re: Alabama Basketball Recruiting and Offseason Talk

2019 high 4-star wing Juwan Gary just visited Bama and had high remarks about the Tide. We also picked up a crystal ball, and he’s committing next week according to his insta (but the article says he’ll take more visits and commit in the fall so who knows) LINK

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“It was a great campus and facilities and it felt like home,” Gary said of Alabama. “Avery Johnson broke it down. Him being an NBA championship person, being coach of the year and actually being a player, he knows where to take you to actually being a pro. So being with him, the assistant coaching staff, they are trying to prepare you for the next level no matter how many years it’s going to take, and he also going to try to make sure you that you can be the best basketball player out of this.” Gary has seen Johnson and the Crimson Tide in action and likes what they do in conjunction with what he does. “Their style of play fits me very well,” he said. “Their style of play is fast, they get out and run in transition, but at the same time they have to play defense. But coach Avery Johnson he likes to go out in more transition plays, got out there and get the ball, rebound and push it.”

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Edit: The article is from June 13th, but today he posted on Instagram he’ll be announcing his commitment next week. Apparently we got 2 crystal balls yesterday. South Carolina has 86% of them but that article basically says they stopped recruiting him. It looks like we’re gonna land this guy

Edit #2: The crystal balls all show SC for some reason but still says Bama 14%......either way, it looks like we’re in good shape

Someone told me he shoots 27% from 3 but 63% from 2

Don’t think that matters tbh. We’re probably gonn take 4 (maybe even 5) in this class.

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If we land Gary, does that say anything about Lewis or Watford or is that completely unrelated?

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Could be, but it could also be how they feel about the odds of one or two of Jones/Petty/Mack going pro. I still think Watford is ours until I see more substance to the Watford to Memphis rumors. I feel more confident about Lewis after he left the UK visit without an offer.

Full Sindarius Thornwell rant on Twitter:

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I hate how kids be scared to stay home a represent their own

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I went to oak hill my last year of high school because i had to make sure my grades were straight to be clear to go to college, i could of went from oak hill to any top school in the country but i decided to created my own path and do something everybody scared to do

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Lol i went to oak hill and told schools to don’t waste their time recruiting because i knew i was committing to South Carolina never been afraid of a challenge

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I just hate how kids fall for coaches telling them they can make a kid a pro #thatsalie

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Lol so when you’re done playing and you move back to South Carolina how can a school on the other side of the country help you?

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He’s definitely talking about Gary leaving for Bama lmao. He mentioned that part about coaches telling players he can get them to the nba, that’s EXACTLY what Gary talked about Avery saying in the article

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I just hate how kids fall for coaches telling them they can make a kid a pro #thatsalie

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I was wondering if this was just a delayed reaction to Zion going elsewhere. But considering he's pretty much a lock to be a one and done, I'd say this has to be in reference to Gary.

Tim Watts is about to drop Nuggets on him on BOL. He said we should like it!

Sindarius is saying he wasn’t talking about Juwan. But I feel like it’s a coverup. He didn’t expect many people to pay attention to what he was saying, but all the Bama fans were bringing a lot of attention to it and he didn’t want it to blow up in his face, so he tried to take it back

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Btw My comments have nothing to do with Juwan that’s the lil bro been my lol bro he know I’ll support him wherever he ends up and that I’m a phone call away

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First Team
Cole Anthony - EYBL MVP
Tyrese Maxey
Jaden McDaniels
Wendell Moore
Isaiah Stewart

Second Team
Sharife Cooper
Keion Brooks Jr
Rocket Watts
Isaac Okoro
CJ Walker

Third Team
Brandon Newman
Al-Amir Dawes
Kofi Cockburn
Trayce Jackson-Davis
Vernon Carey

Wow, Gary would be a nice out of the blue pickup.

If things went according to the original plan and landed Watford/Lewis (I'll stay positive for a minute), that'd be a helluva haul.

#15 - Trendon Watford (5-star) (PF)
#24 - Kira Lewis (5-star) (PG)
#73 - Juwan Gary (4-star) (SF)
#123 - Diante Smith (4-star) (SF)