2012 BBall Commit: Nik Stauskas
Just saw this on Twitter. Linking to umhoops' profile
http://www.umhoops.com/2011/03/26/nik-stauskas-commits-to-michigan/#mor…
6'5" 3-star wing. Canadian. Offers from Butler, Okie State, Stanford, Wake and KANSAS.
#32 SF to ESPN, #106th overall to Rivals.
Hare is also a Junior in high school. He can still grow....
March 27th, 2011 at 10:36 AM ^
You're working under the assumption that he'd be coming/offered regardless. I disagree. That Beilein took Stauskas' commitment without offering Bhullar filling the entire class, sorry to say it but that's pretty telling.
Not to say he might not be offered later with possible attrition (transfers, THJ/Morris leaving early) but as of right now, he won't be coming.
March 27th, 2011 at 10:01 AM ^
Ain't no way this kid is 6'5'' which is all fine and dandy because he is going to be a guard anyways. Nik already seems to have a better handle than anyone currently on M with the exception of Morris. Certainly could see him filling in at the point. He might not have great quickness, though it looks to be pretty good, but his hand speed looks A1.
He looks to have stu douglas type handles, maybe even a little better. Good enough to get the job done but not on the level of morris. He looks to be a good fit. I'm surprised but I'm almost more excited for this commitment than the Max Bielfeldt commitment, even though our PF position is in bigger need.
According to most people, he's a legit 6'6". And, FYI, high school kids tend to grow fast, so watching highlight videos probably isn't the best way to make your guess about how tall a kid is.
Ok great. I will change my statement to, "in the videos i've seen, ain't no way that kid is 6'5''. I hope he is 6'6'' but I am going to remain a doubting thomas on this one.
He's from Canada, maybe they're using the metric system.
He's just about 2 metres tall.
But, you misspelled "aboot"
What a hoser, eh
- March 27, 2011 at 12:13 pm
The spelling of his name is Nikolas Stauskas (Lithuanian). So, the correct short form would be Nik, but Nik doesn’t like it and spells his own name as Nick. At the end of the day, it really doesn’t matter. Nobody will be offended at either spelling. Just to clear up any other lingering misconceptions that have been posted on ESPN, etc – He is a legit 6’6″ in bare feet. He is 205 lbs. As far as the 106 ranking goes, he outplayed and outscored his top 10 ranked teammates all year, so make up your own mind what he should really be ranked.
Take the last part FWIW, but it sounds like this guy is very solid in his assertion about Nik's height.
Whatever his height is I'm cool with it. No issues from me on that front Stauent.
Not sure what Stauent is trying to say with the "he outplayed and outscored his top 10 ranked teammates all year". I think Stauent didn't type exactly what he wanted to.
I'm optimistically thinking that he's saying Stauskas outperformed his 2 5-star teammates. He goes to a prep school in Massachusetts which has a pair of 5-star forwards in the same class, one of them committed to Duke.
If he's saying that Stauskas is playing better then both of them then WOO!
Well that makes alot more sense. If he has 2 5* forwards on the team, I'm assuming Nick played 2 guard at 6'6''. That is a big and talented HS team.
March 28th, 2011 at 10:39 AM ^
That's exactly what he meant, as illuminated by further posts on that particular thread. Stauskas has 2 5* rated guys on his team that got the hype all season and he consistently outperformed them (as stated by this guy).