I
was really happy to finally get out to the Davalos center aka The “Dav
Dome”
today. I missed the entire first session as I got stuck behind a bus
that
caught on fire on the freeway. No injuries that I could see, but after
finally
making it out to “The Dav” I was ready for some hoops action!
Big
problem the first session was over and covered by Lee Roy earlier this
afternoon. I was lucky to meet Mr. Jimmy Hicks of RCSsports and The
Basketball
Show there from Houston. We invited Jimmy to lunch with us at Coaches
where he
tore me up with 80’s Rock and Roll name that tune! Bandito put
a post up to
help me learn some bands so that the next time I chill with Jimmy I’ll
be all
over him! I did admit I listen to country music (don’t tell anyone
as they will
throw me out of the cool kids club.)
Anyway,
you all don’t want to read that, let’s talk about the afternoon session
of the
Lobo Elite Camp. It was my first opportunity to watch incoming
freshmen,
potential recruits, and current Lobo hoops players and I must say I was
not
disappointed at all.
The
coaches have two scrimmages running side by side so with 24 men running
up and
down the court (2 referees) and trying to watch everything you start
missing
everything, so I really tried to spend my time watching a few of the
younger
players and few of them really stuck out to me.
Bryce
Alford- He is truly an Alford, as like his older brother he can shot,
drive and
dish. He is very young and as he continues to develop will do nothing
but
become a better player. What can you say, it is in the genes.
P.J.
Horgan (6’7) – His ability to get down low and post up strong showed.
He needs
to work on his footwork but has time to develop that over time at
Cleveland HS
in Rio Rancho. Horgan hit the occasional 15-foot jumper. But did miss a
few
easy shot this afternoon.
Austin Etherington Indiana Elite continues to shine during every session. I’m
not sure
if there is an “MVP” of the Elite Camp, but if there is I think
Etherington is
one of those players that must be given strong consideration.
As
far as the current Lobos this afternoon:
Just
like on Friday night Roman could not
miss, he was
firing on cylinders and just doing his thing, you know the things that
do not
show up on box score but endears him to Lobo fans and makes a coach’s
job easy!
It
was nice to see new Lobo Chad Adams today as he really had the dribble
drive,
stop and pop working for him this afternoon. I look forward to watching
Chad
develop!
Phillip McDonald was putting the ball up whenever he was given an inch and
everything
he put up found its way into the hoop. It was nice to see that all the
work
that “P-Mac” has been putting in at the gym showed.
After
today’s 2nd session I caught up with the Indiana Elite
Coaches Drew Adams and Bil Duany and we talked about the 4 young men that came down
from Indiana
for this year’s Elite Camp!
After
throwing down some food I made it out for the 3rd and final
session of
today/tonight’s Elite Camp, and rather then try to write everything
out, I’m just
going to put the rest on Podcast! I dedicated the musical selections to
Jimmy Hicks!
Click here
for Wes' audio breakdown of Lobo Elite Camp
Stay
tuned to TheRedMenace.com as I will be out to tomorrow’s Lobo Elite
Camp Finale!
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