The feeling is mutual but in reality many schools have benefited over the years from players from Brewster. Here is a nice article about Coach Smith that does have a nice Syracuse touch to it.
there is not necessarily any real difference between the 3 and the 4 in jb's system, and i think akok is destined to be a 3 at the next level.
Yeah, but I kind of block out the 3 for Guerrier. And I am not sure any of those guys have the ball handling I would want from at least one of the forwards.
JB and staff doing work.
I doubt we are going to take (or be able to land) three centers. No way. Four of these players are top 100 guys. Stewart is probably a long shot. So we’ll either get Jones, Wahab or Ajak (third choice) for the center spot. Akok is a PF and a scorer. But he’s not going to decide for a while and it’s going to be a horse race to get him.
I am. Wondering if Akok waits to the second signing period and if we sign 1 of the four above plus QG and JGIII, will he still consider going to Syracuse?
i like quincy, but akok >>> quincy and imo it's not all that close
imo, in this day and age, it's smart to sell guys on playing their likely nba position
When you say top picks are you reading tea leaves on what the staff thinks or giving your opinion? I like Lester over Girard.
I like Stewart alot too but he isn't a perfect fit for our system. Don't get me wrong I would love to have him. Then again we aren't getting him so none of this matters.
Moqui, you are one of my favorites. But it’s not realistic to land four top 100 C/PF prospects in one class. There aren’t enough players to go around. Many programs are after these same guys, too, and all of them will be going different places. Ideally, I see us signing one center, one PF, and one SF (Guerrier) in this class, to go along with Goodine at guard. So it’ll probably be Qudus or Jones at center (where we need help right away), with Akok coming in at PF (hopefully). And yes, he could play SF too, if we don’t get Guerrier. You could argue, as some seem to be, that we could sign Jones at PF if we don’t get Akok, so I guess I could buy that.
Yes, I think so. Question is, will the staff wait around or move on? I think they’d wait. He’ll hopefully decide by November.
i only named 3 because in my formulation we take jba as the 4th - a hedge against the other center leaving early (which is likely). and i don't think a trio of a center & 2 forwards is unlikely. i mean, we took bourama, oshae & marek last year and ignore the lack of rankings - in terms of talent that class would be roughly equivalent to any 2019 trio that didn't include stewart
Don’t know. I think that depends on who they can sign in the early period. For example, if they sign Stewart and Girard, III do they need a Wahab or a Jones. If they sign an Akok Akok, do they need a Guerrier and vice a versa?
