'19 OH SG Samari Curtis
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My hope is that Cronin does not take the same approach with Curtis as he did with Johnson. Johnson seemed to me to be a far better athlete than Jenifer or Broome yet he sat the bench for much of the year. I still don't understand why he was not redshirted. Cronin has to let Curtis play no matter if he makes mistakes or not. That's the only way he'll learn to play at the collegiate level.
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Being a better athlete doesn’t make him a better basketball player just yet. Keith and Tre are both better athletes than Jarron, yet they are nowhere near the level of player than Cumberland. Johnson was clearly the best athlete on the team last year so we do have that going for us for the upcoming seasons. As for Samari, at the very minimum, he will play a lot just out of shear necessity. Plus, Cronin has even said that he expects Curtis to make a significant impact in his freshman year. He’s near the top of best natural scorers that Cronin has ever recruited, which includes Lance, Evans and Cumberland. All guys that received significant time their freshman years.
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I do want to add that it seems like Cronin has been recruiting faster, more dynamic players with Keith Williams, Logan johnson and Samari Curtis leading the way in 2020. It will definitely be interesting with what our team will look like after next season.
Agreed. Interesting to see what "profile" our future bigs fit into: big and clumsy rim protectors or someone who can contribute on offense?
Helicopter
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He had a bad AAU summer if I recall. Could have been undisclosed injury or competition. Regardless, the recruiting sites lock you in after the summer and only change it based on offers (e.g. Duke, UNC, Kansas, UK). It is a deeply flawed system. I think Curtis is without a doubt top 100 probably closer to 60-65.
Yeah non of the last 5 Mr. Ohio’s were outside the top 100. I’m sure if he was going to Duke, Michigan, OSU they’d be humping his stock up
Bcatfollower
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Did he have offers from those schools?
Not the point I was making
Bcatfollower
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The point you were making is ridiculous. If those schools offered he would be higher ranked? Shocker... maybe if he was higher ranked or better those schools would have offered?
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Not sure how I see it's a ridiculous point. Seems underrated to me too.
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Cin City
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Curtis has the potential to be a great Bearcat. I'm looking forward to watching him and JC play together.
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Lets hope JC comes back.... for all of our sanity.
the_one_32
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No but as i posted in Mick Cronin thread. Wondered why Mick dropped Russell Westbrook's name a couple of times and said he has already heard from him. Welp, Samari Curtis' favorite player is.... RUSSELL BLEEPING WESTBROOK
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