This is a concern of mine as well. If he starts playing again this Fall and Winter and looks like his old self, do the big boys come calling again? Hope Prohm's loyalty would pay off in that case.
COMMIT: Marcedus Leech, 2019 SF
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This is a concern of mine as well. If he starts playing again this Fall and Winter and looks like his old self, do the big boys come calling again? Hope Prohm's loyalty would pay off in that case.
He's not playing any more AAU, and is on Jonesboro High, not a prep team or one that travels to great HS tournaments around the country. So he won't have the exposure for all of the blue bloods to come calling. There still may be a few that can make us sweat, if he just absolutely lights it up. But I am not too worried about that at this point.
I would be concerned if he doesn't sign in November, but his high school season doesn't start until the end of that month.
Well at least we made it a half a day before worrying about a de-commitment.
Leech wanted (per his social media) to commit 2 1/2 months ago but the staff didn't accept it until today, if he was having any second thoughts Marcedus had time change his mind and look at other shools.
Everyone can relax and enjoy envisioning Leech as a future clone and wait for a reason to be concerned.
Leech's high school season will be one of the more intriguing ones to follow as far as recent/current/future commits go
Yeah. The fact that he waited a couple months for ISU to accept his commitment and his comments about how ISU stuck with him even through all the injury problems mean he's a solid commit. No reason for worry.
Reminds me of Dejean-Jones with a better handle and a more pure shot. So basically my dream SG.
If you aren’t concerned 24/7/100 then you aren’t a true Cyclone!
Fixed that for you.
I...really like the kid’s video. I’d say that he looks even better than THT, but that’s A. Before Marcedus’s injury, and B. Before THT has gotten into peak playing condition.
Fixed that for you.
I...really like the kid’s video. I’d say that he looks even better than THT, but that’s A. Before Marcedus’s injury, and B. Before THT has gotten into peak playing condition.
And C, before Marcedus improves on his skills with another season to play before coming to ISU. He's more explosive/quicker than THT but that may just be perception due to THT's greater mass. The only area we haven't seen on the highlights is his passing ability in which THT excels. Going to be so much fun watching them on the court together!
That is difficult to say, I read somewhere he was in the low 40's before the injury. If that was where he ended up he'd be below Brackins, Wigginton and Horton-Tucker. That said ratings of healthy player fluxuate over 2 years so it is difficult to really compare.
The most impressive thing it is possible that 3 of the top players to commit to ISU can be on the same team next year. Full credit to Prohm.
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Another reason why the people that think the last 7 years were a disappointment are dumb. This is what a run of tourney appearances and a couple sweet 16’s gets you in recruiting.
He was #23 in Rivals in March of last year I saw. Not sure how high he ever was on 247
