Bradley men making plans....

[Da Coach]

Blake is probably actually a PF. I think better interior defense and rebounding makes Bradley better regardless of what short-comings Blake may bring as a scorer. If they can get Tommie Hamilton, I'm sure they'll grab him too. Blake, Swopshire, Delaney, and Hamilton would be a tremendous Spring class.

Then who are the 2 you are figuring on loosing, since we only have 2 scholarships? I don't see us getting both Blake and Hamilton. FTR, I'd rather see someone ready to play immediately.

[Old Coach]

Then who are the 2 you are figuring on loosing, since we only have 2 scholarships? I don't see us getting both Blake and Hamilton. FTR, I'd rather see someone ready to play immediately.

I think they'd both be ready to play immediately.

As for who leaves, that's between the players and Geno. I don't really have a preference.

[alczervik75]

Tymell Murphy wasn't a real prolific scorer in juco so I guess you can never say for sure about Chris Blake - but Blake's numbers kinda make JP look like POB...


btw - on the list of top juco 3-pt shooters...
...nearly 20 hit 45% or better, more than 40 hit 43% or better, and if you count D-II jucos then >100 of them hit 43% or better -
which is "light years" (pardon the borrowed term) better than anyone we have currently.........
The vast majority of these kids are yet unsigned......

One of them shooting about 50% and hitting 4 or more treys a game - is a kid named Jordan Johnson who is an incredible 3-pt shooter and is said to routinely be able to hit from half court...
..he is still unsigned...and coincidentally sounds like a great kid from a very good family...

http://coastalcourier.com/archives/31765/

One other - Devonte Malcolm - likewise hits about 45%, nails 4 or more per game, and averages almost 20 ppg

http://stats.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2012-13/div1/players/devontemalcolmg37z

If anyone watched the display that ISU's Tyler Brown put on last night to beat UNI - and if you can imagine how much better we would have been had we landed Tyler Brown - a guy that can singlehandedly win games for you with his shooting - then we gotta get someone like this.

I absolutely agree we need at least one, hopefully a couple dead eye shooters. Hopefully Grier and Zecivik fill that role. I certainly wouldn't be opposed to picking up a JUCO shooter as well, but I would be concerned they wouldn't get the same looks in the Valley. If a player doesn't have that quick trigger, and ability to lift, it can make all the difference in the world. In addition, I've seen a lot of "bad" D1 college basketball shooters (30% types) who just can't miss against lesser competition when they aren't guarded as hard.

My big hope is allowing Lemon to play more of a combo role gets him more open looks and improves his percentage as well. While I'm sure it won't be as dramatic (and Fields is certainly not Deron Williams), I think it's interesting to look at a guy like Dee Brown. In 2005, when everything was clicking for that team and he was playing off the ball, Dee shot over 43% from 3. The following year, when he was asked to play PG, he shot 32%. He didn't become a worse shooter, just got harder attempts since he had to create many more himself.

[alczervik75]

Chris Blake only scored 2 points despite his team scoring over 100 in their win Thursday night. He is a bigger kid than Delaney, and maybe the most physically capable of playing the 4 in the MVC among those recruits at 6'6", 215 pounds. But I don't know if he is the type of player fans really want.

One interesting note- I notice the leading scorer for Lee College is a kid named Jamal Jones, a 6'8", 185 pound sophomore who leads the team with an average of 17.1 ppg, and he averages 5.4 rpg. He is more of a wing forward, and started his college career at Mississippi. He was fairly highly recruited coming out of high school. He is not committed yet. He also shoots 35% on threes and has taken more of them than anyone on the Lee team (Chris Blake never attempted one).

http://rivals.yahoo.com/jucojunction/basketball/recruiting/player-Jamal-Jones-142557;_ylt=Aq.EahJjpMjeJza4GcpxTlxtWpB4

http://hoopsjuco.hoops247.com/index....lks-recruiting

I agree, it would be disappointing if the best we could do for interior help is someone with his stat line at JUCO. At that point, I'd rather wait until the inevitable coaching changes and hopefully poach a commit who's coach has left.

[alczervik75]

Uncommitted 6'7" wing forward Jamal Jones had 28 points and 8 rebounds for Lee in the championship game.

Sounds talented, I'd be intrigued, but at 30 lbs lighter than SS at the same height, there would have to be some strength questions.

[tornado]

Delaney

http://hoopsjuco.hoops247.com/index.php/recruiting-news/234-delaney-vincennes-headed-to-hutch

Blake

http://www.etfinalscore.com/ET-Basketball/178094/runnin-rebels-stun-navarro-for-mens-tourney-title

[Future Walk-On]

Sounds talented, I'd be intrigued, but at 30 lbs lighter than SS at the same height, there would have to be some strength questions.

I wonder if SS ever scored 28 points in a game at any level....before BU


I'll take a risk on a twig with skills over strength at this point..... SS and JP are strong enough.

[tornado]

Jim Mattson tweets pic of Geno watching Morgan Park's sectional - recruiting Josh Cunningham

https://twitter.com/hoijim/status/311839656851435521/photo/1

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=22011

[warren5]

Blake is probably actually a PF. I think better interior defense and rebounding makes Bradley better regardless of what short-comings Blake may bring as a scorer. If they can get Tommie Hamilton, I'm sure they'll grab him too. Blake, Swopshire, Delaney, and Hamilton would be a tremendous Spring class.

We could get Tommy Hamilton???????

[Old Coach]

We could get Tommy Hamilton???????

They're recruiting the heck out of him, and he hasn't committed anywhere else.