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Nate Santos is a BEAST. Anyone have a link to a live stream Loomis typically streams their games.
Wild game. Dayton got a good one in Blakney.
Only saw the last 4 min of regulation & overtime today, combined with a good portion of Santo's game Fri night. The quality of play overall is so much lower than the Brewster, Putnam Science, Patrick School, type play, that I find it hard to project whether these kids are really as good as their rankings suggest. I agree on the Dayton kid. Hurley has probably seen Etienne and Santos excel on bigger stages to be prioritizing either of them. Gaffney, Bouknight, Akok, Wahab, Cockburn, Richmond and Jackson were easy for me to covet. Sanogo , Clingan, and Karaban are easy to put in that category, and for me Elijah Huchins-Everett at Putnam Science is an impact player I wish we would push for. Javonte seems a project, and Etienne and Santos just refuse to make their talent obvious whenever I'm watching. I'd love to hear from somebody sold on these kids as players that have Jackson/Bouknight talent to be a top 25 team.
With Etienne the offers kind of speak for themselves, but Santos IMO is a guy you wait until AAU play before offering. Other local kids like Murray, EHE, Casey Simmons, etc are in the same bucket. If they look good then offer, but you don’t need to be first to the punch with everyone.Only saw the last 4 min of regulation & overtime today, combined with a good portion of Santo's game Fri night. The quality of play overall is so much lower than the Brewster, Putnam Science, Patrick School, type play, that I find it hard to project whether these kids are really as good as their rankings suggest. I agree on the Dayton kid. Hurley has probably seen Etienne and Santos excel on bigger stages to be prioritizing either of them. Gaffney, Bouknight, Akok, Wahab, Cockburn, Richmond and Jackson were easy for me to covet. Sanogo , Clingan, and Karaban are easy to put in that category, and for me Elijah Huchins-Everett at Putnam Science is an impact player I wish we would push for. Javonte seems a project, and Etienne and Santos just refuse to make their talent obvious whenever I'm watching. I'd love to hear from somebody sold on these kids as players that have Jackson/Bouknight talent to be a top 25 team.
Only saw the last 4 min of regulation & overtime today, combined with a good portion of Santo's game Fri night. The quality of play overall is so much lower than the Brewster, Putnam Science, Patrick School, type play, that I find it hard to project whether these kids are really as good as their rankings suggest. I agree on the Dayton kid. Hurley has probably seen Etienne and Santos excel on bigger stages to be prioritizing either of them. Gaffney, Bouknight, Akok, Wahab, Cockburn, Richmond and Jackson were easy for me to covet. Sanogo , Clingan, and Karaban are easy to put in that category, and for me Elijah Huchins-Everett at Putnam Science is an impact player I wish we would push for. Javonte seems a project, and Etienne and Santos just refuse to make their talent obvious whenever I'm watching. I'd love to hear from somebody sold on these kids as players that have Jackson/Bouknight talent to be a top 25 team.
I don't see anything out there on him sans the 135-70 game.What about Vladislav Goldin at PSA? He's highly ranked and is so close by we have to have seen him play.
Or is he not the right type player for Hurley?
You’re probably underrating Santos because we just haven’t seen enough of him healthy vs high level comp because he missed last spring/summer and was recovering this fall. He was dominant on the circuit as a sophomore, a lot like Bouknight in regard to how his high school career/recruitment has gone. If he looks good in the first and second live period he’s going to get a ton more high major offers. What he does well; getting to the line, hitting jump shots, etc with his size translates very well. I’d put him in a bucket above Simmons and JuJu.With Etienne the offers kind of speak for themselves, but Santos IMO is a guy you wait until AAU play before offering. Other local kids like Murray, EHE, Casey Simmons, etc are in the same bucket. If they look good then offer, but you don’t need to be first to the punch with everyone.
If you’re in the camp that wants us to offer Santos, at least the staff is clearly making an effort with him.
Most of the 2021s we have offered already have bunch of high major offers (like Allen, Keels, Sanogo, Sallis, Etienne, Diggins, Patterson, Kepnang, Robinson, Reese) with the exception of a few local kids like Blakes (who’s already breaking out) and Samson Johnson. More will come, but there’s no need to go overboard with offers before the spring unless you’re absolutely sure about a kid.
I didn’t mean to say they’re all equally talented, just that they’re local kids that we’ve yet to offer but have watched.You’re probably underrating Santos because we just haven’t seen enough of him healthy vs high level comp because he missed last spring/summer and was recovering this fall. He was dominant on the circuit as a sophomore, a lot like Bouknight in regard to how his high school career/recruitment has gone. If he looks good in the first and second live period he’s going to get a ton more high major offers. What he does well; getting to the line, hitting jump shots, etc with his size translates very well. I’d put him in a bucket above Simmons and JuJu.
You’re probably underrating Santos because we just haven’t seen enough of him healthy vs high level comp because he missed last spring/summer and was recovering this fall. He was dominant on the circuit as a sophomore, a lot like Bouknight in regard to how his high school career/recruitment has gone. If he looks good in the first and second live period he’s going to get a ton more high major offers. What he does well; getting to the line, hitting jump shots, etc with his size translates very well. I’d put him in a bucket above Simmons and JuJu.
Below Mac and JuJu but above Santos and EHE.how does NERR have him ranked compared to those guys? They usually do a better job with local kids than the national recruiting services.
If he performs well during april aau, I bet we offer.
Is there any good video on Santos?
Santos looks like a super skilled shooter with great size for a perimeter player(similar to Polley...prob better natural shooter at a young age).
Etienne is a big with great mobility.
Comparing the two seems apples and oranges. Getting both would be two great pieces, though, assuming Santos is the high major athlete those here who have seen him play seem to think he is.
Agree here. Seems silly to try to get Santos to reclassify (not sure if we are but there was speculation at one point), but seems like a good 2021 fit as a Polley replacement. Seems to have Polley + potential.
I was the one who said that, I read it in an article a while ago, I’ll try to find the article and double check.Somebody said Santos reclassified back to 2021 so he could go back to his original class and be a 2020 guy if I understood it correctly.
If the coaches think he's the lights out shooter we need I would think they'd grab him now. Hurley may think it's better to get them a year early rather than risk losing them to the more hyped teams who swoop in once the kids are more proven.
I don’t think he’s a reclass possibility.I was the one who said that, I read it in an article a while ago, I’ll try to find the article and double check.
I agree with locking him up early if the staff wants him. Talent now is better than talent later, especially with in state guys. He has the frame and jump shot of a future stud, his recruitment could explode at any moment. He shouldn’t be priority #1 for 2020 but if we fill our major needs then bringing him in a year early can’t hurt.