Recruiting
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Is it Taitz and Munson or bust at this point? I know Brooks transferring in takes a little sting off things, still can’t help but be a little disappointed with how good of a west coast class it was this year.
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Rapeculturedawg said:
Since the recruiting coverage for basketball isn't that great, I decided to write up a little thing about who we're recruiting. the 2019 cycle is at its end, so there is no discussion of that... We all know the one target left in that class..
2020
Taking 4 unless J'Raan Brooks or someone else transfers in.
Will get
Marjon Beauchamp SG/SF 6’6” Rainier Beach
Posted some cryptic shit on twitters about not having a favorite and his recruitment being open. That being said, UW is the heavy favorite and everyone knows it. Great handles and a good shooter. Crazy length
Isaiah Cottrell PF 6’9” Bishop Gorman
Assistant Coach Dave Rice’s brother coaches BG, Rice has the Vegas connections from his time at UNLV, I think we get whoever we want from BG while he’s an assistant here. Solid post player that will continue to improve, 4 year guy.
Hopefully get
Daishen Nix 6’5” PG Trinity International Schools (Vegas)
Originally from Alaska of all places, best PG on the West Coast. Amazing passer and an improving shooter. Said UW is recruiting him the hardest.
Kendall Munson 6’8” PF/SF Rainier Beach
Offered after the state tourney while playing for Puyallup, would have had him listed as a backup until Strawther committed to the Zags. Isn’t really ranked since he was out hurt his sophomore year. He should see a huge jump in the rankings after AAU season.
Backups
Lamont Butler 6’2” PG Polytechnic (Riverside)
Hop has been recruiting him for a while, had an official visit, but they seem to be slow playing him. Great ball handler and passer, but he’s not as good as Nix overall. Would be awesome as a 4 year guy. He’ll come here if Nix doesn’t.
Noah Taitz 6’3” SG Bishop Gorman
BTP hates him, so he’ll probably hit a game winning shot against us someday.
Mitchell Saxen 6’10” C Ingraham
Center that stretches the floor, rebounds decent, and blocks some shots.
Random Hopkins follow on Twitter
Cade Cunningham 6’6” SF Montverde Academy
8th ranked player in the class, no clue if he has an offer or anything.
2021
Will Get
Paolo Banchero 6’10” PF O’Dea
Both parents went to UW, family is close with Jen Cohen’s family, offered as a freshman. I believe that Hopkins has some kind of rule about accepting commitments early, I’d say he’s unofficially committed.
Shane Nowell 6’5” SG Eastside Catholic
Plays a lot like Jaylen but he’s a lefty and slightly taller. He was at pretty much every home game, and have heard that the staff is recruiting him HARD.
Others
Anyone other than the previous two will depend on how the numbers work out. As of now it looks like we’ll need to take 3, but that could easily end up being 4. I wont bother too much with details about each of them. Offers to all the Bishop Gorman guys in this class..
Franck Kepnang 6’10/11” C Westtown School (PA)
Offered early, Hops Northeast connections at work here.
Jaden Hardy 6’4” PG Coronado (Henderson NV)
Offered, top 5 player in the class, really fucking good.
Zaon Collins 6’1” PG Bishop Gorman
Offered, top 50 guy
John Christofilis 6’4” SG O’Dea
Offered
Will McClendon 6’3” SG Bishop Gorman
Offered
Jackson Grant, 6'10" PF from Olympia High School received an offer and more importantly a Coach Hop twitter follow over the weekend.
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Taitz looks like Stanford or us and Munson looks like us or San Diego. We have a shot at Cunningham...GayThoughts said:Is it Taitz and Munson or bust at this point? I know Brooks transferring in takes a little sting off things, still can’t help but be a little disappointed with how good of a west coast class it was this year.
Beauchamp not being able to qualify choosing to prepare for the NBA sort of fucked up this class. -
Agree with all this except Cunningham. I think *he* thinks we have a shot with him which is why others do but I don't think he really has a choice where he is going to go.Rapeculturedawg said:
Taitz looks like Stanford or us and Munson looks like us or San Diego. We have a shot at Cunningham...GayThoughts said:Is it Taitz and Munson or bust at this point? I know Brooks transferring in takes a little sting off things, still can’t help but be a little disappointed with how good of a west coast class it was this year.
