Marcellus Earlington, PF, Don Bosco HS, NJ - ST. JOHN’S

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Quote from: Marillac on February 28, 2018, 06:03:36 PM

FWIW a former teammate of mine has a son who lives in our hometown and started for Bosco last year. His son is a legit 6'6 and can play. Earlington was just a hair shorter and was much better as a junior. That team also had/has 6'6 Rob Harper Jr. who is headed to Rutgers (very skilled player). They were the TOC champs in a stacked field last year and Earlington had 23 pts and 14 boards in the championship game (9 offensive boards).

I like the addition.

At least be factual. Bosco lost in the TOC final last year to Patrick School. Earlington had 13 in that game.

So sorry my lord. Sloppy headline from this article made me think they won it:  "Don Bosco wins its inaugural game in TOC" https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.northjersey.com/amp/99257088

So Earlington had 24 and 15 in the TOC semifinal and "only" 13 in the championship game against the #7 team in the country as a junior. That changes everything!

Welcome Marcellus!!!

So with SJU staff in flux,  hope they consider reaching out to Kevin Boyle.  Perfect AHC candidate.   Both coach and recruiter.   The guy has a great high school coaching career and could potentially help recruiting in a big way.  He recruited all that talent to St. Patrick school and Monteverde.  Arguably landed more talent than SJU has landed over that time span...

Why would Kevin Boyle come back to NY area and leave great gig in Florida? He gets paid well, no state income tax and gets to coach some of the best players in high school basketball EVERY year. He has a parade of DI coaches coming through his building all year long and if you know KB , his ego LOVES it. If it was about the money, he would have went to college years ago.

#quality of life

Good piece

https://mobile.twitter.com/nypostsports/status/969062696195887105

Welcome aboard Marcellus!!!!
 

FWIW a former teammate of mine has a son who lives in our hometown and started for Bosco last year. His son is a legit 6'6 and can play. Earlington was just a hair shorter and was much better as a junior. That team also had/has 6'6 Rob Harper Jr. who is headed to Rutgers (very skilled player). They were the TOC champs in a stacked field last year and Earlington had 23 pts and 14 boards in the championship game (9 offensive boards).

I like the addition.

Marrillac my man, trust your opinion on talent.

Staff should have shown patients and gone the Jr College route. He is a 4 year guy that might develop but is he mid major talent or BE?

Staff should have shown patients and gone the Jr College route. He is a 4 year guy that might develop but is he mid major talent or BE?

Still 2 scholarships available. 1 that hasn’t been used and yakwe’s

Quote from: PEEKSKILLREDDEVIL on March 03, 2018, 09:14:56 AM

Staff should have shown patients and gone the Jr College route. He is a 4 year guy that might develop but is he mid major talent or BE?

Still 2 scholarships available. 1 that hasn’t been used and yakwe’s

Yeah that's the real focus to me. Land a low post big and either a pg/scoring wing.

Staff should have shown patients and gone the Jr College route. He is a 4 year guy that might develop but is he mid major talent or BE?

The staff is excellent at patients. There’s always someone hurt. I would prefer to see this kid get a chance to be a 4 year contributor than to take a chance on another juco.

Not saying that I couldn’t be convinced otherwise, but what juco have we even heard about let alone bothered to talk to?

The de-committment hurt but i don't want someone here who doesn't have their heart in it.

The de-committment hurt but i don't want someone here who doesn't have their heart in it.

We’re getting really good at saying that.

Greg Mattura
@gregmattura
Final. Don Bosco 71, Bergen Catholic 48. DB- Earlington 24 pts, 9 rebs, Harper 20 pts, 6 rebs; BC - Freemantle 20 pts, 8 rebs.

Greg Mattura
@gregmattura
Final. Don Bosco 71, Bergen Catholic 48. DB- Earlington 24 pts, 9 rebs, Harper 20 pts, 6 rebs; BC - Freemantle 20 pts, 8 rebs.

They play each other 20x a season it seems.

Quote from: mjdinkins on March 06, 2018, 01:15:14 AM

Greg Mattura
@gregmattura
Final. Don Bosco 71, Bergen Catholic 48. DB- Earlington 24 pts, 9 rebs, Harper 20 pts, 6 rebs; BC - Freemantle 20 pts, 8 rebs.

They play each other 20x a season it seems.

Two times regular season, Bergen Jambo and States. 4x a year max.

Usually works out to about 4 times a year as stated above.

Played really well last night.

Usually works out to about 4 times a year as stated above.

Played really well last night.

Jmattera, seeing him in person do you think he’s got a good wingspan?