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Posted on 7/24/19 at 1:01 pm to MrAUTigers
Seems like BJ Boston isn’t trending Duke anymore. Last pick was for Oregon.
Recent article on Duke board doesn’t even mention him.
Recent article on Duke board doesn’t even mention him.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 3:09 pm to jangalang
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Seems like BJ Boston isn’t trending Duke anymore. Last pick was for Oregon. Recent article on Duke board doesn’t even mention him.
Well, if this is true, it can only be good for schools like Auburn and Oregon. I hope our status as the trendy school for AOT players helps our ranks with him.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 3:23 pm to AUNashville
AOT?
Posted on 7/24/19 at 3:42 pm to JamalSanders
The AOT Running Rebels are the basketball team with Sharife and Devin Cambridge. Babatunde and Isaac Okoro used to play with them too.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 4:33 pm to jangalang
quote:Kentucky had been trending for a long time. Interesting to see if the move out West changes that.
Seems like BJ Boston isn’t trending Duke anymore. Last pick was for Oregon.
Recent article on Duke board doesn’t even mention him.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 6:22 pm to ellitor
What coach K laid out to Henry Coleman was:
They aren’t absolutely confident that Kessler will join and that’s a plus.
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He said that they feel they can bring in a really good class that includes guys like me, Mark Williams, Jalen Johnson, Jeremy Roach, DJ Steward and maybe even Walker Kessler to do some damage in the ACC and at the NCAA level
They aren’t absolutely confident that Kessler will join and that’s a plus.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 6:40 pm to jangalang
quote:Yup! Big time battle right now between AU & Duke. hell is literally freezing over as I type this.
They aren’t absolutely confident that Kessler will join and that’s a plus.
This post was edited on 7/24/19 at 6:41 pm
Posted on 7/25/19 at 7:49 am to ellitor
Kessler just looks like a Duke basketball prototype. Will make the coup so glorious if that day comes.
Boston worked out with Harper recently.
Boston worked out with Harper recently.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 1:34 pm to jangalang
Terrence Clark, 2021 #1 SG and #3 player in the country seems high on Memphis but includes us in places he wants to visit this fall. Considering reclassifying also.
One of the next steps for Clarke is to begin taking college visits. While he hasn’t scheduled any trips, he’s hoping to take some in the fall. “I think Memphis, my mom says Duke, I say Memphis, UCLA, Auburn is one school I really want to go see,” he said about visits. “The five schools I really want to visit are probably Duke, Kentucky, Memphis, Auburn and UCLA.
One of the next steps for Clarke is to begin taking college visits. While he hasn’t scheduled any trips, he’s hoping to take some in the fall. “I think Memphis, my mom says Duke, I say Memphis, UCLA, Auburn is one school I really want to go see,” he said about visits. “The five schools I really want to visit are probably Duke, Kentucky, Memphis, Auburn and UCLA.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 1:45 pm to jangalang
Mark Murphy basketball tidbits:
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The Tigers are wrapping up their summer practice schedule this week and the two injured newcomers are now able to participate in some of the non-contact drills.
Summer signee Javon Franklin, who broke a bone in his leg during his first game of the 2018-19 season at Holmes Community College in Mississippi, is doing light, non-contact workouts. Franklin will be a redshirt freshman for the coming season. His junior college head coach, Jason Flanigan, told me that we will enjoy watching the six-foot-seven forward play because he is a very athletic guy who makes the type of plays that help win games.
Freshman Tyrell Jones had surgery in the spring for a tibial stress fracture. He is able to run now, but hasn’t been cleared to have contact work. Even at less than full speed, it is obvious the six-foot-one signee out of West Oaks Academy in Orlando, Fla., is quick. Nicknamed "Turbo," he is expected to share point guard duties with another quick guy, J’Von McCormick.
On the subject of McCormick, Bruce Pearl put the point guard and Samir Doughty under pressure to make a free throw at the end of Wednesday’s practice. The team would have to run extra wind sprints if either player missed a foul shot. Doughty stepped to the foul line first and made his free throw. McCormick followed with a shot that rimmed in and went out and that started the running drill.
McCormick stepped up to the line again with the consequence of a miss a longer series of wind sprints and he failed to make the free throw.
Pearl then changed the challenge. If McCormick made the free throw the coaches would all have to do 25 push-ups. If he missed the players would have to run a very long series of wind sprints. To the delight of his teammates, the senior made his foul shot.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 1:45 pm to jangalang
‘A surreal feeling’: Jared Harper moves closer to NBA dream
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AUBURN, Ala. – The arena was new. The uniform was different. The opponent was one of the most iconic teams in the NBA. But it was the same Jared Harper, carving up the New York Knicks in Las Vegas en route to 19 points and four assists in his NBA summer league debut.
