BREAKING: Georgia PG commits to 2020 recruiting class
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Nope. Malone has already ruled that out. Prohm has no eye for guards.
Malone, perhaps you should change your name. You're not so good at this basketball thing.
I’m as big of a “I want high ranked guys” as anyone until it comes to guards under Prohm. How anybody can question Prohm and staff taking an underrated guard is beyond me..
Isaiah Cannon, Cameron Payne, Tyrese Haliburton, Ja Morant (James Kane) and TBD but I’m very high on him, Tre Jackson. That’s an impressive track record.
You can deduce he's very much on the top 150 cusp as Rivals has him as the #34 point guard and the #32 point guard is inside the overall top 150. Seems likely he'll get that bump and then some eventually.
They do pretty well at getting their coach put into timeout. Also their play by play guy. Is that close?
Not to mention the guys he liked like McKinley Wright and Tyler Harris, who looked good for a frosh last year.
The staff told Ty Berry (a higher rated PG) to look elsewhere when Walker committed. They wouldn’t do that unless they felt he was the better player. Plus his size will be a perfect compliment to Tre Jackson defensively. Gives us the ability to use Tre off the ball to maximize his shooting.
You know, you could have saved yourself a few minutes and just typed out "I hate Steve Prohm, 'cause he's not Fred, and everything he does sucks, so there. Nanny-nanny, boo-boo".
George’s less highly regarded? That seems a bit revisionist. He was a 4-star. True his high school teammate was more highly recruited, but it was seen as a recruiting victory when he committed.
Lindell was not a flop or unsuccessful. He was so highly ranked that our expectations were off the chart. Started every game as a freshman. Was on the Big 12 All Newcomer team and earned honorable mention all Big 12 before getting the 6th man award last year. At least has a shot (contract) with an NBA team for camp. His injury kept him out of roughly a 3rd of his sophomore season. He was a scoring guard as much or more than a pure point guard. We don't We’d to denigrate him to make the point of Haliburton far exceeding expectations. Haliburton is a better passing PG, better ball handler, and likely better defender, but not nearly the scorer at the same stage as far as creating his own shot.
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I could be wrong but I thought Fred got on him early because of what Brewster’s coach told him (yes I know he played for Tilton)? I think he visited Iowa State and Iowa the same weekend but didn’t have very many high major offers. He was rated as a three star when he visited and the fans (me included) weren’t too impressed I believe. He then blew up his senior year and was given the Top 100 four star rating after he committed. I don’t think he was rated higher than around 70th on rivals/scout/247. He is now my favorite Cyclone! I could be wrong though because I am middle aged with a foggy brain!
This staff must love this kid. Given the small number of spots available and all the top tier kids we still have a shot to land, there is no doubt the staff thinks this kid could be special. CSP has a pretty great track record in finding undervalued guys early in the process.
I think we get this kid and XF, and keep good relationships with some others in case someone transfers or Halliburton leaves for the draft. I doubt Halli does leave, but you really never know.
I think they would oversign and take 3 in the fall if it's one of their top targets like Tyon G-F or Kerwin Walton.
