Class of 2022 SG/SF Justin Taylor (VA / IMG) COMMITTED/SIGNED TO SYRACUSE

[Orangezoo]

Taylor didn’t score in his game this morning. His whole team save one player shot poorly. The Dug kid was 1-11. I think a lot of these kids are just worn down. They’ve now played 11 games in 11 days plus all the covid protocols and testing.

And they all play a second game this afternoon making 12 games in 11 days. The teams that make the finals Sunday will have played 15 games in 13 days. Brutal.

Yeah it's just overkill at this point. Not much to take away after the first week of pool play

 

[721Comstock]

Taylor didn’t score in his game this morning. His whole team save one player shot poorly. The Dug kid was 1-11. I think a lot of these kids are just worn down. They’ve now played 11 games in 11 days plus all the covid protocols and testing.

And they all play a second game this afternoon making 12 games in 11 days. The teams that make the finals Sunday will have played 15 games in 13 days. Brutal.

But, we were told that they are young kids and they can play all day every day, and don’t need any rest.

 

[SUFan44]

But, we were told that they are young kids and they can play all day every day, and don’t need any rest.

No media timeouts.

 

[jordville]

JT saying his goodbyes to Team Takeover & AAU...

 

[two3zone]

JT saying his goodbyes to Team Takeover & AAU...

His shooting numbers are a memory he shouldn’t ever forget.

 

[Orangezoo]

His shooting numbers are a memory he shouldn’t ever forget.

3/4 of the tournament wants to forget their shooting numbers to be fair. He was far from the only one. It was downright odd.

 

[orangefog]

His shooting numbers are a memory he shouldn’t ever forget.

If he’s a shooter, and he is, they are long forgotten.

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[Cusesky8214]

This is awesome!

 

[OttoinGrotto]

So our backcourt of the future is IMG's backcourt of now?!?!?!?

 

[SUOrangeSU]

Fvc k yes. I’m so happy about this move. Just gonna help his game that much more

 

[jordville]

Love this so much...

 

[Cusesky8214]

This is big time for JTs development. IMG is legit and getting to develop all year with Quadir is fricken awesome! Benny/Quadir/JT...IMG is the new Brewster?

 

[Orangezoo]

Teammates for a year before getting here. Awesome stuff.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

"I think with the uncertainty of my hometown high school having a season with COVID coming back into play, I couldn't risk not having a season again," Taylor told AllSyracuse.com. "The schedule, the competition and everything IMG offers as well is what I"m looking forward to.

"Quadir and I can't wait to starting playing together and build this chemistry before we even get to Cuse."

 

[RF2044]

Oh man -- not only is that great in terms of accelerating Taylor's learning curve, given the schedule IMG plays, but this will undoubtedly also enhance the on-court chemistry between he and Copeland, who is also at IMG.

Terrific news, all the way around.

 

[General20]

My prediction is Taylor will look better than ever even against the better competition because he will finally get to be a supporting piece on a good team (like he will be in college) rather than the main guy defenses throw everything at.

Give Taylor open shots and he will hit them. On both his high school and AAU team he never had that luxury because was their best player.

 

[walsh2012]

Oh man -- not only is that great in terms of accelerating Taylor's learning curve, given the schedule IMG plays, but this will undoubtedly also enhance the on-court chemistry between he and Copeland, who is also at IMG.

Terrific news, all the way around.

Not to mention the impact it will have on his physical development working out in their facilities

 

[walsh2012]

"I think with the uncertainty of my hometown high school having a season with COVID coming back into play, I couldn't risk not having a season again," Taylor told AllSyracuse.com. "The schedule, the competition and everything IMG offers as well is what I"m looking forward to.

"Quadir and I can't wait to starting playing together and build this chemistry before we even get to Cuse."

File this under “that you love to see, things”

 

[rrlbees]

Taylor/Copeland vs Lands/Westry in March.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Taylor/Copeland vs Lands/Westry in March.

Nah, let’s get Lands to IMG

 

[orangefog]

Are they on the high school or post grad squad?

 

[littlereg]

Are they on the high school or post grad squad?

As far as I remember QC is on post-grad so if it’s documented that they’re playing together, unless that’s just false/assumption, then I’d think JT is too.

 

[PauliePeppas]

Great news

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

Are they on the high school or post grad squad?

As far as I remember QC is on post-grad so if it’s documented that they’re playing together, unless that’s just false/assumption, then I’d think JT is too.

Very important distinction here. The post-grad squad that Benny played on last year & Jesse Edwards 2 years prior is not the HS team that plays the high profile schedule & nationally televised ESPNU games. It’s also not the team that will be playing Lands/Westry & Hillcrest this year. They’ll still benefit from IMG’s Olympic-level facilities, training, nutrition, etc. though.

FWIW, the prep team features 7 players on ESPN’s 2022 Top 100, including 6 in the
top 50. Their starting backcourt is #12 Jaden Bradley (Rochester native) at PG & #40 Jett Howard (Juwan’s son) at SG.