"That being my first NBA game against NBA players and to be against the Knicks, a very storied organization, and then to be able to play the way I did and be able to start in the first game – that was all big for me," Harper said. "It was great."
Harper never heard his name called on draft night. Maybe it was because he was deemed "too small" to play in the NBA. Maybe teams weren't paying enough attention to Auburn's Final Four run this past season. Regardless, the two-time All-SEC selection still earned a spot on the Phoenix Suns' summer league roster, and that's all he needed – an opportunity.
The former Auburn point guard averaged 10.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in four games with the Suns while shooting 38 percent from the field.
"It was another showing for me to be able to point to, to show why I feel like I belong," Harper said. "I was able to do the same thing I did in college. To do it against NBA players, it was definitely a great experience."
Harper's summer league performance certainly caught the attention of the Suns, who offered him a two-way contract for the upcoming season. The deal guarantees him a roster spot on the Northern Arizona Suns, the team's NBA G League affiliate, and it also gives him the ability to play in the NBA for 45 days.
That's always been the dream for Harper. Now he's on the cusp of turning that dream into reality. What will that moment be like when he makes his NBA debut?
"It's definitely going to be a surreal feeling just knowing how far I've come and how long I've been waiting for that time," Harper said. "But I just want to control what I can control and continue to get better and just be ready when my number is called."
The only downside to Harper chasing his NBA dream is the void it leaves in Auburn's backcourt this coming season. It's never easy to replace your starting point guard, but it's even more difficult trying to replace a player that finished as one of only three players in program history to score 1,000 points and dish out 500 assists.
Not to worry, Auburn fans. Harper is confident that the point guard position is in good hands with seniors J'Von McCormick and Samir Doughty, as well as incoming freshman Tyrell "Turbo" Jones, all in the mix to take over.
"I feel like they're all going to contribute to the team," Harper said. "I think BP (Bruce Pearl) does a good job of having his program stay right and stay ready. It doesn't matter if you start. You might not start, you might finish. It's just being ready when your number is called.
"I know Samir has a lot of experience coming from last year and being a leader on this team. J'Von has experience from last year. 'Turbo' coming in as a freshman and learning. I did a lot of learning my freshman year, and I know he's going to do a lot of learning this year. It's going to be a great experience for all of them."
Posted on 7/25/19 at 4:07 pm to jangalang
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McCormick followed with a shot that rimmed in and went out and that started the running drill.
McCormick stepped up to the line again with the consequence of a miss a longer series of wind sprints and he failed to make the free throw.
Pearl then changed the challenge. If McCormick made the free throw the coaches would all have to do 25 push-ups. If he missed the players would have to run a very long series of wind sprints. To the delight of his teammates, the senior made his foul shot.
Shooting 1/3 from the FT line? Sounds about right for AU basketball
Posted on 7/25/19 at 4:42 pm to GenesChin
Our PG will definitely have to do better than that.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 4:51 pm to jangalang
In HS, we also had to do that after conditioning. The player that missed the FT never had to run with the team though. He got to sit back and feel the hate from the rest of the dogtired players. After practice he had to do his sprints with the rest of players that missed.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 4:54 pm to jangalang
Our PGs will make or break our team this year. The rest of the positions are solid. I just don't have a lot of confidence in any of our PGs to have the kind of play we need to go deep in the tournament.
Doughty - meh
McCormick - highest potential but don't have a lot of data on him
Turbo - true freshman - don't expect much
Doughty - meh
McCormick - highest potential but don't have a lot of data on him
Turbo - true freshman - don't expect much
This post was edited on 7/25/19 at 4:56 pm
Posted on 7/25/19 at 4:56 pm to jangalang
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Our PG will definitely have to do better than that.
Yep. It's been such a luxury to have a FT shooter like Harper to be the guy with the ball in his hands late in close games more than anyone else. So so valuable. Hopefully Turbo has that ability and J'von improves.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 7:02 pm to jangalang
I love that FT drill. I hated it when I played though.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 9:25 pm to ThaiTiger24
Doughty meh? GTFO...dude's a baller.
This post was edited on 7/25/19 at 11:50 pm
Posted on 7/26/19 at 7:46 am to TheChiznit
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Doughty meh? GTFO...dude's a baller.
Ehhhhh
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