Well, I won't believe it until it actually happens, so FWIW
@mikemaniscalco Great stuff from @EvanDanielscout from http://scout.com just told us Amile Jefferson could commit as soon as today.
Well, a lot has changed in the last couple of days. Mason is back. NC State is having some transfers out. KY got Noel. Nothing has changed as far as I'm aware with Nova and Temple.
I haven't heard that Calvin has decided, has he? Perhaps Amile will make his decision without knowledge of Calvin's intentions?
Again, this may be another pump fake. But hopefully he'll bring it to a close soon.
Kedsy is right. Not only do people get stronger and stronger through their twenties, but athletes develop their coordination at different rates, and many don't get fully coordinated until their twenties, especially the long, tall characters that have to get control of their limbs. Yeah, Grant Hill and all that -- but these are the top one percent of the top one percent of all athletes.
As a non-athlete, I could not touch the basketball rim until I was 26 or so but could still do it ten years later. And, believe me, I was no Spud Webb.
sagegrouse
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That majority of olympic medalists in basketball-related skillsets (100m, 200m, 110 hurdles, long jump, high jump, tripple jump) are generally between 22 - 30 years old. I would def take the atheletic ability of a healthy player in their late 20's
over someone who is 18/19.
What do folks think will happen if Calvin decides to come back? Does that definitively push Amile to us? Assuming the KY six all leave, I know there will be a lot of room in Lexington, but I have to think Amile's sincere stress on academics might preclude his going to KY. Cal is slick, though, so who knows. Perhaps Nova re-emerges?
Chad Lykins @CLykinsBlog
Seems as if chances are pretty high that CJ Leslie will return to State for his junior season. Absolutely Huge.
It was reported that he said last week that the decisions of Mason, CJ, and the KY crew would weight heavily in his decision. I agree that he is not a one-and-done type and therefore should be looking far beyond his first year when imagining his overall tenure at a school, but why then would those decisions be of that much import?
Wow - I am seriously beginning to doubt the inability of posters to gauge sarcasm. Thought the smiley with his tongue out said it all. I completely agree that an 18 year old cannot be the physical specimen of a mature 26-28 year old. Agreeing with the majority of you, people.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. - Winston Churchill
President of the "Nolan Smith Should Have His Jersey in The Rafters" Club