'11 NY SG Jermaine Sanders (Signed)

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October 13, 2010

Maurice Wingate
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JERMAINE SANDERS leads the polls in two positions
So far, in our people polls conducted on our message boards, opinions with regard of who is the best 2011 player at different positions are beginning to form. Here are the poll results so far.

With regard to who is the best point guard of the 2011 class, Mt. Vernon's Jabarie Hinds is far out in front with Tavon Sledge and Corey Edwards coming in a distant second.

The poll for the best shooting guard is a tight race between Jermaine Sanders and Mike Taylor with Achraf Yacoubou trailing slightly.

Who is the best small forward? The people say that at the moment, Sanders is ahead in that position as well with Kamari Murphy in a close second. Jordan Allen and Malik Nichols are in a tie for third.

In the power forward polls, Murphy has the lead barely over 6'5" Terry Brutus from L.I. Lutheran with Edson Avila from Thomas Jefferson Campus in the hunt as well.

The poll will continue until we announce our Top Ten on November 1st. Until then, if you haven't already voted for who you feel is the best player at each position, what are you waiting for?
 
Jermaine played in the iS8/Nike Fall Tip-Off Classic semifinal game yesterday. His Shooting Stars club beat Connecticut Basketball Club 99-92. This game featured Sanders, Kadeem Jack, Tavon Sledge, Andre Drummond, and others.

Sanders finished with a game tying 30 points. The kid obviously knows how to score and has the potential to contribute from day one.
 
In the championship game, Sanders' team lost to the Playaz (Kyle Anderson and Myles Mack).

In the rivals article:

Jermaine Sanders earned the Steve Simms Sportsmanship award with a game high 28 points for the Shooting Stars.
 
Very excited about Jermaine being a Bearcat... the recent NY pipeline continues!!! It's a great thing that UC has had success breaking into the recruiting trails there... lots of good talent to be had and from the looks of it Jermaine is among the best of this year's crop...
 
He is widely considered as the best player in NY. Many, like myself, have long held the opinion that he is grossly under rated. My guess is by seasons end this will be corrected.
 
What is his game like? Is he a spot shooter? Is he quick? All I know is he is from NYC and his clutch in key moments.

Could you compare his game at all to any current college or NBA player? Obviously he may not be as good but just wondering who his style might be like
 
Thegreatone said:
What is his game like? Is he a spot shooter? Is he quick? All I know is he is from NYC and his clutch in key moments.

Could you compare his game at all to any current college or NBA player? Obviously he may not be as good but just wondering who his style might be like
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Or everyone's favorite: a former great Bearcat. :)
 
Sanders is a consumate scorer. I would describe him as having basketball savvy. In this way only, he reminds me of Steve Logan. He has the body of a 3 and the skills of a 2. Rebounds well from the perimeter. He can start the break and has a very nice stroke from distance. Jermaine can get into the lane and initiate contact and score. The only "negative", and I use that term very loosely, is he needs to attack more from all angles on the floor. Like most high school players he relies on his dominant hand too much at times.

How about a combination of Rueben Patterson/Steve Logan? BA1, if you're out there, what do you think of this comparison?
 
bearcat jeff said:
Sanders is a consumate scorer. I would describe him as having basketball savvy. In this way only, he reminds me of Steve Logan. He has the body of a 3 and the skills of a 2. Rebounds well from the perimeter. He can start the break and has a very nice stroke from distance. Jermaine can get into the lane and initiate contact and score. The only "negative", and I use that term very loosely, is he needs to attack more from all angles on the floor. Like most high school players he relies on his dominant hand too much at times.

How about a combination of Rueben Patterson/Steve Logan? BA1, if you're out there, what do you think of this comparison?
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I watched Sanders a bunch this summer, and you are pretty close. The big thing with Jermaine is he just knows how to play the game with a very high bball IQ. He doesn't try to play out of his comfort zone and he flat out gets after it. If he doesn't end up in the Top 75 range the ranking system is a joke...
 
