Jerry Lundegaard
Banned
For whoever cares, I've seen Muhammad a bunch on the AAU circuit the last two summers and while all the highlight videos on youtube show him dunking with his left hand for the most part - he does have an amazing ability to score on a variety of moves when he's posting his guy up either 15 ft away from the cup, or 5 ft.
As someone who sees tons of aau bball every summer, and a good chunk of high D1 prospects whenever they come through Chicago/Milwaukee/Indy, I can tell you it's extremely rare for a 2-guard to have his post-up game at that age. While the game has continued to evolve, one thing I've noticed is that fewer and fewer high d1-worthy guards (at the HS level) don't have post up games or midrange games to be honest.
Most 2-guards don't want to bang (no homo) and hate defending in the post. One guy that comes to mind that I grew up playing against is Quentin Richardson. If anyone remembers him at DePaul or his first few years in the league, he made a name for himself by just devouring his defender in the post. He was incredibly strong and saavy for his size in that dept. Muhammad is of the same cloth. Obviously he favors his left in that situation too, but as he continues to polish his game (he's 17 or 18 for ****s sake, who's game is polished at that point?) he will become even better.
He also has a non-stop motor and is an incredible competitor which are also two things not always found in the elite level HS prospects. His biggest need for improvement is creating off the dribble. I have no doubt he will be a lotto pick in two years and little doubt he becomes a legitimate starter in the NBA. I won't say All-Star because that'd be impossible to project for a high schooler unless it was LeBron James and Derrick Rose (those were the only two that were obvious at that stage that I've seen live.).
As someone who sees tons of aau bball every summer, and a good chunk of high D1 prospects whenever they come through Chicago/Milwaukee/Indy, I can tell you it's extremely rare for a 2-guard to have his post-up game at that age. While the game has continued to evolve, one thing I've noticed is that fewer and fewer high d1-worthy guards (at the HS level) don't have post up games or midrange games to be honest.
Most 2-guards don't want to bang (no homo) and hate defending in the post. One guy that comes to mind that I grew up playing against is Quentin Richardson. If anyone remembers him at DePaul or his first few years in the league, he made a name for himself by just devouring his defender in the post. He was incredibly strong and saavy for his size in that dept. Muhammad is of the same cloth. Obviously he favors his left in that situation too, but as he continues to polish his game (he's 17 or 18 for ****s sake, who's game is polished at that point?) he will become even better.
He also has a non-stop motor and is an incredible competitor which are also two things not always found in the elite level HS prospects. His biggest need for improvement is creating off the dribble. I have no doubt he will be a lotto pick in two years and little doubt he becomes a legitimate starter in the NBA. I won't say All-Star because that'd be impossible to project for a high schooler unless it was LeBron James and Derrick Rose (those were the only two that were obvious at that stage that I've seen live.).
