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Sulaiman Agiste commits to Bradley

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Bradley has added a new player to the 2022-23 roster- 6'8" forward Sulaiman Agiste.
This was posted on twitter last Saturday (5/7/22)-
https://twitter.com/newseason7/statu...15155587723266

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It was posted by someone who is not connected to Bradley, and there has not been any confirmation from Bradley, yet.
Sulaiman Agiste is an "under-the-radar" 6'8" kid who plays for a small (about 500 enrollment) magnet school in Chicago,
the Michele Clark Academic Prep Magnet High School (a Class 2A school).
Bradley does not currently have any available scholarships, so this is likely an invited walk-on.

There is not much about Sulaiman Agiste on the internet.
https://verbalcommits.com/players/sulaimon-agiste
https://www.ncsasports.org/mens-bask...ulaiman-agiste (this is a website filled in by recruits themselves)

There is a tweet from almost 3 years ago that he received an offer from UMass-
https://twitter.com/chilandprephoop/...48682630975488

And a couple months ago he landed a scholarship offer to Rider-
https://twitter.com/scottybscout/sta...96347240189952
 
Updated Bradley Scholarship Grid-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...rid#post494018

Interesting that the jersey Sulaiman Agiste is wearing is not the current (2021-22) Bradley jersey, but from the 2020-21 season.
The last #25 worn at Bradley was by Thomas Hall in the 2020-21 season, which appears to be the uniform that Agiste is wearing.

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I can't recall many recruits in recent Bradley history, even walk-ons, who had less information available about them than I am finding on Sulaiman Agiste.
He has a page on VerbalCommits.com, but he is not in the database of other recruiting sites-
https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/sulaimon-agiste

In this Chicago Sun Times list of Top 25 Chicago Area high schools, Chicago Clark HS is listed 19th, but there is only a brief mention of Agiste-
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/11...per-25-preview
19. Clark
Terry Head has had this group for awhile and this should be their big year. Senior Darrius Perryman is a high-scoring lead guard. The big, skilled brothers Mikqwon and Mikell Jones are the rocks everything will revolve around. Senior Sulaiman Agiste, a 6-9 center, could be a difference-maker.

Chicago prep hoop blogger Scott Burgess tweeted this last October-
https://twitter.com/scottybscout/sta...42114974720003

Tweet from December, 2021, by the same account that posted about his committing to Bradley-
https://mobile.twitter.com/newseason...09102717968384

This national recruiting site lists their top 125 national recruits, and lists Sulaiman Agiste as one of 104 "Honorable Mentions".
That would put him in the Top 230 national recruits-
https://nbnmagazine.com/class-of-2022-rankings-list/ (change setting at top to show 100 entries/page, then click link at bottom to move to the 3rd page)

Brief videos-
https://twitter.com/newseason7/statu...19364576858114
https://twitter.com/newseason7/statu...08686099447829
https://twitter.com/newseason7/statu...18541541769216
 
This is the type of guy that may surprise everybody in a couple of years. Get more experience against good competition and add on weight and strength. And beating Proviso West is not an easy feat
 
Maybe it's a test to see will prevail in the big-man battle between Milwaukee (Hannah) and Chi-town (Agiste). LOL
 
This is a strange signing. He seems to have a good resume and thought very highly of by a recruiting service but nor hardly anything on him
 
Da Coach said:
I can't recall many recruits in recent Bradley history, even walk-ons, who had less information available about them than I am finding on Sulaiman Agiste.
He has a page on VerbalCommits.com, but he is not in the database of other recruiting sites-
https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/sulaimon-agiste

In this Chicago Sun Times list of Top 25 Chicago Area high schools, Chicago Clark HS is listed 19th, but there is only a brief mention of Agiste-
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/11...per-25-preview
19. Clark
Terry Head has had this group for awhile and this should be their big year. Senior Darrius Perryman is a high-scoring lead guard. The big, skilled brothers Mikqwon and Mikell Jones are the rocks everything will revolve around. Senior Sulaiman Agiste, a 6-9 center, could be a difference-maker.

