Maurice Harkless - SF - South Kent - Forest Hills, NY - ST. JOHN'S

Blue said via text the following schools were in play for Harkless: Arizona, Memphis, St. John’s, Georgetown, Miami, South Florida, Rutgers, Xavier, Virginia, Maryland, Syracuse, Temple, Pitt, Providence, UConn and Cincinnati.

All have offered except Syracuse and Georgetown.

http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/07/17/uconn-back-in-harkless-race-pumps-charity-off-limits-to-coaches-caracter-ebanks-excel-for-lakers/

Zagoria's latest hype scored a whopping seven in a double-digit whipping against the Iowa Barnstormers, who have one high-major kid.
Chiles showed up.

You don't think Harkless is that good?

You don't think Harkless is that good?

I don't think he warrants any references to "Trevor Ariza meets Ray Allen." I realize that the well is pretty dry in his area, but he doesn't need to hype up another kid. It's Nate Blue's job to promote the kid. Zagoria should ask Mr. Konchalski, who, like Harkless, lives in Forrest Hills and is a 35 year veteran, what his take is on Harkless. Harkless was getting schooled by kids that looked like they were extras in Hoosiers yesterday. It was embarrassing.
 

Quote from: peter on July 25, 2010, 11:25:16 PM

You don't think Harkless is that good?

I don't think he warrants any references to "Trevor Ariza meets Ray Allen." I realize that the well is pretty dry in his area, but he doesn't need to hype up another kid. It's Nate Blue's job to promote the kid. Zagoria should ask Mr. Konchalski, who, like Harkless, lives in Forrest Hills and is a 35 year veteran, what his take is on Harkless. Harkless was getting schooled by kids that looked like they were extras in Hoosiers yesterday. It was embarrassing.
 

It's funny, I don't take those comparisons seriously.  Zags doesn't do this, but often people compare players' to guys of similar height, weight, and race as the guy they're looking at, and it feels inaccurate.  Also, using Trevor Ariza's name as comparison is one thing - that guy was all potential in his year at UCLA, while Ray Allen - ain't nobody like Ray Allen, he was inhuman in college.  Put those two together, and I agree, that's some bull.

FWIW, Nate Blue is feeling the love from Lavin.  There's more on his Twitter page, he's writing an essay.  (But his page is locked to non-followers. My God, I'm a follower. I feel dirty.)

Its a sea of shirts, and sju has been there 100% of the summer. RT @seedeez27: So your saying Coach Lavin is showing your guy alot of love?

Quote from: Not The Sleaveless Guy on July 26, 2010, 04:15:00 PM

Quote from: peter on July 25, 2010, 11:25:16 PM

You don't think Harkless is that good?

I don't think he warrants any references to "Trevor Ariza meets Ray Allen." I realize that the well is pretty dry in his area, but he doesn't need to hype up another kid. It's Nate Blue's job to promote the kid. Zagoria should ask Mr. Konchalski, who, like Harkless, lives in Forrest Hills and is a 35 year veteran, what his take is on Harkless. Harkless was getting schooled by kids that looked like they were extras in Hoosiers yesterday. It was embarrassing.
 

It's funny, I don't take those comparisons seriously.  Zags doesn't do this, but often people compare players' to guys of similar height, weight, and race as the guy they're looking at, and it feels inaccurate.  Also, using Trevor Ariza's name as comparison is one thing - that guy was all potential in his year at UCLA, while Ray Allen - ain't nobody like Ray Allen, he was inhuman in college.  Put those two together, and I agree, that's some bull.

Ray Allen was inhuman in college?  The guy never made it to a Final Four.  He got out of the Sweet 16 once and he played with guys like Donny Marshell, Donyell Marshell, Kevin Ollie, Doren Scheffer, and Travis Knight.  All but Scheffer played in the NBA. 

Ray Allen is a very good player, but he was never some ridiculous ball player that some like to make it seem.  RIP Hamilton won a national championship with one kid that had a cup of coffee in the NBA and gets half the recognition of Ray.

Quote from: peter on July 26, 2010, 04:28:44 PM

Quote from: Not The Sleaveless Guy on July 26, 2010, 04:15:00 PM

Quote from: peter on July 25, 2010, 11:25:16 PM

You don't think Harkless is that good?

I don't think he warrants any references to "Trevor Ariza meets Ray Allen." I realize that the well is pretty dry in his area, but he doesn't need to hype up another kid. It's Nate Blue's job to promote the kid. Zagoria should ask Mr. Konchalski, who, like Harkless, lives in Forrest Hills and is a 35 year veteran, what his take is on Harkless. Harkless was getting schooled by kids that looked like they were extras in Hoosiers yesterday. It was embarrassing.
 

