****Official Class of 2018 Recruiting Thread****
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Zion Griffin got a huge ratings boost and is now the #2 player in Illinois.
https://247sports.com/player/zion-griffin-46047721
https://247sports.com/player/zion-griffin-46047721
Haliburton with 27 on friday night
Ejim 2.0 I think ZG has a great shot to start at the four or at minimum log a bunch of minutes next year.
He’s Ejim with a better jumper. Get hyped.
I feel so fortunate to have these guys in the pipeline already.
It’s gonna be an exciting next few years around here.
It’s gonna be an exciting next few years around here.
Zion is a different type of athlete than Ejim but as a freshman will already have the skill set it took Melvin 3 years to develop. He looks better every video I see, huge upside.
Eric Bossi of Rivals was at the Chicago Elite Classic and had his review of Talen's weekend.
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/chicago-elite-classic-bossi-s-takeaways
"I feel like a big part of evaluating a player is seeing how he responds to playing poorly. I wouldn't say that Iowa State bound senior Talen Horton-Tucker played bad during Chicago (Ill.) Simeon's win over St. Louis (Mo.) Chaminade, but he definitely had to scuffle and play his way through a tough shooting night and some first game of the year kinks.
Here's what is encouraging to me, though, Horton-Tucker still scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and he still made key plays on both ends of the floor on a night where he had to fight through 8-21 (3-11 3PT) shooting.
Before he's done in Ames, I think Horton-Tucker has a chance to develop into a program leader and perhaps an All-Big 12 type player. Also important to consider is that he didn't turn 17 until just a little bit over a week ago meaning that he should be in the class of 2019 by age."
Also for to keep the Chicago pipeline open he noted.
".... Among the schools I spotted scouting the Chicago Elite Classic for plaeyers were DePaul, Illinois, Iowa State, Loyola Chicago, Maryland, Northern Illinois, Texas A&M and Valpo."
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/chicago-elite-classic-bossi-s-takeaways
"I feel like a big part of evaluating a player is seeing how he responds to playing poorly. I wouldn't say that Iowa State bound senior Talen Horton-Tucker played bad during Chicago (Ill.) Simeon's win over St. Louis (Mo.) Chaminade, but he definitely had to scuffle and play his way through a tough shooting night and some first game of the year kinks.
Here's what is encouraging to me, though, Horton-Tucker still scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and he still made key plays on both ends of the floor on a night where he had to fight through 8-21 (3-11 3PT) shooting.
Before he's done in Ames, I think Horton-Tucker has a chance to develop into a program leader and perhaps an All-Big 12 type player. Also important to consider is that he didn't turn 17 until just a little bit over a week ago meaning that he should be in the class of 2019 by age."
Also for to keep the Chicago pipeline open he noted.
".... Among the schools I spotted scouting the Chicago Elite Classic for plaeyers were DePaul, Illinois, Iowa State, Loyola Chicago, Maryland, Northern Illinois, Texas A&M and Valpo."
Simeon and THT take on a good Morgan Park team Saturday. Ayo Dosunmu is their dude. Illinois commit and #1 player in state...for now.
That's the most hyped game in Chicago this year, I'd have to think
True, but do you recall what the view on Ejim was as a prospect though? We can go bump those threads, but if I recall correctly he wasn’t positionally viewed much differently than Zion.
I don’t anticipate (hope) Zion to exclusively defend posts like Ejim, but did anyone think Melvin would back in 2009? Imo part of that was need and Fred’s preferences.
