Saw on twitter that Segura received recognition on the all-Houston team, essentially being ranked as the top "elite" PG in the area. Appears to include schools in city and suburbs. Greater Houston has 6 million people.
Saw on twitter that Segura received recognition on the all-Houston team, essentially being ranked as the top "elite" PG in the area. Appears to include schools in city and suburbs. Greater Houston has 6 million people.
Nelson's Gatorade Player of the Year honors is also a big deal. Not too many mid-majors get kids who earn that honor.
I'm hoping this class will make up for the guard recruiting shortcomings we've had.
I see the discription of Segura mentions that he is a "traditional" PG, certainly a trait that was basically in short supply this past season (I consider Rose closer to a combo rather than a pure PG). I got a feeling from looking at his size and his discription of playing style that he might be very similar to the outstanding freshman PG from Siena, Marquis Wright. That guy meant a big difference to the Saints this year, and that's what we need from Jerome next season.
At the very least, I think we'll see improved ball skills from the two guards.
That is exacty what I think too. I think these 2 guards bring the 3 skills that our team was missing...... Ballhandling, Passing and Quickness. Now people might not say that Nelson is not the quickest of Foot Speed. But I rate Quickness, not just on Footspeed, but also on making Quick passes, Quick decisions, and having a Quick Basketball IQ in the areas of Hesitation dribble, Head Fakes, No Look Passes, and quick hands. I look at Nelson's stats below and 5.9 assists and 2.4 steals, are 2 things we really missed from our 2G position
For the season, Nelson averaged 21.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 2.4 steals, and was a remarkably accurate shooter. He shot 51 percent from the floor, including a 44 percent clip from three-point range, and was 91 percent from the free throw line.
At the very least, I think we'll see improved ball skills from the two guards.
That is exacty what I think too. I think these 2 guards bring the 3 skills that our team was missing...... Ballhandling, Passing and Quickness. Now people might not say that Nelson is not the quickest of Foot Speed. But I rate Quickness, not just on Footspeed, but also on making Quick passes, Quick decisions, and having a Quick Basketball IQ in the areas of Hesitation dribble, Head Fakes, No Look Passes, and quick hands. I look at Nelson's stats below and 5.9 assists and 2.4 steals, are 2 things we really missed from our 2G position
For the season, Nelson averaged 21.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 2.4 steals, and was a remarkably accurate shooter. He shot 51 percent from the floor, including a 44 percent clip from three-point range, and was 91 percent from the free throw line.
Grennan had similar shooting numbers in high school. Lets hope Nelsons skills translate to the d1 level
But I get your point RF. I haven't seen Nelson but people who have, and his coach, say he's got a solid handle and was able to deal with pressure and find his teammates. We'll hope it translates quickly to D1. I do like the fact that his coach has said he added onto his game every year, starting as a shooter and growing from there. So we can assume he's a worker. I also like that his Dad is a fulltime NBA scout. Talk about being a basketball family. So we can assume Nelson knows what he has to do to get ready. And best of all, those shooting percentages are outstanding.
I saw a link that had Grennan with 17.7 ppg and just 0.2 assists per game his senior year. I couldn't find anything with shooting percentage.
Well I'd be surprised if Grennan only had 0.2 assists per game. That would be a typo I would think. Look the point is that almost all of these kids that get recruited to a mid level DI team (and in Grennan's case even higher originally) certainly have a great ability and potential to play the game. And quite frankly a lot of times the numbers they put up on the scholastic level are totally misleading as to how effective they might be once they reach the college level. A lot of factors come into play that determine success or failure that maybe can't always be measured. Indeed things such as effort, commitment to getting better (both on and off the court), relationship with other players and coaches, adapting to the more fast and sophisticated collegiate game, and (extremely important) the heart that's inside the player, those are some of the things that are just as important as pure playing ability. Some make it big, some become average, and unfortunately some fall by the wayside. We can only hope that this coming year the verdict will mostly be thumbs up for Tyler, Kevin, Ami and Jerome!
I think the key with Nelson is that he has improved his Ballhandling, Passing and Leadership all though his senior year. It has been said in many report, he is not 1-dimensional anymore. Also his coach said he was a "Special Player". Yes, his coach is biased, but I do not hear that word "Special" being tossed around a lot. That is no guarentee that Nelson will succeed, but being a multi-dimentional player is what is needed in our guard positions.
Good point Stagparty. Recruited walk-ons have had success in other programs. The info on this kid was that he was a pretty good player until an injury forced him to miss a year. And he also was a football player, therefore he might have an extra toughness about his game. Can't hurt, that's the way I look at it!
I think the key with Nelson is that he has improved his Ballhandling, Passing and Leadership all though his senior year. It has been said in many report, he is not 1-dimensional anymore. Also his coach said he was a "Special Player". Yes, his coach is biased, but I do not hear that word "Special" being tossed around a lot. That is no guarentee that Nelson will succeed, but being a multi-dimentional player is what is needed in our guard positions.
Coach Nault has also been quoted as saying that he is the best player he has ever coached, and he has had a few good ones in the last few years including Carson Derossiers (currently playing for Cooley at Providence).
we need that and two JUCO studs and we are in business. does anyone know where we stand with the JUCOs?
The thing is one right player can totally change the trajectory for us next season. That's one of the things that makes college hoops so interesting. I am anxious to hear what our roster will look like next year as it appears there will be player losses.
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My opinion on Cambio is this. I believe with the right low-mid program he could be a decent D-1 player. However I do not think it would be the Stags (unless of course in the role as a "preferred walk-on") because I in no way think he would be as good as Coleman or Keven Degnan. But take a team right down the road like Sacred Heart. They could sure use him IMO. HOWEVER I must point out that someone very close to the CC program (a very knowledgeable person), has told me he really should go D-2 where he could be a "great player." Also, coach Nault commented in one of the articles in the local paper that he also felt that D-2 was probably the better way to go. Certainly the coach of his team and another well informed person stating the same view probably should take precedence over my view I would think. But he is unsigned. I will be interested to follow his career from here on out now that he is linked foreever as the main running mate to Tyler on his high school team.
Cambio will be going to Cushing Academy next season for a post graduate year of studies and basketball. Cushing plays at the class AA level, which traditionally is great competition and has quite a few future high majors in the ranks. Great decision for him IMO. I do think as I have said before that he is D-1 material, and certainly a good year with this school will help him to get some offers. Maybe a future Stag and back with Tyler? Hey, you never know, right?