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Last: 8 yr ago by concordtom
It's good to see we are representing for Jabri Abdur Rahim
SFCALBear72;842834936 said:
Thanks for all of your informative updates. In Marley's tweets, we went from being called Cal to California-Berkeley to Cal Berkeley. Did he think it needed to be written those last two ways so people didn't think Calipari was there? hahaha
Nah. He's just confused by Cal's branding.
Bumping the most useful and informative recruiting thread on this board...
My apology to those of you who had to read thru the exchanges on the other thread last night. I was a little too passionate in defending my statement. Happy to report it's all good and we are moving on.
Thanks and appreciate your updates.
SoCal sports writer Frank Burlison's evals on several of our newly offered recruits ...
Jules Bernard 6-5 (2018/Los Angeles Windward) Compton Magic
The left hander just might be one of the two or three best “innate scorers” in the West’s Class of 2018. Fellow senior-to-be Tim Allen and bookend 2019 forwards Onyeka Okongwu and Isaiah Mobley were outstanding as well.
J’raan Brooks 6-8 (2018/Seattle Garfield) Dream Vision
He shot, rebounded, passed and defended throughout for a squad loaded with size and skill.
Greg Brown III 6-9 (2020/Austin, TX, Vandegrift) Basketball University
Unlike most of the best from his class, nationally, this kid is playing – quite productively – against two and three years older, not on a “16s” or “15s” level of competition.
Luguentz Dort 6-4 (2018/Orlando, FL, Conrad Academy) Brookwood Elite
The Canadian import looks – and plays – so much like Arizona’s Rawlee Alkins, who was the Most Outstanding Player at the 2015 adidas Nations event in Southern California.
Sherif Kenney 6-4 (2019/Upper Marlboro, MD, Rock Creek Christian) DC New World
Like Dort, he looks a lot like a college linebacker player point guard.
Romeo Langford 6-4 (2018/New Albany, IN) Twenty-Two Vision
He seemed to play almost “too casually” – and “ineffectively” – when he and his team were beaten by Immanuel Quickley (who was the best player on the floor in the game) and Team BBC Saturday afternoon.
Sunday, though, he scored absurdly easy (35 points) – “casually” or aggressively – in the loss to Charles Bassey & Co. Watching that level of performance makes one think “yeah, I’ll buy that he’s the best shooting guard prospect in his class”.
Nassir Little 6-6 (2018/Orlando, FL, Christian Prep) 1 Family
His hookup with Emmanuel Akot was as impressive – and entertaining – an individual confrontation as I watched over the weekend. He can score quite easily in a bunch of ways.
David McCormack 6-10 (2018/Mouth of Wilson, VA, Oak Hill) Team Loaded/VA
He’s lost a lot of weight over the past year but no one is going to suggest he’s “lean”, especially all of the post defenders he bullied and beat up over the weekend.
Josh Nickelberry 6-3 (2019/Mouth of Wilson, VA, Oak Hill) Game Elite 2019
Nickelberry just announced he’s transferring from Fayetteville, NC, Trinity Christian to Oak Hill Academy. Steve Smith is quite pleased, I’m sure. He’s a high-caliber jump shooter, indeed.
Reggie Perry 6-9 (2018/Thomasville, GA) Arkansas Hawks
I watched him at 8 o’clock Sunday morning and no “big” impressed me as much over the weekend – until I watched Charles Bassey, that is.
Immanuel Quickley 6-3 (2018/Bel Air, MD, Carroll) Team BBC
He was the best “point guard” I watched over the weekend – and by quite a significant margin, too.
Andre Reeves Jr. 6-4 (2018/Chestnut Hill, MA, Brimmer & May) Mass Rivals
It’s understandable why there a whole bunch of head coaches – including Jay Wright of Villanova – courtside for his game Sunday morning. Scorer, baby – and then some!
