Welcome Miles !

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Oct 14, 2016 19:29:08 GMT -5 jimmywhispers said:

Oct 14, 2016 7:42:49 GMT -5 jellybean said:

Let me also welcome Miles to La Salle. It will be interesting to follow his Sr season in HS.

Better ask for Winter clothes for Christmas this year.

And if Miles really improves this year, what are the odds that he never sees 20th & Olney

You really are a miserable old POS.

[durenduren]

Oct 14, 2016 19:45:42 GMT -5 @kjmac12 said:

Oct 14, 2016 19:29:08 GMT -5 jimmywhispers said:

And if Miles really improves this year, what are the odds that he never sees 20th & Olney

You really are a miserable old POS.

Ole' Jimmy Boy here makes me want to punch myself in the face repeatedly. He's the type of guy that would win the Mega Millions and would be complaining about the taxes...

[MisterD]

"You've been chosen to have dinner at the James Beard House!"

"Whatever. It's just gonna turn into poop anyway."

[luhoopsfan]

I know he committed but when is the signing period? Can he sign soon or do we have to wait until the Spring?

[jellybean]

Oct 15, 2016 7:02:13 GMT -5 luhoopsfan said:

I know he committed but when is the signing period? Can he sign soon or do we have to wait until the Spring?

The early signing period for MBB starts on Nov. 9th and ends on Nov. 16th. The regular signing period starts April 12, 2017.

[luhoopsfan]

Oh... well then why would anyone think we are not going to hold onto this kid? He will have signed his LOI before his season even starts.

[lasalle89]

What kind of numbers are you hoping Miles has this year? It seems his HS team is a high level program. G is banking on Miles having a big senior year and LaSalle having him all wrapped up before anyone else comes sniffing.
Here hoping Miles has a huge coming out party this year!

[jellybean]

Oct 15, 2016 7:57:55 GMT -5 luhoopsfan said:

Oh... well then why would anyone think we are not going to hold onto this kid? He will have signed his LOI before his season even starts.

BINGO.

[MisterD]

Oct 15, 2016 11:41:33 GMT -5 lasalle89 said:

What kind of numbers are you hoping Miles has this year?

Legitimately don't care, but for a reason. He's playing at a high level school with a half dozen(?) kids still playing for looks whereas he's settled. As long as he looks good, I'm not overly concerned with the scoresheet.

[victoriouslasalle]

Oct 15, 2016 11:48:42 GMT -5 jellybean said:

Oct 15, 2016 7:57:55 GMT -5 luhoopsfan said:

Oh... well then why would anyone think we are not going to hold onto this kid? He will have signed his LOI before his season even starts.

BINGO.

Big, athletic, Inside power player!
I am also looking forward to following Miles game in his senior year and I am expecting very good things given all that I have read. If he shows himself to be a 3 or 3 + star talent on the court in the immediete future he will fit right in with the guys he will be joining on our roster next year.

The comment made by the poster that odds are that we might lose him if he shines his senior year reminds me of what a lowlife St Joes or Temple fan might say. Sour grapes :)for sure!

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Oct 15, 2016 12:36:58 GMT -5 victoriouslasalle said:

Oct 15, 2016 11:48:42 GMT -5 jellybean said:

BINGO.

Big, athletic, Inside power player!
I am also looking forward to following Miles game in his senior year and I am expecting very good things given all that I have read. If he shows himself to be a 3 or 3 + star talent on the court in the immediete future he will fit right in with the guys he will be joining on our roster next year.

The comment made by the poster that odds are that we might lose him if he shines his senior year reminds me of what a lowlife St Joes or Temple fan might say. Sour grapes :)for sure!

Unfortunately, jimmywhispers (aka Honeybear) is a La Salle "supporter".

[Fastchuck]

I think bringing in a big to develop next year is more important than a PG. Brookins looks like he fits what we need. He may need to redshirt and learn behind Washington, Henry and Sakniuk. Half of the current team graduates in 2018. Next year's recruiting class will be extremely important.

[MisterD]

Very agreed. This was the position of need.

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Oct 15, 2016 14:30:55 GMT -5 MisterD said:

Very agreed. This was the position of need.

IMO, there are two positions of need in the 2017 class. Miles fills one of them. We'll be losing two big guards who should combine to average over 30 pts, 8 rbds, 5 assts, and 60 mins per game this season. Saul should slide into one of those spots. We could certainly use a wing guard in the class to compete for the rest of those minutes.

Hopefully Dajour Joseph is enjoying his visit and decides to fill that spot.

