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01-28-2007 05:02 PM

Keith or anyone else in the know-

I know that there's been a lot of talk about our lack of a shooter and Cal's need to go out and recruit a shooter. I know that there's been a couple of names thrown out there, but I was gonna throw a name out there to see what some of you who might have seen him might think...I get a lot of obscure sports channels through a sports package through digital cable down here in Birmingham, and I just happened to be watching FCS-Pacific with a program called MSG on that features high school basketball games. I watched a game between Canarsie and St. Dominick from New York-Tri State area and there was a kid that could absolutely stroke it from the perimeter (open or guarded). His name was Yves Jules (6'2" SG) from Canarsie. His number is #33 and he was also a GOOD slasher to the basket. With Strickland's ties to the NYC area, do you think pulling in a somewhat obscure recruit from that area for the sole purpose of shooting is a possibility. Lastly, if you haven't seen the kid shoot, you should try to do so...great pure shooter. Let me know what you think abou the kid...also, idaho...you heard any musings out there about the kid?

Easterwood · 01-28-2007 05:17 PM

You'll see the Tigers sign a shooter or 2 in the 08 class. Stay tuned.

IdahoTiger · 01-28-2007 06:37 PM

I haven't heard anything about the young man. He's the PG on a team led by SF Nathaniel Lester, who is going to Hofstra. The PG the Tigers are currently recruiting from New York, Kemba Walker from Harlem, is playing at Rice High School in the Bronx.

Ron Naclerio in his "New York City Report" on HoopScoop had Jules as the No. 78 prospect in New York City, but that wasn't a recent ranking. He also had Walker at no. 41, so those are just numbers. All I can tell you is that he isn't being recruited by any of the big schools at this point. At 6'1" if he isn't athletic, his choices may be limited.

I'm a big fan of the borough of Brooklyn, and really like hearing things about it, basketball related or not. To me it's the essence of the whole New York experience. People as diverse as Carl Sagan and the Three Stooges have come from Brooklyn.

After I read your post, I pulled up the Wikipedia entry on Canarsie:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canarsie,_Brooklyn

Canarsie comes from the Alogonquian Indian word meaning "fort". Unfortunately, the Indians who sold Manhattan for 60 guilders to the Dutch were from Canarsie. That was obviously a big boo-boo by those Indians. They should have just sold Hoboken. lol

Canarsie has produced some well-known basketball players: Lloyd B. Free (Guilford College, Philadelphia 76ers, etc.), John Salley (Georgia Tech, Detroit Pistons, etc., tv star), and Geoff Huston (Texas Tech).

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IdahoTiger · 01-28-2007 07:12 PM

More on Kemba Walker and the Bronx Rice HS team that beat Derrick Rose and Simeon, from the New York Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hschoo...1680c.html

Walker continues to mention the Tigers prominently, though many other schools are starting to get involved now. There's another guard on that team, 2009 SG Durand Scott, who lists the Tigers in his top 5 (Connecticut, Duke, Memphis, North Carolina, and Virginia, with Duke maybe having a slight edge at this point). The hirings of Jose Martin and Rod Strickland apparently are already starting to pay off.

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01-28-2007 11:16 PM

Quote:At 6'1" if he isn't athletic, his choices may be limited.

Well, from what I can tell, he seemed very athletic. The only thing that I saw that was he didn't move a lot without the ball. Mostly stood around, didn't get the ball much, but as a whole...anytime he got the ball, he made a big time move or a great shot. I wouldn't be suprised if he emerged out of nowhere. Looks like a great recruit and supposedly an extremely good student. A- I think I heard them say.

Quote:You'll see the Tigers sign a shooter or 2 in the 08 class. Stay tuned.

That's what I like to hear. Thanks Keith. 04-bow

I'm starting to get excited already and that's months away (more than likely I would think).

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