Official Canadians High School Basketball Thread

Crazy-Canuck · Post #281 » by **Crazy-Canuck** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:09 am

Bennett needs a 2 inch growth spurt in a bad way or he will really need to put in a lot of work to be able to play the 3 spot. Right now, he's a typical tweener; a power 3.

bboyskinnylegs · Post #282 » by **bboyskinnylegs** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:57 am

ESPN mentions with regards to Andrew: "Unfortunately, he does not play hard all the time and he lacks toughness."

Can anyone confirm/deny this? I never got that impression from the (albeit) little bit that I've seen him play.

BirdmanPresents · Post #283 » by **BirdmanPresents** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 3:11 pm

In big settings Ive seen Andrew go to work and step up clearly being the best player on the floor (EYBL and usually big tournaments down south or against a good opponent).

However, when its lower competition he seems to try less. With Vaughan he was idle most of the games and still seemed to average around 30 points. The most I saw him try was when he was matched up with Kevin Pangos who seemed to bring him out more considering the match up of the 2.

One positive to take from this though is when he is not trying on offence, he still plays tough D from what I have seen. Still attitude needs to change for sure.

Kaizen · Post #284 » by **Kaizen** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:11 pm

Great news about Wiggins but I wish Zabo was still in the top 25.

Kaizen · Post #285 » by **Kaizen** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:42 pm

http://twitter.com/#!/nolanshulman

I have to admit that after reading that it is crazy how many Canadians are going down to the States. How is high school ball ever going to get better in Canada if everyone keeps leaving?

BirdmanPresents · Post #286 » by **BirdmanPresents** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:23 am

High school ball is going to get better a little by seeing these kids when there young. Guys like Wiggins, Kabongo, Pangos are starting to draw crowds and there's more coming up that will too.

Canada basketball in the end will get better alot because of playing higher competition and better coaching/development.

Anthony Pate just transferred to St.Patrick's if that's what you were linking. He's going to get a chance to make a difference from day 1. He was also looking at Montrose but would of had more of a reserve role. If people haven't seen, here are some highlights on Anthony from last season and this summer:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8XVZKGcUBo[/youtube]

BirdmanPresents · Post #287 » by **BirdmanPresents** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:47 pm

just posted on to my twitter:

http://twitter.com/#!/HoopmixtapeCAN

Tyler Ennis shoots up to #24 in scout.com's 2013 rankings! @NolanShulman @Hoopstarscanada @BounceTTCAAU Isaiah Watkins ranked #83

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p= ... 88&yr=2013

BirdmanPresents · Post #288 » by **BirdmanPresents** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:29 pm

Wiggins is now #1 in scout.com's 2014 rankings as well.:

http://scouthoops.scout.com/2/1098143.html

Also #1 on Maxpreps:

http://www.maxpreps.com/basketball-recr ... cruits.htm

Looks like it is beginning to become unanimous, Andrew Wiggins is the best prospect in North America for 2014.

Anatomize · Post #289 » by **Anatomize** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:46 pm

Kevin Pangos looks like Tyler Hansbrough the midgit version

alfie123 · Post #290 » by **alfie123** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:20 pm

Pardon my ignorance on this thread, but why are we getting hard ons projecting a draft 3 years from now?

There are a number of outcomes:
He gets hurt and loses his stock value,
Other players get better than him,
He becomes a punk.

Or is he the next LeBron James?

Post #291 » by **jman3134** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:54 pm

It's worthy of noting, but it is way too early to tell. He and players in his class will develop considerably by the time that the class of 2014 become seniors.

FWIW, I personally like Dakari Johnson to eventually become the top player in high school basketball. Enormous player with a tremendous amount of upside. Of course, Wiggins will probably always be up there as well.

Calderon · Post #292 » by **Calderon** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:21 pm

alfie123 wrote:Pardon my ignorance on this thread, but why are we getting hard ons projecting a draft 3 years from now?

There are a number of outcomes:
He gets hurt and loses his stock value,
Other players get better than him,
He becomes a punk.

Or is he the next LeBron James?

He's the best Canadian prospect of all time, he's the consensus best player in his draft class, he has been a well known phenom for more than a few years now and he has great skill. There's a lot to get excited about, he isn't the number one prospect for no reason. All he has to do is get through a couple more years of school without getting horrifically injured or dying and he'll be one of the top picks of his draft class.

lobosloboslobos · Post #293 » by **lobosloboslobos** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:34 pm

alfie123 wrote:Pardon my ignorance on this thread, but why are we getting hard ons projecting a draft 3 years from now?

There are a number of outcomes:
He gets hurt and loses his stock value,
Other players get better than him,
He becomes a punk.

Or is he the next LeBron James?

Hate much?

This is a thread celebrating the individual and collective achievements and prospects of Canada's increasingly impressive crop of young ballers. If you can't get behind that basic concept just stay out of it.

Personally, given I knew nothing about these guys before RGM I find it informative and encouraging.

BirdmanPresents · Post #294 » by **BirdmanPresents** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:36 pm

alfie123 wrote:Pardon my ignorance on this thread, but why are we getting hard ons projecting a draft 3 years from now?

There are a number of outcomes:
He gets hurt and loses his stock value,
Other players get better than him,
He becomes a punk.

Or is he the next LeBron James?

This is the high school thread, not the future draft threads. It is meant to praise and follow the Canadian kids on there high school, collegiate and maybe even NBA journeys. We all understand there is a long road ahead but the part that makes it fun is the "what if" factor. We also use this to try and get HS hoops more popular so people support basketball more in out backyard.

Anatomize · Post #295 » by **Anatomize** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:21 am

I'm just wondering if anyone knows anything about a kid named Mahsi from Thornlea.. how does he compare against some of these Canadian ballers? I know he's faced some of them before but I don't know how he did

BirdmanPresents · Post #296 » by **BirdmanPresents** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 2:41 am

With many of NCAA coaches on hand including UCONN's coach Calhoun, the best players in Canada showed out at the Caribana Classic:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh-K5793rmo[/youtube]

NeverGoingToWin · Post #297 » by **NeverGoingToWin** » Tue Oct 4, 2011 1:31 am

Have any of you heard of Matt Willms? Sounds like he is a player to watch based on this article.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/se ... heatrics-/

NeverGoingToWin · Post #298 » by **NeverGoingToWin** » Tue Oct 4, 2011 1:35 am

Stefan Jankovic is down to Missouri, Purdue and Florida State.

BirdmanPresents · Post #299 » by **BirdmanPresents** » Thu Oct 6, 2011 12:19 pm

After de-committing from Louisville, Negus Webster Chan is to announce his college decision this Friday. Apparently hes down to 2 in Iowa State and Missouri:

http://crownmagonline.com/recruiting/tw ... -decision/

Also, CIA Bounce big man Richard Peters committed to Washington State this week:

http://www.flagrantfouls.com/2011/10/ri ... ton-state/

Deuces · Post #300 » by **Deuces** » Thu Oct 6, 2011 8:05 pm

BirdmanPresents wrote:After de-committing from Louisville, Negus Webster Chan is to announce his college decision this Friday. Apparently hes down to 2 in Iowa State and Missouri:

http://crownmagonline.com/recruiting/tw ... -decision/

Also, CIA Bounce big man Richard Peters committed to Washington State this week:

http://www.flagrantfouls.com/2011/10/ri ... ton-state/

I think he'd fit better into Iowa's system