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Post by beaverinohio on Mar 5, 2019 10:41:00 GMT -8
Listed as #11 JUCO player by jucorecruiting.com. Originally a 3-star recruit who signed with Cal, asked for his release and eventually signed with Baylor. Had some health issues -- missed part of his junior year in high school after being diagnosed with pulmonary embolism and seven blood clots in lungs. Also redshirted his frosh year at Baylor and read that he battled lung problems the one year he did play there (20 gp, 8.9 mpg, 1.4 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 0.9 apg; and 21 FG% -- ouch). Transferred to Trinity Valley C.C. and seems to have put his health issues behind him. He's played in 30 games this year and has nice stats -- 22.2 ppg (51.8 FG% and 35.2 3-pt%), 12.5 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.5 spg, 1.4 bpg. He's quite the stat-sheet stuffer with highs this year of 45 pts, 22 rebs, 10 asts (had triple double that game with 16 rebs and 20 pts), 5 steals (twice) and 5 blocks. In this link he looks taller than the 6-4 I've seen him listed at. According to 247 he has offers from Wichita St., SMU and East Carolina, and he visited the Beavs this past weekend. Anyone hear anything about that? |
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Post by baseba1111 on Mar 5, 2019 10:53:58 GMT -8
Listed as #11 JUCO player by jucorecruiting.com. Originally a 3-star recruit who signed with Cal, asked for his release and eventually signed with Baylor. Had some health issues -- missed part of his junior year in high school after being diagnosed with pulmonary embolism and seven blood clots in lungs. Also redshirted his frosh year at Baylor and read that he battled lung problems the one year he did play there (20 gp, 8.9 mpg, 1.4 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 0.9 apg; and 21 FG% -- ouch). Transferred to Trinity Valley C.C. and seems to have put his health issues behind him. He's played in 30 games this year and has nice stats -- 22.2 ppg (51.8 FG% and 35.2 3-pt%), 12.5 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.5 spg, 1.4 bpg. He's quite the stat-sheet stuffer with highs this year of 45 pts, 22 rebs, 10 asts (had triple double that game with 16 rebs and 20 pts), 5 steals (twice) and 5 blocks. In this link he looks taller than the 6-4 I've seen him listed at. According to 247 he has offers from Wichita St., SMU and East Carolina, and he visited the Beavs this past weekend. Anyone hear anything about that? I've just been shared info that there might be some late search/offers due to some "extra" schollies becoming available. I think they said there are (4) available right now... I think?? I was told there could be a fifth. |
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Post by beaverinohio on Mar 5, 2019 12:04:43 GMT -8
Listed as #11 JUCO player by jucorecruiting.com. Originally a 3-star recruit who signed with Cal, asked for his release and eventually signed with Baylor. Had some health issues -- missed part of his junior year in high school after being diagnosed with pulmonary embolism and seven blood clots in lungs. Also redshirted his frosh year at Baylor and read that he battled lung problems the one year he did play there (20 gp, 8.9 mpg, 1.4 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 0.9 apg; and 21 FG% -- ouch). Transferred to Trinity Valley C.C. and seems to have put his health issues behind him. He's played in 30 games this year and has nice stats -- 22.2 ppg (51.8 FG% and 35.2 3-pt%), 12.5 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.5 spg, 1.4 bpg. He's quite the stat-sheet stuffer with highs this year of 45 pts, 22 rebs, 10 asts (had triple double that game with 16 rebs and 20 pts), 5 steals (twice) and 5 blocks. In this link he looks taller than the 6-4 I've seen him listed at. According to 247 he has offers from Wichita St., SMU and East Carolina, and he visited the Beavs this past weekend. Anyone hear anything about that? I've just been shared info that there might be some late search/offers due to some "extra" schollies becoming available. I think they said there are (4) available right now... I think?? I was told there could be a fifth. Right now factoring in Big G and Stevie's departure, we have 8 scholarship players on current roster -- Tres, Ethan, Kylor, Reichle, Washington, Hollins, Dastrup and Vernon. Those plus the three 2019 signed recruits brings things up to 11 with two open schollies. I hope we don't make it up to 5 open schollies, though sounds like writing is on the wall to end up with 3 open spots. If that is the case, I'd think WT would go with at least one JC or grad transfer (or maybe one of each) just for class balance. |
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Post by beaverinohio on Mar 5, 2019 12:12:19 GMT -8
Watched the video I linked in original post again, and this guy looks pretty good -- nice shot, good elevation, can attack the basket. To be honest, looks kind of like what I was hoping Hollins to develop into this year. Even factoring in possible questionable competition and the defensive play in junior college, looks like he could help the Beavs next year.
