what about gary trent .dave jamerson,snoopy graham, and walter luckett? those guys were way above dj cooper and mark sears. and walter was ranked number one in overall recruits. this guy does sound like a wonderful pick up.what are the odds he will enter the portal after his first season? id say he,ll be a one and done from the looks of it.
Gary Trent was an after thought on the recruiting trail. Played in a poor conference, with non athletes and didn’t do the entire AAU circuit, plus wasn’t a given in eligibility. Yes he shot 82% his senior year, but no one in his league was taller than 6’4, no one else on his team was 6’
I'm not sure Jamerson and Graham came in with that much buzz. Neither were starters much of their FR year. Geno probably came in with more hype.
I can tell you there was a lot of buzz among basketball junkies in regard to Dave Jamerson and Snoop Graham. I happened to be in the state of Ohio on my beat covering the NY Knicks for Newsday in NY and was able to attend the North-South high school basketball all-star game in Canton with Ohio assistant Fran Fraschilla. Jamerson and Reggie Rankin played in the game. Fran had been crowing to me for some time that Jamerson blew up his senior year at Stow High (in Akron); he averaged 34 per game. I left that game knowing that we had a special kid; although their releases were very different, he shot the ball, to me, like a right-handed Chris Mullin.
Graham was a big-time player in the Philadelphia city league at famed Ben Franklin High. It took a long time before he made his decision. There were several big schools in there; the only one I remember was UNLV.
Ratings were very different then. And if you chose a MAC school, for the most part--Walter Luckett notwithstanding--you got knocked down a peg or two. Soooo, by today's standards, Snoop would rate with or slightly above DJ Cooper. Jamerson somewhere below that, certainly not on talent, but because he didn't have a big rep.
Last Edited: 5/14/2024 12:34:01 AM by FlashGary