[hoopsguest]

Don't get into stats too much when you're talking about a kid playing at arguably the top program in a state as large as California. Bigs also develop late, and as far as scoring the studs at Mater Dei are putting up points. And unless the kid is a 4 or 5 star, hardly do bigs at these type programs get the ball when the guards are Top 50. A lot of times stats get sacrificed by the wealth of talent around a kid.

[casey44]

I don't think that Joseph is our answer to a shooting guard. If G is after him, that's great and I hope that he comes, but his offers so far are VMI and Wright State as far as I could make out. Also, he was described as a low D1 by one recruiting site. Supposed to be a very good defender and defensive rebounder; however, I did not get the impression that he would be capable of stepping in for Price or Roberts.
I really look for Stukes to step up. He was at 20% (3 pt.) midway through the season and finished around 30%. I hope he learns to finish and can't wait to see how Brady coaches him up on his outside shot. That goes for all of our guards and wings. Eugene is more than likely going to be opportunistic around the basket. IMO, another potential breakout as others have also mentioned. My dark horse is still Stukes,even with fewer minutes.

[victoriouslasalle]

Oct 15, 2016 13:59:24 GMT -5 Fastchuck said:

I think bringing in a big to develop next year is more important than a PG. Brookins looks like he fits what we need. He may need to redshirt and learn behind Washington, Henry and Sakniuk. Half of the current team graduates in 2018. Next year's recruiting class will be extremely important.

Nice to look at the inside depth available on the roster for next year and how it presents an opportunity for Brookins to developed. I am also intrigued by the 20+ plus lbs added by BJ Johnson (as his father had predicted) and how we might find him fill into the 4 spot at times bringing his high level game to this position.

[mookie]

Oct 15, 2016 22:48:25 GMT -5 casey44 said:

I don't think that Joseph is our answer to a shooting guard. If G is after him, that's great and I hope that he comes, but his offers so far are VMI and Wright State as far as I could make out. Also, he was described as a low D1 by one recruiting site. Supposed to be a very good defender and defensive rebounder; however, I did not get the impression that he would be capable of stepping in for Price or Roberts.
I really look for Stukes to step up. He was at 20% (3 pt.) midway through the season and finished around 30%. I hope he learns to finish and can't wait to see how Brady coaches him up on his outside shot. That goes for all of our guards and wings. Eugene is more than likely going to be opportunistic around the basket. IMO, another potential breakout as others have also mentioned. My dark horse is still Stukes,even with fewer minutes.

You're being overly optimistic with stukes. He's been in the program for 3 years and hasn't developed much. At this point, he really is what he is. If he makes a significant jump, he'd be an exception and not the norm. That being said, I hope he develops but I'm not counting on it.

[gymrat67]

Oct 15, 2016 15:38:14 GMT -5 @kjmac12 said:

Oct 15, 2016 14:30:55 GMT -5 MisterD said:

Very agreed. This was the position of need.

IMO, there are two positions of need in the 2017 class. Miles fills one of them. We'll be losing two big guards who should combine to average over 30 pts, 8 rbds, 5 assts, and 60 mins per game this season. Saul should slide into one of those spots. We could certainly use a wing guard in the class to compete for the rest of those minutes.

Hopefully Dajour Joseph is enjoying his visit and decides to fill that spot.

kjmac12 : Don't forget Isiah "Shaggy " Deas !

[MisterD]

Oct 15, 2016 15:38:14 GMT -5 @kjmac12 said:

We'll be losing two big guards who should combine to average over 30 pts, 8 rbds, 5 assts, and 60 mins per game this season.

I don't think this will end up being true.

[casey44]

Oct 16, 2016 11:54:57 GMT -5 mookie said:

Oct 15, 2016 22:48:25 GMT -5 casey44 said:

I don't think that Joseph is our answer to a shooting guard. If G is after him, that's great and I hope that he comes, but his offers so far are VMI and Wright State as far as I could make out. Also, he was described as a low D1 by one recruiting site. Supposed to be a very good defender and defensive rebounder; however, I did not get the impression that he would be capable of stepping in for Price or Roberts.
I really look for Stukes to step up. He was at 20% (3 pt.) midway through the season and finished around 30%. I hope he learns to finish and can't wait to see how Brady coaches him up on his outside shot. That goes for all of our guards and wings. Eugene is more than likely going to be opportunistic around the basket. IMO, another potential breakout as others have also mentioned. My dark horse is still Stukes,even with fewer minutes.

You're being overly optimistic with stukes. He's been in the program for 3 years and hasn't developed much. At this point, he really is what he is. If he makes a significant jump, he'd be an exception and not the norm. That being said, I hope he develops but I'm not counting on it.

