Questions about AAU basketball in NOVA
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Anonymous
| It's pretty remarkable that a DC public high school can beat the elite WCAC teams. We should give him that. |
Anonymous
| Well, what's remarkable is that he can get WCAC kids to transfer to Wilson and kids from Montverde. |
Anonymous
Well they went to the Montverde from the WCAC. Montverde is full of 5 stars basketball players. They have two 6’9”, one 7’, and one 6’10” on their roster which are all ranked as top ten players in the country. The twins probably weren’t getting the attention and definitely not the playing time they are at Wilson. They just decided to come home and attend public school where they could be stars as opposed to sitting on the bench |
Anonymous
So those two 6’9 big men who aren’t 5 stars or nationally ranked certainly wouldn’t have gotten the same attention at Montverde that they are at Wilson. |
Anonymous
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LOL --- pretty much everything in the previous two posts is is wrong.
Montverde currently has ONE kid who is top 10 nationally (Cade Cunningham class of 2020).
LOL. They committed to Maryland before coming to Wilson. They aren't looking for exposure.
Makhi was #25 in the country while at Montverde --- he WAS a star and playing time wasn't an issue. Coming to Wilson hasn't helped his ranking -- he's now #67. Makhel is ranked 160 and was previously ranked as highly as 67th in the country -- also a star by any standard.
You seem confused about star classifications and national rankings. Being a 5 star recruit is not anywhere close to being the same thing as being nationally ranked -- currently only the top 27 kids in the class of 2019 are 5 star recruits (and Makhi WAS a 5 star while at Montverde). Both were and still are nationally ranked (as are two other Wilson kids -- one #295 and one #95). |
Anonymous
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https://247sports.com/Season/2019-Basketball/CompositeRecruitRankings/?InstitutionGroup=highschool&State=FL
I stand corrected. They atleast have 5 of the top 12 players in Florida. And that isn’t even counting Jaxon Williams. It’s good they already committed. But they would have had to share some of that playing time and the team sure wouldn’t of been centered around the two of them at Montverde. Yes they are getting more attention at Wils |
Anonymous
Yeah, agree with sharing playing time if they had stayed. I know they are getting more attention like from the WaPo, but I really wonder if transferring hurt them because so many of their games are not competitive -- watching Wilson play DCIAA games hasn't really been much fun this year since they don't really need to play hard to win and they don't really need to play much defense. |
Anonymous
| Are any teams still adding players |
Anonymous
| My D1 prospect son just had his first offseason workout with Coach DeVoe. Trainer in Virginia. I am a former collegiate athlete myself, heard about this dude through a rumor. DeVoe is the best all around trainer I’ve seen anywhere, hands down. You have never heard of him but if you want to know where many of these Virginia based D1 and Pro guys are learning to shoot, find him. |
Anonymous
| This is very helpful. Our 8 year old is really very good and dominates house league. We are in Arlington. What is the best option for AAU or whatever else that is for that age group (rising 3rd) |
Anonymous
And his team just lost to Sidwell in the DC championship, after Sidwell beat St. John's in the semis. 
You know what they say about hard work beating talent when talent doesn't work hard? Well last night's game was a textbook example of that. I don't know what Hernandez is like off the court as a mentor, but that was a poorly coached and undisciplined basketball team that played last night. The twins had 10 points combined, and only 6 shots combined. They should have worked the ball inside, Sidwell would not have been able to defend it with #30 (Stanford football OT commit) as their only guy who came close to matching the twins in size and not close to them in athleticism or basketball quickness. And then free up #1 and #5 on the perimeter/drives. #1 is a talented kid but he would be helped immensely by better coaching that demands he dial back the attitude a bit. Hard to see that he is getting that from Hernandez, who was close to out of control on the sidelines himself, and busy arguing with the refs during most timeouts while his assistants huddled with the team. |
Anonymous
you can try nova 94. they start fielding teams at age of 8 whereas other AAU organization start at 9. it is very competitive though and hard to get in. or little legends, another rec league but a good one to start with. |
Anonymous
| Nova 94 . . . DS was excited to make one of the B teams but now we find out that several of the other kids are too old for the age group, so the team isn't playing AAU but something else I've never heard of. Why do people lie? He actually wanted to be on the C team b/c the coach was younger. |
Anonymous
| can't hurt to ask if he could switch with a C team player |
Anonymous
| Sidwell, really? Things must have changed there basketball wise. |