re: Alabama Basketball Recruiting and Offseason Talk

Austin Pitts, a guard from Opelika, told me on Twitter that he’ll be trying out for the team as a walk-on September 12th. Here’s his senior year highlights LINK

Positives:

Nice shot
Looks like an elite passer
Energetic

Negatives:

Very short (only 5 foot 6)
Body can be stiff at times
Slow

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Donta Hall has a cast (not a brace) on his right arm/wrist. Guess he broke it again smh

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Better to have that happen now than later I guess? Did he ever get surgery? Hopefully he can get it fully healed so its not a season long ordeal like last year

Our staff watched Juwan Gary and Drew Timme this morning

Probably not, but I wouldn’t count them out. They’ve been watching him every time he plays, so I guess they feel good about it

Juwan Gary has committed to the Tide per media at Peach Jam.

Kira Lewis thinks he’ll get a Kentucky offer LINK

Just noticed that Diante Smith moved up to a composite 4 star, wasn't he composite 3* when he committed a few weeks ago?

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can someone give me the cliff notes on him please? I don't follow the recruiting as much as some. Thank you!!!

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Juwan Gary is a 4-star SF ranked #67 overall by the 247 composite. He’s been recruited heavily by South Carolina (he’s from SC) for four years. They backed off bc they thought he was theirs, and our staff jumped on him and secured his commitment. Now all of their fans are mad. He’s a good get

I mean could it be anymore obvious that Memphis is paying Watford?? This guy was OBSESSED with all things Bama just 2 months ago. I wish we would pay Watford, the NCAA already proved with Ayton that they wont do anything.