Jalen Adams (Committed to UConn)

[Walker11]

Nice backcourt with Donavon Mitchell.

 

[johnhuskies95]

The Brewster coach has said dickish things about UConn in the past, not sure how I feel about this.

 

[3uconn]

So if this is true they have Jalen (UConn), Donovan Mitchell (Louisville), Jarred Reuter (Virginia), and Marcus Derrickson (Georgetown).

 

[tcf15]

Looks like @BallasTV deleted all those tweets- maybe it's not true?

 

[tcf15]

Alex Kline ‏@TheRecruitScoop
RT @HoopDreamsmag: 2015 UConn commit Jalen Adams has transferred from Cushing Academy (MA) to Brewster Academy (NH).

 

[GemParty]

Alex Kline ‏@TheRecruitScoop RT @HoopDreamsmag: 2015 UConn commit Jalen Adams has transferred from Cushing Academy (MA) to Brewster Academy (NH).

Good/bad/indifferent news? Thoughts?

 

[tcf15]

Adam Finkelstein ‏@AdamFinkelstein
Spent morning with Jalen Adams at Hazelton Camp. He's transferring to Brewster but planned to announce tomorrow after contacting Cushing.

 

[Fishy]

The Brewster coach has said dickish things about UConn in the past, not sure how I feel about this.

For some reason, I thought the same, but he corrected me directly.

We don't have anything to worry about there - he seems to be a very decent sort.

 

[tcf15]

http://ballislife.com/jalen-adams-t...-craft-point-guard-ballislife-summer-mixtape/

 

[UconnU]

http://ballislife.com/jalen-adams-t...-craft-point-guard-ballislife-summer-mixtape/

My gawd. Ball is on a string! Do his heels ever touch the floor? Love it.

 

[johnhuskies95]

For some reason, I thought the same, but he corrected me directly.

We don't have anything to worry about there - he seems to be a very decent sort.

That's good to hear.

 

[UconnU]

Look at the footwork its a god damn clinic. Best overall footwork and lateral movement of any prospect weve ever had.

 

[mbt0512]

http://ballislife.com/jalen-adams-t...-craft-point-guard-ballislife-summer-mixtape/

Granted these are short cherry-picked clips as highlight videos always are, Adams appears to possess phenomenal body control and have a knack for scoring from a wide variety of positions when he is within close proximity to the paint (which appears to be a big part of his game). He also mixes in a healthy dose of last-second passes for easy buckets which I anxiously look forward to seeing him continue doing in a Husky uni

Has anyone seen him play in person and have a sense of what his defensive aptitude is like?

 

[UConNick]

I scrolled through that darn list 3 times, just to see if they'd given Jalen the bump he deserves. Imagine my surprise when I can't find him. Eventually, I just click on the Malik Newman profile and go to the UConn page. According to that, Adams was number 50 (WAY TOO LOW but we'll get into that later). So I go back to the Top 2-4-7, and sure enough, by some happenstance, the list jumps right from 49 to 51. No number 50. No Jalen Adams. Could they make any stupider of a blunder????

Plus, there is no way Jawun Evans is the 8th best player in the country, if Jalen is no. 50. I know he's been rising this Summer, but come on! Not to mention that Mitchell, post UL commit, is now no. 28. IMO, Adams is a better guard than both of them (granted I have not watched Evans play, only read about him). I lost a ton of respect for these guys, and I had considered them the best recruiting service online.

Other Targets:
Malik Newman no. 4
Diamond Stone no. 9
Brandon Ingram no. 11
Dwayne Bacon no. 12
Malik Beasley no. 25
Derrick Jones no. 30
Chris Clarke no. 40
Chance Comanche no. 46
Steve Enoch no. 59
Djery Baptiste no. 84
Josh Sharma no. 92
Christ Koumadje no. 170

 

[Huskyforlife]

He's there for me

 

[pj]

He seems to be listed separately among prep students, where he is ranked #1 nationally: http://goo.gl/fiwDfW and http://goo.gl/QDsVhj.

He is indeed #50 among the Top 247, but it seems their Top 247 list only lists "high school" students, not prep school students: http://goo.gl/ruAH5T

 

[Kitaman]

My question is what distinguishes a 4 star from the 5 star rating? Looking at the points it seems to be slim. But I'm not familiar with the calculations.

 

[Fishy]

But I'm not familiar with the calculations.

5 - 4 = 1

 

[temery]

5 - 4 = 1

Why is your one so small?

 

[UConn17]

Koumadje is really low

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Why is your one so small?

His wife says it's the perfect size

 

[upstater]

Kevin Ollie preferred Adams to Mitchell so that's all I really need to know. It's irrelevant whether Jerry Meyer agrees with Ollie's assessment.

 

[Kitaman]

5 - 4 = 1

My question now is what distinguishes your '1' from my '1'?

It seems to be slim. But I'm not familiar with the calculations.

 

[Fishy]

A bunch of guys making $18,700 a year engage in endless sessions of group think and come up with rankings that are just different enough from everyone else's rankings to avoid detection.

If you're looking for the science behind the process, it's not there.

 

[husky99]

Who cares. The kid is a stud and wants to be a husky.