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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 2245424, member: 10"] Actually Chillious first started recruiting him when he was a 5-9 sophomore playing for his high school's JV team. Nobody knew about him at that point. See the story below. It's a classic recruiting story. I'd say that's good talent recognition. [I]Chillious, by recruiting rules, couldn't talk to Fultz that evening, but he knew he had to get him to go to Washington. "By halftime, I was all in," Chillious said. "I called back to Washington and I told [coach Lorenzo Romar], 'You're going to call me crazy, but I just saw this 5-foot-9 kid on JV who looks like he's going to grow and if he grows, he's not going to be an [URL='http://www.courant.com/topic/sports/basketball/nba-15008001-topic.html']NBA[/URL]player, he's going to be an NBA All-Star.'" Two years later, Fultz was on the varsity team and considered the No.1 recruit in the Class of 2016. Chillious got him, and after one season at Washington, Fultz is 6-4 and now expected to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, with the [URL='http://www.courant.com/topic/sports/basketball/boston-celtics-ORSPT000094-topic.html']Celtics[/URL] first on the clock. [/I] [B][COLOR=#0000ff][URL='http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/hc-uconn-men-inside-chillous-fultz-0530-20170527-story.html']Chillious Can See Fultz Fitting In Perfectly With Celtics[/URL][/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]