Great Point on the OV, UNC at best was in 3rd place before the OV. I said it last week the importance of Cole Anthony on players from the Tri-State area will be felt for many years to come!
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Great Point on the OV, UNC at best was in 3rd place before the OV. I said it last week the importance of Cole Anthony on players from the Tri-State area will be felt for many years to come!
I'm kind of surprised that the seven experts who voted "no" on the poll haven't come back and change their pic. LOL
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Of course you are free to think and assume whatever you like. But asking me to enumerate publicly the reason(s) why he is not being recruited by UNC is inconsistent with your premise of not assuming a recruit has character flaws.
I do not know that he does or does not have those. What I do know, is that he is not going to be UNC player, and to make the reasons public would be a disservice to him, his family, the program, and even myself personally. If you want to carry on with this, I am sure there are others who may know the backstory with this young man, and will spill it, thereby satisfying your need to know.
Just got a feeling in a few years there will be multiple threads about RJ being our starting PG. I love the fact we have 5 star PGs coming in, but I also know that they leave very early to. If RJ is the player I think he could be, by his Junior and senior year he might be the face or at least the leader of our team. Great pick up!!!
And optimally, this is how things will shake out.
RJ is much quicker than Nate was and his ballhandling skills are such that he can easily create space to get his shot off. In fact, he's better at that than Joel was. Now whether he will have the bulldog personality and leadership skills Joel did is yet to be determined. But he's a very good student and by all accounts a fine young man. I think he was a necessary pickup, given the uncertainty of Jeremiah's recovery. He will provide the all important continuity at PG we need.
Yeah, his height doesn't concern be one bit. It will be an issue at the next level, not at the collegiate level.
I recently heard something similar that his dad supposedly said at an event. If you see a kid from Derm with his size and skillset, and neither UNC nor dook gets involved with him, that's a huge red flag right there.
^^ Arch, great all-around post. If Hall’s situation doesn’t pass Roy’s smell test, then there’s something evidently wrong.
If he doesn’t get a dook offer, then he’s simply not good enough to warrant pulling such strings. The Williamsons will get a beautiful property for 9 months, but the family of a measly Top-40 prospect is simply not going to get the same preferential treatment.
If he doesn’t get a dook offer, then he’s simply not good enough to warrant pulling such strings. The Williamsons will get a beautiful property for 9 months, but the family of a measly Top-40 prospect is simply not going to get the same preferential treatment.
His father arrogance is not one of the reasons I would be guessing.
It's really a moot point because Roy has not offered the kid.
Depending on how attractive she is, I'm generally inclined to vote yes for whoever is "on the pole"
Amen. The recruiting part of coaching has to be a real ball buster. With kids who think they're better than they are, family members who think their son is better than he really is, shady AAU coaches/wannabe handlers telling kids they're better than they really are, and the lure of big time money, It's nigh impossible for college coaches to know what a recruit is going to do. They earn their money.
I know you didn't suggest he would, but I see very little chance that Kessler plays any SF for UNC.
Certainly checks all the boxes from strictly a talent POV.
Tarheel75 didn't say the kid has a bad attitude, that he has handlers who are too involved, or anything of the sort, @What Would Jesus Do?. But I, along with at least one other poster, have heard rumors that his dad may be an issue. It really doesn't matter though, because neither dook nor UNC have pursued this young man. To reiterate, if neither of those schools tries to recruit a local guy with the skillset that Hall possesses, it speaks volumes to me.
Maybe he just dislikes the color blue.
I think at least one voted "no" after RJ made his decision.
Obviously, we'd like to have some help at SF. With the abundance of guards we have, I'd think Leaky and Pierce can hold down the SF spot this year and expect Leaky to play 30 MPG there next year. I imagine we'll take Bryce and/or Zaire if either/both want to come. If neither comes, the GT option is always available.
I'd like to see Puff follow his brother to UNC. Then we'd have continuity there for the next 3-4 years. Unfortunately, I believe he's AU bound.
I'd like to see Puff follow his brother to UNC. Then we'd have continuity there for the next 3-4 years. Unfortunately, I believe he's AU bound.
Would you really rather go be a good starter at a low-tier P5 school than be 6th/7th man at a blue blood? That’s probably his floor at UNC.
I’d rather go to the blue blood I think. I suspect it’d be much more fun, give you access to better coaching and teammates, and afterwards you have the “4 year UNC basketball player” on your resume plus all the connections that come with that.
If we hadn't signed Love for next year, there is little doubt in my mind that DJ would likely start at PG as a freshman. As it is, with Leaky needing to play serious minutes(at least 20 MPG) at SF, it won't surprise me if RJ gets 7-8 MPG at PG right off the bat. He will most likely start at PG as a sophomore.
He reminds me a little of another PG we had from New York many years ago. He's not the ballhandler Easy Ed was(nobody we've ever had was), and probably not the passer either, but he is a very good ballhandler, a good passer, and a much better scorer than Ed was. Both have very similar builds and possess that New York moxie.
He reminds me a little of another PG we had from New York many years ago. He's not the ballhandler Easy Ed was(nobody we've ever had was), and probably not the passer either, but he is a very good ballhandler, a good passer, and a much better scorer than Ed was. Both have very similar builds and possess that New York moxie.
I'm saying it now. Davis will be a star at UNC. We're gonna love this kid. I guarantee it. It's one thing to pass through for a year or 2 ( which is fine, BTW), but it's a whole different deal to come and stay 3-4 years. As a UNC fan, that's what is truly special to me.
I agree. None of my favorite UNC players were here less than 3 years. Zero.
A Junior in Roy's system, if they develope will be better than "most" freshman. Of course a Cole Anthony or a player of his caliber is going to see the floor regardless.
RJ with a 3.8 GPA is smart enough to know by his Junior year or maybe even sophomore year will be challenging anybody for a starting spot.
RJ with a 3.8 GPA is smart enough to know by his Junior year or maybe even sophomore year will be challenging anybody for a starting spot.
I tend to agree and mostly feel the same. When they are here 3-4 years, it just gives you more time to connect with them and watch them develop their game. With that said, if I had to pick a guy that I really liked who was here a short time it definitely would be Marvin Williams. He is exactly what you want with a OAD type kid.
Yeah, kinda got in a discussion here about this kid a few months ago, think the guys I was talking about him with were a bit perplexed as to why I was not high on him. Now true, I am not as sold on him as a player as many are but there was a few tidbits that maybe didn't set real well with me. I have learned that sometimes it is more about how a kid fits than his talent, it isn't like we have got the best of the best talent in the last several years at very least not to the level that duke or Ky has. But we have (Roy) done a GREAT job of winning with who we had because the individual parts fit together to form great teams.
I think it fair to suggest, the fit for this kid just doesn't work, for several reasons. Larry Drew for example, was a very talented player but he in no way fit UNC and again, for a lot of reasons. IN any event, clear that Roy has taken a pass on this kid that is in our back yard and you know he does not do that to a kid he feels good about.
Steat, let me give a math lesson.
Hall's dad = McCants dad = does not = UNC, I LUV MAFF! LOL
Stoked for RJ and stoked to have him committed to the Heels. Like people have been saying I’m glad we’re going to have some more continuity at the 1. We are freakin stacked there. I think he’s going to be a rock to the team for the next few years and hopefully continue his excellent shooting stroke.
He was also considering playing for dookies Capel and wojo, which ain’t happenin!!!!!
He was also considering playing for dookies Capel and wojo, which ain’t happenin!!!!!
I don't agree that UNC was ever in 3rd place. I think we went to 1st place the second we offered.
I know for a fact we were 3rd before the OV and if you followed me on 4C you would know why!
