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What are our chances with these recruits

On a scale of 1-10, 1 being no shot, 10 being lock

2012 SF/SG Jeremy Hollowell
2012 C Dejuan Coleman
2012 PF/C Tony Parker
2012 PG/SG D'vonte Smith Rivera
2012 PF Amile Jefferson
2012 SG Garry Harris
2012 AJ Hammonds
2012 SF/SG Evan Nolte
2012 SF/PF Elijah Macon
2013 SG VJ Beachem
2013 SG Chris Thomas
2013 SF Jabari Parker
2013 SF/PF Malik Martin
2013 C/PF Thomas Hamilton
2014 C/PF Tyler Herron
2014 C Jahlil Okafor
 
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YtownBuckeye19;1877393; said:
On a scale of 1-10, 1 being no shot, 10 being lock

2012 SF/SG Jeremy Hollowell
2012 C Dejuan Coleman
2012 PF/C Tony Parker
2012 PG/SG D'vonte Smith Rivera
2012 PF Amile Jefferson
2012 SG Garry Harris
2012 AJ Hammonds
2012 SF/SG Evan Nolte
2012 SF/PF Elijah Macon
2013 SG VJ Beachem
2013 SG Chris Thomas
2013 SF Jabari Parker
2013 SF/PF Malik Martin
2013 C/PF Thomas Hamilton
2014 C/PF Tyler Herron
2014 C Jahlil Okafor

We get them all with the exceptions being Parker and Martin...we don't do well with recruits named Jabari or Malik.

Paint the baselines!!1!1!!1!
 
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Saw31;1877402; said:
Oh no you didn't! Insult!

You seem to have lost this. :p

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If you have never heard of this kid, you probably will within the next couple years. Regardless, an interesting story though:

Magic, Michael, LeBron ... Emoni Bates? Meet the 15-Year-Old Next in Line

He’s a typical high school sophomore and a once-in-a-generation talent. He’s the pride of Ypsilanti, Mich., and the future of the NBA. Not even old enough to drive and likely to be a straight-to-the-NBA No. 1 pick, Emoni Bates is both a product of his era and way ahead of his time.

He should not be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. You should not be reading about him. He is slipping out of his bi-level house in a Ypsilanti, Mich., subdivision in the morning darkness, wearing a hoodie and holding a fork and a plate of waffles and eggs, just a teenager who snagged a few extra minutes of sleep. He climbs into the passenger seat of his father’s Ford Expedition, because he isn’t old enough to drive himself to school yet. It’s another mundane day in the life of a sophomore high school basketball player, except this one has a goal: “To try to be the best player—ever.”

Magic, Michael, LeBron . . . Emoni? Well, kids are supposed to dream. Don’t hold it against him. But one assistant at a college superpower, when asked about Emoni Bates, says simply, “He is the best player I’ve ever seen. You have to see it to believe it.” A college head coach laughs and agrees.

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In basketball, every great player evokes memories of another. Emoni is 6' 9" with long arms, minimalist biceps and a shooting stroke that’s purer than a country sunset, so people inevitably compare him to Kevin Durant. This sounds crazy. It is not crazy. An NBA scouting director calls the Durant analogy “obvious . . . the shooting is remarkable. He has a chance to be really special.” One coach who recruited KD calls Emoni “the same level shooter” but “a much better ballhandler” than Durant at that age.

Fifteen years old. This isn’t fair. Let him be a kid. But he can’t be. Emoni noticed last year that no matter where he went in Ypsilanti, heads turned. By the end of his freshman season at Lincoln High, the school gym was overflowing for games, and that was before he hit two buzzer beaters in postseason games and led the team to the Division I state championship. Hundreds of fans were sitting on the floor. The hottest ticket in town had caused a fire hazard. This year, Lincoln will play at least five games in the 8,800-seat arena at nearby Eastern Michigan.

It is all too much, too soon but . . . what if it isn’t? What if he is the rare teenager who knows what he wants, and knows he can handle it? Emoni Bates has a chance to be a generational player for reasons beyond his skill or athleticism. Several people in the sport use two words when describing him: Kobe mentality.

Emoni has always had that. When he was five, he participated in layup lines at a pro-am game; after tipoff, little Emoni was pissed he wasn’t allowed to play. By the time he entered middle school he had a collegian’s work ethic. He takes incidental bumps as intentional, and if they are intentional, Emoni goes full E-mamba. Last year a kid forgot to box him out on a free throw. Big mistake. Emoni dunked his own miss. The kid shoved him to the ground in frustration. Bates popped up, eyes raging and fist cocked. He didn’t throw a punch, but he sure wasn’t going to just walk away.

He is quiet around strangers, goofy with friends—and an assassin with a ball in his hands. At one recent workout, his first after taking two weeks off on his father E.J.’s orders, he made more threes than he missed, but he was still disappointed. He cursed himself repeatedly. He kicked a ball into the stands. E.J. tried to calm him down, but Emoni yelled with disgust, “I shouldn’t be f------ missing!” But the outbursts did not derail him; they helped him refocus. He finished by making at least 30 straight high school threes. Then he sat down next to a visitor and said he was sorry he didn’t have a better day.

Entire article: https://www.si.com/high-school/2019/10/29/emoni-bates-nba-draft-prospect-kevin-durant

What are our chances with Emoni Bates?.....probably ZERO.

