Utah Basketball Snags Big In-State Recruit

[Saint Cy of JFC]

lol.

Precisely.

You can have this punk *** kid. He's about 100 lbs underweight. Can't wait to waste you guys in a few months, lil brother.

I'm gonna dump Diet Caffeine Free Pepsi all over Wilson's live-in GF and mommy (since the dad is probably in prison or something).

Dude, he is probably 16/17 in that video. He is going to put on more weight.

His game looks fairly boring and he appears to not be very athletic, but he does have a natural smoothness about him. He has a post game, looks like he has above average handles for his size and looks like he can develop a jump shot. Guy seems like he has the skills to develop into a pretty versatile player.

 

[The Thriller]

Dude, he is probably 16/17 in that video. He is going to put on more weight.

His game looks fairly boring and he appears to not be very athletic, but he does have a natural smoothness about him. He has a post game, looks like he has above average handles for his size and looks like he can develop a jump shot. Guy seems like he has the skills to develop into a pretty versatile player.

Relax guy. Relax. Sit back and enjoy this sitcom. Sheesh. People take this rivalry thing too seriously and can't take a few fun jabs without getting their panties in a twist.

 

[The Thriller]

Is it really that hard to recruit over BYU?

I mean, you just have to be like "Dude you can't have sex there.".

You've never been to BYU Have you? The issue isn't whether you're having sex or not. The issue is whether you get caught or not.

Go to Belmont Apts near 7 peaks any weekend. You will leave surprised seeing (or hearing. the walls are pretty thin) what goes on there and how many somehow maintain their BYU status.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Relax guy. Relax. Sit back and enjoy this sitcom. Sheesh. People take this rivalry thing too seriously and can't take a few fun jabs without getting their panties in a twist.

Pretty relaxed post tbh

 

[LogGrad98]

Relax guy. Relax. Sit back and enjoy this sitcom. Sheesh. People take this rivalry thing too seriously and can't take a few fun jabs without getting their panties in a twist.

BYU would kick you out for implying anyone twisted any panties in any way shape or form.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Yep. I'm pulling for you guys to get back to making the tourney. Seems like forever since we have crushed your dreams there.

On page 2 already and we don't have a draft projection for this kid?

 

[Dr. Jones]

On page 2 already and we don't have a draft projection for this kid?

Lol..

'Un'

 

[leftyjace]

What is he? A SF or PF?

PF

 

[LogGrad98]

So, 6'8", unathletic, moderately skilled, skinny power forward? Wow he has superstar written all over him! Probably be at least as good as, who was that one skinny short unathletic power forward all-star again? I forget.

 

[gregbroncs]

So, 6'8", unathletic, moderately skilled, skinny power forward? Wow he has superstar written all over him! Probably be at least as good as, who was that one skinny short unathletic power forward all-star again? I forget.

Kosta koufos? At least after he was drafted by the Jazz.

 

[7StraightIsGreat]

BYU would kick you out for implying anyone twisted any panties in any way shape or form.

Awesome take on a 17 year old kid based off of film in which he could have been as young as 15-16. His body will DEFINATELY look the same at 20, right? There's no possible way he's going to grow into that 6'8" frame, especially once he enters a college program.

It's totally fine to not like somebody's game, but **** like this is just lame *** hate.

I actually think the kid is moderately athletic- not great, but I think he handles the ball extremely well for a kid his size. He's also going to have a very nice 20 foot jump shot by his freshman year and the film shows a young player already more than willing to meet offensive players at the rim and block shots. Apparently Stew Morrill felt the same way as he was recruiting him pretty hard, but what does he know?

Haters aside, this is still a really good get for a program that needed him badly. Flame on.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Awesome take on a 17 year old kid based off of film in which he could have been as young as 15-16. His body will DEFINATELY look the same at 20, right? There's no possible way he's going to grow into that 6'8" frame, especially once he enters a college program.

It's totally fine to not like somebody's game, but **** like this is just lame *** hate.

