Class of 2024 PF Donnie Freeman (MD / IMG) COMMITTED & SIGNED TO SYRACUSE (5/11/23)

[Zelda Zonk]

Links to the same article above but a nice highlight real in this one

What I love about this reel: consistently shows he has an intuitive talent for using twitch to gain enough of an advantage to elevate and get a clean shot off. His fakes and moves are decisive and explosive and he creates separation, and then takes on-balance, on-form shots. That was a hallmark of Melo’s game, too.

We don’t see the misses, but whatevs—he’s a nice, nice, sophisticated player.

 

[sweetpea]

What I love about this reel: consistently shows he has an intuitive talent for using twitch to gain enough of an advantage to elevate and get a clean shot off. His fakes and moves are decisive and explosive and he creates separation, and then takes on-balance, on-form shots. That was a hallmark of Melo’s game, too.

We don’t see the misses, but whatevs—he’s a nice, nice, sophisticated player.

I also like how he is using his left hand as well.

 

[Sbucketball]

Donnie is doing a Q&A on instagram stories. Said he hopes Bethea commits to Cuse and he's reached out to him about it.

 

[dasher]

Donnie is doing a Q&A on instagram stories. Said he hopes Bethea commits to Cuse and he's reached out to him about it.

1000x likes

 

[Franz69]

 

[UpstateSM]

That first clip is Jerami Grant type freaky stuff. Off two feet on someone’s head without much forward momentum is silly. And the jumper looks good.

Land Bethea and I’ll put our ‘24 class against anyone else’s.

 

[OrangeDW]

That first clip is Jerami Grant type freaky stuff. Off two feet on someone’s head without much forward momentum is silly. And the jumper looks good.

Land Bethea and I’ll put our ‘24 class against anyone else’s.

Yeah, Freeman looks like the kind of forward that we used to have every single season. Long, versatile, athletic. Can’t wait until he’s here!

 

[jordville]

We've been so excited about our guard commits, transfers, recruits, etc. that I think we forget or take for granted our Donnie/forward commit. He is going to look so good in Orange.. Sky is the Limit...

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[cuseallday]

Really great piece by Mike W. Highly recommend checking it out.

 

[MSOrange]

Really great piece by Mike W. Highly recommend checking it out.

It was very good. Really interesting to see how he developed and also showed how we were competitive as far as NIL.

 

[Trueblue25]

goes to show whats been repeated throughout 2023 is correct. The University, collectives and local NIL providers are competitive when needed. We have the money, we just don’t opt to spend for the sake of spending,

Cuse has bagholders, these ones don’t need to be in the paper and all over social media before helping,

 

[Cusefan0307]

That first clip is Jerami Grant type freaky stuff. Off two feet on someone’s head without much forward momentum is silly. And the jumper looks good.

Land Bethea and I’ll put our ‘24 class against anyone else’s.

This guy is Jerami Grant with a jump shot.

 

[cuseallday]

It was very good. Really interesting to see how he developed and also showed how we were competitive as far as NIL.

Agree on the NIL...encouraging!

 

[50YRsofCuse]

While I have not seen Elijah Moore play, Donnie Freeman and Jalil Bethea are two of three most impressive players I have seen this summer.. The other player is Conor Flagg.

Regarding all three of them, you can just see the talent potential that each has when they play.

 

[cuseallday]

Amen.

 

[Orangezoo]

This guy is Jerami Grant with a jump shot.

Honestly reminds me quite a bit of Rudy Gay as a HS prospect. Gay got unfair comparisons to Melo at the time even as he was a really good player in his own right.

 

[SUskibum]

This guy is Jerami Grant with a jump shot.

So he is NBA Jerami Grant!

This is the $%&$* I come here for!!!

 

[IthacaMatt]

Honestly reminds me quite a bit of Rudy Gay as a HS prospect. Gay got unfair comparisons to Melo at the time even as he was a really good player in his own right.

He looks even lankier to me, almost like a poor man's Kevin Durant. Spidery, if you know what I mean.

 

[Niastri]

That first dunk reminded me of Hakim Warrick. Quick off the ground, goes right at the guy between him and the basket, the arms just keep extending, and then pounds it down over the defender (who by that point was just trying to get out of the way).

Hopkins used to say Warrick had go go gadget arms. Freeman has that as well.

 

[SWC75]

That first dunk reminded me of Hakim Warrick. Quick off the ground, goes right at the guy between him and the basket, the arms just keep extending, and then pounds it down over the defender (who by that point was just trying to get out of the way).

Hopkins used to say Warrick had go go gadget arms. Freeman has that as well.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

He looks even lankier to me, almost like a poor man's Kevin Durant. Spidery, if you know what I mean.

Wahry.

 

[Cuse12]

These are the types we used to have regularly on our team. This is the type of athlete and physical presence we have missed dearly. So refreshing.

 

[im4cuse]

These are the types we used to have regularly on our team. This is the type of athlete and physical presence we have missed dearly. So refreshing.

My friend the late Rob Ades, who was close to JB, used to tell me we had “running jumping MFers”.

 

[baggerbob]

These are the types we used to have regularly on our team. This is the type of athlete and physical presence we have missed dearly. So refreshing.

As close to DC as we have had in a while.
Hopefully he wants to rebound.