I spent the early part of this morning once again
at “The
Dav” observing the 2009 Lobo Elite Camp. Of course last night we talked
about
some of the players that caught my eye, and since we can’t do pictures,
I
thought I would do the exact same thing again.
How old is this
picture of Scott Stiegler?
I was joined by KKOB talk
show radio host Scott Stiegler
today as we were taking a look at today’s campers. So some of the words
listed
here might be his not just mine, but hey even a radio guy sometimes
comes up
with good lines!
Isaiah Rusher once again showed that he is a force to be
reckoned with. Today he not only showed his physical ability as he and
Los
Alamos C Alex Kirk battled this morning. That was one of the epic
battles no
doubt of the morning no doubt. The play of Rusher’s day so far was him
skying
high for a rebound and ripping it from both men and while he took one
step just
did a behind the back bounce pass to the cutter to the hoop for the
easy deuce!
It
was funny because Stigs and I were talking about how
Isaiah was going to need time to learn the college game, etc. etc. etc.
and
Stigs said after this trip down the court, “well there is something to
be said
about natural ability as well.”
Austin Etherington Indiana Elite- Austin came to play today,
his outside shot was on today and all he needed was one step and he
would bury
one from behind the arc and he has no problem getting physical as he
would
drive to the hoop. His best play was a drive to the hoop where one of
the big
men stepped in front as they collided Etherington made a wrap around
pass to
the cutting big man for the…FLUSH! On defense Etherington got away with
a
mugging as he and Lobo PG Jamal Fenton went for a loose ball, Austin
put his
shoulder into Fenton knocking him off his feet and secured the ball.
Alex
Kirk Los Alamos- Like I said he and Isaiah Rusher had
some serious battles down low. Kirk gave as good as he got… Rusher
would body
up the Hilltopper and Kirk would step back with his shot and knock them
down.
Both played solid defense, but they also have some offensive game as
well!
Nate
Garth- Nate was animated today and his game took off,
hitting open offensive players, while getting into everyone’s grill on
defense.
He did pick up a little bit of a “frustration foul” but settled down
and had a
nice session this morning.
Mardracus Wade- Stiegler and I were watching Wade play today
as he has just grown so much this last year. His body is that of a man
now and
his game has really elevated. He has a good shot and really controls
the flow
of the game well today.
Obij Aget- The 7 footer showed some serious inside game
today making himself available to any guard that would hit him with a
pass,
also mopping up missed shots as well. Impressive day for Mr. Aget.
The
best play of the game was watching the 7’2” David Nyarsuk
go coast to coast. Unfortunately he got called for traveling but holy
smoke
when you are 7 foot plus one stride equals a ton of space!
We
want to thank RCSsports.com ‘s Jimmy Hicks for
accompanying us to Coaches for a green chile cheeseburger today! For
those of
you back in the Houston area that didn’t think he could do it, Jimmy
ate the
entire burger and he was proud of it as well! We need to find him an I
ate
green chile and survived T-shirt! Seriously, though Jimmy is a great
guy and
wealth of basketball knowledge. My hoops IQ grew just hanging around
the guy!
Stay tuned to TheRedMenace.com later tonight as
Wes Henderson will be providing us with some mid afternoon and late night
insights
plus he is working on some interviews for later tonight!
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