I actually think the kid is moderately athletic- not great, but I think he handles the ball extremely well for a kid his size. He's also going to have a very nice 20 foot jump shot by his freshman year and the film shows a young player already more than willing to meet offensive players at the rim and block shots. Apparently Stew Morrill felt the same way as he was recruiting him pretty hard, but what does he know?

Haters aside, this is still a really good get for a program that needed him badly. Flame on.

He looks like he gets a foot off the ground on all his shot blocks. He will probably get more athletic when he really gets in the weight room though. Plus he could grow more vertically.

You think Utah is going to red-shirt him, or are y'all that badly in need of depth?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGsgwwk6IR8

He looks a lot more athletic in this video though.

 

[LogGrad98]

BYU would kick you out for implying anyone twisted any panties in any way shape or form.

Awesome take on a 17 year old kid based off of film in which he could have been as young as 15-16. His body will DEFINATELY look the same at 20, right? There's no possible way he's going to grow into that 6'8" frame, especially once he enters a college program.

It's totally fine to not like somebody's game, but **** like this is just lame *** hate.

I actually think the kid is moderately athletic- not great, but I think he handles the ball extremely well for a kid his size. He's also going to have a very nice 20 foot jump shot by his freshman year and the film shows a young player already more than willing to meet offensive players at the rim and block shots. Apparently Stew Morrill felt the same way as he was recruiting him pretty hard, but what does he know?

Haters aside, this is still a really good get for a program that needed him badly. Flame on.

What does getting your panties in a bunch have to do with any of this?

 

[LogGrad98]

He looks a lot more athletic in this video though.

If this is a lot more athletic, then he isn't very athletic at all, even for a 17-year-old. He does have some advanced skills for his age and for his apparent competition, but not on par with the top high schoolers in the nation. He has a slow first step, and when he does put in a quicker move he telegraphs it horribly. Only the fact that this was a bunch of less-skilled high school kids made him look as good as it did. He has nice range and reasonably solid mechanics, squares up and nice fluid follow-through, but another thing he will need to work on is his shot release is very low and slow. He will get a lot of shots blocked, and by shorter players, at the collegiate level let alone pros. Definitely has the makings of a solid player, but will need some real work to get there. Will also have to work on his conditioning, but most every player not named LeBron or Kobe is in pretty much the same boat coming out of high school.

 

[green]

LOL @ jealous BYU fan, loggrad.

Even though BYU recruited him hard, and he had BYU in his final three, they didn't want him anyways. LOL

 

[Duck Rodgers]

Who is playing point guard for you guys this year? Does Van **** play point?

https://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/utah-m-baskbl-mtt.html

I thought for sure you guys would pick up Corbin's kid from SLCC. He's not great, but he would have been be solid in spurts. A good backup for a couple of years.

 

[LogGrad98]

LOL @ jealous BYU fan, loggrad.

Even though BYU recruited him hard, and he had BYU in his final three, they didn't want him anyways. LOL

BYU fan? I hate college basketball. I find it funny how those rabid U and BYU fans think that the world revolves around their useless sports programs so much that everyone is either a "rabid fan" or a "h8r". You need to pull your head out and realize that most adults are capable of having an opinion untainted by groups of people who paint their faces blue or red to scream at at college ball player for 3 hours every game.


[edit: for the record, I went to Weber State, so obviously college sports means less than nothing to me, other than giving us stat fodder to evaluate future possible Jazz draft picks.]

 

[LogGrad98]

I have watched the videos, and read about the kid, and am just not that impressed. I just don't see him as the basketball messiah apparently a few of you do. He is a nice in-state pick-up, sure, but far from a Keith Van Horn or even Danny Ainge if you are looking at Utah college players that made it in the pros. He will probably have a nice college career and come away with a good education for free. Nice for him. You will not see him in the pros, unless you follow the european or chinese leagues.

 

[7StraightIsGreat]

What does getting your panties in a bunch have to do with any of this?

I ****ed up and attached the wrong quote. I'll do better next time.