He's not a Pratt. He looks relatively small for a guard, let alone a forward. The 3P shooting is concerning.
Basketball new juco commit?
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To be fair, he's listed at 210 now, certainly not huge but he hits the glass hard for a guy his size. I'm not saying he can be a 4 but he's a slasher type of 3 who's production came almost 100% in the paint. Only seeing offensive highlights, he's more of a 4 than a 2, again not saying he can be a big 12 4, I don't think we can say one way or another with knowing how he plays defensively. That's why a 6'4 Deonte Burton could play the 4, he could guard 4's. I think he's a different style of player but he could be used in a similar role to Nick Babb. The difference maybe being, Babb has already proven that defensively he can play 1-4.
With that said, at this point, I'm not 100% on board with taking this kid. If we find out Brown isn't coming, it would make sense. A class of Shayok, DCJ, Beverly and Morrow wouldn't be the home run we were all looking for but it's nothing to sneeze at, especially with Lewis, McNeil and Wigginton included. 17/18 would still be rocky but beyond that would be set up perfect.
Does he look 6'4"? I see very little chance he gets minutes at the four for a good Big 12 team. Imo best case is his game is like Jake Anderson's, but he seems likely to end up Bluford.
Did some more digging. Here's an article from this past Feb that gives a list of schools recruiting DCJ. This article was about Ole Miss coaches watching a Juco recruit on the team playing against DCJ.
http://www.sunherald.com/sports/article133350779.html
http://www.sunherald.com/sports/article133350779.html
I'm not sure why you would tie up a scholarship for 3 years on a juco if he's eligible to play.
I was in my 20's when Kenny played, so yeah, some people have seen him.
I think it was discussed in another thread when we were first mentioned with Cole-Johnson, but it's basically a tike and style defined and highly influenced by the And1 mixtape era and a focus in the NBA on raw athleticism over refined skillsets. Think Vince Carter's heyday and the height of playground ball and what basketball at the pro level looked like. Really chippy and taking it as a personal offense to dunk on or get dunked on.
I trust Prohm so his opinion is the one that matters. People here are so hard on recruits. If they read this site we would be playing walk ons at best.
The "early 2000s" are "old school"? Sheesh, I must be lumped in with George Mikan.
Let's all just be willing to admit that this spring we're striking out on nearly all of our top priority recruits. We did get Shayok of course, but he won't help us this year. Outside of him, we're now grasping at straws.
With that being said, this doesn't mean that all of the guys we do get won't be good or be able to help us out. It just means we aren't getting the top guys we wanted. There's a decent chance that we'll only be adding Cole-Johnson and Beverly at this point for the upcoming season. Neither one is a shooter, but more slasher type guys. It would be a bit worrisome IMO if we aren't adding any shooters for this year, but so be it.
This year just might be an NIT year, but we can always hope that we outperform expectations and make the NCAA tourney.
With that being said, this doesn't mean that all of the guys we do get won't be good or be able to help us out. It just means we aren't getting the top guys we wanted. There's a decent chance that we'll only be adding Cole-Johnson and Beverly at this point for the upcoming season. Neither one is a shooter, but more slasher type guys. It would be a bit worrisome IMO if we aren't adding any shooters for this year, but so be it.
This year just might be an NIT year, but we can always hope that we outperform expectations and make the NCAA tourney.
People are too worried about someone fitting a certain position
From the small amount of clips he doesn't look anything like the 4 Pratt was. He is a slasher 3 with a good handle. While Pratt could weave through bodies at times, I wouldn't call him a slasher. It certainly looks to me as though he's played basketball longer than 2 years. It could be that he didn't play organized basketball until recently.