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Post by beavheart on Mar 5, 2019 12:23:59 GMT -8
Watched the video I linked in original post again, and this guy looks pretty good -- nice shot, good elevation, can attack the basket. To be honest, looks kind of like what I was hoping Hollins to develop into this year. Even factoring in possible questionable competition and the defensive play in junior college, looks like he could help the Beavs next year. Totally agree. This kid looks like he would help just about any team. Sure hope last weekend's results and luke warm fan attendance don't factor into his decision. |
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Post by babeav on Mar 5, 2019 13:00:51 GMT -8
Ronnie Stacy 2.0
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Post by beaverinohio on Mar 5, 2019 13:30:02 GMT -8
Not even close. Not saying this kid will be a star, but just from his tape you can tell he's much better than Stacy. Stacy wasn't ranked coming out of JC and his stats his sophomore year at Tyler were 8.6 points, 5.2 assists and 2.7 rebounds and 48.1 percent from the floor and 18.2 percent from three-point range. Stat-wise Jolly is closer to GP2 than Stacy (and no I'm not saying he is going to be as good as GP2). Actually, I thought Vernon was Stacy 2.0 after watching his video, and I think right now that's probably about right. On the plus side Vernon is only a freshman and can shoot free throws. |
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Post by baseba1111 on Mar 5, 2019 14:23:04 GMT -8
Watched the video I linked in original post again, and this guy looks pretty good -- nice shot, good elevation, can attack the basket. To be honest, looks kind of like what I was hoping Hollins to develop into this year. Even factoring in possible questionable competition and the defensive play in junior college, looks like he could help the Beavs next year. Health will always be in question. What he's went thru is no minor deal. But, at least he comes in experienced at a higher level of play tha than HS. |
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Post by osubeaver2018 on Mar 5, 2019 19:32:32 GMT -8
Listed as #11 JUCO player by jucorecruiting.com. Originally a 3-star recruit who signed with Cal, asked for his release and eventually signed with Baylor. Had some health issues -- missed part of his junior year in high school after being diagnosed with pulmonary embolism and seven blood clots in lungs. Also redshirted his frosh year at Baylor and read that he battled lung problems the one year he did play there (20 gp, 8.9 mpg, 1.4 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 0.9 apg; and 21 FG% -- ouch). Transferred to Trinity Valley C.C. and seems to have put his health issues behind him. He's played in 30 games this year and has nice stats -- 22.2 ppg (51.8 FG% and 35.2 3-pt%), 12.5 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.5 spg, 1.4 bpg. He's quite the stat-sheet stuffer with highs this year of 45 pts, 22 rebs, 10 asts (had triple double that game with 16 rebs and 20 pts), 5 steals (twice) and 5 blocks. In this link he looks taller than the 6-4 I've seen him listed at. According to 247 he has offers from Wichita St., SMU and East Carolina, and he visited the Beavs this past weekend. Anyone hear anything about that? I've just been shared info that there might be some late search/offers due to some "extra" schollies becoming available. I think they said there are (4) available right now... I think?? I was told there could be a fifth. Out of curiosity, where is that information coming from? Just wanting to know if there's some credibility to it or if it's mostly hearsay at this point. Obviously losing any of the 8 returning guys on scholarship would not be a good thing at this point as all of them have played important minutes this year. Are these four available scholarships you mention already factoring in the incoming class? Therefore suggesting 2-3+ departures, or without factoring that in so maybe just 1 departure?
I can't seem to figure out why any of the 8 returners would want to leave unless there is something going on behind the scenes that we aren't seeing because all of them will have an important role on next year's team and have on this year's as well.
