That just gives coach Green and AJ a nice target to aim for
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Been a few months since I've watched AJ's HS highlights. Man. He ALWAYS has a man right on him. It's crazy how he is so good with such little space. If he can keep that up this year and down the road, it'll be huge for us. Putting AJ with some guys who can also shoot is going to be deadly. I wonder how teams will handle AJ. It'll be fun for sure. C'mon November!
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Originally posted by kochrab View PostBeen a few months since I've watched AJ's HS highlights. Man. He ALWAYS has a man right on him. It's crazy how he is so good with such little space. If he can keep that up this year and down the road, it'll be huge for us. Putting AJ with some guys who can also shoot is going to be deadly. I wonder how teams will handle AJ. It'll be fun for sure. C'mon November!
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Originally posted by SteinPizza View Post
How teams will handle AJ will be interesting, but more interesting to me will be how AJ handles D1 college level defenders. I’ve only seen him play live in the high school tourney, so admittedly not much. I can’t see him hitting step back threes against MVC level gaurds, many of whom will be right in his face. He’ll need to prove he can drive around them so they’ll give him a little space. I’d assume he’s shown the ability to do that against AAU competition, otherwise he wouldn’t be ranked as high as he is.To avoid confusion - my username is baseball (Cy Young award) related, NOT for the Cyclones.
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Originally posted by CyCarp View Post
I'm not sure how workouts over the summer work, but I've heard when he first got to campus this summer he was killing everybody, just dominating offensively. Maybe it's just homerism, but based on everything I've seen and heard, I'm not too worried. He has decent height for a PG and his release is so high, a good step back is going to be almost impossible to defend imo.
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Originally posted by SteinPizza View Post
How teams will handle AJ will be interesting, but more interesting to me will be how AJ handles D1 college level defenders. I’ve only seen him play live in the high school tourney, so admittedly not much. I can’t see him hitting step back threes against MVC level gaurds, many of whom will be right in his face. He’ll need to prove he can drive around them so they’ll give him a little space. I’d assume he’s shown the ability to do that against AAU competition, otherwise he wouldn’t be ranked as high as he is.#MACtion
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Originally posted by BCPanther View Post
He is ranked as highly as he is because he can both drive and consistently hit the step back. Check out his AAU tapes, exact same player and game that he used in high school ball but against guys that are 6-6 and 6-7. He's been able to play that way against better competition than he'll see night in and night out in the Valley.
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AJ is getting “mistreated†by those who hate Iowa high school basketball and don’t think that kids from Iowa make good players because they don’t play against major market teams and....well....
AJ is a top 70 recruit because he dominated the AAU scene for years. Ignore what he did at CF - which is 4A and was up against real high athletic talent, let’s not pretend he was up against Gladbroo-Reinbeck, Janesville, South Hardin, Dike-New Hartford, etc.
He played elite level competition at the AAU level and was considered a stand out at every event. Hell, last year as a high school junior he was widely considered the single best player at the PTL. Iowa writers spent more time talking about him than they did Iowa players.
if he was from Minneapolis and less “Iowa farm boy†in his looks with a father as a AHC at a D1 he’d have been a top 35 recruit with dozens of offers from P5 and most BE, AAC, MWC and every MVC early onLast edited by clenz; 09-27-2018, 10:12 AM.
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