'11 NY SG Jermaine Sanders (Signed)

[bearcat jeff]

its funny you say that- because i asked cronin on his weekly FSN show mailbag the difference between the two, and he said Davis is the purer of the two. said Davis is the better passer, and Guyn is better defender and faster in open court.

JD has great court vision and is an excellent passer, but he is still learning and transitioning to being a pg. Guyn has the potential to be a great defensive player and is more of a true point at this juncture and is very good on the break.

 

[TheLongHaul]

JD has great court vision and is an excellent passer, but he is still learning and transitioning to being a pg. Guyn has the potential to be a great defensive player and is more of a true point at this juncture and is very good on the break.

so you disagree with Cronin?

 

[bearcat jeff]

I agree that Davis is a better passer, I think at this moment GG is a more pure pg but JD has the tools to be better and has made great strides. He needs to improve his decision making. Like them both and think that'll be the most interesting battle next season.

 

[psax889906]

Can we sticky the commits and un-sticky any non commits?


------Article from BCR on Sanders-------

http://cincinnati.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1203848

Some highlights:

What is his best basketball skill?

Shooting. Lefty Sanders shoots with startling accuracy. His high school team planted him in the pivot where he played power forward. New Heights NYC AAU program allowed Sanders the freedowm to roam the perimeter.

In college Sanders will be deemed a swingman.

When attacking the tin the 6'5" Sanders is a decent leaper. As a jump shooter he has great lift and a high release. His form is beautiful, magnificient.

How soon can Sanders help UC basketball?
Right away. Sanders has a firm grasp of man-to-man defense. The fear is that the bulky wing will be destroyed by speedy guards.

Since Sanders grew as a post defender all winter he faces the very real problem of stagnating on the perimeter. His shot never wavers, but staying in front of BIG EAST guards can be very difficult.

The thick Sanders would like to get his body down to 215 and tack on more muscle, but honestly he is ahead of his peers with a strong frame.

Absorbing contact and finishing in the lane are strengths.

With Jermaine Sanders Cincinnati has an immediate impact recruit.

 

[anbuc88]

Can we sticky the commits and un-sticky any non commits?


------Article from BCR on Sanders-------

http://cincinnati.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1203848

Some highlights:

Thanks for providing us this link, psax. Great article on Sanders. I am very excited to see him on the court next year. I think he will be the recruit who has the greatest impact due to his scoring ability. His 45% accuracy from beyond the arc is fantastic. If he can come close to duplicaing this, it will open up the interior and teams will not be able to sag in on Yancy. He just needs to improve his stamina and shed some weight in the offseason so he is not a defensive liability. Lets get him on campus and have Dave Andrews start working with him.

 

[bearcat jeff]

Thanks for providing us this link, psax. Great article on Sanders. I am very excited to see him on the court next year. I think he will be the recruit who has the greatest impact due to his scoring ability. His 45% accuracy from beyond the arc is fantastic. If he can come close to duplicaing this, it will open up the interior and teams will not be able to sag in on Yancy. He just needs to improve his stamina and shed some weight in the offseason so he is not a defensive liability. Lets get him on campus and have Dave Andrews start working with him.

The only question I've ever heard of him is his ability to guard quick perimeter players. By leaning up he will still have enough size to play the 3 and gain stamina and lateral movement.

 

[Not Guilty]

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high...ttan_boys_basketball_sldcQBunLOecnLcndoihcN/0

All-Manhattan boys basketball Player of the Year: Jermaine Sanders, Rice

Jermaine Sanders had one goal this year – to lead Rice to the CHSAA Class AA intersectional title. He fell just short as the Raiders lost to Christ the King in the final, but that didn't lessen the Far Rockaway native’s impact this season.
Rice's Jermaine Sanders is The Post's All-Manhattan boys basketball Player of the Year.

The Cincinnati-bound senior was a finalist for Mr. New York Basketball, which was shared by Long Island Lutheran’s Achraf Yacoubou and Jabarie Hinds from Mount Vernon, averaging a team-high 18.1 points per game.

But Sanders, who was a sophomore on Rice’s 2009 championship team, saved his best for the playoffs. The 6-foot-6 swingman exploded for a game-high 30 points in a 55-52 victory against Holy Cross in the CHSAA Class AA intersectional semifinals.