Re: Most big schools aren’t recruiting him because they assume that by 2022, the NBA collective bargaining agreement will allow high schoolers to enter the league, and Emoni will leave Lincoln to be the No. 1 pick.
 
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If you have never heard of this kid, you probably will within the next couple years. Regardless, an interesting story though:

Magic, Michael, LeBron ... Emoni Bates? Meet the 15-Year-Old Next in Line

He’s a typical high school sophomore and a once-in-a-generation talent. He’s the pride of Ypsilanti, Mich., and the future of the NBA. Not even old enough to drive and likely to be a straight-to-the-NBA No. 1 pick, Emoni Bates is both a product of his era and way ahead of his time.

He should not be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. You should not be reading about him. He is slipping out of his bi-level house in a Ypsilanti, Mich., subdivision in the morning darkness, wearing a hoodie and holding a fork and a plate of waffles and eggs, just a teenager who snagged a few extra minutes of sleep. He climbs into the passenger seat of his father’s Ford Expedition, because he isn’t old enough to drive himself to school yet. It’s another mundane day in the life of a sophomore high school basketball player, except this one has a goal: “To try to be the best player—ever.”

Magic, Michael, LeBron . . . Emoni? Well, kids are supposed to dream. Don’t hold it against him. But one assistant at a college superpower, when asked about Emoni Bates, says simply, “He is the best player I’ve ever seen. You have to see it to believe it.” A college head coach laughs and agrees.

emoni-bates-cover.jpg


In basketball, every great player evokes memories of another. Emoni is 6' 9" with long arms, minimalist biceps and a shooting stroke that’s purer than a country sunset, so people inevitably compare him to Kevin Durant. This sounds crazy. It is not crazy. An NBA scouting director calls the Durant analogy “obvious . . . the shooting is remarkable. He has a chance to be really special.” One coach who recruited KD calls Emoni “the same level shooter” but “a much better ballhandler” than Durant at that age.

Fifteen years old. This isn’t fair. Let him be a kid. But he can’t be. Emoni noticed last year that no matter where he went in Ypsilanti, heads turned. By the end of his freshman season at Lincoln High, the school gym was overflowing for games, and that was before he hit two buzzer beaters in postseason games and led the team to the Division I state championship. Hundreds of fans were sitting on the floor. The hottest ticket in town had caused a fire hazard. This year, Lincoln will play at least five games in the 8,800-seat arena at nearby Eastern Michigan.

It is all too much, too soon but . . . what if it isn’t? What if he is the rare teenager who knows what he wants, and knows he can handle it? Emoni Bates has a chance to be a generational player for reasons beyond his skill or athleticism. Several people in the sport use two words when describing him: Kobe mentality.

Emoni has always had that. When he was five, he participated in layup lines at a pro-am game; after tipoff, little Emoni was pissed he wasn’t allowed to play. By the time he entered middle school he had a collegian’s work ethic. He takes incidental bumps as intentional, and if they are intentional, Emoni goes full E-mamba. Last year a kid forgot to box him out on a free throw. Big mistake. Emoni dunked his own miss. The kid shoved him to the ground in frustration. Bates popped up, eyes raging and fist cocked. He didn’t throw a punch, but he sure wasn’t going to just walk away.

He is quiet around strangers, goofy with friends—and an assassin with a ball in his hands. At one recent workout, his first after taking two weeks off on his father E.J.’s orders, he made more threes than he missed, but he was still disappointed. He cursed himself repeatedly. He kicked a ball into the stands. E.J. tried to calm him down, but Emoni yelled with disgust, “I shouldn’t be f------ missing!” But the outbursts did not derail him; they helped him refocus. He finished by making at least 30 straight high school threes. Then he sat down next to a visitor and said he was sorry he didn’t have a better day.

Entire article: https://www.si.com/high-school/2019/10/29/emoni-bates-nba-draft-prospect-kevin-durant

What are our chances with Emoni Bates?.....probably ZERO.

Re: Most big schools aren’t recruiting him because they assume that by 2022, the NBA collective bargaining agreement will allow high schoolers to enter the league, and Emoni will leave Lincoln to be the No. 1 pick.



There might be more polished players in the transfer portal, but very few have the potential upside of Emoni Bates. The high school phenom and former 5-star recruit announced via Instagram that he is leaving Memphis and will enter the NCAA Transfer Portal. Bates was the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2022, according to 247Sports. He reclassified to the Class of 2021 and helped Penny Hardaway have the No. 1 class in the country.

But Year 1 just did not go well. Bates struggled to dial in his jumper, and injuries forced him to miss 15 games. But the 6-foot-9 wing has all the tools to make every shot on the floor and be a superstar.

Bates will explore his transfer options but could also play overseas or in the NBA G-League. He is not eligible for the 2022 NBA Draft as he is still 18-years old following his reclassification and will not turn 19 until the 2023 calendar year.

OHIO STATE
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Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann has proven that he will tailor his system around getting the most out of his best players. Duane Washington Jr. turned into an NBA prospect under Holtmann. E.J. Liddell has put up huge numbers in back-to-back seasons as Ohio State's alpha. Freshman guard Malaki Branham transformed into the Buckeyes' best guard midway through this past season. Holtmann ramped Branham's usage rate way up, and now there's a great chance Branham gets drafted in the first round. There would be a huge role awaiting Bates at Ohio State with similar usage potentially in the cards.
 
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