Recruiting 2026 Offers

Mercury said:
With our level of resources you have to take a risk on a guy every once in a while. If it works you've moneyballed your way into something special and if it doesn't he will transfer out in a year and it is on to the next guy.
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not even sure this neal is much of a risk tbh. especially in the a10. a risk is hason ward, a guy who has size but limited basketball experience. this guy is a proven scorer and facilitator. his size is obviously limiting, but should only limit his ceiling, we already know his floor. although (listed as) 2 inches taller fats russel is a great example of how a small guard can be successful in this league
 
RAMification said:
Dionte Neal is a very interesting prospect. Besides his outstanding stats he is considered by some to be the best PG in North Carolina. He is a two sport star being a star WR and has a Football Scolarship from Duke. He is reknown to be one of the most prolific athletes in North Carolina sports history. He is a hot commodity right now as he is an absolute bullet on the hardwood. As always the question is how does a 5'10" athlete translate at the next level. He is currently a finalist for Noth Carolina's covted 'Mr. Basketball" award. I would never dismiss a prospect based on height alone. I've seen that mistake made a number of times. Ryan knows what he is doing folks.
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his dad coached muggsy bogues for crying out loud
 
BradRamFan said:
Joey
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Keith "Tiny" Highsmith, listed at 5-9, was a Florida JUCO transfer who averaged about 10 points and led team in assists from '74 to '76 (spearheaded wins over Baylor, Michigan State and Centenary (with Robert Parrish) ... around the turn of the century, both point guard LaMar Taylor and shooting guard Bo Jones were 5-10'ish.
 
bighornn said:
Keith "Tiny" Highsmith, listed at 5-9, was a Florida JUCO transfer who averaged about 10 points and led team in assists from '74 to '76 (spearheaded wins over Baylor, Michigan State and Centenary (with Robert Parrish) ... around the turn of the century, both point guard LaMar Taylor and shooting guard Bo Jones were 5-10'ish.
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I think he works for Comcast.
 
Hook said:
The best ball handler to ever play for VCU.
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any teammate that ever played with "Tiny" will tell you how great a teammate he was
they knew that if they got open near the hoop the ball was on its way

he would be a perfect fit for any team - the kind of teammate that makes his fellow teammates better
 
I guess this is as good a jumping off point as any, and I've been meaning to ask for a while now - what was it like watching Ren Watson play? Obviously I just saw Luke's season, and I was around for Larry, Mo, and Curly... er, Hason and Juvonte, and they were all great shot blockers, but Ren must've been something else. I mean Larry is #2 all-time for us with an average of 2.7 blocks per game, and Ren is at FOUR POINT NINE??? ON AVERAGE??? That's unfathomable. I can only imagine it was the equivalent of watching Briante but for blocks instead of steals.
 
mrgeode said:
I guess this is as good a jumping off point as any, and I've been meaning to ask for a while now - what was it like watching Ren Watson play? Obviously I just saw Luke's season, and I was around for Larry, Mo, and Curly... er, Hason and Juvonte, and they were all great shot blockers, but Ren must've been something else. I mean Larry is #2 all-time for us with an average of 2.7 blocks per game, and Ren is at FOUR POINT NINE??? ON AVERAGE??? That's unfathomable. I can only imagine it was the equivalent of watching Briante but for blocks instead of steals.
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Ren was an excellent shot blocker because he did not jump too soon - he had the talent to wait until his opponent was airborne and then use his long arms and excellent timing to block the shot - he would more often than not go straight up with his arms using his timing and length to succeed and could resist the temptation to extend his arms downward (that often results in refs calling fouls whether there is or is not contact)

also didn't get caught up with making shot blocks and knocking the ball 25 feet into the stands but rather would keep it in play and give his team the opportunity to gain possession - not interested in the flair that some shot blockers are

offensively he was always working on improving since he came out of Buckingham High School with very limited offensive skills
Dana Kirk did a great job teaching Ren how to use his agility around the basket and taught him good foot skills to create advantages against his opponents and create situations were he could get the ball on the block with the defender behind him or in the middle of the lane and use the ability to go either way with good footwork

like Luke he was always the stopper near the rim when his teammates got beat off the dribble and would force poor or rushed shots

to compare him to the other GREAT shot blocker Larry Sanders, Larry had a better ability to get from one end of the court to the other quickly as well as Larry was better defending in the pick n roll

I guess what I am saying is Ren was more old school center than Larry
 
share the ball said:
Ren was an excellent shot blocker because he did not jump too soon - he had the talent to wait until his opponent was airborne and then use his long arms and excellent timing to block the shot - he would more often than not go straight up with his arms using his timing and length to succeed and could resist the temptation to extend his arms downward (that often results in refs calling fouls whether there is or is not contact)

also didn't get caught up with making shot blocks and knocking the ball 25 feet into the stands but rather would keep it in play and give his team the opportunity to gain possession - not interested in the flair that some shot blockers are

offensively he was always working on improving since he came out of Buckingham High School with very limited offensive skills
Dana Kirk did a great job teaching Ren how to use his agility around the basket and taught him good foot skills to create advantages against his opponents and create situations were he could get the ball on the block with the defender behind him or in the middle of the lane and use the ability to go either way with good footwork

like Luke he was always the stopper near the rim when his teammates got beat off the dribble and would force poor or rushed shots

to compare him to the other GREAT shot blocker Larry Sanders, Larry had a better ability to get from one end of the court to the other quickly as well as Larry was better defending in the pick n roll

I guess what I am saying is Ren was more old school center than Larry
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Go Knights
 
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