re: UA Basketball Recruiting

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PG: Jahvon Quinerly/Josh Primo
SG: Jaden Shackelford/Keon Ellis
SF: John Petty/Juwan Gary/Darius Miles
PF: Herbert Jones/Keon Ambrose-Hylton/James Rojas
C: Jordan Bruner/Javian Davis/Alex Reese

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I doubt Ambrose plays equal to or more than Gary or Rojas and possibly not even as much as Javian or Reese.

We Should be MUCH better defensively with that lineup. Petty,Herb, and Bruner are all great defenders

Primo is 6’6, long and athletic. Shack is 6’3 and limited athletically. Both are elite shooters, probably give the edge to Primo if I had too. Primo can also handle the ball as well if they wanted to play JQ off ball, so Primo is just more versatile. It’s no slight to Shack at all. Primo is a projected 1 and done for a reason and I don’t think he came to Alabama to come off the bench. Just my opinion

I’ll play...

1- Quinerly
2- Shackelford
3- Petty
4- Jones
5- Bruner

6. Primo (Backup 1-2)
7. Rojas (Backup 4-5)
8. Ellis (Backup 2-3)
9. Gary (Backup 3-4)
10. Reese/Davis (Situational)

RS or Barely Play: Miles, KAH,

Oh I love Shack. I’m just extremely high on Primo talking to his coach and watching a ton on him. People are going to fall in love with how smooth he is.

Oh yeah, I love his game. Everything he does on the court looks completely effortless and he is very well rounded on offense. He reminds me a lot of the kind of kid Duke tends to sign. Not necessarily an athletic freak, but a dude who just doesn't struggle with any aspect of the game of basketball.

Not a knock on Shack at all, but his only fault if there is one, he never met a shot he didn't like.

I'm in the camp where Shack will still get plenty of minutes, and maybe even start the season out as the starter, but eventually come off the bench.

He is competing with Petty/Primo/Ellis (to a lesser extent) for his traditional 2-guard spot, and the other 3 are all taller, longer, more athletic, and better defenders.

Shack is 6'3 and shot 36% from 3 last season.

Petty is 6'5, shot 44% from 3pt last year, and is our best defender not named Herb Jones. And you know he starts if he comes back.

Primo is 6'6, shoots about 35% from 3pt, and is talked about as a potential one-and-done, first round kind of player.

Even Ellis is 6'6 and shot 40% from 3pt last season as a JUCO All-American.

The main thing about Shack versus these other 3 guys is balance. Is the drop in offense small enough that the defensive boost more than makes up for it? No doubt he is working hard and getting better based on all of the reports.

When was the last time we had enough good depth on the Bball team that good players were gonna be competing against other good players for starting spots/minutes? Been a while for sure.

If Petty comes back, we're gonna have 3 players good enough to start coming off the bench in Ellis, Rojas, and whoever doesn't start between Primo and Shack.

Shack has a year of college experience. He was a much better player at the end of the year, than at the beginning. Shack was terrible at going to the basket early in the year, but he did improve towards the end of the year. Playing in front of big crowds with pressure on you, TV and the crowds, can be a humbling experience. Shack will start. But if Primo can play the backup point guard, he will get plenty of playing time. He will have to adjust to playing hard all the time, and against great athletes that will play physical.