Yeah they got the word.
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Not sure if this has been posted, or if it’s accurate (seems so at first blush), but here are Elijah’s City Rocks stats:
https://www.theseasonticket.com/stats/team_instance/7145295?subseason=797532&tab=team_instance_player_stats&tool=4823247
All the shooting numbers are actually really good (3pt% over 40% stood out to me) except for FT%.
Turnovers are an issue, as I think we knew, but his defensive counting stats are impressive.
**CAVEAT – THIS IS PARTIAL – SEE BELOW **
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For comparison:
Trey Green - 19/39 from 3 (.487); 44/83 from 2 (.530); 19/23 FT (.826)
Elijah - 15/35 from 3 (.429); 55/101 from 2 (.545); 28/45 FT (.622)
**CAVEAT – THIS IS PARTIAL – SEE BELOW **
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Although the local schools did offer first
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Those EYBL stats are only partial, first 3 sessions I assume. Peach Jam when he wasn’t 100% weighed down Gertrude’s stats a bit.
Through 24 games, he averaged 12.2 points. 50.7 FG% (108-213), 32.7 3% (20-61). 1.2 steals 0.8 blocks.
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Thanks! (sorry for the partial/misleading stats). I should’ve realized when it showed Wilcher with so few games…
I added a disclaimer above, fwiw
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Until a couple years ago, they had a player pages on the EYBL site with stats game logs etc. Now you have to dig through box scores and count em up one at a time.
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I saw that, and was about to give myself a little project, then I saw that site and decided to cut some corners…
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Well this gives him a full year to practice his three point shot with *whichever school he decides. I’m still mad that Beek’s coaches *knew for 2+years that he was a high major recruit and yet they let him leave highschool with that shot… Not hating Beeks, just his highschool coaches.
Hah, this is nice. My brother went to Rutgers. He doesn’t have much school spirit or interest in college hoops, but it’s nice to have something to run him about anyway.
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I dont wanna get into it out of respect for HS type coaches who give a lot for relatively little. But most times when they have high level talented players they dont push fundamentals etc as much.
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I know a lot of them. almost none at all in the way of caring about their teams after they leave. Will say Rutgers as a university seems to be solid education wise in the broader sense and an unreal deal comparatively when you are in state
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Very good point Fresh. I guess I look at it as if it’s the highschool coaches audition to move up in the ranks and be an assistant coach at a college or something. For example it’s a feather in their cap to say “Yeah I coached Reece Beekman, ACC DPOY, and 2nd team all ACC, career 37% three point shooter, to a first round draft pick after his *2nd year at UVA” ( I say second year because if Beeks had been shooting at 37% over the past two seasons he may have been gone already)…
Actually I kind of take it back in that I *think teachers that note highly talented students whether it be in the classroom or in sports typically try to give them *all of the advantages ie: extra study hall, more difficult homework, extra tutoring, extra training etc. am I right? Any teachers out there?
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Old school coaches like Morgan Wooten and the Dunbar guy had incredible talent AND they drilled fundamentals to death. Now when kids can so easily transfer etc maybe the coaches are less likely to be as tough. I dont know
I do know many players of all talent levels want that instruction
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Yeah you’re right, but you do have a point that on the flip side these teachers/coaches may not be getting paid enough to really manage these kids individually.
Hey does Sean Singletary ever scrimmage with the team?
I’ll throw age into that as well. NBA teams for some reason think you’re a washed up bet if you’ve broken 20.
I think probly coaches with big time players in HS tend to let the big time guys slide especially kmowing they have scholarship offers etc
@uva20 to answer your question in the other thread, Ryan Dunn committed live. So that’s one versus the many that haven’t gone our way, lol.
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I can confirm Fresh has NOT been invited to the live announcement… yet
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