re: Alabama Basketball: 2016 (and beyond) Recruiting

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Blackwell probably is at Vanderbilt if it wasn't for Ferguson

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Who the hell is Blackwell?

Probably meant Braxton.

We just need a good instate group like Randolph and lacy and we will be OK.

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This way of thinking just makes us look bitter. I know it's what is spread when something like this happens, but I look at it as Alabama didn't progress as the season ended and Ferguson did what he had to do. Should've done it sooner, but he didn't.

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Not sure how you're not seeing this. He committed to Alabama when we were picked 13th in the sec. He decommitted when we were on the good side of the bubble. There's zero chance he decommitted because of what he saw at Alabama.

And Jerry Meyer, probably the best HS basketball recruiting analyst, basically told me over twitter that there was shady shite going down with his recruitment. He said his recruitment was "going to make up a whole chapter" in his future book. In a BOL article, he said it would be best if Avery just let him go. It would make zero sense for CAJ to bail on the recruitment unless things got dirty. It's not just Bama fans that think he got paid. It's national guys.

Giddy Potts from MTSU is from Athens, Al. I don't understand why people say the state doesn't produce talent for our recruiting trouble.

What recruiting troubles? Bigger schools are going to take the athlete over the pure basketball player that doesn't have the measureables. We always get solid players we just haven't had the coaching.

In-State talent is on par this year...

John Petty 5* (If Petty commits to Avery, it would mean what Julio meant to Saban)
Alex Reese 4*
Herb Jones 4*
Jamal Johnson 4*
Garrison Brooks 3*
Bradley Belt 3*

5* John Petty is from my hometown, Huntsville. His Johnson team had a game vs Butler this year (last one ever) at the VBC one night. I know Avery Johnson and coaching staff were there, and talked to him. How interested is he in Bama? no idea. But surely some interest if Avery made the trip.

4* Jamal Johnsons dad played at Bama....that can't hurt i'd assume.

Been watching highlights of our incoming players and didn't realize Nick King was the #12 prospect in his class!

I knew he was good and knew that people were saying he was the best player on our team, but I didn't know he was ranked so high coming out of high school, I would've expected him to be ranked around 50 or something just bc we got him but he was ranked 12 and shouldve been