Grant Sherfield 6-1 (2019/Fort Worth Crowley) Marcus Smart YGC36
Compton Magic eventually wore his team down in a battle of 3-0 squads in one last games completed on Sunday afternoon. But it wasn’t because he ever stopped driving at – or shooting over – a legion of defenders while finishing with 28 points (including four 3s).
http://www.burlisononbasketball.com/2017/04/the-best-from-adidas-gauntlet-weekend-1/
Jules Bernard 6-5 (2018/Los Angeles Windward) Compton Magic
The left hander just might be one of the two or three best “innate scorers” in the West’s Class of 2018. Fellow senior-to-be Tim Allen and bookend 2019 forwards Onyeka Okongwu and Isaiah Mobley were outstanding as well.
J’raan Brooks 6-8 (2018/Seattle Garfield) Dream Vision
He shot, rebounded, passed and defended throughout for a squad loaded with size and skill.
Greg Brown III 6-9 (2020/Austin, TX, Vandegrift) Basketball University
Unlike most of the best from his class, nationally, this kid is playing – quite productively – against two and three years older, not on a “16s” or “15s” level of competition.
Luguentz Dort 6-4 (2018/Orlando, FL, Conrad Academy) Brookwood Elite
The Canadian import looks – and plays – so much like Arizona’s Rawlee Alkins, who was the Most Outstanding Player at the 2015 adidas Nations event in Southern California.
Sherif Kenney 6-4 (2019/Upper Marlboro, MD, Rock Creek Christian) DC New World
Like Dort, he looks a lot like a college linebacker player point guard.
Romeo Langford 6-4 (2018/New Albany, IN) Twenty-Two Vision
He seemed to play almost “too casually” – and “ineffectively” – when he and his team were beaten by Immanuel Quickley (who was the best player on the floor in the game) and Team BBC Saturday afternoon.
Sunday, though, he scored absurdly easy (35 points) – “casually” or aggressively – in the loss to Charles Bassey & Co. Watching that level of performance makes one think “yeah, I’ll buy that he’s the best shooting guard prospect in his class”.
Nassir Little 6-6 (2018/Orlando, FL, Christian Prep) 1 Family
His hookup with Emmanuel Akot was as impressive – and entertaining – an individual confrontation as I watched over the weekend. He can score quite easily in a bunch of ways.
David McCormack 6-10 (2018/Mouth of Wilson, VA, Oak Hill) Team Loaded/VA
He’s lost a lot of weight over the past year but no one is going to suggest he’s “lean”, especially all of the post defenders he bullied and beat up over the weekend.
Josh Nickelberry 6-3 (2019/Mouth of Wilson, VA, Oak Hill) Game Elite 2019
Nickelberry just announced he’s transferring from Fayetteville, NC, Trinity Christian to Oak Hill Academy. Steve Smith is quite pleased, I’m sure. He’s a high-caliber jump shooter, indeed.
Reggie Perry 6-9 (2018/Thomasville, GA) Arkansas Hawks
I watched him at 8 o’clock Sunday morning and no “big” impressed me as much over the weekend – until I watched Charles Bassey, that is.
Immanuel Quickley 6-3 (2018/Bel Air, MD, Carroll) Team BBC
He was the best “point guard” I watched over the weekend – and by quite a significant margin, too.
Andre Reeves Jr. 6-4 (2018/Chestnut Hill, MA, Brimmer & May) Mass Rivals
It’s understandable why there a whole bunch of head coaches – including Jay Wright of Villanova – courtside for his game Sunday morning. Scorer, baby – and then some!
Grant Sherfield 6-1 (2019/Fort Worth Crowley) Marcus Smart YGC36
Compton Magic eventually wore his team down in a battle of 3-0 squads in one last games completed on Sunday afternoon. But it wasn’t because he ever stopped driving at – or shooting over – a legion of defenders while finishing with 28 points (including four 3s).
http://www.burlisononbasketball.com/2017/04/the-best-from-adidas-gauntlet-weekend-1/
BeggarEd;842835091 said:
Bumping the most useful and informative recruiting thread on this board...
