I don't think we'll take both with how loaded the 2016 class is with high-quality guards. Plus with Lydon already in the fold, we only have 2 ships to give out currently. Grant and maybe another player might leave after this season opening up some more spots, but I can't see the staff loading up on guards in 2015, when you have players like Jamal Murray and Tyus Battle interested. Both are better than any guard we can land in 2015 imho.
DiVincenzo is a combo and handles the ball a lot for his HS/AAU teams. Howard is mainly a SG at the moment, but wants to transition into more of a combo role in the future. I think the staff is attracted by him possibly being another tall playmaking guard like MCW.
I'm not the expert here, but I strongly suspect that the exceptional crop of guards in 2016 renders the question moot. I think Battle and Murray are likely much higher priorities for our staff. Naturally I defer to Francis and others as my talent for evaluating bball prospects is... well, let's just say I can tell you more about Permian pelycosaurs.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaand I just saw Francis' reply. I should just stay in "listen mode" on these threads...
Don't forget about Tommy Bryant and Chris Silva. Diallo could still be in the mix and Josh Sharma could be offered soon as well since we need all of the APR help that we can get.
Howard's official measurements over the summer was 6'5, 187, 6'7 wingspan. Kid is only 16, so he could be a 6'7 guard when all said n done or even a 7 footer in Rothstein's terms.
Would say it's first come basis. Like we saw recently in the KJ/IW situation, the staff isn't going to wait around forever for one kid if they have other options.
Howard's ESPN score of 82 is actually higher than our recent commit Lydon at 81. Since ESPN only goes up to 60 for their 2015 rankings, I would assume Franklin would be ranked somewhere from 61-70. The other two main recruiting sites have him inside their top 60. As far as his game, I actually got to see his HS team play three times last season. In the first game against Oak Hill, he struggled with his shot badly and scored most of his points from the line. The next two games he played much better scoring over 20pts in each, with one of them coming against HS National Champs Montverde. He scored mostly from drives and floaters, but the impressive thing was that he was scoring at will in the paint over two of Montverde's 6'10 big men (one being Dakari Johnson). His ball handling is solid, but he's more of a straight line driver than a dribble breakdown guard. Decent athlete but I wouldn't say that he's super explosive and the recent ACL injury might decrease that a little. Very active on both ends of the floor and plays with a good motor. He wants to transition into more of a combo and develop some PG skills in the future. Currently I don't view him as a recruit that will be an instant superstar, but I get the sense that the staff is intrigued by his upside in a few years, as he's far from a finish product and could be a gem if he becomes a 6'6/6'7 guard.
I'm pretty chill.
