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Local high school 7 footer

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Not anything like Clingan's level in terms of production or all around game but he's someone to keep tabs on. Just going off of short clips he's just now growing into his body and looks way less awkward than he used to. He's pretty huge and moves really well getting down the court and gets up quick for finishes. Still just 16 and I think it's safe to say he will get a lot better.

 
superjohn said:
Not anything like Clingan's level in terms of production or all around game but he's someone to keep tabs on. Just going off of short clips he's just now growing into his body and looks way less awkward than he used to. He's pretty huge and moves really well getting down the court and gets up quick for finishes. Still just 16 and I think it's safe to say he will get a lot better.

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I have heard from people close to the Stamford High program that this kid’s improvement arc has been significant, and that he has a tremendous work ethic. I’m going to get to a few games in the next month and will share thoughts.
 
karstenkibbe said:
I have heard from people close to the Stamford High program that this kid’s improvement arc has been significant, and that he has a tremendous work ethic. I’m going to get to a few games in the next month and will share thoughts.
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Same here. I’m a close drive to a few FCIAC schools, so I’ll check him out. Thanks for posting @superjohn
 
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He was listed at 6'10 last season and is now listed at 7'0 265 lbs. His high school team isn't all that good, they're just 3-3 now. Just based on clips he looks a lot more fluid now than he did last season or even AAU where he plays for the NY Lightning (good program) averaged 7.5 pts, 5 rbs, 1.5 blocks in EYBL. There's a lot to work with there if he gets good coaching.



 
superjohn said:
He was listed at 6'10 last season and is now listed at 7'0 265 lbs. His high school team isn't all that good, they're just 3-3 now. Just based on clips he looks a lot more fluid now than he did last season or even AAU where he plays for the NY Lightning (good program) averaged 7.5 pts, 5 rbs, 1.5 blocks in EYBL. There's a lot to work with there if he gets good coaching.



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7 footer at age 16 and is already 265 lbs?
 
Sibeerian said:
Do you make a point to wear the UConn swag when you go?
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Locally? Not since Rash Jones was at Stamford (Trinity) Catholic. Didn’t wear any UConn gear to Austrie’s high school games because everyone assumed he was heading to UMass. And Dave McClure was always a Duke lean. Other than a few MAAC/NEC/AE D1 signees, and a handful of D2 and D3 players, Connecticut’s now-second-largest city has produced very little basketball talent in the last 25 years, and it’s a total head scratcher to me. Stamford isn’t lacrosse, hockey and football crazed like our three immediate bordering neighbors to the west and east.
 
superjohn said:
Not anything like Clingan's level in terms of production or all around game but he's someone to keep tabs on. Just going off of short clips he's just now growing into his body and looks way less awkward than he used to. He's pretty huge and moves really well getting down the court and gets up quick for finishes. Still just 16 and I think it's safe to say he will get a lot better.

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I heard about him for the first time last night. His mother doesn’t want him to come here from words of a mutual friend.
 
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For those that saw Drummond growing up in CT, how does this player compare (high school speaking)?
 
Kitaman said:
For those that saw Drummond growing up in CT, how does this player compare (high school speaking)?
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Nothing like him, Drummond was an athletic phenom of a big man.

This is a huge kid who was awkward and has kept growing and now isn't all that awkward. It seems like he's now just realizing he can be very good and college coaches are noticing. I'm basing this off of just watching some of him in an AAU game from this summer and his early clips this year in high school compared to his clips from last year in high school and what the article says about him.

Everyone knew about Drummond as a junior in high school, he was #1 or #2 in his class. This kid has never been ranked anywhere. He seems like the awkward kid with some size who is now really big and not awkward. People are just now noticing he's 7'0 265 lbs, runs the court well, and has good touch. He's also pretty young for a junior.
 
shizzle787 said:
I heard about him for the first time last night. His mother doesn’t want him to come here from words of a mutual friend.
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Why would she want her son to stay local, where she can catch all his games playing for the best program in the country?
 
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Sibeerian said:
Do you make a point to wear the UConn swag when you go?
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I remember going to see James Akinjo in the east bay when he was still committed to UConn. I was wearing a UConn 1/4 zip in the front row and I'm pretty sure people thought I was affiliated with the program.
 
nomar said:
Why would she want her son to stay local, where she can catch all his games playing for the best program in the country?
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Maybe she wants him to try a different school as she went to UConn.
 
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