Class of 2019 C Jon Bol Ajak (PA) SIGNED WITH SYRACUSE

[Orangefan1]

Another center with health issues...I can’t wait to have him...that’s sarcasm btw

 

[jordville]

Fitting. 44 second mark...

 

[pfister1]

Fitting. 44 second mark...

What......a highlight of JBA missing a dunk?

 

[721Comstock]

What...a highlight of JBA missing a dunk?

He’ll fit right in here!

 

[bevosu]

Based on that video, the highlight of Jon Bol Ajak's high school career is...he committed to Syracuse.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Madbiker]

If we already had a good center you could see taking this guy as a developmental project or practice body. But since we desperately need a starting caliber center, this makes no sense.

 

[Halfmooncuse]

We are supposed to be building a basketball team not a rehab center

 

[Orangefan1]

He better
Be like Shaq

 

[Cusesky8214]

 

[Cusesky8214]

JBA has been out with a injury and just recently got released to play again. I think hes only played in a game or two so far.

 

[jdubs30]

3 3s and 9rebs vs a very good Brewster team. Impressive

 

[Cusefan0307]

Maybe this kid is better than we think?(I hope).

 

[OrangeXtreme]

You mean our coaching staff knows more about this kid than the internet?

 

[Cusesky8214]

 

[Cusesky8214]

 

[hjf45]

Syracuse wanted Kia Jones who is a top 50 player and it looks like Ajak totally out played him. Maybe we have a sleeper.

 

[JeremyCuse]

Maybe this kid is better than we think?(I hope).

Competent center play will do wonders for this team. Fingers crossed on Ajak

 

[CaptainJ]

Maybe Ajak>Akok for the Cuse? I'm willing to be open-minded about it for now. Would they have been allowed to have both? (grin)

 

[jdubs30]

Ajak was hurt for a while last year which really lowered his ranking; I believe he was top 100 pre-injury. Similar thing with CJ Fair

 

[orangejunkie]

I have seen a couple games on the Westtown website. If anyone is interested go to westtown.edu, proceed to athletics and there is a link to their free digital online games. The only problem with the site is that there is no running commentary, so don't get the advantage of getting names but JBA is #22. There is a particularly good game against Brewster Academy. Judge for yourself. Westtown has a couple underclassmen that have gotten offers from SU and are higher rated players than JBA. Could be a nice pipeline developing...

 

[Trueblue25]

Why is this kid not rated higher? Ive kept off the recruiting board for months. Very impressive imo.

 

[Alsacs]

All he needs to be is a role player capable of playing minutes.
If he is like AO as an Fr and Soph that is fine when he has a just a body and develop into a player by his Jr year.

 

[orangejunkie]

From what I've seen he is not a guy you can throw it down into the blocks and he can make something happen. Didn't see his teammates really look for him in the post which tells me he doesn't have much of a game in that area. He has a pretty good motor and is active but not particularly "bouncy" like a couple of his teammates. He was a fairly good free throw shooter though, good form and makes most of his free throws. Have seen him make shots from the perimeter on another clip so he appears to be more of a face up shooter. He is very long and had some nice blocks. Looks to be more skilled than
Sidibe but until this year has not played anything close to the level of competition that Sidibe had in NJ.

 

[Sherman20]

If we already had a good center you could see taking this guy as a developmental project or practice body. But since we desperately need a starting caliber center, this makes no sense.

Don’t you think we should wait and see on Ajak before making judgments? He’s a former top 100 center who was battling an injury last season.