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J-Mychal Reese

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#1 · (Edited)
I put this here since people hardly view the HS board and because he won't even be in HS next year.

Finding 'em younger and younger. Could this be the next great one?

http://www.brazossports.com/stories/050607/basketball_20070506012.php

J-Mychal's game is already mature enough to keep teammates involved, which makes his teams better. That's why the Housotn Rockets' Tracy McGrady is his favorite NBA player.

"I just like how smooth he his and how he gets all his teammates involved," J-Mychal said. "I always liked him, since he was at Orlando. He's talented and competitive enough that he takes the pressure shot. And make no mistake - he hates to lose. He'll take control when it is necessary."
http://recruitingwars.blogspot.com/2006/10/espn-otl-first-report-j-mychal-reese.html

According to the scouting service Hoop Scoop, J-Mychal Reese is the top rated basketball player in his age group. Reese is a superb ball handler, drives strong to the basket, and has a feathery touch from the outside. So it's no surprise that sneaker companies have been showering him with gifts, and Reese has been contacted by several colleges, including Arizona. What might be surprising is that J-Mychal Reese had just finished the sixth grade.
Kind of crazy that colleges and shoe companies are already jockying for a piece of a 7th grader.
 
#2 ·
Re: Jordan. LeBron. J-Mike?

He's in 7-grade. Yet no one will mention how tall he is. He will probably be great, but that's still 5 years away from HS graduation. No reason to go nuts over him even if you are a recruiting maven.
 
#4 ·
Re: Jordan. LeBron. J-Mike?

HKF said:
He's in 7-grade. Yet no one will mention how tall he is. He will probably be great, but that's still 5 years away from HS graduation. No reason to go nuts over him even if you are a recruiting maven.
In 2005 he was listed as a 5'6" WF and he's now listed as a 5'11" PG. Who knows how tall he ends up, but he's likely not nearly done growing. I agree, certainly 7th, 8th, 9th grade phenoms often fall in the ranks (ie back in 9th grade Derrick Caracter was #1 while Oden was ranked 7th). Certainly a name to remember and look out for.
 
#5 ·
Re: Jordan. LeBron. J-Mike?

There is an 8th grader that is s 6'6 WG already (LaQuinton Ross 6’6 Brooklyn, NY) on that list. I have heard of this kid before, from friends in NYC, but I doubt his final position will be a shooting guard. If he grows, he will end up being a PF. I mean he's pretty daggone tall. When Renardo Sidney burst onto the scene, he was a skinny 6'7 kid, but now he is a 6'9 kid who looks like a PF on the pro level (a perimeter playing PF) than a SF.

These rankings of kids this young rarely makes sense because the vast majority of kids that age are not on traveling teams. They are on local teams, but rarely traveling teams. Considering Nike is revamping their camps from evaluation style to more skilled camps (ala Basketball academies), the way we look at prospects is liable to change.
 
#6 ·
Re: Jordan. LeBron. J-Mike?

A great 8th grade power forward prospect standing at 6'4" now, may be a nobody if he does not grow.

But just judging from the picture, he looks rail thin and not filled out, so he could still grow a couple of inches, unlike Demetrius Walker
 
#7 ·
Re: Jordan. LeBron. J-Mike?

Well this guy could be good, i don't know if LeBron, Kobe or MJ 'good', but he could certainly be great, he just needs to keep his feet on this floor(apart from driving and jumpers lol)and fill out a bit then hopefully we will see him in the NBA someday|
 
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