Not to nitpick the guy, but Burnett, Dickinson, Zeb + 2 other guys is going to be top 10 and right near top 5
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Agreed, if we could even land two of the guys he just listed it would be a major coup in my opinion and Iād consider this a major win for Juwan.
Iām starting to get fairly concerned though that he is going to come up empty, Iād love to see a lot of fall back options being offered. In the end to me a roster full of 50-150 guys is better than top 30 kids. The mere fact that you get the kids in all likelihood for 2-4 years is vastly more important to me than one year.
If you can build a good base of kids like coach b did then land that top 20 kid ( something coach b was just about to start doing) then you are off to the races.
I will say though coach b left the cupboards very full. If there is a class Juwan should swing for the fences on it might be this one.
Next years roster will be stacked and landing just one or two top 20 kids will put us in the championship hunt. A base of
Guards
Dejulius
Eli
Bajema
Nunez
Wagner?
Jackson
Forwards
Wagner
Johns
Livers
Nunez
Center
Colin
Is going to be a really strong base of upperclassmen. I put Nunez and Wagner on both because itās possible they play both imo.
You add an elite five star in the back court ( Jackson might be good enough ) along with at center with Colin and That could be very dangerous and nice mixture
Alright, this has been a nagging question that I have for folks that are starting to get nervous about the 2020 class: What did you expect recruiting to look like under Howard two months into being HC? We are in on a bunch of 5* dudes (and have made top lists for a lot of them). He is swinging for the fences for recruits but he still has a lot of ground/time to make up. Itās possible that we wiff on all of these guys, but it isnt a forgone conclusion. It would seem foolish to think that we would have gotten a commitment at this stage (although i do give him a lot of credit for getting Franz). The 2020 class still has a lot of time to play out. I am just as nervous as the next guy as this seems to be a pretty defining class for Juwanās career at Michigan, but letās let this play out a bit more.
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I had hoped we could land 1-2 guys without the āwait and seeā attitude, but I understand where they are coming from.
In some ways, with Bajema sticking around and Franz committing, we already have a pretty solid group for 2020 even without landing any elite guys.
But by 2021, we need to be landing some new and talented players.
Thus, for me, the product on the court in 2019/2020 may turn out to be far more important than which 2020 kids we land.
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Welp, there it is. The Dickie V KOD.
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Everyone is fretting over a process that was not of Juwanās making. The 2020 class may not be a banner class but moving forward Juwan will have the ability to have game tape of what his playing style will be and then he will be able to I feel get some 5 stars
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Never much of a serious target, but I wonder if this will become more normal.
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NBA loves the unknown. ā¦
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WOW. he better show some very impressive measurable in the combine
Itās a big set of balls required to assert that the path 90% of NBA players took is the wrong path. Curious to know who is paying who for what here.
In general it seems like 2 or 3 kids each class take a ānon traditionalā route, either private training or overseas professional league. IMO, itās still a rare outlier until it becomes 8-10 per year?
But, if the NBA continues with its plans to lower the entry age for the Draft, then it is difficult to see why kids would go this route in the future? Instead of just heading directly from HS to the draft.
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On Scoobyās IG story someone asked him when he was planning on committing and he said āin the next few months maybeā. Iām guessing MSU, Butler or Missouri would be the pick right now. Iād say Butler if I had to pick one. Unless Michigan is moving in silence on this one (which they could), then Iām guessing Michigan is out on this one.
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Seems to be a lot of consternation at the state of recruiting, but truth is if Michigan even gets just 1 of the elite level recruits it seems to be āinā on, the 2020-21 team has the potential to be really good.
Zeb + 1 Top-30ish recruit.
Returning base of Castelton, Johns, (Livers or Wagner), Bajema, (Dejulius or Brooks)
Add another Freshman in the 75-120 range. Add an instant eligibility Grad Transfer in the spring
Thatās a pretty good base to work with in '20-21. Thatās assuming one of Livers or Wagner blows up this year and turns pro at seasonās end. And one of Dejuliius or Brooks transfers out. So it is not projecting a āperfect stormā of events.
If neither mode of attrition happens OR if Michigan lands more than one Top-50 level recruiting target ā¦ then the projected depth becomes pretty impressive.
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I will be ecstatic if we land even one of these top 40 guys. Hoping it happens for sure!
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2 posts were merged into an existing topic: Five-star forward Isaiah Todd includes Michigan in top five
Sooooo with the way juwan is recruiting are we going to need hot links to the UK, UNC, and Duke scholarship projections?
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Not a target, but Evan Mobley (consensus top 2) committed to USC. Where Andy Enfield hired his dad as an assistant coach last year.
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