canada, though. Not a whole lot of coverage there compared to here, plus he went back to his hometown to play instead of AAU.

**Snyder21** · 05-15-2012, 10:52 PM

Originally Posted by madcityCY

I think you could say that in small circles, there is some decent hype. Antonio Curro (NY2LA Sports) followed up @CycloneMBB's tweet saying he "likes his potential". The Canadian bball analysts obviously think he's pretty good.

Thanks. I think that he is going to be just another solid piece to the puzzle as Freddy tries to turn Iowa State basketball into a top tier team. Point guards are hard to get (even though he's probably a more suitable 2) and he is extra reassurance if we can't get Monte Morris, Terrence Samuel, or Tyler Ennis (long shot) in next year's recruiting class. And who knows, I've watched videos and if he starts to make better decisions and works hard he has the athleticism and potential to be a good 4 year player for us. All in all, a solid pickup.

**sdillon500** · 05-16-2012, 01:22 AM

Originally Posted by Rhoadhoused

FWIW ESPN ranks him as the second worst high school recruit in the Big 12 (behind only CJ Cole of OU)

Now, I said FWIW because ESPN isn't exactly phenomenal at recruiting coverage (actually they aren't good at all). However, that is pretty weak sauce. It could be because he is from Canada, though. Not a whole lot of coverage there compared to here, plus he went back to his hometown to play instead of AAU.

Yeah, I'm not sure where they're getting that. Besides ISU, Long had offers from Creighton, Dayton, Missouri and Miami (Fl), among others. That's a decent group of schools to be offering.

Compare that to Dusty Hannahs and Michael Carey from TT or Charles Hill from TCU. On paper, all appear to be much worse HS recruits than Naz.

**bozclone** · 05-16-2012, 06:33 AM

Naz Long must be a special player. Just a few months ago he was going to enroll mid-season at a D1 NCAA Tourney school and take over the starting point guard spot. I would think that is tough to do on a struggling team, let alone a NCAA team that finished third in a major conference and pushed the National Champs as hard as anyone in the tourney. For this to happen, his leadership and skill level must be off the charts.

Seriously, I hope he has a great career at ISU.