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Donivine Stewart commits to BU

Buesch N Chips said:
So, recruiting local players, a long time problem with former Bradley coaches, and probably the best thing that Jim Les has done here, is now unimportant.
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That seems like quite the stretch on what he said......bottom line is, and I think bradleybrave will agree, is it doesn't matter WHERE kids come from as long as they are good.

And his point is BU's long history of great players is littered with players mostly from outside of Peoria. Thats all.

Itsa not importaint WHERE JL gets them...just that he gets them.
 
dogsrus said:
That seems like quite the stretch on what he said......bottom line is, and I think bradleybrave will agree, is it doesn't matter WHERE kids come from as long as they are good.

And his point is BU's long history of great players is littered with players mostly from outside of Peoria. Thats all.

Itsa not importaint WHERE JL gets them...just that he gets them.
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I'm on you bandwagon here. I love it most that this kid simply wants to be a BRAVE and I could care less if he is a home grown product or if he came from Siberia. If he can play, represent the school with class and appreciate what BU is about, I'm behind this kid.
 
dogsrus said:
And his point is BU's long history of great players is littered with players mostly from outside of Peoria. Thats all.
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That's because almost all of the basketball players in the country live outside of Peoria. It's simple mathematics.

You've got a better shot with homegrown talent. If D Stewart lived in Fresno, he ain't coming to Bradley. Recruiting local is important because in my opinion you can get higher quality players that you probably deserve simply because they want to stay home. Stewart's quotes today make my point exactly.

I guarantee you that if Jim Les was not getting the hometown kids, people would be all over him, and now that he is, it's not that big of a deal.
 
Buesch N Chips said:
That's because almost all of the basketball players in the country live outside of Peoria. It's simple mathematics.

You've got a better shot with homegrown talent. If D Stewart lived in Fresno, he ain't coming to Bradley. Recruiting local is important because in my opinion you can get higher quality players that you probably deserve simply because they want to stay home. Stewart's quotes today make my point exactly.

I guarantee you that if Jim Les was not getting the hometown kids, people would be all over him, and now that he is, it's not that big of a deal.
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I disagree.....if your winning it doesn't matter where they come from and if you are losing it doesn't matter where they come from.

And you contention makes no sense. Bradleys greatest players have come from OUTSIDE Peoria. Simple mathmateics yes but the argument was that locals are better becuase they are like renting vs owning the home.

IF thats true we've had some great renters...:)

And for those not thrilled with Jims record for the last 8 years I haven't heard too many screaming to get more local kids.....its get the most talented from wherever.
 
Bring on the BIG player now

Bring on the BIG player now

I would think this would make it so we would have no reason to sign another small guard this year. We should go big now for sure. We have Dodie,Sam,DSE,and EM all who can play point guard at times. Even with an injury or if EM didn't come back we are still set at Point and have DS the next year.
 
I don't know if I've seen this question ever answered, but.. Do AAU teams keep stats on players over the summer? It would be nice to look at DS numbers in AAU vs. HS to see how his game changes with an increase in talent all over the court.

I've seen him play twice. Once as a freshman and once as a sophomore. He was very good both times and seemed to be the best player on the floor as a frosh over Roth as a senior.


And, of course, I'd love to get more clues on which other local is close...
 
Donivine's game is a lot like DePaul's Will Walker...but Donivine will be paired at Bradley with some other good scorers, unlike Walker...
 
Speaking of AAU. I was looking at Donivine's AAU team to see if there were any other local players on it. I had very little luck finding the roster. I did see Zach McCabe the IOWA signee was on his team. I wonder if they released him from his letter if he would consider BU?
 
Donivine Stewart has seen the USA via his AAU basketball experiences over the years. But he??™s a homebody at heart.
That was a big factor in the Limestone all-stater??™s oral commitment to Bradley this past weekend after he narrowed his final choices to West Virginia, DePaul and BU, all of which made him scholarship offers. At the end of his official visit to Bradley, the 5-foot-10 junior point guard for his high school in Bartonville told Braves coach Jim Les yes.???I love the city of Peoria and I really love playing for my city,??? Stewart said. ???During AAU season, the Chicago kids call me ???Peoria.??™ Playing for Bradley is like playing for my hometown.???
Stewart has grown up going to Bradley basketball games at Carver Arena.
???I love that the Bradley fans come out every night no matter what,??? he said. ???I love the coaching staff and the players. Bradley is all basketball, as far as I??™m concerned.???

Donivine was at almost every home game this year. He loved the fans who "come out no matter what". :D

So the great Bradley fans can take a little credit for Donivine picking Bradley!
 
tornado said:
Donivine's game is a lot like DePaul's Will Walker...but Donivine will be paired at Bradley with some other good scorers, unlike Walker...
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I personally hope he is not really like Will Walker. I grew up with that kid and he was the cockiest kid I knew and it frequently cost him. Not gonna lie that Will was a good basketball player so I hope Donivine's skills are similar if not better, but I hope Donivine's attitude is nothing like Will's.
 
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