by sportsguy » Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:45 pm
Top Players in class of 2008 are:
Jordan May - 6-0 - Guard - Very good player. Can shoot the three and handle the rock. Offensively will be the most talented player in the class. Can defend when he wants to, but how often does he want too. Must get better there, must also get better with Point Guard decision making - mainly passing the ball.
Jordan Allard - 6-5 - Good Athlete, that can shoot the three with deadly range. Must learn how to defend and commit to defending hard all the time. Must also change attitude some on the court.
Ishmail Kareem - 6-3 - Guard / Forward - Very good player. Must look to be more aggressive offensively. Needs to work on getting to the rim and not settling for mid range jump shots. Can defend and is very good athlete. Must extend his shooting range to the three a little more.
Tanner Farkas - 6-0 - Guard - Very good guard. Makes good decision and is a solid shooter. Solid defender and solid overall player.
Zac Elgie - 6-3 - Forward / Guard - He can flat out score. Must get more consistent with his jumper and work on his left hand. Solid athlete, but not great vertically. Defensively he is decent, but needs to work on sliding his feet some on the perimeter.
Tyler Miller - 5-7 - Guard - Very good player, great shooter and can defend. Just needs to grow.
Seth Dye - 6-5 - Forward - Good all around player. Can shoot the three and play inside some. Does need to get tougher inside and play harder defensively.
Dustin Hermann - 6-4 - Forward - Athletic and a very good rebounder. Plays tough on defense, but does foul too much. Very raw offensively, needs to work on all aspects of offense, both inside and on the perimeter.
BJ Mertens - 6-0 - Guard - Very good player. Plays hard and tough. Solid shooter, that will get better when he extends his range a little more. Solid ball handler and very good defender.
Taylor Bruschwein - 6-0 - Guard - Shooter. Not sure what else he does.
Gary Heitkamp - 6-6 - Forward - Has potential, just has to learn how to use it. Good Athlete with solid shot, needs to speed it up. Needs to be more aggressive and not so passive. When he figures it out, watch out he could be very good.
Jordan Mertens - 6-6 - Forward - Ok player, needs to be more aggressive. Needs to get stronger and work on post game.
Not sure about the Bismarck and Grand Forks juniors I hear there is a - Martinez - that is good, a Maum, a Ruby, that are all pretty decent from Bismarck High.
Don't know much about the class of 2009 except that there is a kid from Fargo North that is pretty good.
class of 2011 - Top player right now - Jesse Crosby - remember the name
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