Marlon Jones-PF-Orr Chicago, IL - LOYOLA

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=8&c=1&nid=6289439

Joe Henricksen ‏@joehoopsreport  · 4h 
Orr senior big man Marlon Jones with scheduled visits (in order) in the coming weeks to St. John's, Tulane and Loyola


http://www.rumbleinthegarden.com/2014/4/9/5599250/st-johns-2014-recruiting-johnnies-forward-marlon-jones-orr-high

6'9" forward from Orr high school visiting soon.  Very athletic kid with good hands.  Videos look good.   

His videos look really good.  Very active hands and rebounder.  Reminds me of a poor man's Lance Thomas a bit. 

He's definitely an upgrade from Obekpa












At free throw shooting

His videos look really good.  Very active hands and rebounder.  Reminds me of a poor man's Lance Thomas a bit. 

Maybe.  He's too thin for a 6'9 PF but I like the tenacity and touch with which he plays under the basket (again, based solely on the youtube clip), however, it will be much tougher on him when he's banging up against 6'9, 240lbs kids of the BE.  I'd take him.

Usually when a kid is a sleeper and no high major schools have offered, there's a reason

Usually when a kid is a sleeper and no high major schools have offered, there's a reason

Generally, I agree.  But then you watch the NCAA tourney, and every year there are a handful of kids that were not heavily recruited by top-flight schools that step up and lead their team to clutch victories.  This year's prime example was Frank Kaminsky.  Why the hell can't we find a diamond in the rough for a change???

Quote from: DoodyNY33 on April 09, 2014, 08:24:27 PM

Usually when a kid is a sleeper and no high major schools have offered, there's a reason

Generally, I agree.  But then you watch the NCAA tourney, and every year there are a handful of kids that were not heavily recruited by top-flight schools that step up and lead their team to clutch victories.  This year's prime example was Frank Kaminsky.  Why the hell can't we find a diamond in the rough for a change???

We did in Hardy. That was probably the last one.

Need to have a coach that can bring that out of a kid.

Do we have that?

Fighting with Tulane and Loyola for a recruit?

Fighting with Tulane and Loyola for a recruit?

It's ok to go after low rated recruits once in a while. Especially when you are desperate.

Which returns us back to the elephant in the room.

Why are we desperate? Because Lavin and his coaching staff decided to take the 2014 recruiting class off.

Which returns us back to the elephant in the room.

Why are we desperate? Because Lavin and his coaching staff decided to take the 2014 recruiting class off.

They did?

Need to have a coach that can bring that out of a kid.

Do we have that?

Well, if you're going to split hairs...not that I'm aware of.

i'd sign him - seems like a high energy kid who can be a good role player

Hey, Uconn just won a national championship without a front court player I've ever heard of out of high school except Daniels and late pickup Nolan.  I don't know how much this kid can give us, but he looks like he boxes out, gets vertical for rebounds and is long and active.  Beggars can't be choosers but if we land Thomas in addition to this kid and Delarosa, out rebounding will be a bit better than it has. 

I just hope we can find players that play hard for 40 minutes and have heart in big situations.

This kid apparently had recruitment fall off due to foot injury but it has come on lately.  Just had. 24/14 game 2 days ago.  Looks like a good fit.  With jones and Thomas, not sure what we would have but it seems these kids are a bit tougher rebounders than we've had.  I like how he has a jumpshot out to 15' or so.  We desperately need all these guys like Delarosa, Jones and Thomas.

This kid apparently had recruitment fall off due to foot injury but it has come on lately.  Just had. 24/14 game 2 days ago.  Looks like a good fit.  With jones and Thomas, not sure what we would have but it seems these kids are a bit tougher rebounders than we've had.  I like how he has a jumpshot out to 15' or so.  We desperately need all these guys like Delarosa, Jones and Thomas.

If we sign up say, four to five aggressive hard nosed rebounders this offseason - and two them stick, in the sense that two of them are net positives when they are on the floor, maybe that can be enough if our guard play is consistent enough next year.      Maybe that'll be enough... that's a big maybe, but that's the best we can hope for at this point.