- August 27th, 2013, 10:20 am
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Much has been said about how important this recruiting class will be to the future of the program. With 3 verbals now on board, I think we have enough to go on to get a discussion started.
I know there is a lot of scepticism about the big kid, Evan Maxwell because of his numbers in HS and the video we have. Keep in mind the video is from his sophomore year, and he played very Little as a junior for a HS team that went something like 27 and 3. HS coaches want to win, and they can be funny when it comes to playing a big kid who may have upside but has a hard time working in their system when they have kids who´s game is further developed and can do the things they want to do right now. Apparently he showed a lot more game in AAU, but the main reason I am cautiously optomistic is the fact that our staff had the opportunity to work with him directly in camp.
Stavian Allen looks like a potential fan favorite with his ability to play above the rim. He needs to put on some muscle, but that should come with maturity and a D1 weight training program. Same for Ezra Talbert, who is the same size with a different skill set. Interesting correlation IMHO between these 2 and Gielo and Smith on the current roster. Both look like really solid gets for us with fewer question marks than Maxwell.
With 3 schollies left, looking at the prospects out there, I see a couple of kids I think we should be targeting. The first is Shawn Lipscomb, a combo guard from Durham, NC. Here is his Flamesnation profile.
http://www.libertyflamesnation.com/2014 ... -lipscomb/
The kid has been a scoring machine in HS and would arrive just in time to fill part of the void that will be left when Davon and JC graduate. I think the fact that it appears he is transferring to VES for his senior year and the frequent references to his faith on his twitter account bode well for us.
Another NC player who we apparently have not yet offered, but apparently is friends with Lipscomb and would fill a need is wide body PF Phillip Haynes at 6´7¨and 240.
http://www.libertyflamesnation.com/2014 ... ip-haynes/
I would expect the other schollie to go to a guard, but don´t have any feel for where we might go with that. Here is a link to the FlamesNation prospect list.
http://www.libertyflamesnation.com/bask ... prospects/
I know the football opener is just 2 days away, but it´s an important time for basketball right now as well. I´d be interested in hearing what some of the other FF hoops junkies are thinking.
I know there is a lot of scepticism about the big kid, Evan Maxwell because of his numbers in HS and the video we have. Keep in mind the video is from his sophomore year, and he played very Little as a junior for a HS team that went something like 27 and 3. HS coaches want to win, and they can be funny when it comes to playing a big kid who may have upside but has a hard time working in their system when they have kids who´s game is further developed and can do the things they want to do right now. Apparently he showed a lot more game in AAU, but the main reason I am cautiously optomistic is the fact that our staff had the opportunity to work with him directly in camp.
Stavian Allen looks like a potential fan favorite with his ability to play above the rim. He needs to put on some muscle, but that should come with maturity and a D1 weight training program. Same for Ezra Talbert, who is the same size with a different skill set. Interesting correlation IMHO between these 2 and Gielo and Smith on the current roster. Both look like really solid gets for us with fewer question marks than Maxwell.
With 3 schollies left, looking at the prospects out there, I see a couple of kids I think we should be targeting. The first is Shawn Lipscomb, a combo guard from Durham, NC. Here is his Flamesnation profile.
http://www.libertyflamesnation.com/2014 ... -lipscomb/
The kid has been a scoring machine in HS and would arrive just in time to fill part of the void that will be left when Davon and JC graduate. I think the fact that it appears he is transferring to VES for his senior year and the frequent references to his faith on his twitter account bode well for us.
Another NC player who we apparently have not yet offered, but apparently is friends with Lipscomb and would fill a need is wide body PF Phillip Haynes at 6´7¨and 240.
http://www.libertyflamesnation.com/2014 ... ip-haynes/
I would expect the other schollie to go to a guard, but don´t have any feel for where we might go with that. Here is a link to the FlamesNation prospect list.
http://www.libertyflamesnation.com/bask ... prospects/
I know the football opener is just 2 days away, but it´s an important time for basketball right now as well. I´d be interested in hearing what some of the other FF hoops junkies are thinking.
- By ECC29