re: Alabama Basketball Recruiting and Offseason Talk

Just wanted to give a shout out to Pettway. He did an outstanding job recruiting Butler. I was told a few weeks ago that Butler would probably end up at UVA. I’m not sure exactly what transpired between then and yesterday’s commitment, but it sure looks like Pett came through for us in crunch time yet again.

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I’m not sure exactly what transpired

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The Kobie Baker slush fund is still open

Alabama says it hasn't received a subpoena related to the FBI probe into college basketball.

Huge news

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om what I've seen so far, Petty might go higher than Sexton.

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Sure, he might, but Sexton is at a level right now where his floor is the bottom of the 1st round.

Petty will have to prove it. Sexton already has (in the minds of NBA people).

Seems like we are connected to some huge 2019 names.

Must..... not...... hype......

It's hard for me to look at these two guys and think that Petty is the better player based on their performance in HS alone. Sure Sexton had some good highlights, but he also averaged over 30 ppg against both HS and EYBL competition. He set the scoring record for the EYBL and was the MVP of the USA team.

Most of what you're probably basing this off of is the Canada games and what the rumors are around the NBA open practice. That's a small sample size in the Canada games and even if Sexton looked like the top 10 pick most peg him as, he's not going to be the standout when he already has that reputation. Petty opened the eyes of a lot of Scouts because he was a guy they didn't expect to look like a lottery pick or even a first rounder.

I like both guys and have even hyped Petty to be better than his ranking, but right now I think Sexton is our best player. He's just proven more than Petty has to this point.

If we have more than one drafted....most likely means we had a hell of a season.

Random Observations from Tip Off Club/Tide Pride Open Practice and BBQ

The team had a two hour practice and then came and practiced for 45 min in front of the crowd.

- Sexton came in with a ripped practice jersey. Had been ripped down the middle.
- When they played any 5 on 5 drills they were in mixed groups. Clearly not starters versus next 5 ever.
- Did some offense versus air with different ball handlers.
- Armond made an impressive Kyrie-type reverse layup in traffic.
- Reese Looked good from 3. Also, looked more the part to me but could have been fooled by the more mature haircut haha.
-Avery noted that we were last in the league in taking charges last year.
-Riley sat out of practice but everyone else participated.
-When we got to 5 on 5 drills Sexton blew by everybody for a layup in the half court at least 4 times.
-Sexton floated one over hall too after a blow by.
-Giddens has nice touch on his jumper. Made a 10 foot fadeaway look smooth.
-Did one period of special situations. Collin bailed the white team out on a last second step-back 17 footer on the white's possession. Then he ripped it from Braxton on the crimson's possession. (Avery called a foul but it was a Head coach's foul not a legitimate one).
-Herb is going to get minutes. He's going to defend and he looked like he belonged.
-They didn't play much 5 on 5 so it was hard to tell much more than that.