I had the chance to chat with high flying 2011 wing Dominique Pointer tonight. Pointer is an extremely athletic combo guard from Quality Education Academy in North Carolina (formerly of Roseville, MI) — according to Pointer, he is a “slasher” and “an above-the-rim kind of player.” Pointer is a four-star according to Rivals and played his summer [...]
Things have been slow lately which is mostly my fault. Not only has news been slow, we’ve been working on a couple of side projects that hopefully should be ready soon. For now, here are a couple links to hold you over. Will Manny Harris lead the Cavs to the promised land? Cavs blog on [...]
Video Interview: Manny Harris Harris earned a training camp invite in Cleveland and did this video interview for the Cavs website with an interviewer that couldn’t help himself from bringing up Ohio State repeatedly. The Cavs roster has three non-guaranteed contracts so there is a chance that Harris could make the squad. WTKA Recruiting Roundup (podcast) [...]
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The Big Ten might have more returning talent than any other league in the country but that’s not to say there won’t be superstars in the latest crop of freshmen. Last year’s freshmen class didn’t have near the star power of year’s past but this year’s conference champion might be determined by which freshmen stars [...]
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I recently got a chance to chat with Sean Sheldon, a 2012 big man out of Traverse City. Sean is a versatile big man whose recruitment started really picking up at the end of this summer. Sheldon also really impressed at Michigan’s elite camp. Here’s what Sean had to say: Describe your game. I like [...]
The Education Of Demetrius Walker This is an excerpt from George Dohrmann’s book Play their Hearts Out, written after eight years of reporting during the grassroots revolution of youth basketball. Great stuff and I’ll be picking it up when it’s released on October 5th. Amir Williams off UA radar, too Williams has had in-home visits [...]
