James Akinjo

[UConnRock]

Ollie reputation fizzled on the local level well before the national scale. He had no inroads to the top players in the NE preps after getting Jalen and Enoch in 2015. He was left with Vital, Diarra after bombing out on many top recruits in 2016. In 2017 was even worse with no NE players. In 2018 he got Kisunas very late, but he was far from a top recruit. The local coaches and players saw and knew what was happening. These were guys with NBA hopes and they saw that Ollie was not coaching guys up. Ollie had to tap into Chillious connections out west to get a semblance of a class in 2018 before getting canned. The biggest difference between Hurley and Ollie is the local connection and respect among the NE prep coaches.

 

[glastonbury50]

Is this KO's backup account?

 

[tcf15]

Is this KO's backup account?

I think it's actually a boneyarder's.

 

[glastonbury50]

Nobody here has seen AG enough to make any determination about how good he really is. Classic boneyard where Akinjo looks good in 1 game against a bottom ranked team in the B1G and conclusive statements are made. Illinois was ranked only above Rutgers in pre-season predictions. Dosunmu put up 25 points on 9-15 shooting in a battle of freshman PGs, so Akinjo apparently need some work on defense.

I agree with this. No one has seen either play enough to determine. Both very good players but you can't determine their ceilings as of yet.

 

[UConnStats]

Ewing is so crazy lucky to have Akinjo and McClung fall in his lap.

They probably aren’t even the best part of the class either. LeBlanc is a beast. Had some of the best numbers on the UA circuit period. Outplayed a ton of five star 4s and 5s. Really overlooked. He and Akinjo will be a great combo for them. I like Ewing. He doesn’t mail it in like most stars turned coaches.

 

[RedsoxCowboys]

You don’t think he is?

Ummm no!

 

[RedsoxCowboys]

Very dumb post. Akinjo is great. Eventually, 1st team all-Big East good. He is not better than Gilbert. He’s played, what, 5 games over the past 2 years? Once the rust is gone AG will be All-American good. Also, no question/no debate: No Akinjo + Hurley >>>>> Akinjo + Ollie. I can live with his decommient no matter how good he becomes. Best of luck to the kid

I hope you are right about Gilbert. I don't have the confidence you do with saying he will be all-american good.