It's funny, I don't take those comparisons seriously.  Zags doesn't do this, but often people compare players' to guys of similar height, weight, and race as the guy they're looking at, and it feels inaccurate.  Also, using Trevor Ariza's name as comparison is one thing - that guy was all potential in his year at UCLA, while Ray Allen - ain't nobody like Ray Allen, he was inhuman in college.  Put those two together, and I agree, that's some bull.

Ray Allen was inhuman in college?  The guy never made it to a Final Four.  He got out of the Sweet 16 once and he played with guys like Donny Marshell, Donyell Marshell, Kevin Ollie, Doren Scheffer, and Travis Knight.  All but Scheffer played in the NBA. 

Ray Allen is a very good player, but he was never some ridiculous ball player that some like to make it seem.  RIP Hamilton won a national championship with one kid that had a cup of coffee in the NBA and gets half the recognition of Ray.

Let's be fair, and I know the premise was talking college and college is great, but where it counts in the NBA Ray Allen has had a better career.  He's a 9 time all star.
 

Ray Allen was inhuman in college?  The guy never made it to a Final Four.  He got out of the Sweet 16 once and he played with guys like Donny Marshell, Donyell Marshell, Kevin Ollie, Doren Scheffer, and Travis Knight.  All but Scheffer played in the NBA. 

Ray Allen is a very good player, but he was never some ridiculous ball player that some like to make it seem.  RIP Hamilton won a national championship with one kid that had a cup of coffee in the NBA and gets half the recognition of Ray.

Lots of guys never make it to the Final Four.  Jarrett Jack and Georgia Tech did.  Does that make him awesome? No. It means he had a really good team that played as a team with him.  NBA talent doesn't necessarily make a Final Four team.

All I know is that when I watched Ray Allen and Allen Iverson in college, my first thought was "aw, s**t".  Those guys were frighteningly talented. I think he was an unbelievable shooter from outside. You may disagree, and that's fine.

Let's talk about Harkless.

http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/07/31/harkless-to-cut-list-in-august/#more-37625

Harkless previously decommitted from UConn.

Asked if the Huskies would remain on the list, Harkless said, “I’m not sure.”

Blue added: “I’m 100 percent sure they [UConn] will still be on the list.”

Blue said he wasn’t certain if Harkless would take an official to UConn, but said he would at least take unofficials to UConn, St. John’s, Georgetown and Maryland.

Harkless will play with Queens in the “Battle of the Boroughs” Aug. 13-14 at Rucker Park as part of the World Basketball Festival.

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/basketball/month_to_remember_propels_highly_ku5ZMRlS7ASovUcBQzyWVO

Harkless, the 19th-ranked small forward in the Class of 2011 by Scout.com, was already a hot commodity. That only intensified as the month wore on – he played in front of head coaches such as Bill Self (Kansas), Steve Lavin (St. John’s), Mike Rice (Rutgers), Roy Williams (North Carolina), Gary Williams (Maryland), and Billy Donovan (Florida).

His advisor, Nate Blue, said he has 19 scholarships offers. Florida, St. John’s, Rutgers, Arizona, Cincinnati, Maryland, and Memphis are among his many suitors. Kansas and Syracuse have also shown interest, although neither has offered Harkless, who plans to trim his list to between six to eight teams in the next week. He said St. John’s and UConn would “most likely” be in that group.

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No UConn, but some sharks.

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No UConn, but some sharks.

Some sharks, but I can deal with bullheaded sharks instead of tiger and great white sharks in UK, Duke, UNC and Kansas.      

Quote from: Not The Sleaveless Guy on August 02, 2010, 07:31:09 PM

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No UConn, but some sharks.

Some sharks, but I can deal with bullheaded sharks instead of tiger and great white sharks in UK, Duke, UNC and Kansas.      

Be wary.
Pastner, Donovan, and a desperate Lowe (who was able to beat out even Teflon Cal for Leslie) or Cronin can be dangerous

Quote from: mjdinkins on August 02, 2010, 08:22:57 PM

Quote from: Not The Sleaveless Guy on August 02, 2010, 07:31:09 PM

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No UConn, but some sharks.

Some sharks, but I can deal with bullheaded sharks instead of tiger and great white sharks in UK, Duke, UNC and Kansas.      

Be wary.
Pastner, Donovan, and a desperate Lowe (who was able to beat out even Teflon Cal for Leslie) or Cronin can be dangerous

Do not get me wrong, as I know Pastner, Donovan and even, Miller (Arizona) can be quite dangerous.  But, I also think Lavin is very dangerous in his own right.

We all know UK, Duke, UNC and Kansas are usually the more dangerious species.  Nevertheless, I feel Lavin and staff can hang with the big dogs.  We're eventually gonna have to win a recruiting battle with some of the nation's elite and why not start with the 2011 class.