Beauchamp not being able to qualify choosing to prepare for the NBA sort of fucked up this class. -
Interested to see how this plays out, but I think Beauchamp is fucking stupid for going this route.Rapeculturedawg said:
Taitz looks like Stanford or us and Munson looks like us or San Diego. We have a shot at Cunningham...GayThoughts said:Is it Taitz and Munson or bust at this point? I know Brooks transferring in takes a little sting off things, still can’t help but be a little disappointed with how good of a west coast class it was this year.
Beauchamp not being able to qualify choosing to prepare for the NBA sort of fucked up this class.
Why not play overseas for a year and get paid if you wanna skip college? -
Would have made a lot more sense than getting sold on some program with zero track record..ThomasFremont said:
Interested to see how this plays out, but I think Beauchamp is fucking stupid for going this route.Rapeculturedawg said:
Taitz looks like Stanford or us and Munson looks like us or San Diego. We have a shot at Cunningham...GayThoughts said:Is it Taitz and Munson or bust at this point? I know Brooks transferring in takes a little sting off things, still can’t help but be a little disappointed with how good of a west coast class it was this year.
Beauchamp not being able to qualify choosing to prepare for the NBA sort of fucked up this class.
Why not play overseas for a year and get paid if you wanna skip college? -
"I think that Washington is a program that is super slept on, and I don’t think people are really taking notice as to what Coach Hopkins is really doing. I was already building a really good relationship before I got to Team USA and I didn’t even know that he was going to be an assistant until a couple of days before I got there. He didn’t really say anything to me recruiting-wise the whole trip. He wanted it to be strictly USA Basketball, and I really respected that so much, but I really respect him as a coach and I realized why Washington is on the rise.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they were a Final Four team this year and his pitch to me, I feel like all of the coaches in my top five, the head coaches, more than anything, they are good people, they are people that I trust going there and they would treat me right. I feel like Coach Hop is one of those guys, even if I don’t go there, he is still going to call and check on me, and the situation there with a lot of veteran guys, I could step in and play in the Pac-12. That is a fast league, a scoring league, a lot like the NBA, and I can work on my game to get to the NBA to be an all-star one day." -
This. He’ll be overseas in two years anyway, I don’t really see him getting drafted.ThomasFremont said:
Interested to see how this plays out, but I think Beauchamp is fucking stupid for going this route.Rapeculturedawg said:
Taitz looks like Stanford or us and Munson looks like us or San Diego. We have a shot at Cunningham...GayThoughts said:Is it Taitz and Munson or bust at this point? I know Brooks transferring in takes a little sting off things, still can’t help but be a little disappointed with how good of a west coast class it was this year.
Beauchamp not being able to qualify choosing to prepare for the NBA sort of fucked up this class.
Why not play overseas for a year and get paid if you wanna skip college?
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If he played in college or overseas i could see him getting drafted, he would play well in either and the exposure would only be a benefit. Being hidden away from competition for a year isnt going to help. It worked for Mitchell Robinson under totally different circumstances i suppose, but he went in the 2nd rd at 7'1".. realistically, he probably should have been a lottery pick.GayThoughts said:
This. He’ll be overseas in two years anyway, I don’t really see him getting drafted.ThomasFremont said:
Interested to see how this plays out, but I think Beauchamp is fucking stupid for going this route.Rapeculturedawg said:
Taitz looks like Stanford or us and Munson looks like us or San Diego. We have a shot at Cunningham...GayThoughts said:Is it Taitz and Munson or bust at this point? I know Brooks transferring in takes a little sting off things, still can’t help but be a little disappointed with how good of a west coast class it was this year.
Beauchamp not being able to qualify choosing to prepare for the NBA sort of fucked up this class.
Why not play overseas for a year and get paid if you wanna skip college?