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Post by baseba1111 on Mar 5, 2019 21:23:59 GMT -8
I've just been shared info that there might be some late search/offers due to some "extra" schollies becoming available. I think they said there are (4) available right now... I think?? I was told there could be a fifth. Out of curiosity, where is that information coming from? Just wanting to know if there's some credibility to it or if it's mostly hearsay at this point. Obviously losing any of the 8 returning guys on scholarship would not be a good thing at this point as all of them have played important minutes this year. Are these four available scholarships you mention already factoring in the incoming class? Therefore suggesting 2-3+ departures, or without factoring that in so maybe just 1 departure?
I can't seem to figure out why any of the 8 returners would want to leave unless there is something going on behind the scenes that we aren't seeing because all of them will have an important role on next year's team and have on this year's as well.
Athletic dept employee... only says one player has been disgruntled since Xmas, has informally asked about protocol/advice outside the athletic department. To me there's only one player that it makes sense. Not that it's correct, but I could see him thinking he's a far more talented player than his PT shows. And, that his "stats" have suffered from sporadic PT. But, other than the "three" there really are no irreplaceable pieces except for having system/D1 experience. |
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Post by seastape on Mar 6, 2019 8:46:37 GMT -8
Out of curiosity, where is that information coming from? Just wanting to know if there's some credibility to it or if it's mostly hearsay at this point. Obviously losing any of the 8 returning guys on scholarship would not be a good thing at this point as all of them have played important minutes this year. Are these four available scholarships you mention already factoring in the incoming class? Therefore suggesting 2-3+ departures, or without factoring that in so maybe just 1 departure?
I can't seem to figure out why any of the 8 returners would want to leave unless there is something going on behind the scenes that we aren't seeing because all of them will have an important role on next year's team and have on this year's as well.
Athletic dept employee... only says one player has been disgruntled since Xmas, has informally asked about protocol/advice outside the athletic department. To me there's only one player that it makes sense. Not that it's correct, but I could see him thinking he's a far more talented player than his PT shows. And, that his "stats" have suffered from sporadic PT. But, other than the "three" there really are no irreplaceable pieces except for having system/D1 experience. I worry most about Washington wanting a transfer. The guy is athletic and would be good to develop here. |
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Post by Judge Smails on Mar 6, 2019 9:10:57 GMT -8
Athletic dept employee... only says one player has been disgruntled since Xmas, has informally asked about protocol/advice outside the athletic department. To me there's only one player that it makes sense. Not that it's correct, but I could see him thinking he's a far more talented player than his PT shows. And, that his "stats" have suffered from sporadic PT. But, other than the "three" there really are no irreplaceable pieces except for having system/D1 experience. I worry most about Washington wanting a transfer. The guy is athletic and would be good to develop here. Doing the math....it would most likely be Hollins or Washington. I could see Hollins being more frustrated, but we'll have to wait and see. |
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Post by skyrider on Mar 6, 2019 9:22:24 GMT -8
From my point of view, the single most important thing OSU basketball could do for next year would be to do everything possible to improve Kylor Kelley's game. I think there are well recognized "Big Man Training Camps" (such as the one run by Hakeem Olajuwon) that would benefit Kelly tremendously. Also increased weight and endurance training. Obviously a lot of this will depend on his degree of effort, but the opportunities should be clearly provided for him. Also, I believe I read somewhere that he had significant dental problems. If it has not already happened, those need to be taken care of.
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Post by zeroposter on Mar 6, 2019 9:45:10 GMT -8
Watched the video I linked in original post again, and this guy looks pretty good -- nice shot, good elevation, can attack the basket. To be honest, looks kind of like what I was hoping Hollins to develop into this year. Even factoring in possible questionable competition and the defensive play in junior college, looks like he could help the Beavs next year. Health will always be in question. What he's went thru is no minor deal. But, at least he comes in experienced at a higher level of play tha than HS. Earnest Killum always comes to mind when reading these type of health issues. The health issues are different and the clotting medications are improved, but this does bring back the horrible memories of the Killum death. |
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Post by bennyskid on Mar 6, 2019 10:39:01 GMT -8
Tinkle openly mentioned Washington wanting time back around xmas, so I'd guess that is who is being referenced. But then WW worked hard in practice and has been earning significant minutes since. He's played good minutes pretty much every game in 2019, and with Big G graduating and KK a senior next year, he has to know that he'll get plenty of minutes next year and is penciled in as the starter for the year after. I'd hate to think that's he's not seeing that.
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