Who’s the better player/compliment to Wiseman- Precious or Trendon? After watching a little of the McDonalds AA coverage I think it’s Precious. He is a freak of nature. And if he came with Lester? Whoa!!

(03-27-2019 07:37 AM)Raleigh_Tiger Wrote:  Who’s the better player/compliment to Wiseman- Precious or Trendon? After watching a little of the McDonalds AA coverage I think it’s Precious. He is a freak of nature. And if he came with Lester? Whoa!!

This is a tough one as both would fit in well...precious has more upside and is a way better athlete and with our uptempo offense he may fit in better.Its hard to say who will be the better college player.

Precious

(03-27-2019 07:37 AM)Raleigh_Tiger Wrote:  Who’s the better player/compliment to Wiseman- Precious or Trendon? After watching a little of the McDonalds AA coverage I think it’s Precious. He is a freak of nature. And if he came with Lester? Whoa!!

Trendon all day everyday. Precious has huge upside, but Trendon will impact the team immediately.

Precious is uber athletic, but isn't polished. Trendon is the more polished player of the two and doesn't have to score to impact the game.

I agree,if I’d have to pick one it would be precious but I’d be fine with either one.

Sign Precious and Lester - then lock the door!

This is what comes to mind when looking at the potential of Precious

I like Precious athleticism. The question really becomes does Precious know how.to.use that athleticism. Or is he just an athlete standing on the perimeter waiving his hand for the ball? Does he go hard on defense? Does he crash the boards? Roll to the rim.like.his.life depends on it? If not, then Watford is the one, atleast as a freshman.

(03-27-2019 08:21 AM)tigers0830 Wrote:  

(03-27-2019 07:37 AM)Raleigh_Tiger Wrote:  Who’s the better player/compliment to Wiseman- Precious or Trendon? After watching a little of the McDonalds AA coverage I think it’s Precious. He is a freak of nature. And if he came with Lester? Whoa!!

Trendon all day everyday. Precious has huge upside, but Trendon will impact the team immediately.

Precious is uber athletic, but isn't polished. Trendon is the more polished player of the two and doesn't have to score to impact the game.

I disagree that Precious isn’t polished. Watford is a very good, very nice player. I’d love to have him. But if I’m choosing, it’s Precious every time. Dude will impact a game because he is on a different level of athleticism than probably 90% of college basketball players.

Reel in Achiuwa and Quinones and we’ll dominate.

Honestly, you can't go wrong with either. For our conference schedule, I like Precious. For our OOC schedule, Trendon.

Hard to choose on this one. Precious is an uber-athletic freak. Trendon, at least from what I've seen on YouTube, is a strong ball handler who can drive to the rim and can also hit the outside J

What happens if Trendon, Precious and Lester ALL want to come here?

I think Watford's game compliments Wiseman more, mostly because of his basketball skills can generate more opportunities for Wiseman and visa versa. Achiuwa isn't a a facilitator and probably fits the attacking open court play that Hardaway wants. To be honest, there is no wrong answer. Both players be provide a major upgrade.

(03-27-2019 09:30 AM)jammaster Wrote:  Hard to choose on this one. Precious is an uber-athletic freak. Trendon, at least from what I've seen on YouTube, is a strong ball handler who can drive to the rim and can also hit the outside J

What happens if Trendon, Precious and Lester ALL want to come here?

They actually do...work do be done with the salary cap...as well as Matthew Hurt... We actually have a real CONUNDRUM.... It's a gr8 problem to have,but there's ONLY so many spots... There's the occasional player that wants otherwise...but the TOP guys want to play for TP; EVEN "Bronny" has already listed Memphis as a potential destination.... This is POWER that is unprecedented, and it's dramatically altering the CBB landscape

If we need to exploit the one year of Wiseman, Watford is the no-brainer.

If the want is to maximize next year, take Watford and Rayjon Tucker over Precious and Lester.

Lester, as a top 75 player, won't likely be an immediate impact, dominant guy.

