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BBall Recruiting Thread 2k16- SJM, Washington, Childress & Mitchell sign NLIs; 2017?

Evan Daniels also tweeted that the 14th hasn't been finalized.
 
Giles' mom told Rick Lewis he was announcing on the 14th. Maybe Giles dad disagrees and telling people not so fast.
 
Yea his mom said he was commiting on the 14th, how much more finalizing do you need?
 
CreamyGoodness said:
I feel like anyone who has posted claiming to have sources, myself included, all have the same few people we are hearing things from. Those few folks are passing along information to trusted friends/colleagues, then we are all getting 3rd party sources. I just can't see there being THAT many "sources" in town. We are getting Giles though, so it's all good!
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Picayune details
Specs of dust swirling past us
While we create vibes
 
Manning knows Giles is coming here, the guy is smiling alot more this year than last. Makes you wonder!
 
freak -

But it seems to me that coming to Wake also gives him the opportunity to show and develop the full range of basketball skills he possesses (good or bad) and the opportunity to lead a team that badly needs a player to take the reins. Thus, even though Wake may represent the worst chance to win big, it may represent the best chance to prepare for the pros.
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Respectfully, I assume your suggesting that Giles would likely have multiple games of 35 points, 20 rebounds, 6 blocks and 7 steals in his one season at Wake while at Duke, he'd have a 'team' season similar to Okafor going deep into the dance. I agree.

I don't agree on the development angle for 2 reasons. First the obvious - this kid is already a lock top 3 pick and ready now to play in the NBA as a multi millionaire. Second, I've seen no tangible evidence that Manning has or been directly/singularly credited with developing any big kid at Kansas or Tulsa for the NBA within 1-years time.

Frankly, I'm convinced our only real hope in this has been/is the angle of Chris Paul and to a slightly lesser extent, the brief meeting/balling with Tim Duncan on Wake's behalf.
 
HarryGiles said:
I love the haikus
Don't stop the vibe train, deacons
I am coming home
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CreamyGoodness said:
I feel like anyone who has posted claiming to have sources, myself included, all have the same few people we are hearing things from. Those few folks are passing along information to trusted friends/colleagues, then we are all getting 3rd party sources. I just can't see there being THAT many "sources" in town. We are getting Giles though, so it's all good!
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can guarantee mine is NOT one of those few people we are talking about
 
I would imagine that Giles could play a position at Wake that is more suited to his skill set and more suited to what he will do/play in the NBA. It seems that bigs fall into one of two categories at Duke. If they can handle the ball and shoot from three, they play more of a small forward position. Guys like Singler, Battier, Winslow, etc. My understanding is that though Giles is athletic, can run the floor, has decent handles for his size, etc., he is not a perimeter oriented player, so he wouldn't really fill that roll. The other bigs that have done well at Duke have been more of the back to the basket, post-up, center types. Guys like S Williams, Boozer, Okafor,and whatever the name of the guy that was there 2 seasons ago (their one and dones are starting to run together - can't really distinguish them any more). If I recall, the knock on Okafor this draft (and part of the reason he dropped a little), was because he hadn't shown that he had an NBA type game - because he played more of an old school, back to the basket game. It also seems like the Duke bigs that have underwhelmed relative to their recruiting rankings are guys that couldn't really play that perimeter position, but weren't really a low block type of banger. Guys like Jefferson, L Thomas, McRoberts, S Randolph, etc.

Am I saying that Giles will miss out on the NBA by going to Duke? Of course not. However, I can almost guarantee you that Manning will make sure that he plays a position and type of game that will be most similar to what will be expected of him in the NBA.
 
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