Basketball Recruiting

[ATXGator]

Some big time visitors coming

 

[InstiGATOR1]

Thanks for the post. Not getting Gak in for last weekend due to the storm did not help. It would be nice to get him. Lawrence is a new name to me. Do you know anything about him?

 

[MidwestChomp]

Looks like White is doing a good job getting visits from solid recruits. Hopefully having Gak's big brother at UF will help. I have no idea if they want to play together, but we could have a double Gak front line next year.

Lawrence has offers from decent schools, one of which is Texas. If White can out recruit Smart that would be great.

 

[BMF]

Looks like White is doing a good job getting visits from solid recruits. Hopefully having Gak's big brother at UF will help. I have no idea if they want to play together, but we could have a double Gak front line next year.

Lawrence has offers from decent schools, one of which is Texas. If White can out recruit Smart that would be great.

Didn't the older Gak get denied admission?

 

[MidwestChomp]

Didn't the older Gak get denied admission?

He was ruled ineligible this year, but still on campus. He has a year to gain some weight and work on skills, which isn't a bad thing I guess.

 

[BMF]

He was ruled ineligible this year, but still on campus. He has a year to gain some weight and work on skills, which isn't a bad thing I guess.

Oh, that's good. Thanks for the info. Yeah, I hope his brother decides to join him.

 

[ATXGator]

Thanks for the post. Not getting Gak in for last weekend due to the storm did not help. It would be nice to get him. Lawrence is a new name to me. Do you know anything about him?

I really don't know much about Lawrence other than he is 6'5 and 180. So he will have to put on some muscle, but that is OK. Having a SF or SG (not sure how good of a shooter he is) at 6'5 would be nice.

 

[MidwestChomp]

I've seen Lawrence anywhere from 6'5 and 180 to 6'7 and 200. Don't you just love scouting sites?

 

[GatorBart]

I've seen Lawrence anywhere from 6'5 and 180 to 6'7 and 200. Don't you just love scouting sites?

No doubt.
247 has him at 6'7" and 200 (4* and #55 natl)
ESPN has him 6'5" and 180 (4* #54 natl)
Future150 is 6'6" and 180 (3* and #94 natl)
Let's hope 247s is more accurate as I think White's bringing in a lot of 6'5" athletes that can shoot, but we need to fill the bigger swingman role in the vein of Robinson. He's still got another year to grow another inch or two. The highlights below show he's very good athlete and can move with the ball pretty well (I liked the part at 55 sec where he moves left and lays it in with his left hand - granted vs. a bunch of 5'10" white guys ). His shot is a little slow and funky, but they all went in! ;)

 

[MidwestChomp]

His shot is a bit slow, but ain't no one had a funky shot like Boynton. Anyway, I hope he could be more of a slasher type than an outside shooter. Also, the highlights show he has some nice court awareness and was eager to pass and get his teammates the ball.

 

[t-gator]

That Lawrence kid has a pretty impressive highlight tape. Looks like a really good athlete.

 

[t-gator]

Gak is pretty heavily crystal balled to Kansas.

 

[GatorBart]

I really don't know much about Lawrence other than he is 6'5 and 180. So he will have to put on some muscle, but that is OK. Having a SF or SG (not sure how good of a shooter he is) at 6'5 would be nice.

Good news! We've already recruited that position quite nicely.
Jalen Hudson (transfer from VaTech) is a 6'6" SG - on the roster, but has to sit out this year
2017 De'Andre Ballard - 6'5" SG
Other current 2017 commits are:
Shai Alexander - 6'4" PG (good to see White going away from the smallish guards that Billy seemed to like a lot)
Chase Johnson - 6'8" PF

We could lose 6 players after this season, 5 scholarships:
Gone for sure:
Hill
Barry
Leon
Rimmer (thank goodness - but we're probably gonna need him this year with Gak having to sit out - at least Rimmer's not burning a scholarship)
Probably gone:
DRob
Bu

So we have room for two more at least (a transfer or some other issue is bound to pop up for someone on the roster). I think a larger swingman like Lawrence and another big, like D. Gak, is what we need. Though if Collin Sexton (PG) wanted to be a Gator, I'd take him in a heartbeat (he's currently got Kansas and Bama as his top 2 - apparently he really likes Avery Johnson).

 

[MidwestChomp]

I am very excited about Alexander. A 6'4 TRUE PG is what we need!

 

[LeeForThree]

Good news! We've already recruited that position quite nicely.
Jalen Hudson (transfer from VaTech) is a 6'6" SG - on the roster, but has to sit out this year
2017 De'Andre Ballard - 6'5" SG
Other current 2017 commits are:
Shai Alexander - 6'4" PG (good to see White going away from the smallish guards that Billy seemed to like a lot)
Chase Johnson - 6'8" PF

We could lose 6 players after this season, 5 scholarships:
Gone for sure:
Hill
Barry
Leon
Rimmer (thank goodness - but we're probably gonna need him this year with Gak having to sit out - at least Rimmer's not burning a scholarship)
Probably gone:
DRob
Bu

So we have room for two more at least (a transfer or some other issue is bound to pop up for someone on the roster). I think a larger swingman like Lawrence and another big, like D. Gak, is what we need. Though if Collin Sexton (PG) wanted to be a Gator, I'd take him in a heartbeat (he's currently got Kansas and Bama as his top 2 - apparently he really likes Avery Johnson).

I'd love to get Collin Sexton. Him and Alexander would be an amazing combination to have at guard.

 

[LeeForThree]

Didn't feel like starting a new thread....here is the write up from today's scrimmage. Very encouraging sign offensively. 20-34 on 3pters.

Does look like 2 of our better players can't play this season. Hudson and Gak had good days. Stone, Barry, Leon, and Egbunu played great.

http://floridagators.com/news/2016/...little-defense-in-first-gators-scrimmage.aspx

 

[GatorBart]

Didn't feel like starting a new thread....here is the write up from today's scrimmage. Very encouraging sign offensively. 20-34 on 3pters.

Does look like 2 of our better players can't play this season. Hudson and Gak had good days. Stone, Barry, Leon, and Egbunu played great.

http://floridagators.com/news/2016/...little-defense-in-first-gators-scrimmage.aspx

Awesome, thanks Lee!
Really looking forward to seeing Stone in game action.

 

[GatorBart]

I'd love to get Collin Sexton. Him and Alexander would be an amazing combination to have at guard.

Chorizo might even transfer, but I doubt it.

 

[t-gator]

Chorizo might even transfer, but I doubt it.

Fingers crossed

 

[MertzJay26]

Let's hope this isn't true.