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Message: [QUOTE="6&counting, post: 5319026, member: 14009"] Cloer is viewed as an AK replacement. Howard & Toure are viewed more as 2/3's. It is highly unlikely we get all 3. Going off of who we watched, I believe we watched Howard & Toure pretty equally. Going off of what people are saying behind the scenes, it seems like Howard is a higher priority for us. For context, Howard is flying up recruiting boards and will likely end up top 10 in the class. On this summer's circuit, he was statistically the best 3-point shooter in the 2026 class by a good margin - and on high volume. The staff are beginning to view him in a similar light to Braylon Mullins, except he has a much longer wingspan than Mullins. Toure fits something closer to an AJax/Castle mold: Extreme athleticism, long defensive disruptor, hard worker, weak shooter. Except he doesn't have point guard instincts. To me, he looks like a skinnier Coen Carr from MSU. And all that sounds quite similar to Jayden Ross to my ears. And while I haven't heard that particular comparable coming from anyone's camp (to be fair, Toure is much more fluid/instinctive than Ross), I don't imagine Hurley is itching to turn a top 25 kid into a project like that. If Toure can change any of those deficiencies around pretty quickly, there may be a world where our interest is piqued again, but Hurley is aggressively trying to never have multiple non-shooters on the floor at any one time. I personally like Toure a lot, but that skill will probably be the straw that broke the camels back if his recruitment fizzles. [/QUOTE]

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