Heck, here are some recent Memphis players ranked from 40ish-70:

Willie Kemp (41)
Witherspoon (38)
KJ Lawson (53)
Nick King (48)
Antonio Anderson (66)
Jeff Robinson (48)
Jeremy Hunt (72)

None of those guys as frosh were "go-to" guys or even guys that were relied upon as a 2nd or 3rd option.

Now, if we want to "long play" this roster, obviously you get Lester and Precious.

If Penny can actually land Precious, he won’t pass on landing a cat like that.

Actually what I’d like to see Penny and Miller do is move/keep both Jayden and Boyce to walk-on status and find a good landing spot for Victor. Then go get all three of them. Precious, Quinones, Watford.

Problem solved everybody’s happy.

(03-27-2019 09:43 AM)HarvardTiger Wrote:  I think Watford's game compliments Wiseman more, mostly because of his basketball skills can generate more opportunities for Wiseman and visa versa. Achiuwa isn't a a facilitator and probably fits the attacking open court play that Hardaway wants. To be honest, there is no wrong answer. Both players be provide a major upgrade.

Harvard is right, and that's the key. We have 1 year with Wiseman, and we should finish this recruiting cycle getting players and shooters who compliment James.

Achiuwa is slightly higher on recruiting rankings - #16 on Rivals vs. Trendon at #19 - because of his athleticism. But he can't shoot. He shot 22% from 3, and 54% from the free throw line for his Under Armour AAU team last summer. Trendon is a much better shooter, ball handler and facilitator, so I would choose Trendon for us all day.

Achiuwa might be the better NBA prospect, he has the athleticism the NBA wants. Can switch and guard 1-4. Great in transition. Already on some '20 late 1st round NBA mocks. The Michael Kidd Gilchrist type.

Last thing is I don't really even think Precious wants to be in college next year. Achiuwa will be 20 in September, very old for his class, so 1 and 1/2 years older than James. If there was no one-and-done, he would be in the draft this June. He has been very disinterested in recruiting as his coach has said. The Bleacher Report guy said he thought Precious could be the 1st HS guy to to take the $125K, one year in G-League route. I doubt that, but who knows?

So here is what the players at the McDAA game is saying about Precious A.

PRECIOUS
ACHIUWA
RANK
N/A
6'9" | 215 LBS | PF
MONTVERDE ACADEMY
MONTVERDE, FL
CLASS OF 2019
UNDECIDED
“The first day of practice and early the second day he was really showing his range in terms of shooting.” - Isaiah Stewart

Didn't find thoughts on Trendon. But I would take him because of his offensive skill set. Although the Isaiah commented on Precious showing range.

(03-27-2019 10:23 AM)rolexjames Wrote:  So here is what the players at the McDAA game is saying about Precious A.

PRECIOUS
ACHIUWA
RANK
N/A
6'9" | 215 LBS | PF
MONTVERDE ACADEMY
MONTVERDE, FL
CLASS OF 2019
UNDECIDED
“The first day of practice and early the second day he was really showing his range in terms of shooting.” - Isaiah Stewart

Didn't find thoughts on Trendon. But I would take him because of his offensive skill set. Although the Isaiah commented on Precious showing range.

I would look at his year's of shooting stats over what another recruit said, but that's me.

Watford

(03-27-2019 10:00 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  If we need to exploit the one year of Wiseman, Watford is the no-brainer.

If the want is to maximize next year, take Watford and Rayjon Tucker over Precious and Lester.

Lester, as a top 75 player, won't likely be an immediate impact, dominant guy.

Heck, here are some recent Memphis players ranked from 40ish-70:

Willie Kemp (41)
Witherspoon (38)
KJ Lawson (53)
Nick King (48)
Antonio Anderson (66)
Jeff Robinson (48)
Jeremy Hunt (72)

None of those guys as frosh were "go-to" guys or even guys that were relied upon as a 2nd or 3rd option.

Now, if we want to "long play" this roster, obviously you get Lester and Precious.

Jeremy hunt prob was and tone started but I get your point.