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3uconn said:
Like what tcf said I believe it's been rumored UConn's his dream school. Also, I also believe he would like to stay relatively close to home.

Have said this to others but I would like for him to be prioritized as much, if not more then, as Tremont Waters. Both are phenomenal talents but Langford's ceiling seems higher and I think the staff can lock him up earlier.
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The staff should lock him up as soon as possible. He looks to be a better passer than Waters although both are very talented.
 
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Stairmaster said:
We have been blessed with "skilled lead guards" for the past 7-8 years, but I would be absolutely fine with a solid PG à la A.J. Price in '17.
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AJ was good enough to get to the NBA so I'm going to say that qualifies as being skilled.
 
What's not to like about this kid. Looks to have great court vision and is kind of a no nonsense point. Just plays and doe that well, head up all the time and nice size too. Looks to be longer like Jalen with some nice athletic ability.

 
I like this kids length, he reminds me of a shorter Lamb with point guard skills.
 
Anyone know his 3 point shooting % and A/TO numbers are?
 
Surprised no one has mentioned it but he played at the same high school as Facey. Not sure how long but can't hurt
 
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I liked his all around game in the video clip. Seems to have a solid frame that has already packed on some muscle. He'd be a nice get. I hope KO locks him up early. KO seems to being doing a great job of getting in with some players who are blowing up like Gabriel & Diallo. It's a catch-22 when it comes to pressing for an early verbal. Some kids show a lot early on, but sort of plateau, while others make huge progress between their Junior and Senior years. Gabriel is a case of the latter. Diallo as well depending on if he reclassifies. In his case regardless if he's 2016 or 17, you want to lock him up sooner than later. Now in Makai's (btw, gotta love this kids name!) case, he looks like a solid talent. Hard to say if he has a lot of upside or not, but the way he looks now, he seems plenty good to try to lock up now regardless of what class he ends up with.

Doesn't it seem there are a lot of kids that are on the fence between classes? Must hake it tough on coaches as they figure out what players they want for what year.
 
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mauconnfan said:
What's not to like about this kid. Looks to have great court vision and is kind of a no nonsense point. Just plays and doe that well, head up all the time and nice size too. Looks to be longer like Jalen with some nice athletic ability.

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not a single jumpshot in this video...how much of a weakness is his shooting?
 
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tcf15 said:
New NE 2017 rankings out and MAL is #2 ahead of Tremont Waters, Jermaine Samuels and more: http://www.newenglandrecruitingreport.com/rankings/new-england-class-of-2017
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Haven't heard a lot about the last of Jay Murphy's kids Tomas. He was highly regarded as a youth/freshman but not as much talk lately. I see Chris Collins at Northwestern likes him a lot and of course Florida will recruit him. Otherwise it looks like URI, PC, Maryland and now Davidson on him - good list no doubt but still, no chatter.
 
Rankings aside, in 2017, a long and athletic PG is going to be more of a need for us than a small PG with range. Waters and Gilbert would be a pretty small backcourt. I bet they would manage to get by, but a MAL and Gilbert backcourt would put a lot more pressure on opposing backcourts.

MAL is a lot like his predecessor Adams. He's long and athletic, and in his next two years of HS/prep ball, he needs to work on his jumper. His defensive ceiling is quite high though, which is something Waters simply cannot boast. That being said, Waters' floor offensively is higher than MAL's because of his shooting ability.

Considering the likely Powell commit, we won't need a 3 point shooter too desperately, and we will need some disruptive length from our guards. For this reason, I would take Makai Ashton-Langford over Waters if I had the choice for UConn.
 
Makai has the upside to be as good as any PG in the class of 2017. But with that being said I was very disappointed in what I saw of him during the Mass Rivals game on ESPN. He wasn't able to control the game like a PG should, at this point in his development plays at one speed which is very fast. Before he gets to college I would like to see him learn to play at different speeds and control the pace of the game. Makai is a player who has reclassified and is really a 2016 recruit so I hoped to see a little bit more maturity from him running the PG. Luckily Uconn has a history of getting our PG's to play to their full potential, and I would be completely on board with having him here.
 
PradaMane said:
Makai has the upside to be as good as any PG in the class of 2017. But with that being said I was very disappointed in what I saw of him during the Mass Rivals game on ESPN. He wasn't able to control the game like a PG should, at this point in his development plays at one speed which is very fast. Before he gets to college I would like to see him learn to play at different speeds and control the pace of the game. Makai is a player who has reclassified and is really a 2016 recruit so I hoped to see a little bit more maturity from him running the PG. Luckily Uconn has a history of getting our PG's to play to their full potential, and I would be completely on board with having him here.
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In a lot of ways, you just described Kemba in HS (and freshman year at UConn). Blaney called him a "push guard" as a freshman, instead of point guard or shooting guard - all he knew how to do was push the ball as fast as he could no matter who was in the way. Everything else had to be taught.

Doesn't mean that everyone can do what Kemba did, but it does mean that with some combination of Adams and Gilbert still around, there will be a good chance for him to maybe take a role as a push guard off the bench as a freshman and then develop more point guard skills as his career goes on with our staff teaching him.
 
Gurleyman said:
In a lot of ways, you just described Kemba in HS (and freshman year at UConn). Blaney called him a "push guard" as a freshman, instead of point guard or shooting guard - all he knew how to do was push the ball as fast as he could no matter who was in the way. Everything else had to be taught.

Doesn't mean that everyone can do what Kemba did, but it does mean that with some combination of Adams and Gilbert still around, there will be a good chance for him to maybe take a role as a push guard off the bench as a freshman and then develop more point guard skills as his career goes on with our staff teaching him.
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Kemba was further along as a player than Makai was at this point I would say. Makai showed a very elementary ability to run a team, a half court slow it down game isn't in his favor. Which is fine for right now, because we have proven to be able to teach our PG's what to do, overtime.
 
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PradaMane said:
Kemba was further along as a player than Makai was at this point I would say. Makai showed a very elementary ability to run a team, a half court slow it down game isn't in his favor. Which is fine for right now, because we have proven to be able to teach our PG's what to do, overtime.
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Kemba didn't slow anything down for a year and a half when he got here never mind HS. The kid will be fine.
 
mauconnfan said:
Kemba didn't slow anything down for a year and a half when he got here never mind HS. The kid will be fine.
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That's pretty harsh. I think we knew Kemba was going to be something special after the Missouri game in the elite 8 and the Kentucky game in December '09 where IMO he outplayed John Wall
 
david said:
That's pretty harsh. I think we knew Kemba was going to be something special after the Missouri game in the elite 8 and the Kentucky game in December '09 where IMO he outplayed John Wall
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Not harsh it was just reality. Not saying every moment he was in the game but for the most part there's no doubt he didn't "get it" until mid way through his sophomore year.
 
mauconnfan said:
Not harsh it was just reality. Not saying every moment he was in the game but for the most part there's no doubt he didn't "get it" until mid way through his sophomore year.
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Wow, I thought you said kemba didn't 'show anything' until halfway through his sophomore year. It wasn't until this thread was bumped again that I realized you said 'slow anything'. My bad
 
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