Michigan makes top 6 for 2021 4* wing Brandon Weston
https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/status/1295390990384222208
https://247sports.com/Player/Brandon-Weston-46039620/
Michigan makes the top 6 with Illinois, Seton Hall, Wake Forest, Western Illinois, and Pitt. Weston is the #63 player in the composite and #60 player on 247.
We haven't really heard much about Weston as of late likely because of the Bufkin and Barnes commitments and I'm interested to know if he's still a take at this point
August 17th, 2020 at 1:14 PM ^
He's a wing player and Bufkin is a combo guard. Two different skillsets. I still think they can add another wing player
August 17th, 2020 at 1:26 PM ^
I think Bufkin ends up being more of a wing than a guard, but yeah I guess we could end up with another wing in this class. If the class ends up being 6-7 guys and we take Frankie Collins and a center, then we have a spot or two extra to play with
August 17th, 2020 at 2:39 PM ^
I think the likelihood of us bringing in 7 freshman is pretty low. Were going to have a lot of guard minutes available next season so id be surprised if a grad transfer guard isnt brought in.
August 17th, 2020 at 4:27 PM ^
Bufkin is more guard than a wing because he can handle the ball and be a primary playmaker. I'd be surprised if he's exclusively a wing player
August 17th, 2020 at 1:22 PM ^
Yeah but when are we going to make the top 4 for a 6*?
August 17th, 2020 at 1:35 PM ^
We already made the top 1 for a 6 star!
Our punter Tom Doman.
August 17th, 2020 at 1:26 PM ^
We have 2 open spots for 2021 as of today. Top priorities for those are likely a PG and a C. With Frankie Collins committing on Wednesday, it seems likely he will get dibs on the PG slot. Efton Reid seems most likely for the C slot but I'm not sure how imminent a commitment is.
Beyond that we likely have 2 more slots opening up. There are several possibilities, but a Chaundee Brown waiver for 2020-2021 and a Franz Wagner early entry are the most likely. I would guess the plan is best available wing and a transfer for those spots.
I think Weston could take that best available wing slot. We would prefer other prospects like Ingram or Keels but I'll consider that a good problem if we have to make a choice.
August 17th, 2020 at 4:30 PM ^
2 spots as of now, but I think it'll be 3 spots so two spots will be reserved for PG and a big so that leaves one spot to be a wing player. One potential player to watch for early declaration is Franz Wagner. Another is Chaundee Brown's eligibility status is still up in the air. If he's eligible this season, that opens up another spot.
August 17th, 2020 at 3:08 PM ^
Things are, evidently, heating up on the Michigan BB recruiting front. A kid like Weston is likely a take...similar to the Hopkins kid. These are the multi-positional players Juwan has been talking about. Weston and Hopkins are strong kids who play the game well and while they are more naturally slotted as threes they can slide to the 2 and 4 positions because of their natural strength. Weston seems a bit more athletic.
August 17th, 2020 at 3:12 PM ^
Michigan Twitter has been hot the last week or so. Not sure if they actually have intel, but a few big accounts seem like they've been hinting about ~3 possible commits excluding Collins?
August 17th, 2020 at 3:17 PM ^
Hopefully we get Efton Reid.
August 17th, 2020 at 3:15 PM ^
Dang, at first glance I thought Michigan made the top-4 for a 6-star recruit. I mean... this is good too, I guess.
August 17th, 2020 at 4:11 PM ^
Thanks for the info. These basketball recruiting posts are the only bright spots in Michigan sports news to cling to in recent days.
August 17th, 2020 at 8:24 PM ^
I would consider it good news that Michigan doesn’t have to go the the horseshoe and play against Fields and the rest of the 5* players that they have at every position. Would rather take the their chances against Stroud as he unlikely to put up the numbers that Fields was able to put up last season and would probably be even better in year two of the system. Let him go to the league so we don’t see him again. Bye Felicia
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