A long way out, we might see Francis' recruitment heat up this summer on the AAU circuit. OSU watched him a couple times and he visited in the fall. Of late, you're right; Keene and, obviously, Mitchell are the 2019 kids seeing the most interest from OSU.
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Nothing wrong with doing your due diligence in scouting these kids, especially a late bloomer like Andre
Him, Loving, Lyle = very long "small" lineup. Just can't continue to have those mental lapses.
Haven't followed him much, bit of a late bloomer. Does seem odd he wasn't recruited heavily before committing to Creighton.
Recruited him hard for three years, week of the announcement – days before he's set to commit – OSU "stops" recruiting him. Certainly more to it than your standard commitment elsewhere.
They're able to do more off ball with Kam in the game. He's so good coming off screens, puts a lot of pressure on the opposing defense. When he's on the bench, there seems to be a lot more drive & kick action with high screens as you said.
I said he'd definitely crack the rotation; but I also tend to look at basketball as "position-less" – outside of the fact that you need someone capable of running an offense, a de-facto "point guard." For floor spacing purposes, I think a Giddens, Loving, Lyle, Kam, Kobi lineup would be killer.
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If Joker Phillips returns to the Browns as WR coach maybe Pryor will be back. Considering no one else took a chance on him for the 12 or so weeks he wasn't on the Browns, it's doubtful.