'06 TX SF/PF Damion James (Texas Verbal)

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Rivals.com

Scout.com

Nacogdoches High School (Nacogdoches, TX)

Height: 6-foot-8
Weight: 225 pounds

James previously verbaled to Oklahoma but upon the recent coaching change decided to open up his recruitment. The guy can play above the rim and will get out and run in transition. Slippery driver and his comfort zone comes when he's attacking the basket. Will need to boost his range and consistency from behind the arc. Would like to see him pass it better. Wired to be a scorer. Big bodies small forward could swing down and play some inside as well. Nice looking athlete. As a Junior he was named an all-star at the Reebok ABCD Camp.

Texas and Texas A&M are the likely leaders at this point. Arizona, Ohio State and Kentucky are also in the picture.

Rivals.com$ update 5/15/06

 

[Bucks21]

Anyone know much about him? With that body he could easily grow into a 4 at the osu how matta plays.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

he has a partial thread in the rumor mill. may be worth checking out, though i doubt it will be linked b/c it is mildly irrelevant and 44820 runs a good tight ship.

http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/showthread.php?p=513702#post513702

 

[jwinslow]

5-star PF, #17/19 nationally.

If distance were not a factor, it seems he would already be a buckeye.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

scout.com$

5/16/06

James high school coach says that it is a two school race at this point between Texas and Texas A&M but if he doesn't get a good feeling on his visits then its possible he will take additional visits.

My take: Most likely will stay in Texas, but if he decides to take additional visits after this weekend, I bet tOSU will be one of them. Distance is a major factor here as stated in the previous post.

 

[HotMic]

James has picked Texas. Great get for the Horns.

http://texas.scout.com/

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

This was not suprising.....:(