Yeah, here's some more detail on the U-16 tournament champs:
USA Comes From Behind For 77-60 Victory Over Canada For Fourth FIBA Americas U16 Championship Gold Medal
Gary Trent Jr. (Apple Valley H.S./Apple Valley, Minn.) scored all 19 points of his points in the second half and earned tournament MVP honors. Tied as the USA’s scoring leader on the night was Jarred Vanderbilt (Victory Prep School/Houston, Texas), who had 10 of the team’s first-half points and finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Wendell Carter Jr. (Pace Academy/Fairburn, Ga.) posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Tre Jones (Apple Valley H.S./Appel Valley, Minn.) had five steals and finished the tournament with a USA U16 competition record 19 steals, breaking Malik Newman’s record of 14 set in 2013.
Wendell Carter gets officially offered as well.
Wendell Carter Jr retweetedAndrew Slater @ASlater247 3h3 hours ago
#Duke has officially offered 6'10" Wendell Carter @wendellcarter34 . Carter just won a gold medal with @usabasketball at the FIBA Americas.
That makes 3 official so far in this class: Troy Brown Jr, Gary Trent Jr, Wendell Carter Jr
More to come I'm sure
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If the next two offers are Michael Porter Jr and Trae Young, I'm going to have to insist that Trae Young's father change his name to match Trae's.
I think it's very possible. By the time the 2017 class matriculates, Duke might not have Derryck Thornton, Grayson Allen, and Matt Jones around anymore. (100% on Jones since he'll graduate).
Trae Young also looks to me like a multi-year player while Brown and Trent are probably 1-and-done. There's not that much conflict/overlap between Young and the other offers, imo.
Try this:
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Makes a nice avatar, too, but that's just crazietalk.
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.
DraftExpress put up scouting videos on Trent Jr and Carter Jr from the USA U16 camp.
It includes both good plays and bad plays.
Trent (first video on following page): http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Gary-Trent-82914/
Carter (last video on following page): http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/...-Carter-83183/
I can see that, and agree with both Grayson leaving early (probably before the 2016 class matriculates) and Young only conflicting with Troy Brown, but I think it all depends on what guard(s) we get for 2016. If Thornton is one and done, which I believe he wants to and can be given his potential, we'll need to recruit another 1 next year, which at this point looks like Dennis Smith Jr. or Frank Jackson.
If Thornton leaves after one year, I think we'll have a great shot at Smith because it seems like he wants both minutes and to play with Giles and possibly Tatum. Since Smith is likely to be a one year player, that would open up the possibility of both Brown and Young in 2017 with Brown as the starter and Young developing his game for later years, like you mentioned. However, if we get Jackson, who also looks to be a multi-year player, I would think Trae Young wouldn't want to come in 3rd in line for minutes at the 1 behind Brown and 2nd year Jackson.
Again, all this is wildly speculative since we're 2 years out and recruiting for 2016 can go many directions.
Yes, there's the possibility of a mission and also, when watching Jackson's highlights on youtube, he seems like more of a SG than PG. At best, you could describe him as a "scoring PG," but I suspect if he chooses Duke, he would spend more time playing the 2 than the 1. Like how Quinn Cook moved off-the-ball this past season. Then, consider also that Trae Young can also play SG because he's a great shooter and also that Troy Brown is a PG that has the body of a wing and, at the very least, can play PG on offense and guard the wing on defense if needed. Bottom line, there's enough positional versatility there with these three prospects that if all received scholarship offers, I wouldn't consider it to be a logjam.