Tennessee Vols Basketball Recruiting

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CornbreadVol said:
Hopefully he was humbled a bit
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This kid is a mutant. Not sure what’ll happen with him. His wingspan is very short for his height. He has a crap vertical, and shot terribly last year. He never adjusted to college speed or physicality. His dad and Juwan Howard are tight. I don’t see him making an Inspire team. I think he’ll underperform wherever he lands.
 
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Stoerner Fumbles said:
This kid is a mutant. Not sure what’ll happen with him. His wingspan is very short for his height. He has a crap vertical, and shot terribly last year. He never adjusted to college speed or physicality. His dad and Juwan Howard are tight. I don’t see him making an Inspire team. I think he’ll underperform wherever he lands.
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It’s weird his piss poor measurables went unnoticed till he got to Memphis. The T-rex arms were always there
 
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johnfnkelly said:
It’s weird his piss poor measurables went unnoticed till he got to Memphis. The T-rex arms were always there
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He didn’t do any of the USA team stuff where they do get full NCAA measurements and I don’t think they measure at AAU tourneys. So easy for them to get by without having to measure everything.
 
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he’s just a kid that blossomed before everyone & when all the other ones caught up, it was all over.
 
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Due to my brother, I was able to attend the Jordan Brand Classic game in Chicago. Pretty much the same players as the McDonalds game but also with a few changes. Smaller intimate session though.

First of all, these high school kids are unbelievable talents. I saw things that I just do not remember happening when I was in high school.

Second, Duke is getting some good ones. Kyle Filipowski and Derek Lively are bigs that move like guards/small forwards.

Third, Nick Smith. Remember that name as he is coming to the SEC and he was BY FAR the best player there. I had heard buzz from my brother and other scouts that he was the most impressive player there during the drills and practices leading up the game, and he is the real deal.

Fourth, the biggest surprise to me was that you could tell the difference between a "5 Star" player and a "4 Star" player in this game. I guess with all the AAU games, creation of basketball academies that play national schedules, all star games such as this one, etc...that the scouts get a lot of opportunities to see these kids matched against each other and thus can group them into 5 vs 4 star rankings based on actual head to head opportunities, but I really did not expect noticeable separation. Players that stood out as really strong...when I would look them up...they were a "5 Star" whereas players I found got kind of lost tended to be the "4 Stars". Surprised me.
 
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AurantiacoFan said:
Due to my brother, I was able to attend the Jordan Brand Classic game in Chicago. Pretty much the same players as the McDonalds game but also with a few changes. Smaller intimate session though.

First of all, these high school kids are unbelievable talents. I saw things that I just do not remember happening when I was in high school.

Second, Duke is getting some good ones. Kyle Filipowski and Derek Lively are bigs that move like guards/small forwards.

Third, Nick Smith. Remember that name as he is coming to the SEC and he was BY FAR the best player there. I had heard buzz from my brother and other scouts that he was the most impressive player there during the drills and practices leading up the game, and he is the real deal.

Fourth, the biggest surprise to me was that you could tell the difference between a "5 Star" player and a "4 Star" player in this game. I guess with all the AAU games, creation of basketball academies that play national schedules, all star games such as this one, etc...that the scouts get a lot of opportunities to see these kids matched against each other and thus can group them into 5 vs 4 star rankings based on actual head to head opportunities, but I really did not expect noticeable separation. Players that stood out as really strong...when I would look them up...they were a "5 Star" whereas players I found got kind of lost tended to be the "4 Stars". Surprised me.
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You have a better eye for talent than I do, then.
I recall watching Springer play against JJJ at an AAU tourney in Charlotte a few years ago and came away thinking JJJ the better player.
Guess I better stick to my day job.
 
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lostsheep said:
You have a better eye for talent than I do, then.
I recall watching Springer play against JJJ at an AAU tourney in Charlotte a few years ago and came away thinking JJJ the better player.
Guess I better stick to my day job.
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i mean JJJ was rated as a top 10 player for a while & was dominant. so he might’ve actually been better at that moment
 
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lostsheep said:
You have a better eye for talent than I do, then.
I recall watching Springer play against JJJ at an AAU tourney in Charlotte a few years ago and came away thinking JJJ the better player.
Guess I better stick to my day job.
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I don't know about the eye for talent, but these players were all in the same class. I would assume that if you watched JJJ and Springer play against each other in an AAU game a few years ago, then JJJ was one or two years older than Springer. Likely a 17 year old playing against a 15/16 year old? You know how much the average kid matures between 15 and 17. Maybe you were right at that time. Regardless, both were 5 Stars and I specifically mentioned telling the difference in this game between the 5 Stars and 4 Stars within the same graduating class. It still does not mean the other kids can mature in college, work harder, see improvement and leap frog.
 
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AurantiacoFan said:
I don't know about the eye for talent, but these players were all in the same class. I would assume that if you watched JJJ and Springer play against each other in an AAU game a few years ago, then JJJ was one or two years older than Springer. Likely a 17 year old playing against a 15/16 year old? You know how much the average kid matures between 15 and 17. Maybe you were right at that time. Regardless, both were 5 Stars and I specifically mentioned telling the difference in this game between the 5 Stars and 4 Stars within the same graduating class. It still does not mean the other kids can mature in college, work harder, see improvement and leap frog.
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Good points, age does make a difference.
 
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Here is the full video of both the girls and boys games. You can fast forward through it to see some of these kids' talents. Boy's game starts at about 2:20

I am the ugly dude in the white visor just to the right side of half court (back to you) with the scouts (no, I am not a scout).

I should have mentioned the reason I posted (other than to brag about being there ;)) is that both Malik Reanu and Julian Phillips were on the rosters.

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Bad news. One of my contacts just told me the Collins discussions fell out. He’s staying at Saint Louis. Choose to believe me or not idc. Just putting it out there what I was told
 
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TennesseeBasketballGuru said:
If I’m wrong the mod can ban me from the forum. But, I’m telling you I’m not inconsistent with info like some other people on here.. I actually have ties
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You've had an account on this forum for literally one week. No one here is buying your fake "I'm an insider" crap.
 
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