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Post by fisherville on Jun 10, 2015 7:09:53 GMT -8
Insider article on him mentioned that recently Zach Jones told ESPN Duke, UNC, SDSU, Kansas, Kentucky, and UCLA have been in consistent contact. Jones is Ayton's guardian and coach. I doubt he seriously consideres sdsu if he even goes to college but I'd love to be wrong.
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Post by fisherville on Jun 10, 2015 7:10:11 GMT -8
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Post by standiego on Jun 10, 2015 8:08:58 GMT -8
Most guys from the San Diego area , put SDSU on their list to make sure they have a back up plan just in case or "make nice" to the locals to say they were considering us until they choose a blue blood . Leaf , Chase B , .... Thought Kell was going to choose Vandy until they picked up two guards for 2015 so he came to SDSU .
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Post by fisherville on Jun 10, 2015 8:45:41 GMT -8
Most guys from the San Diego area , put SDSU on their list to make sure they have a back up plan just in case or "make nice" to the locals to say they were considering us until they choose a blue blood . Leaf , Chase B , .... Thought Kell was going to choose Vandy until they picked up two guards for 2015 so he came to SDSU . No they don't, there is 0 pressure to stay home, this isn't UNLV where fans are at majority of there HS games. There is no reason for them to list them if they have no interest. Kell was pretty clearly always a sdsu lean, pretty much everyone had him going to SDSU even before the commitments. Stop being so illogical.
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Post by standiego on Jun 10, 2015 9:16:35 GMT -8
The guys who play at Findlay Prep or Gorman , are very highly recruited so yes Rebel fans might go over there to try to suggest to guys to come to UNLV . We do not have a consistent HS team the produces players similar to them. Have no clue about fans going to Balboa Prep here . Fans do go to the Torrey Pines HS event to cheer on players considering SDSU , but that is after the early signing days of November . Narain does remember attending that event.
Kell , there are some people that may believe Kell was considering Vandy , may have been a choice between Vandy and SDSU. but then in September Vandy signed a four star guard M. Davis and Balwin a three star guard , both rated higher by Rivals then Kell , a three star also . Kell did not commit to SDSU until 10/1 , after Vandy added the two guards . Zags were also in the picture but they also added a guard , as did Arizona . Believe there was an article in the UT talking abut this .
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Post by sdcoug on Jun 10, 2015 10:15:54 GMT -8
The guys who play at Findlay Prep or Gorman , are very highly recruited so yes Rebel fans might go over there to try to suggest to guys to come to UNLV . We do not have a consistent HS team the produces players similar to them. Have no clue about fans going to Balboa Prep here . Fans do go to the Torrey Pines HS event to cheer on players considering SDSU , but that is after the early signing days of November . Narain does remember attending that event. Kell , there are some people that may believe Kell was considering Vandy , may have been a choice between Vandy and SDSU. but then in September Vandy signed a four star guard M. Davis and Balwin a three star guard , both rated higher by Rivals then Kell , a three star also . Kell did not commit to SDSU until 10/1 , after Vandy added the two guards . Zags were also in the picture but they also added a guard , as did Arizona . Believe there was an article in the UT talking abut this . Kell could have gone to a LOT of places, including Gonzaga & Oregon. Funny how when it's our players, or at least someone you think less of like Kell, you refer to their lowest ranking yet when its someone another team gets or we miss on you refer to the service which rates them the highest. Per ESPN Kell was ranked 81st (vs. top 120 on Rivals), and higher rated than ANY of the kids Vandy signed.
I've also heard Kell was a SDSU lean from early on (from neighbor who's son is close friends) which I'm sure played into Vandy & others looking at back-up options.
Kell is a terrific building block for this program, which he proved often as just a FR.
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Post by standiego on Jun 10, 2015 14:20:04 GMT -8
Do hope Kell excels this year at SG and for a couple more years after that, sure seems SG is his natural position . Has the potential to score in a variety of ways . his scoring last year really tailed off when the coaches tried him at PG . with JH at PG and Kell at SG , back court could be in good hands for a while .
If you read the interview Kell did with the UT 10/1/2013 , it says he had it down to Vandy and the Aztecs . He felt Aztecs were straight with him , even passed on some other guards who were rated higher then him . Vandy was right there but during September they received Verbals from 2 SG 's and then a PG , so he decided opportunity for PT was better at SDSU . Zags and Ducks also recruited him but added guards ahead of him .
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Post by sdcoug on Jun 10, 2015 14:55:58 GMT -8
Do hope Kell excels this year at SG and for a couple more years after that, sure seems SG is his natural position . Has the potential to score in a variety of ways . his scoring last year really tailed off when the coaches tried him at PG . with JH at PG and Kell at SG , back court could be in good hands for a while . His best scoring was when he was starting early in the year at PG. He was MONEY in Maui! Like most FR, he thought too much & had to adapt to a faster game & new position, and eventually appeared to hit the wall. But at times he was brilliant, and you have to like his Assist:TO ratio for a kid in his position.
Agree, with he & Hemsley at the guard spots & both having the ability to play on and off the ball, we should be in great hands for a few years. Excited to see where this duo can take us, especially combined with the athletes & the shooters we're surrounding them with.
