BBall Recruiting - New 2021 Target/5* Kendall Brown
Add Kendall Brown to the 2021 board. Brown is the HS teammate of 2020 target Ben Carlson. As I said before, it'd be wise to stick it out with Carlson until the end, even if he does ultimately go elsewhere.
January 24th, 2019 at 7:14 PM ^
A lot to like...love how his eyes are up scanning the floor. A 6'7" sophomore, with those ball skills, eh!!! Clearly a high level prospect. What is his range at this time?
January 24th, 2019 at 7:48 PM ^
I haven't seen Kendall live, so just pure speculation here, but I'm assuming shooting is most likely the weakest part of his game based on the shot mechanics. He's obviously capable because he knocked down multiple jumpers in the clips within my article, but I certainly would not label him a shooter at this point.
January 24th, 2019 at 7:50 PM ^
Will also have a piece about another 2020 prospect within the next few days, under the radar kid that I'm a big fan of. Kid is criminally undervalued by the other services.
January 24th, 2019 at 7:59 PM ^
Are most five stars “one and done” or is that only the top of the top guys?
January 24th, 2019 at 8:09 PM ^
Five stars are obviously the most likely to be one and done, but not all of them are. But reality is that nearly all five stars are perceived as one and done material, and their respective recruitments drag on as such. Take a guy like Mitch McGary for example, he was never really NBA material, but it seemed like such a huge recruiting victory at the time because of the perception. Recruiting perception is all about what competition you're beating out as opposed to which prospect is actually going to be the more productive player.
January 24th, 2019 at 8:38 PM ^
Charles Mathews was a 5*
January 24th, 2019 at 9:00 PM ^
Matthews was a 5* early on, but by the end of his senior season, he dropped down to 60-80 type prospect.
January 24th, 2019 at 9:01 PM ^
Pretty sure Mitch was the #2 overall recruit in the entire country by ESPN when he committed.
January 24th, 2019 at 9:17 PM ^
5 star usually extends down to the 20th ranked guy or so, and usually the top 10 guys are the for sure 1 and dones. They really should give those guys a 6th star or something
January 24th, 2019 at 8:10 PM ^
I hope we're seriously going after Carlson and not just because of being around for Brown, Carlson has the perfect game for coach B and he's athletic and already has a college build.
January 24th, 2019 at 8:18 PM ^
We're most certainly serious about Carlson, independent of Brown.
January 24th, 2019 at 9:29 PM ^
Beilein's offense needs shooters. This roster has Poole, Livers and Nunez...are there others??? It is best to have two "shooters" on the floor at all times in this offense. The opposition has caught on to the offensive limitations of this team. What are the solutions here??? Where are the shots coming from with these recruiting targets???
January 24th, 2019 at 9:44 PM ^
The solution is better athletes and better defense...….which is essentially how we're winning games these days. Kudos to Coach Beilein for being able to adapt and succeed with multiple styles of play. I personally prefer this method, because outside shooting by nature, is high variance. Defense is generally reliable and low-variance.
January 24th, 2019 at 10:21 PM ^
OH! I am in full agreement with you...but this would seem to be quite the paradigm switch. I still like to have some sharp-shooters on my team.
January 24th, 2019 at 10:38 PM ^
Bajema and Wilson project to be solid shooters. Jackson as well. I don’t know if any of them are 40%+ shooters, but I think they would all project to be around 35%, which is still solid.
January 25th, 2019 at 8:29 AM ^
They look to be "adequate", ppp scorers...and DeJulius too. I agree with MattD that Beilein is tweaking his recruiting toward this type of player. To me this represents a change of offensive priority.
OT: Teams are increasingly taking Poole, Matthews and Brazdeikis away from this offense. Simpson and Teske will need to become, at least, 35% shooters from behind the arc and be willing assassins-if teams continue to employ the same defensive strategies against them. If this does not happen then the coaches need to consider changing the personnel and playing time. There are good options on this roster. Otherwise, these kids need to return to being the "hunters".
January 25th, 2019 at 12:16 AM ^
Would DeJulius count as a shooter?