Recruiting 22' 6'10 4* Composite Top 100 Christian Fermin commits to VCU.

BaNgMyPrOgRaM · Jul 14, 2021

I am gladdened that you guys watched and are high on him!

duncanlamb · Jul 15, 2021

Someone mentioned fermin outplayed Traore in the game. Well Traore is ranked 64 in Rivals

Basketball Recruiting - I've Got Five On It: Five prospects who should rise in the Rivals150

Kyle Filipkowski is ranked No. 48 in the 2022 Rivals150.

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Current rank: 64

How high could he rise? Traore used the opening weekend of the adidas 3SSB circuit to continue to illustrate why he’s under-ranked. The Napa (Calif.) Prolific Prep star went from unranked to the No. 64 prospect in the country a few months back, but now the skilled 6-foot-11 prospect is looking every bit the five-star. The top 20 is within reach for the long, versatile Traore, who impacts games on both ends of the floor.

Recruitment: Texas and TCU got official visits from Traore in June. Tennessee and Kansas are also players here, but projecting where he may land is difficult because it feels like some additional heavy hitters may offer before July draws to a close.

duncanlamb · Jul 15, 2021

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415762962892066824

BaNgMyPrOgRaM · Jul 15, 2021

He must have only played like 3 minutes.

N Mollen · Jul 15, 2021

BaNgMyPrOgRaM said:
He must have only played like 3 minutes.

He played a bunch. They just don't get him the ball. He was 5-6 from the floor, so it seems likely his points were on put-backs/O rebounds. The 2 big-poop guards take all the shots

RAMification · Jul 16, 2021

N Mollen said:
He played a bunch. They just don't get him the ball. He was 5-6 from the floor, so it seems likely his points were on put-backs/O rebounds. The 2 big-poop guards take all the shots

Still a nice stat-line for this type of competition particularly when you factor in guards that like to hog the ball.

N Mollen · Jul 16, 2021

RAMification said:
Still a nice stat-line for this type of competition particularly when you factor in guards that like to hog the ball.

Honestly, with all the 4 and 5 star "talent" on the floor, I was totally underwhelmed by the teams.

I do like what I saw from Christian in terms of his development. He has legit size, moves fluidly, works hard on both ends and seems to have good instincts. The latter is particularly important in these games because 100% of the players are acting on instinct; there seems to be no coaching going on.

RAMification · Jul 16, 2021

N Mollen said:
Honestly, with all the 4 and 5 star "talent" on the floor, I was totally underwhelmed by the teams.

I do like what I saw from Christian in terms of his development. He has legit size, moves fluidly, works hard on both ends and seems to have good instincts. The latter is particularly important in these games because 100% of the players are acting on instinct; there seems to be no coaching going on.

I agree, there is generally very little coaching going on, limited team play, and lacking in terms of chemistry. I really, really like Christian. He's the type of big that will thrive at VCU.

N Mollen · Jul 16, 2021

Leading scorer today with 14 points, 5 rebounds -- all offensive -- 4-9 shooting. 1-3 from 3. 1 credited block in 28 minutes in a loss.

The supposed stud 4/5* guards were a combined 4-13. But there is something very strange about this box score:

https://basketball.exposureevents.com/171456/event/documents/gamestatistics?ids=15123264&output=pdf&v=637620457899352160&r=11

WillWeaverRVA · Jul 16, 2021

N Mollen said:
Leading scorer today with 14 points, 5 rebounds -- all offensive -- 4-9 shooting. 1-3 from 3. 1 credited block in 28 minutes in a loss.

The supposed stud 4/5* guards were a combined 4-13. But there is something very strange about this box score:

https://basketball.exposureevents.com/171456/event/documents/gamestatistics?ids=15123264&output=pdf&v=637620457899352160&r=11

Player 1 is not very good. Cloning Randy Crosby didn’t seem to work out well either.

smiley4284 · Jul 16, 2021

N Mollen said:
Leading scorer today with 14 points, 5 rebounds -- all offensive -- 4-9 shooting. 1-3 from 3. 1 credited block in 28 minutes in a loss.

The supposed stud 4/5* guards were a combined 4-13. But there is something very strange about this box score:

https://basketball.exposureevents.com/171456/event/documents/gamestatistics?ids=15123264&output=pdf&v=637620457899352160&r=11

Mr. efficient. Can’t really argue about stars when you’re pulling top 2-3 players in the state at their positions

duncanlamb · Jul 16, 2021

N Mollen said:
Leading scorer today with 14 points, 5 rebounds -- all offensive -- 4-9 shooting. 1-3 from 3. 1 credited block in 28 minutes in a loss.

The supposed stud 4/5* guards were a combined 4-13. But there is something very strange about this box score:

https://basketball.exposureevents.com/171456/event/documents/gamestatistics?ids=15123264&output=pdf&v=637620457899352160&r=11

Remembers 2 years ago in the summer of '19 when the PSA Cardinals had Cole Anthony, James Boughknight and Tyson Entienne all in the same backcourt?

Zion Cruz, their current 5* would be lucky to be the waterboy on that team.

duncanlamb · Jul 16, 2021

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1416164904294363136

duncanlamb · Jul 16, 2021

Eric Bossi confirmed @N Mollen and @AlienAiden 's observations about today's game!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1416220696036904971

"For PSA, five-star Zion Cruz had an off game shooting and there wasn't anybody on the perimeter who picked up the slack. On the positive side, recent VCU commit Christian Fermin looks like a nice post player pickup for the Rams.".

duncanlamb · Jul 16, 2021

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1416120758942715906