Since a lot has been made about how basketball rankings can be fluid and change, the first offers aren't always equivalent to the best prospects....it just means those prospects are a little more advanced, either athletically or based on current abilities.
What happens more often than not, is what's missing this spring and summer....no AAU, no spring evaluation to really launch to 50 to 70 prospects each year that go from unknown to ranked in the span of a few months.
I am going to pass most of the credit here, based on the time line of events from mid March 2020 through to August....one of a number of very reliable eyes and ears is Duval Simmonds....Jersey native, but knows his hoops. His tweet here was one of a couple that he made a couple of years ago, when it came to Qudus Wahab.....Wahab was a very raw, not ready for prime time big, who didn't have a couple of offers....landed a couple of mid majors, then SHU, RU and everyone else got on his board....he picked Georgetown and had a very good freshman season for the Hoyas last season.
Now he's been mentioning Jalen Miller, in a similar fashion....so when a Simmonds says "watch out for this prospect", it is usually legit.
What happens more often than not, is what's missing this spring and summer....no AAU, no spring evaluation to really launch to 50 to 70 prospects each year that go from unknown to ranked in the span of a few months.
I am going to pass most of the credit here, based on the time line of events from mid March 2020 through to August....one of a number of very reliable eyes and ears is Duval Simmonds....Jersey native, but knows his hoops. His tweet here was one of a couple that he made a couple of years ago, when it came to Qudus Wahab.....Wahab was a very raw, not ready for prime time big, who didn't have a couple of offers....landed a couple of mid majors, then SHU, RU and everyone else got on his board....he picked Georgetown and had a very good freshman season for the Hoyas last season.
Now he's been mentioning Jalen Miller, in a similar fashion....so when a Simmonds says "watch out for this prospect", it is usually legit.