Indeed. Classy guy who represents our fine University well.
Thanks BBLA!!
want to know how our recent Texas offerees measure up to the top SoCal prospects?
RM5 Elite AAU (based out of Dallas) which features three recent Cal offerees including Tyrese Maxey, Gerald Liddell, and De'Vion Harmon will go up against Cal Supreme featuring Bol Bol, Spencer Freedman, Shareef O'Neal, and Amani Harris (from St Bernard HS, Coach Jones' alma mater) at the Nike EYBL tournament in Indy on 04/30 (Sun).
http://www.d1circuit.com/game/show/17622160
RM5 Elite AAU (based out of Dallas) which features three recent Cal offerees including Tyrese Maxey, Gerald Liddell, and De'Vion Harmon will go up against Cal Supreme featuring Bol Bol, Spencer Freedman, Shareef O'Neal, and Amani Harris (from St Bernard HS, Coach Jones' alma mater) at the Nike EYBL tournament in Indy on 04/30 (Sun).
http://www.d1circuit.com/game/show/17622160
Per an interview with another site, Cal has not yet offered Shareef's son, a 2020 prospect that's generating quite a bit of buzz. So far, he's got offers from Florida, Rutgers, and Texas A&M (his uncle, Amir, is on that staff and Billy Kennedy was a Cal assistant during Reef's only season in Berkeley). His uncle being on A&M's staff (hired in 2014) could be tough to overcome.
BearBackerinLA;842835282 said:
new offer?
2018 6-7 G from Canada ...
Damn, we need a 6-7 G/SF for 2017, don't we?!?!?!
not to mention a PG!!! Or TWO!!!
tsubamoto2001;842835873 said:
Per an interview with another site, Cal has not yet offered Shareef's son, a 2020 prospect that's generating quite a bit of buzz. So far, he's got offers from Florida, Rutgers, and Texas A&M (his uncle, Amir, is on that staff and Billy Kennedy was a Cal assistant during Reef's only season in Berkeley). His uncle being on A&M's staff (hired in 2014) could be tough to overcome.
Billy must have beat everyone else to the punch (er, uh, to the uncle).
also plays for Compton Magic AAU ...
http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/timmy-allen
http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/timmy-allen
BearBackerinLA;842835991 said:
Timmy Allen, 2018 6-5 SF from AZ ...
From national Rivals (not Cal Rivals) ...
Coach O'Toole sighting. Watching 2018 SF Cole Swider from Rhode Island ...
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/bossi-s-best-2018-shooters
Coach O'Toole sighting. Watching 2018 SF Cole Swider from Rhode Island ...
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/bossi-s-best-2018-shooters
Stanford is onto him now ...
BearBackerinLA;842832198 said:
here comes the TX offers ...
Tyrese Maxey 2019 6-3 SG from Garland, TX ...
http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/tyrese-maxey
BearBackerinLA;842836295 said:
Why recruit LA? After the HM take their kids, after the MM take their kids, after the LM take their kids, there are still good players left.
Late signing has its advantages but a huge negative is that kids often wind up a level or two above where they belong.
BB
What's your take, assessment on Winston? Had you posted about him or before or was he a surprise?
Houston Hoops features Jacobi Gordon also offered by Cal ...
BearBackerinLA;842836612 said:
Coaches from Texas, Auburn, LSU, Texas A&M, Cal among those spotted for Houston Hoops vs RM5 ...
not a surprise to the local sportswriters and coaches ...
concordtom;842836399 said:
BB
What's your take, assessment on Winston? Had you posted about him or before or was he a surprise?
article on LA Times sportswriter Eric Sondheimer, one of the best sources for SoCal prep scene coverage ...
http://peninsulapress.com/2017/04/27/sportswriter-eric-sondheimer-la-times/
http://peninsulapress.com/2017/04/27/sportswriter-eric-sondheimer-la-times/
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