Chad Brendel said:
I watched Sanders a bunch this summer, and you are pretty close. The big thing with Jermaine is he just knows how to play the game with a very high bball IQ. He doesn't try to play out of his comfort zone and he flat out gets after it. If he doesn't end up in the Top 75 range the ranking system is a joke...
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Chad, it is his basketball iq that I love and I agree 100% with your statement that he plays within himself and his abilities. I think all upper tier players do that.

I also agree that if he doesn't move up that the rankings are a joke (though I already believe that to some degree), but I think he is a top 50 player. If there are 50 better players in this country than him I haven't seen them. I truly believe if he was "flashier" he'd already be way up there. He is a pure basketball player.
 
bearcat jeff said:
Chad, it is his basketball iq that I love and I agree 100% with your statement that he plays within himself and his abilities. I think all upper tier players do that.

I also agree that if he doesn't move up that the rankings are a joke (though I already believe that to some degree), but I think he is a top 50 player. If there are 50 better players in this country than him I haven't seen them. I truly believe if he was "flashier" he'd already be way up there. He is a pure basketball player.
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I think he's top 50 as well, but I know it's hard to make that much of a jump so I'm giving them the 75 range on the curve. Jermaine is going to have an excellent college career...
 
bearcat jeff said:
Sanders is a consumate scorer. I would describe him as having basketball savvy. In this way only, he reminds me of Steve Logan. He has the body of a 3 and the skills of a 2. Rebounds well from the perimeter. He can start the break and has a very nice stroke from distance. Jermaine can get into the lane and initiate contact and score. The only "negative", and I use that term very loosely, is he needs to attack more from all angles on the floor. Like most high school players he relies on his dominant hand too much at times.

How about a combination of Rueben Patterson/Steve Logan? BA1, if you're out there, what do you think of this comparison?
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No.

I've not seen JS in person, only tape.

From tape, I don't think he is nearly as athletic as Rueben.

Logan is just about different from any other guard we'll see in today's game. Not overly athletic, kind of fat, nothing too spectacular.......but then he goes off for 30 points and you say "how the he!! did that little pudge do that?"
 
Steve Logan came in a little pudgy but left cut. He by no means was "a little fat" his senior year.

LL is "a little fat" not Stevie
 
BearcatAlum1 said:
No.

I've not seen JS in person, only tape.

From tape, I don't think he is nearly as athletic as Rueben.

Logan is just about different from any other guard we'll see in today's game. Not overly athletic, kind of fat, nothing too spectacular.......but then he goes off for 30 points and you say "how the he!! did that little pudge do that?"
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what tape have you seen? Youtube? If so, do you have a good link, I haven't been able to find much on him.
 
BearcatAlum1 said:
No.

I've not seen JS in person, only tape.

From tape, I don't think he is nearly as athletic as Rueben.

Logan is just about different from any other guard we'll see in today's game. Not overly athletic, kind of fat, nothing too spectacular.......but then he goes off for 30 points and you say "how the he!! did that little pudge do that?"
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That's the savvy I was speaking of.
 
Mack's deadly combination of thinking and not thinking spelled doom for a competitive Shooting Stars team, who made the New Jersey unit earn their hardware. A fast, furious, close-cut and action-packed fourth quarter gave the iS8 contingent a wild finish that will hold them over until the Spring, as the games matched the names. The breakneck speed of Tavon Sledge, the clutch scoring of JERMAINE SANDERS and the animated paint presence of Kadeem Jack powered the Shooting Stars, while Mack's heroics were supplemented by the shooting touches of Charles Oliver and Zack Anderson and the sorely needed inside help of Eugene McCory, dispelling the myth that Mack and Kyle Anderson are the Playaz' lone sources of force.

"People talk about (Kyle and Myles) because they're only the two guys that have been at every game", said Playaz Head Coach Kyle Anderson Sr. "Charles didn't play with us through the (summer) AAU season, but came to IS8 and averaged 20 points per game for us this weekend. Zack and Eugene came up big today when we needed role players to make contributions." Those contributions made all of the difference, and when it was time for a Mack Attack, the dangerous 5'9 guard merely put pedal to the metal.

"I knew (Charles) and those guys were going to come through (and help out) in the clutch", said Mack. "I wasn't even worried about it."

