2019 Recruiting: Quinones Update

[Guapo]

Credit @KSC94

Thought it deserved its own thread.

 

[Guapo]

Out of those 3 schools, I like our chances

 

[CL82]

Out of those 3 schools, I like our chances

No, no. I'm quite sure we're doomed.

 

[pj]

fuller quote:

At the moment, Quinones said Georgetown, Illinois, UConn, Syracuse and St. John’s were coming at him the hardest, and he’d also started hearing from Michigan and Arizona as well.

“I’m looking at player development, so what school is going to help me get to the next level past college,” he said. “The people in my position who used to go there, see how they started and how they finished at that school, and the system, I like teams that play two ways, offense and defense, and schools that have an open system, 4-out, 1-in, that’s the type of school I want to be looking for.”

We should be a good fit, that's almost a description of Hurley's style. Syracuse and St John's are probably tougher competition than Illinois.

 

[Guapo]

fuller quote:



We should be a good fit, that's almost a description of Hurley's style. Syracuse and St John's are probably tougher competition than Illinois.

Doomed

 

[Huskyforlife]

Recruiting is weird.

 

[tcf15]

Lester Quinones breaks down his recruitment - Talks possibility of going to college with five-star teammate Precious Achiuwa
>>Quinones has developed a close relationship with five-star prospect Precious Achiuwa. He and Achiuwa have played AAU with the Under Armour program New Heights for quite some time. There are a lot of schools recruiting them together.

“UCLA, Kansas, St. John’s, Syracuse, UConn, Western Kentucky, UMass, Oregon, Arizona and a couple more,” he said. “Those schools have been talking about me and him teaming up together.”<<

>>UConn head coach Dan Hurley has made Quinones a priority for their 2019 recruiting class. He and assistant coach Kimani Young have been very active.

“UConn is another school recruiting me hard,” he said. “They used to come to all of our practices at St. Benedict’s with me and Precious. Kimani and Coach Dan Hurley would go so they would talk to us about playing together. That’s another great school.”<<

 

[jollari]

Where in he talks about St Johns, The Good Guys, and Cuse recruiting he and Precious to play together. Given our [perceived] position with Precious, this is a positive signal.

Edit: hat tip to tcf for beating me to this...

 

[tcf15]

Where in he talks about St Johns, The Good Guys, and Cuse recruiting he and Precious to play together. Given our [perceived] position with Precious, this is a positive signal.

Edit: hat tip to tcf for beating me to this...

 

[YoungFree]

Lester Quinones breaks down his recruitment - Talks possibility of going to college with five-star teammate Precious Achiuwa
>>Quinones has developed a close relationship with five-star prospect Precious Achiuwa. He and Achiuwa have played AAU with the Under Armour program New Heights for quite some time. There are a lot of schools recruiting them together.

“UCLA, Kansas, St. John’s, Syracuse, UConn, Western Kentucky, UMass, Oregon, Arizona and a couple more,” he said. “Those schools have been talking about me and him teaming up together.”<<

>>UConn head coach Dan Hurley has made Quinones a priority for their 2019 recruiting class. He and assistant coach Kimani Young have been very active.

“UConn is another school recruiting me hard,” he said. “They used to come to all of our practices at St. Benedict’s with me and Precious. Kimani and Coach Dan Hurley would go so they would talk to us about playing together. That’s another great school.”<<

"Another great school...." my pessimistic side wants to say DANG IT....but I am trusting in Hurley...

 

[CL82]

“UConn is another school recruiting me hard,” he said. “They used to come to all of our practices at St. Benedict’s with me and Precious. Kimani and Coach Dan Hurley would go so they would talk to us about playing together. That’s another great school.”

 

[auror]

From previous threads

'Nova will be deep in this one, but so will we ; )

Ok - Chief will go out on the limb and predict we get QUINONES.

Nova signed a SG around the time of that Zionn post, so perhaps that has taken them out of the running?

Feeling good about Q + Precious. Takes some sting out of the Delaire speculation.

 

[YoungFree]

From previous threads



Nova signed a SG around the time of that Zionn post, so perhaps that has taken them out of the running?

Feeling good about Q + Precious. Takes some sting out of the Delaire speculation.

Q+Precious could very well convince Cockburn to swing in our favor.

 

[UconnU]

Very good news. I like the fact that he refers to coach young by his first name. Also, Les looks noticeably leaner this summer, he lost of of that baby fat he had.

 

[rip7774]

Really liked this guy from day one. We need shooters/scorers and if we can land Precious, need some longer-term guys in the class without the Ben Gordon-level athleticism.

Let's get back to recruiting NYC for guards!!! #Taliek #BenGordon #Kemba #ToughMinded

 

[intlzncster]

Was hoping that meant how close we were to landing a Precious/Quinones package. Though funny, I am disappoint.

 

[YoungFree]

Really liked this guy from day one. We need shooters/scorers and if we can land Precious, need some longer-term guys in the class without the Ben Gordon-level athleticism.

Let's get back to recruiting NYC for guards!!! #Taliek #BenGordon #Kemba #ToughMinded

No truer thing has been said in the past three hours of my life. UConn is built on NY guards.

 

[Durks07]

From previous threads



Nova signed a SG around the time of that Zionn post, so perhaps that has taken them out of the running?

Feeling good about Q + Precious. Takes some sting out of the Delaire speculation.

I'm feeling good about @Zionn liking a post about feeling good about Q + Precious.

 

[UConnSwag11]

What does he mean used to?

 

[tcf15]

What does he mean used to?

As in when school was still in session

 

[HawkHusky]

Q and Precious would be quite the package deal.

 

[The Viking]

I mean if he wants to play offense AND defense that takes Cuse out of the running unless your idea of defense is standing around in a small box with your arms up in the air

 

[Chief00]

From previous threads



Nova signed a SG around the time of that Zionn post, so perhaps that has taken them out of the running?

Feeling good about Q + Precious. Takes some sting out of the Delaire speculation.

Remember I posted the Chill picture a couple weeks ago. I can’t specifically comment on recruiting until the clouds clear - but a picture is worth a thousand words.

Chief recognizes the experienced posters picked up on that but I wanted to reiterate to the casual fans, who we desperately need! Don’t lose hope reading the Hartford Courant - they only have the ability to use the rear view mirror. To Chief the vision is starting to look pretty good looking forward.

 

[Chief00]

Q and Precious would be quite the package deal.

Package = Precious Metal

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Remember I posted the Chill picture a couple weeks ago. I can’t specifically comment on recruiting until the clouds clear - but a picture is worth a thousand words.

Chief recognizes the experienced posters picked up on that but I wanted to reiterate to the casual fans, who we desperately need! Don’t lose hope reading the Hartford Courant - they only have the ability to use the rear view mirror. To Chief the vision is starting to look pretty good looking forward.

Don't worry, any time a recruit commits in the future we'll know that's what you meant when you posted that picture a couple weeks ago.