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PG Shannon Scott (Long Island Nets - NBA G-League)

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Shannon sounds like the PERFECT floor general for Thad Matta's offense. Handles, distributes, can dish or shoot off the drive into the lane, plays good D, can shoot the 3, "an extension of the coach" on the floor...

Welcome to the Buckeye family Shannon!!!
 
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Welcome to the family!
In the scout.com article it mentioned that two of Scott's teammates on the Georgia Kings AAU team could also consider OSU. Juilan Royal(#30 Rivals) and Algie Key(#88 Rivals).

Bucknuts

Two weeks after signing the nation's No. 1 2010 class, Thad Matta has a commitment for 2011.
Shannon Scott, a 6-2 point guard from Alpharetta, Ga., is now on board with the Buckeyes.
Scott is considered to be an elite prospect and is the son of former NBA guard Charlie Scott.
Scott is the first 2011 prospect to commit to Ohio State.
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2011 point guard Shannon Scott commits

Shannon Scott, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound point guard from Alpharetta, Ga., and one of the highest-rated point guards in the class of 2011, has made an oral commitment to Ohio State coach Thad Matta, Scott's high school coach said a short while ago.

Scott, the son of former North Carolina star Charlie Scott, chose the Buckeyes over Clemson. UCLA, Georgia, Georgia Tech and Alabama also were after him, said David Boyd, Scott's coach at Milton High School in the Atlanta suburb.

Scott is ranked the No.3 point guard in the class by Rivals.com, No.7 by Scout.com and No.19 by ESPN Scouts. Inc.

"He?s thrilled with Ohio State," Boyd said. "He feels that?s a big-time basketball program that?s just going to get better and better."

Scott's style of play has been compared to that of former OSU point guard Mike Conley Jr.

"He's a quintessential point guard, a pure point guard, and a better kid than he is a player," Boyd said. "He?s very unique in that he?s both a great player and a great intangible guy. In our first game, he had 17 points, 9 assists and 8 rebounds and played great defense. He just does everything well."

Boyd said the Buckeyes were not recruiting Scott until Jeff Boals was hired as an assistant coach last spring. Ohio State also is recruiting several of Scott's teammates who play with him both at Milton and on the King James Southern Kings AAU team.
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2011 point guard Shannon Scott commits (Hoops & Scoops: an OSU basketball blog)

Point guard becomes first 2011 commitment
Thursday, November 26, 2009
By Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Before point guard Shannon Scott could make the call to Ohio State coach Thad Matta, he had to make the call to North Carolina coach Roy Williams and Williams' mentor, legendary Tar Heels coach Dean Smith.

Forty years ago, Scott's father, Charlie, became the first black basketball player in the Atlantic Coast Conference when Smith recruited him to North Carolina. Ever since, Shannon's high school coach said, Charlie has sought his former coach's counsel on significant decisions.

"He wanted Shannon to talk to them before making his decision," said David Boyd, Scott's coach at Milton High School in Alpharetta, Ga., an Atlanta suburb.

With the godfathers' blessings, Shannon Scott -- who was not offered a scholarship by North Carolina -- called Matta yesterday and became the first member of Ohio State's 2011 recruiting class.

Williams and Smith "had nothing but positive things to say" about the Ohio State program, Scott said last night. "They said it would be a great situation for me."

Scott, 6 feet 1 and 170 pounds, chose the Buckeyes over Clemson, UCLA and Alabama.

Scott visited campus Sept. 26 and said the football game against Illinois was "a lot of fun.

"It came down to I loved being there even if I didn't play basketball," he said. "It's a fun place to be at, to enjoy being a student. It was the right place for me.

"I would have enjoyed playing in the (Atlantic Coast Conference) a lot, but Ohio State is the place I want to go."

OSU began recruiting Scott last spring after Matta hired Jeff Boals as an assistant. Boals also is trying to land two of Scott's teammates, 6-3 guard Dai-Jon Parker and 6-7 forward Julian Royal.
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OSU Men's Basketball: Point guard becomes first 2011 commitment | The Columbus Dispatch
 
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