****Official Class Of 2026 Recruiting Thread****
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The kid comes from good basketball genes on both sides. Obviously his dad is Raef, but his mom was a pretty good athlete in high school and her brother is Mike Lindeman, who played with Nick Collison in high school and had a good career at Creighton.
This season, as a sophomore, he was Decorah's second-leading scorer at 16 points per game, on 67% shooting from the field (no three-point attempts), with 11 rebounds and 3 blocks.
Wouldn’t be surprised to see him develop into a pretty good prospect. Raef was such a skilled big man. Remember seeing his stats from his senior year in Sports Illustrated because they were just ridiculous because he played against really small schools that could do nothing to stop him.
Found the blurb in SI:
"Raef LaFrentz
MONONA, IOWA
Raef, a 7-foot, 225-pound senior center, averaged 36.6 points, 16.4 rebounds and 6.2 blocks to lead the MFL/Mar-Mac High basketball team to a 22-1 record and a berth in the state finals. He had 50 points and 17 rebounds against New Hampton and 48 and 25 against West Central."
Side note: it appeared in the March 14, 1994 issue with Baseball Michael Jordan on the cover whiffing on a swing with the Headline "Bag it Michael: Jordan and the White Sox are embarrassing baseball"
Found the blurb in SI:
"Raef LaFrentz
MONONA, IOWA
Raef, a 7-foot, 225-pound senior center, averaged 36.6 points, 16.4 rebounds and 6.2 blocks to lead the MFL/Mar-Mac High basketball team to a 22-1 record and a berth in the state finals. He had 50 points and 17 rebounds against New Hampton and 48 and 25 against West Central."
Side note: it appeared in the March 14, 1994 issue with Baseball Michael Jordan on the cover whiffing on a swing with the Headline "Bag it Michael: Jordan and the White Sox are embarrassing baseball"
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Right down Mad Fran's alley. However, Decorah might be too far out of his recruiting territory.
Looks like he runs well. Probably someone that starts off at Valperaiso or some team like that, developes and then transfers after a couple years.
I would say let him grow into his body a bit he's only a sophomore. By the time he is a senior he could be more coordinated and more athletic.
Okay, in game with a soul around him. How about that? My point was that he looks wildly unathletic, hence why he probably hasnt been talked about before?
The kids a sophomore!! Most kids his size are just growing into their bodies.
He looks to have an old school low post game.
I totally remember the game he played against New Hampton as they had 6'8 Brian Heying who later went on to UNI to play, game was super close may have even went into overtime.
6'10 at age 16 and you're wondering why he looks unathletic How athletic were you when you reached that height?
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I hate auto correct without my glasses. Not real fond of It with them.I agree, unethical is a really really harsh take for a 16 year old.
