****Official Class of 2018 Recruiting Thread****
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We’ll see about Harris.
Good grief. There is a huge gap between talking about getting a stretch four that can help next year and Georges 2.0. No player is going to fall in our laps. Regroup and try again.
Using traditional descriptors for positions is no longer as applicable as it once was. You get the best players you can and find ways to maximize their abilities on offense/defense. But, if people still want to pigeonhole a player into a "stretch 4" position, I think Griffith fits the bill. He reportedly has a great 3-pt shot and is physically ready for the Big XII. Remember he has primarily been a low-post player in high school until recently.
We have stretch fours on the way in the form of Jacobsen, Griffin and Conditt Jr. They provide different skillsets. Some on here are suggesting we pass on Harris and hold out for a "stretch four man". That is utterly ridiculous. You don't pass on Tyler Harris. Period. Good grief!
No, I actually think literally everyone is in agreement that if we end up with an open scholarship and Harris is available, he is the #1 target. Like you said, cannot pass on a consensus top 75 point guard like that if he's interested in ISU.
Well, he isn't a consensus top 75 player so I guess they can pass on him...
I'm not going to factor ESPN's abysmal recruiting rankings into this but sure
That would be big if he could just get good enough to make their bigs come out to guard him, as the lethal part of that would be in taking them off the dribble.
I tend to agree with #4. Georges was one of a kind. We were lucky enough to have Deonte follow him, but we're not always going to find that kind of guy (and you can't just take a big guy who can dribble a little bit and turn him into that).
You can't call something consensus when you leave out a data point just because it doesn't fit your narrative.
To his point, ESPN has essentially given up on keeping their rankings up-to-date and respectable. It has really fallen off in the last couple of years.
Sigh, this has been debated relentlessly. I'll clarify that Rivals and 247 have him as a top 76 player. It's not pushing a narrative... I consistently don't believe ESPN recruiting rankings are worth paying attention to. I don't put much stock into ESPN having Terrence Lewis as the #61 player in the country last year.
What's all this talk about stretch 4?
Have you guys forgotten about THT and ZG?
Have you guys forgotten about THT and ZG?
I only use ESPN rankings when they have our guys ranked high.
I think most of us consider those guys as 3's. Doesn't really matter though, as we'll be putting a whole bunch of multidimensional guys on the floor at once.
I believe it was Zion Griffin's coach or someone close to him at one point tweeted or responded to a tweet about the Griffin/Burton comparison. His comment was basically saying that the Burton role was exactly what the ISU staff sold to Griffin during his recruiting. That said, the program at the moment looks to have a little more or a traditional feel to it than the Hoiball years.
KXNO was reviewing it today. I'll see if I can get the link.
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