Chicago prep hoop blogger Scott Burgess tweeted this last October-
https://twitter.com/scottybscout/sta...42114974720003

Tweet from December, 2021, by the same account that posted about his committing to Bradley-
https://mobile.twitter.com/newseason...09102717968384

This national recruiting site lists their top 125 national recruits, and lists Sulaiman Agiste as one of 104 "Honorable Mentions".
That would put him in the Top 230 national recruits-
https://nbnmagazine.com/class-of-2022-rankings-list/ (change setting at top to show 100 entries/page, then click link at bottom to move to the 3rd page)

Brief videos-
https://twitter.com/newseason7/statu...19364576858114
https://twitter.com/newseason7/statu...08686099447829
https://twitter.com/newseason7/statu...18541541769216
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Just curious, was there more information on Cade Hardke or Sam Hennessy?
 
Nashville Cat said:
Just curious, was there more information on Cade Hardke or Sam Hennessy?
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Yes, both Hardtke and Hennessy had a lot more info about them available on the internet when they committed last year as walkons.
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...844#post498844

Here is a training video that I believe shows Sulaiman Agiste. It does not name him, but it is posted by the same trainer who posted this original twitter post-
https://twitter.com/newseason7/statu...15155587723266
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmagpL1BfSY

 
By the way, here's a funny story... In the top post in this thread, I announced the commitment of Sulaiman Agiste, but at the time, I had a slight bit of skepticism, since he was a virtual unknown, it was announced only on twitter by an unfamiliar source, and it was assumed that Bradley was done recruiting for 2022. Shortly afterward, we confirmed this commitment was legitimate.

But there was a precedent from about a year ago that turned out to be a hoax. On June 22, 2021, a 2023 kid who went by the twitter name @truu_stink posted on twitter that he had received an offer from Bradley University and Coach Wardle. We posted about the tweet on the board, but were skeptical, and mentioned so in the post. I texted with one of the coaches, and they told me "this is not true and I have no idea who this is". So, the thread was deleted.
Later, @truu_stink told me in a Direct Message that his account had been hacked and that he did not post the tweet.
 
Da Coach said:
A new workout video of Sulaiman Agiste-
https://twitter.com/newseason7/statu...31130150359041

And a longer version of the video on YouTube-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llZ70ivqbwA

The first summer session at Bradley starts tomorrow (Monday, June 6). Most, if not all of the Bradley players will be on campus.
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Coach Wardle posted this photo (below) of the players meeting at what appears to be his home. Nice to see most, if not all of the players are here for the first summer session.
https://twitter.com/BrianMWardle/sta...21143617970178

New players (correct me if I am misidentifying anyone)-
Christian Davis is seated on the floor in the middle of the group (next to Rienk Mast)
Goanar Biliew is seated against the fireplace
Cody "Duke" Deen is on the farthest sofa, next to Connor Hickman
James "Pop" Weathers might be the player on the nearest sofa who is partially hidden (behind Cade Hardtke, I think).
I am not seeing Sulaiman Agiste.

By the way, Happy Birthday today to Mya Wardle (she is in the picture at the bottom), Coach Wardle's oldest daughter. Today is Mya's birthday.
https://twitter.com/BrianMWardle/sta...57738949685248



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Isn't that Cade Hardtke (with green baseball cap) on the sofa next to Darius Hannah? If not, who is it?
 
Coach - I think you are correct, I also count 15 players there... who is the first player next to Ja'shon... looks like Mikey H?
 
️ Fanatic said:
Coach - I think you are correct, I also count 15 players there... who is the first player next to Ja'shon... looks like Mikey H?
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I think that is Zek Montgomery

And the one player who is not seen very well, on the far side of the nearest sofa, I believe it might be James "Pop" Weathers. So the only player not accounted for is Agiste.
 
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