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Post by kushandfishersweets on Jun 10, 2015 17:02:12 GMT -8
Is this a Deandre Ayton thread or a Trey Kell thread? Anyways....According to the crystal ball of 24/7 sports Ayton is leaning to Kansas. Hopefully he goes to the Kansas SDSU game next season and watches the Aztecs come up victorious....
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Post by ignoranus on Jun 11, 2015 6:25:18 GMT -8
Again!
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Post by standiego on Jun 11, 2015 7:41:44 GMT -8
Disappointing to see that Ayton , and McCoy do not seem to think SDSU is a top option for them . we are still second tier for those recruits.
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Post by rednblk on Jun 17, 2015 9:52:05 GMT -8
Anybody know how this kid feels about staying local?
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Post by standiego on Jun 17, 2015 10:07:44 GMT -8
Aztecs have never signed a local HS player rated in the top 25 . If we want to then we are going to need to start getting to a SW16 , E8 level . So how we do this year is key for recruiting high quality guys going forward .
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Post by sdcoug on Jun 17, 2015 12:23:53 GMT -8
Aztecs have never signed a local HS player rated in the top 25 . If we want to then we are going to need to start getting to a SW16 , E8 level . So how we do this year is key for recruiting high quality guys going forward . Rabb didn't go to Cal because they're a program that gets to the S16 or E8 level. They haven't been since he was born, and were a program on the decline of late. He went there because he valued staying close to home, and HE wanted to be the one who brought them to the S16 or E8.
UNLV isn't getting great recruits because they've been to the S16 or E8 - these recruits were in grade school the last time they did. They go there because they believe THEY will get them to the S16/E8.
Many of these kids have that type of mentality. Hopefully Ayton is as well.
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Post by aztec619 on Jun 17, 2015 12:41:16 GMT -8
Aztecs have never signed a local HS player rated in the top 25 . If we want to then we are going to need to start getting to a SW16 , E8 level . So how we do this year is key for recruiting high quality guys going forward . We don't need to go to a Sweet 16 or better to get him. SMU was going to get Emmanuel Mudiay and he was a top 10 talent. Like SDCoug said, Cal and vegas did not do anything and they got top talent. Have faith in our coaches and their ability to evaulate, develop, and recruit. Coach Fisher and Dutch have been doing this a long time and were the ones to bring argubly the greatest freshmen class of all time (Fab 5).
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Post by mnico213 on Jun 17, 2015 13:23:11 GMT -8
Ayton is not just a top 25 guy either. He is the consensus #1 player in his class and was even been mentioned in various articles about being the #1 HS basketball prospect when he was a sophomore. My only point is that not landing Ayton does not necessarily mean we can't land a top 25 player.
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Post by jdaztec on Jun 17, 2015 14:07:56 GMT -8
But what if we could land him...? I look at Bill Walton and can't blame him for going to UCLA under the great John Wooden but he has for several decades been a true Sanriegan. How cool would it be to be a "Hometown Hero" by getting your local College team to a final four or better and then living in San Diego ?
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Post by jpaztec on Jun 17, 2015 14:34:40 GMT -8
Only issue with that theory, is that Ayton isn't FROM San Diego, he's from the Bahamas. So as much as we'd like the feel good story of landing a program changing home town hero, he may not have that allegiance to the city, as it's not where he's from. Is San Diego a better place to live than Lawrence, Kansas?? Hell yes, and hell yes it's better than every other city out there in my opinion, but his commitment will come from relationships with the staff, quality of the program and education, and our staffs ability to develop players into top draft picks. Malik and Winston having huge years and developing into potential top 10 and top 40 picks, respectively, will be huge in landing top talent, just like recruiting jumped with the '11 team and Kawhi's success.
Rabb chose Cal because it was close to home, and is a high visibility PAC 12 team that will get national air time in a major conference. UNLV, despite their on the court woes and team volatility as of late, is thriving off of a nationally branded team from the old days, a loose shoot at will system, a glitzy setting, and the fact that they're putting high draft picks into the league. At SDSU, we need to build our own national coverage in the form of an Elite 8, with a couple elite guys paving the road to the league for younger players. We don't have the luxury of conference affiliation like UCLA or Cal, or the scandal cladded recruiting and basketball factory prep school like UNLV...we're the blue collar mid/high major trying to make the jump into the big leagues, and it will take success to get us there. Just my two cents.
And I think Ayton goes blue blood, as much as I hate to admit it. McCoy I think we have a better shot with, but both seem pretty unrealistic at the moment. This season will certainly play heavily into the recruiting battles of the future.
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Post by fisherville on Jun 17, 2015 16:13:16 GMT -8
Many of the experts seem to think Ayton won't even play college ball. McCoy is from Chicago too. Both will be very tough guys to land. Ayton probably damn near impossible, as for hands you can forget about it.
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Post by Gundo on Jun 17, 2015 22:42:27 GMT -8
There is always the Las Vegas Dealers semi-pro team that is allegedly has formed. Sources say, the teams owner Cerruti Brown had already met with several All-Americans — or those close to them — but did not want the names of those players published. “He’s throwing out $700,000 and he’s going up to $1.2 million on some kids,” the source said. “He’s offering a three-year deal with the first year as a team option and the second- and third- year as a player option. Guys like Thon Maker and Ayton could skip college make a million bucks and then get drafted into the NBA You can follow them on Twitter twitter.com/lv_dealers
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