As far as s

[casey44]

Stukes is a pretty good defender and I think that G still likes him. He's a smart kid and I've got to believe
that he knows he left a lot of points on the court due to his inability to finish. His stroke was pretty good in the latter half of the year so I'm hopeful. Easy to pick the chalk.

[rp01]

Oct 16, 2016 19:12:08 GMT -5 MisterD said:

Oct 15, 2016 15:38:14 GMT -5 @kjmac12 said:

We'll be losing two big guards who should combine to average over 30 pts, 8 rbds, 5 assts, and 60 mins per game this season.

I don't think this will end up being true.

Correct me if I'm mistaken but wasn't this the case last season with Price and Roberts? I'd be very surprised if they didn't combine for these stats with Price having the higher numbers. The only reason this might not happen this season is because there's a few other solid options. Plus, Price and Roberts could have breakout seasons with Price not necessarily being guarded by the other teams best defender every game and Roberts coming off the bench (like Garland was off bench).

[blueandgold]

Oct 16, 2016 20:39:50 GMT -5 rp01 said:

Oct 16, 2016 19:12:08 GMT -5 MisterD said:

I don't think this will end up being true.

Correct me if I'm mistaken but wasn't this the case last season with Price and Roberts? I'd be very surprised if they didn't combine for these stats with Price having the higher numbers. The only reason this might not happen this season is because there's a few other solid options. Plus, Price and Roberts could have breakout seasons with Price not necessarily being guarded by the other teams best defender every game and Roberts coming off the bench (like Garland was off bench).

In the past, G has been known to give his upperclassmen more playing time than the armchair coaches / people in the seats would allot.  However, this is not a typical personnel influx.  Price should be more efficient but minutes per game will be down and even out his averages at best.   Cleon should see at least a minor drop across all stats due to fewer minutes.

If these guys put out those combined averages, we will not have much to talk about or cheer for in March.

[luhoopsfan]

If teams decide to key on JP like they did last year, BJ Johnson is going to be open quite a bit and from what little I know, leaving him open/ guarded by a secondary defender will allow him to go off.

[MisterD]

Oct 16, 2016 21:29:11 GMT -5 blueandgold said:

If these guys put out those combined averages, we will not have much to talk about or cheer for in March.

Yup. Without looking, I don't think any of our regulars from last year should be matching their minute or point totals.

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Oct 16, 2016 19:12:08 GMT -5 MisterD said:

Oct 15, 2016 15:38:14 GMT -5 @kjmac12 said:

We'll be losing two big guards who should combine to average over 30 pts, 8 rbds, 5 assts, and 60 mins per game this season.

I don't think this will end up being true.

Okay, I'll revise the points per game down to maybe 25, but I'll stand by the rest of the numbers.

Last year, they averaged 32.1 ppg, 9.1 rbds, 4.2 assists, and 74.4 minutes. What I took into consideration is that the addition of the three transfers and Saul will make things considerably easier for these two. They may not get as many shot attempts, but the ones they'll get will be of a much higher quality which should result in better shooting percentages. If that happens, their scoring may not decline as much as you might think because they should be more efficient. They will also have a much better chance of their passes being converted to baskets so I don't think it's unreasonable to bump their assist averages up a whole 0.8. And I knocked their combined minutes per game down by almost 15. I think Jordan will still get at least 32 mpg and Cleon could easily get in the 25-28 mpg range to get to that 60 number.

My whole point is we're losing two impact guards who will get significant minutes this year. Saul should step in for Jordan but someone else will need to step in for Cleon. That person will either need to come from the 2017 recruiting class or from the current roster. Possibly it will be Deas, but I think it would be a good idea to bring in another 6'5"-6'6" wing because you're going to need the depth anyway, and you'll want to have another player with game experience available for the 2018-19 season when we could have as many as 6 freshmen on the roster.

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COBL just posted this nice interview with Miles. Being a backup to a Power 5 recruit last season kept his junior numbers low, but when he got minutes this past AAU season, he did pretty well. I saw a number of tweets about games where he scored in low double figures and grabbed 8-9 rebounds.

www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article/show/709917?referrer_id=

[jellybean]

Oct 17, 2016 9:28:54 GMT -5 @kjmac12 said:

COBL just posted this nice interview with Miles. Being a backup to a Power 5 recruit last season kept his junior numbers low, but when he got minutes this past AAU season, he did pretty well. I saw a number of tweets about games where he scored in low double figures and grabbed 8-9 rebounds.

www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article/show/709917?referrer_id=

I was going to say that Pac 12 recruit was Michael Cage but it's in the article. If Cage Jr is anything like his father, practices must have been furious. Cage Sr was a physical tough rebounder. Great experience for Miles.

[belfieldhappyhour]

Miles also signed his letter yesterday