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SF/PF Wenyen Gabriel (Kentucky Commit)

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Gabriel looking good so far., very active, quick & athletic. He had a rough 4th game after being on fire the first 3 games. He's extremely lanky, almost Donyell like. He needs to gain a lot of weight, but once he does, look out. Kid could be a force at like 230 lbs. Would be a great addition to our frontcourt with Enoch & Mamadou!
 
Gabriel looks great. He had a short interview after the half and seemed pretty mature for a kid. Reasonably well spoken and he seems to already know all the sports clichés. The interviewer asked him what he needed to improve on and he said rebounding and defense. Sounds like a win to me.
 
80shusky said:
Gabriel looks great. He had a short interview after the half and seemed pretty mature for a kid. Reasonably well spoken and he seems to already know all the sports clichés. The interviewer asked him what he needed to improve on and he said rebounding and defense. Sounds like a win to me.
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Spot on! I want smart kids on our team. Gabriel seems very smart. This kid gets it. Very talented & athletic. He's going far in basketball & I hope it with UConn.
 
I'd take anything that Trigonis says with a major grain of salt. Dude has connections in AAU, but almost always has an agenda.
 
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Seeing Gabriel grab a rebound, take a dribble behind his back to elude a defender and throw a half court bounce pass on point was pretty special. Not something I knew he had.
 
Watching a replay of the game. Wow! Gabriel is a big time talent. Way better than his ranking. I know that KO was in on him early and he's visited UConn a few of times. He's a case where he's blowing up big time and could become out of reach. I hope KO has developed a special relationship with him, enough to beat out all the blue chip programs that are trying to get in on him. He's going to be special. He's a true stretch 4 who can drive it inside, defend the paint and score from outside. What impressed me the most is his motor is always going and he has a plus-handle for a kid his size. Looks like he has an impressive wingspan. Not much I didn't like about him. I hope we land him, but his play has caused a huge stir with lots of programs wanting in on him.
 
I liked Alpha Diallo's game too. A lot of good talent on the court for sure, would've loved to see more D but hey that's not AAU.
 
mauconnfan said:
I liked Alpha Diallo's game too. A lot of good talent on the court for sure, would've loved to see more D but hey that's not AAU.
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*Kicks a dead horse* I clearly saw some unguarded chairs sitting court side.
 
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Heard from a few places that the zona talk is just talk. Not sure there has even been contract yet.
 
husky99 said:
Heard from a few places that the zona talk is just talk. Not sure there has even been contract yet.
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So are you confirming my suspicions that some alumni for U of A are still paying players?
 
husky99 said:
No.. just saying there is a ton of gossip out there
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It was your accidental misspelling of contact (you wrote contract) that I'm having fun with!
 
CallMeBruce said:
Yeah, I think we might want to do ourselves a favor and move on here. Disappointing, but that's how these things go sometimes.
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JimOllie said:
Agreed. No matter how good of a recruiter Ollie is, he can't compete with these big time schools in awesome conferences. If we were in the Big 10 or AAC, Ollie would be able to recruit up there with anyone.
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Dunno why people want to give up all of a sudden. Ollie was on him early and that's important to some recruits. We don't know what this kid's thinking.

Keep your iron in the fire until it goes out.
 
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intlzncster said:
Dunno why people want to give up all of a sudden. Ollie was on him early and that's important to some recruits. We don't know what this kid's thinking.

Keep your iron in the fire until it goes out.
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He did specifically say that he didn't care which teams were in on him early. He may be lying, but I doubt it.
 
CallMeBruce said:
He did specifically say that he didn't care which teams were in on him early. He may be lying, but I doubt it.
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Fair enough, but he could change his mind on that. Who knows? And do we really know which programs/coaches he likes the most?
 
CallMeBruce said:
He did specifically say that he didn't care which teams were in on him early. He may be lying, but I doubt it.
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wow he said that? ha see ya wenyen. Its usually a recruit saying " oh they were on me early, before anybody else" in a positive light. i rarely hear one spout he doesn't care about people who were on him early pre- a meteoric rise.
 
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James said:
wow he said that? ha see ya wenyen. Its usually a recruit saying " oh they were on me early, before anybody else" in a positive light. i rarely hear one spout he doesn't care about people who were on him early pre- a meteoric rise.
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I think call me bruce is referring to an interview where Wenyen was asked, and he responded as follows:

"With the offers coming in later from programs like Kentucky, Kansas, Duke and others relative to when others have offered you more earlier—how do you feel about that?

WG: I just feel like they started to realize my talent a little bit later. It’s not a big deal."
 
Liked the kids early interviews and things can be taken in the wrong context as we all know. Let's wait it out.

But i will admit if the kid gets giddy over these offers suddenly and goes the direction of the devil, I will want our guys to see them down the road and hand his a can of whoop a**!
 
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david said:
I think call me bruce is referring to an interview where Wenyen was asked, and he responded as follows:

"With the offers coming in later from programs like Kentucky, Kansas, Duke and others relative to when others have offered you more earlier—how do you feel about that?

WG: I just feel like they started to realize my talent a little bit later. It’s not a big deal."
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ah. misinterpreted that.
 
david said:
I think call me bruce is referring to an interview where Wenyen was asked, and he responded as follows:

"With the offers coming in later from programs like Kentucky, Kansas, Duke and others relative to when others have offered you more earlier—how do you feel about that?

WG: I just feel like they started to realize my talent a little bit later. It’s not a big deal."
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Actually I read that positively -- he at least notes who was in touch with him early (even if he claims in the interview that it doesn't matter). If nothing else, our early involvement is a positive in his recruitment.

Regardless, this is a savvy kid with a good head on his shoulders. He won't be swayed by the hype and will make a good decision based on basketball, even if it is to go somewhere else.
 
Well, I think you guys certainly have a better chance than we do. Cooley was the 1st school to offer him and the only one from the beginning to tell him he is a 3. He has been to visit PC a handful of times and Cooley has continued to be front and center for all his games but realistically our goose is cooked. I expect we will make whatever his next list is, but I have no doubt in the end it won't be us. I'm sure this stings Ed because of the amount of effort he has put in but it still pales in relationship to Donovan Mitchell loss in my eyes.
 
FriarJ said:
Well, I think you guys certainly have a better chance than we do. Cooley was the 1st school to offer him and the only one from the beginning to tell him he is a 3. He has been to visit PC a handful of times and Cooley has continued to be front and center for all his games but realistically our goose is cooked. I expect we will make whatever his next list is, but I have no doubt in the end it won't be us. I'm sure this stings Ed because of the amount of effort he has put in but it still pales in relationship to Donovan Mitchell loss in my eyes.
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Maybe not the same, but this is like when Ollie lost out on Abu, after putting the most effort out than anyone else.
 
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