“He’s an enormously talented kid because he’s very difficult to guard, because he can make shots from beyond the 3-point arc, he’s got a little bit of a post-up game and he’s good in transition,” Holy Cross coach Paul Gilvary said after the game. “He finds a lot of ways to score.”

 

[bearcat jeff]

Nice, thank you for posting that.

 

[Thegreatone]

He has the best chance to play early next year of the freshman IMO. Can freakin shoot

 

[dp3113]

He has the best chance to play early next year of the freshman IMO. Can freakin shoot

do you know if he is strictly a spot shooter or can he shoot off the dribble and/or rolling off a screen?

 

[psax889906]

http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041811aaa.html

Jermaine named to the New York All-City team by the Post.

 

[bearcat jeff]

I am so excited to have 'Maine as a Bearcat! Conditioning will be big for him this summer and slimming down and adding lean muscle. He can score already.

 

[bearcat jeff]

Old article but gives us a goo insight into the type of player we're getting.

"He is definitely going to be one of the next greats out of New York City," said Kimani Young, a former assistant at St. John's who recently returned to Bronx-based New Heights, where Sanders plays club basketball. "Right now, he's a legit Big East and ACC recruit and he just finished his sophomore year," Young added. "It's only going to get bigger."

Longtime Rice coach Maurice Hicks also says that Sanders is developing into a special player.

"He's in that same class with all of the top players that have come out of our school," Hicks said. "He has size on him and keeps getting better and better. Sky's the limit."

Sanders, who helped Miami-bound guard Durand Scott lead Rice to the CHSAA city championship and state Federation Class AA title this past season, knows he'll have to become the Raiders' featured scorer.

To prepare for the role, Sanders has been clocking overtime this summer. He already led New Heights to the 16-and-under championship at the Rumble in The Bronx tournament this month and looks to keep that momentum going when he attends next week's Reebok summer camp in Philadelphia.

Sanders is a self-proclaimed gym rat, one whose coaches say they have to literally drag him out off the hardwood.

"He's a basketball junkie and he won't leave that gym before making a set number of shots," said Joel Shapiro, another New Heights coach.
What's the magic number?

"I'll get to practice early and leave late and put up 800-900 shots," Sanders said. "I start off shooting off the dribble and then from all over the court. I want to get quicker."

That work ethic paid off in March, when Rice needed a bucket in overtime to put away pesky Newburgh Free Academy in the Federation championship game. Sanders showed his shooter's touch, coolly sinking a three-pointer.

Afterward, Sanders humbly fielded reporters' questions about the shot, but it was clear that he felt a bit uncomfortable talking about himself.

"That's him," said Lisa Stallings, his mother. "He's just a humble kid."

Humble, but confident.

Sanders understands his potential and watching his friend Ryan Pearson, a former Christ the King standout who just finished his freshman year at George Mason, make it out of Far Rockaway only feeds his hunger.

"(Watching Pearson's ascent) meant a lot to me," Sanders said. "Everybody around here . . . people can get out. He proved it."


http://articles.nydailynews.com/200..._1_new-heights-basketball-junkie-durand-scott

 

[bearcat jeff]

New Rivals 150 has him at 131.

 

[psax889906]

New Rivals 150 has him at 131.

I believe that's where he was at with the last update so he didn't move at all. Shaq and Maine stayed at 29 and 31 in the SF rankings, as well.


EDIT: I take that back, Shaq went from 29 to 23rd in the overall SF's list.

 

[bearcat jeff]

Going to play in the 4th Annual Frankie Williams Charity Classic on June 2nd in New York.

 

[bearcat jeff]

Scored 12 points to help his team advance to the quarters of the iS8/Nike Tournament.

 

[bearcat jeff]

Cincinnati-bound wing Jermaine Sanders poured in 32 for New Heights Joe Leone in the loss

http://www.zagsblog.com/2011/05/15/st-johns-signees-repping-big-at-is8/#more-52326

 

[bearcat jeff]

Cincy-bound Jermaine Sanders led all scorers with 32 for New Heights, and Jeremiah Davis had 18.

http://twitter.com/#!/AdamZagoria

 

[bearcat jeff]

Named to ALL iS8 Second Team for his performance.