Julian "Juju" Reese

payitforward · Post #1 » by **payitforward** » Sat Feb 28, 2026 9:34 pm

We've signed this kid to a 2-way deal. Anyone know anything much about him?

Here are his college numbers:

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/julian-reese-1.html

doclinkin · Post #2 » by **doclinkin** » Sat Feb 28, 2026 10:08 pm

Yes man. He’s the player who made Queens defense bearable at Maryland. Dirty work player, rebounding fiend. You’ll love him. His per 36 in the G league is like 17pts 16 boards.

Post #3 » by **nate33** » Sat Feb 28, 2026 10:20 pm

We can’t afford any more good two way players. They keep accidentally ruining the tank.

dobrojim · Post #4 » by **dobrojim** » Sat Feb 28, 2026 11:16 pm

nate33 wrote:We can’t afford any more good two way players. They keep accidentally ruining the tank.

I'm usually cautious/paranoid but our remaining
schedule may only have 5 more wins. So I'm
optimistic.

UTA play twice
Pels 1x
CHI 2x but they are 8 wins ahead of us.

Unless AD starts playing and TY too.

AWIZZINGBULLET · Post #5 » by **AWIZZINGBULLET** » Sun Mar 1, 2026 1:34 am

Love the signing!

J. Reese was one of many players that I hoped we drafted late.

SUPERBALLMAN · Post #6 » by **SUPERBALLMAN** » Sun Mar 1, 2026 1:57 am

Love it. Local kid, played 4 years at Maryland. Legit 4 athletic good defender.

doclinkin · Post #7 » by **doclinkin** » Sun Mar 1, 2026 5:17 am

And younger brother of WNBA star/hottie Angel Reese.

gambitx777 · Post #8 » by **gambitx777** » Sun Mar 1, 2026 6:23 am

Love this kid! He's a tough grindy kind of guy, tough and rebounds he's 6'9 230 this kid reminds me of the two really solid years khris humphries had in Brooklyn, if he ends up being that guy longer than his humphries did then he's a good find.

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Wizardspride · Post #9 » by **Wizardspride** » Sun Mar 1, 2026 4:07 pm

doclinkin wrote:And younger brother of WNBA star/hottie Angel Reese.

Also a HS teammate of Bub Carrington and Derik Queen.

9 and 20 · Post #10 » by **9 and 20** » Sun Mar 1, 2026 4:52 pm

Shades of LaSooz, tbh. But fine with it. We've already signed all the 6'5" hustle 3/D wings out there.

Post #11 » by **nate33** » Sun Mar 1, 2026 5:23 pm

At least he is 22 and not 26 like Alondes Williams.

FAH1223 · Post #12 » by **FAH1223** » Sun Mar 1, 2026 5:44 pm

Love bringing in JuJu. He’s a good kid.

Played pickup him with him on campus at UMD a few years ago.

Kanyewest · Post #13 » by **Kanyewest** » Sun Mar 1, 2026 5:57 pm

doclinkin wrote:Yes man. He’s the player who made Queens defense bearable at Maryland. Dirty work player, rebounding fiend. You’ll love him. His per 36 in the G league is like 17pts 16 boards.

My assessment was different watching the tournament. Actually think his defense was a bit slow on rotation and misaligned himself on a few possessions. I believe Queen even had more blocks than Reese in the tournament per game,.

But I think the regular season stats look promising, granted the overall competition may have been slightly worse but the sample size is much larger. Plus a good chance he has improved since he's been in the g league

doclinkin · Post #14 » by **doclinkin** » Sun Mar 1, 2026 6:05 pm

Kanyewest wrote:
doclinkin wrote:Yes man. He’s the player who made Queens defense bearable at Maryland. Dirty work player, rebounding fiend. You’ll love him. His per 36 in the G league is like 17pts 16 boards.

My assessment was different watching the tournament. Actually think his defense was a bit slow on rotation and misaligned himself on a few possessions. I believe Queen even had more blocks than Reese in the tournament per game,.

But I think the regular season stats look promising, granted the overall competition may have been slightly worse but the sample size is much larger. Plus a good chance he has improved since he's been in the g league

DQ had olé defense at UMD as well. That was the knock on him, that for all his steals or rebounding and solid size he never really liked putting a body on an opponent. Reese never had that problem. Plays hard even if undersized and seeks out contact in the scrum. His solid work freed up DQ to freelance.

Kanyewest · Post #15 » by **Kanyewest** » Sun Mar 1, 2026 6:53 pm

Rewatching some of the highlights from the Maryland/Florida game. I forgot that the game was that close in the first half despite Florida controlling the possession battle for the game. I guess there was some Kevin Willard backlash that overshadowed the game. Maryland had 20 rebounds for the game, while Florida had 42. Let’s see if Reese can do, but at the same time not hoping too much because of the tank.

AWIZZINGBULLET · Post #16 » by **AWIZZINGBULLET** » Mon Mar 2, 2026 2:47 am

Finally a youthful signee that doesn’t feel like our other youthful signings.

closg00 · Post #17 » by **closg00** » Mon Mar 2, 2026 12:44 pm

AWIZZINGBULLET wrote:Finally a youthful signee that doesn’t feel like our other youthful signings.

…and not another guard/wing

closg00 · Post #18 » by **closg00** » Mon Mar 2, 2026 1:04 pm

nate33 wrote:We can’t afford any more good two way players. They keep accidentally ruining the tank.

Turns out, he could be playing tonight, we have a lot of people out.

AWIZZINGBULLET · Post #19 » by **AWIZZINGBULLET** » Mon Mar 2, 2026 1:11 pm

closg00 wrote:
AWIZZINGBULLET wrote:Finally a youthful signee that doesn’t feel like our other youthful signings.

…and not another guard/wing

Exactly. Lol

Bilal better start showing some growth.

SUPERBALLMAN · Post #20 » by **SUPERBALLMAN** » Mon Mar 2, 2026 6:04 pm

I honestly think he could stick. We can use some big man depth, I could see him on a 2-way next season for sure.

It'll be fun to see him matched up against Queen when we play the Pelicans.