Early on, however, the game took on a much more tactical and slower pace. With the size advantage going to the New York reps, the Playaz' primary defensive goal was to keep the jumping Jack off of the boards.

"We wanted to always put a body on Kadeem", Coach Anderson divulged. "I know he likes to jump and go after tap dunks, so we wanted to box him out so he couldn't get a clean jump." The plan worked to a degree for stifling inside points, but the Shooting Stars were able to snag offensive rebounds and secure second and third opportunities, which Sanders and Sledge cashed in on from deep. The Shooting Stars' zone kept the ball on the perimeter for the Playaz, as Kyle Anderson returned the favor with some downtown drilling.


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Mack defends against Tavon Sledge
Sledge is no stranger to the whispers about jump shooting being his Achilles' Heel, so he responded to the naysayers with a pair of out of signal range threes to spark a Shooting Stars run. Moments later, the 5'8 Iowa State commit put his point guard skills on display by patiently lulling the defense to sleep and slipping a pass to a flashing Sanders for a foul line jumper, giving the NY reps a 33-22 lead, the largest lead either team would hold all game. But shortly after, Kyle Anderson's crisp free throw shooting and the slowly warming up Mack led an 11-0 run that closed out the half and tied the game at 33.

Mack would go from warm, to hot, to scorching in the second half, and Zack Anderson's big time three finally gave the Playaz the lead back, 40-37. But the game itself went into fifth gear when Jack and tank-framed forward Terry Brutus hammered down a pair of rim rocking dunks late in the third quarter and Sledge began to zip through the defense in a manner that would make Usain Bolt proud. Jack would continue to pin shots to the glass, but with his high-rising prevention would come a number of goal tending calls, and the Playaz held a 53-51 edge heading into the final period.

Things only got faster and more furious after that, and a burst of three point shooting from James McKennia helped the Shooting Stars live up to their name. But a Mack Attack was already in progress, and the Playaz stayed in the mix with a number of very crafty and difficult reverse lay-ups from the Rutgers-bound guard. A magical trey from Oliver and a few more Mack sightings tied the game at 67, before the duo struck again to seize a five point lead. A huge block from McCory, a Mack three and a pretty move to the rack by Oliver had given the Playaz the space they needed, but Sanders wasn't ready to pack it in yet. The Rice HS standout answered both Oliver's bucket and another brilliant play Mack -who ran 20 seconds off of the clock before slicing into the defense with a floater- to make it a 74-73 game with 31 seconds left. But the Shooting Stars would come no closer. Oliver's ice water completion of the one and one and William Thompson's 1-2 trip to the stripe were enough to stave off the Shooting Stars as time ran down, as both Sledge and Sanders' desperation trey attempts were off the mark.

The victory marks the Playaz Club's fourth iS8 championship in eight trips to the finals since 2004, and Playaz Program Director and Coach Jimmy Salmon was especially proud of this win.

"It's extremely difficult for a program like the Playaz to win iS8", he said. "We're a program, we don't bring guys in or borrow players from other people's rosters. IS8 has open rosters, and we always compete with the core guys that we have. Kyle Anderson and Myles Mack have been with us since they were 8 years old, they've shown a lot of loyalty. This is a great win."

13 of Myles Mack's team high 24 points came in the fourth quarter. Kyle Anderson and Charles Oliver added 18 points each (with the latter nailing four three pointers), while Zack Anderson chipped in with 9. Jermaine Sanders earned the Steve Simms Sportsmanship award with a game high 28 points for the Shooting Stars. Tavon Sledge added 20 points and Kadeem Jack, 12. Kyle Anderson received iS8's MVP for the tournament, while Mack and Sledge made all-tournament first team.
 
Zagoria tweet:

Big win for Rice High over Wheeler (Ga.), 61-60, behind Melvin Johnson's 16 pts and 7 boards and Cincinnati commit Jermaine Sanders' 15 pts
 
Cincinnati signee Jermaine Sanders paced Rice with 16 points on 7 of 15 shooting to go with 7 rebounds at the SNY Invitational.
 

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